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BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023
2023
Tournament information
GameCounter-Strike: Global Offensive
LocationParis, France
DatesMay 8–21, 2023
AdministratorValve
BLAST
Tournament
format(s)
Two 16-team Swiss-system group stages
8-team single-elimination playoff
Host(s)BLAST.tv
VenueAccor Arena
Teams24 teams
PurseUS$1,250,000
Final positions
ChampionsTeam Vitality
1st runners-upTeam GamerLegion
2nd runners-up
MVPMathieu "ZywOo" Herbaut
← Rio 2022
Copenhagen 2024[1] →

The BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023, also known as BLAST.tv Major 2023 or Paris 2023, is the nineteenth and final Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Major Championship.[2] It was held in Paris, France at the Accor Arena from May 8 to 21, 2023. Twenty-four teams have qualified via regional major rankings and features a US$1,250,000 prize pool. It is the first Major Championship tournament hosted by BLAST. Vitality won the major, defeating GamerLegion in the grand final 2–0.

Background

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) is a multiplayer first-person shooter video game developed by Hidden Path Entertainment and Valve Corporation. It is the fourth game in the Counter-Strike series. In professional CS:GO, the Valve-sponsored Majors are the most prestigious tournaments.[3][4]

The defending Major Champions are Virtus.pro[a], who won their second Major championship at IEM Rio Major 2022.[6] Virtus.pro were eliminated by MOUZ during the European major qualifiers, making them the first defending Major Champions to fail to qualify for the following major.[7]

This event was the final Counter-Strike: Global Offensive major tournament, with the game to be succeeded by Counter-Strike 2, and that game's first Major tournament set to be held in March 2024.[2]

Format

24 teams qualified for the tournament. 16 teams qualified for the Challengers Stage, while 8 teams received a bye to the Legends Stage. In the Challengers Stage, 16 teams participated in a Swiss bracket. The top-8 teams advanced and joined the 8 teams that received a bye in the Legends stage. The top-8 teams from the Legends stage advanced to the Champions stage. The Champions stage was a single-elimination tournament, where each match was a best-of-3.[8]

Map Pool

  • Anubis
  • Mirage
  • Inferno
  • Nuke
  • Ancient
  • Overpass
  • Vertigo

Teams

Legends
Challengers
Contenders

Qualification

Qualification took place through 3 Regional Major Ranking (RMR) events to determine qualifications for the geographic regions. The 3 regions were Europe, the Americas and Asia. Each region received a certain number of places at the Major in Paris based on the performance of teams from the same region at the IEM Rio Major 2022.

The RMR tournaments took place in the following cities:[9]

RMR Results

Region Legends Challengers Contenders
Europe A
  • GamerLegion
  • Apeks
  • OG
Europe B
America
Asia
  • Grayhound Gaming
  • The Mongolz
Last Chance Qualifier

Source:[10]

Challengers Stage

Pos Team W L RW RL RD Qualification
1 G2 3 0 64 34 +30 Qualification
to Legends Stage
2 ENCE 3 0 76 52 +24
3 Apeks 3 1 91 80 +11
4 Ninjas in Pyjamas 3 1 76 65 +11
5 FaZe Clan 3 1 101 93 +8
6 Monte 3 2 110 92 +18
7 GamerLegion 3 2 126 110 +16
8 Team Liquid 3 2 133 107 +26
9 Grayhound Gaming 2 3 73 104 -31 Eliminated
10 paiN Gaming 2 3 107 109 -2
11 FORZE 2 3 94 100 -6
12 OG 1 3 75 86 -11
13 The MongolZ 1 3 62 75 -13
14 Complexity Gaming 1 3 43 75 -32
15 Fluxo 0 3 53 75 -22
16 MOUZ 0 3 37 64 -27
Updated to match(es) played on 11 May 2023. Source: BLAST.tv


Legends Stage

Pos Team W L RW RL RD Qualification
1 Heroic 3 0 75 56 +19 Qualification
to Champions Stage
2 Vitality 3 0 64 49 +15
3 Team Liquid 3 1 106 86 +20
4 Monte 3 1 90 70 +20
5 GamerLegion 3 1 74 55 +19
6 Apeks 3 2 95 97 -2
7 Into The Breach 3 2 112 98 +14
8 Faze Clan 3 2 140 137 +3
9 Navi 2 3 94 137 -24 Eliminated
10 Fnatic 2 3 120 133 -13
11 Ninjas In Pyjamas 2 3 101 95 +6
12 ENCE 1 3 53 73 -20
13 G2 Esports 1 3 101 95 +6
14 Bad News Eagles 1 3 78 83 -5
15 9INE 0 3 40 64 -24
16 FURIA Esports 0 3 30 64 -34
Updated to match(es) played on 16 May 2023. Source: BLAST.tv

Champions Stage

With eight teams remaining, the final stage of the Major is a single-elimination bracket, with all matches played as best-of-3 maps.

Bracket

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
                  
1 Heroic 16 12 16 2
8 FaZe Clan 14 16 6 1
Heroic 16 14 6 1
GamerLegion 13 16 16 2
4 Monte 10 3 - 0
5 GamerLegion 16 16 - 2
GamerLegion 6 13 - 0
Vitality 16 16 - 2
3 Team Liquid 10 11 - 0
6 Apeks 16 16 - 2
Apeks 14 12 - 0
Vitality 16 16 - 2
2 Vitality 16 16 - 2
7 Into The Breach 11 12 - 0


Source:[11]

Notes

  1. ^ Due to sanctions against Russia in response to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Virtus.pro competed under the neutral name Outsiders. On March 22, 2023, tournament organizers ESL and BLAST lifted the ban on Virtus.pro.[5]

References

  1. ^ "PGL CS2 Major Copenhagen 2024 – The first ever Counter-Strike 2 Major will take place next year in Denmark". PGL. March 28, 2023. Archived from the original on March 28, 2023. Retrieved March 28, 2023.
  2. ^ a b Chalk, Andy. "CS:GO's next Paris Major will be its last". PC Gamer. Retrieved March 26, 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ Chiu, Stephen. "Retrospective of the Majors: Lineups with 2 Major Wins and Players with 3". VPEsports. Archived from the original on February 13, 2021. Retrieved February 14, 2021.
  4. ^ Kovanen, Tomi. "Why CS:GO needs major events". HLTV.org. Archived from the original on May 12, 2021. Retrieved February 14, 2021.
  5. ^ "ESL and BLAST lift their bans on Virtus.pro". HLTV.org. Retrieved March 23, 2023.
  6. ^ "Outsiders Defeat Heroic 2–0 To Win IEM Rio Major". HLTV.org. Retrieved April 8, 2023.
  7. ^ "Virtus.pro eliminated from EU RMR after surprise swap backfires". HLTV.org. Retrieved April 8, 2023.
  8. ^ https://blast.tv/major/rulebook
  9. ^ "BLAST unveils Paris Major RMR locations". January 11, 2023.
  10. ^ "All CS:GO teams qualified for BLAST Paris Major". April 15, 2023.
  11. ^ "BLAST Paris Major Champions Stage". May 15, 2023.
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