The very first S-tier CS:GO event of 2023 is underway, as twelve of the best teams in the world have convened in Copenhagen, Denmark to fight for the BLAST Premier Spring Groups 2023 title and a spot in the Spring Finals, which is scheduled for later this year.
The first week of the tournament witnessed all twelve contenders in action as they engaged in a fierce double-elimination bracket. Day 8 of the tournament will feature two of the event's most popular teams at the winner's end of the bracket competing for an early spot in the BLAST Premier Spring Finals.
G2 Esports will take on Natus Vincere yet again in a best-of-three series in the Upper Bracket Final of Group C. The winner will qualify for the 2023 Spring Finals, whereas the loser will proceed to meet the winner of Complexity vs Evil Geniuses in the knockout stage.
Vitality became the first team to qualify for the Spring Finals yesterday. They will be joined by the winner of FaZe vs OG and G2 vs NAVI, alongside three teams from the knockout stage.
G2 Esports have been in incredible form since the end of the 2022 CS:GO season. While the organization's CS:GO roster did have issues at the start of 2022, they made a few integral changes later on, which shaped the roster into a world-class team.
The addition of jks as well as the arrival of HooXi as an IGL seems to have changed G2's structure for the better. Furthermore, the Kovac brothers have been in great form this season. G2's AWP prodigy, m0NESY, has started to climb the ranks from being a rookie to an unmatchable talent that opponents need to be wary of.
Compared to G2, NAVI is in a relatively weaker form. This will be the organization's first big tournament with their latest addition, npl, a young talent that was
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