Team Spirit and G2 Esports each recorded a 2-1 victory on Saturday to advance to the grand final of the $1 million BLAST Premier: World Final 2024 in Sentosa, Singapore.
Spirit dispatched Astralis after sandwiching 13-5 wins on Dust II and Ancient around a 13-3 setback on Vertigo.
Danil “donk” Kryshkovets recorded 47 kills and fellow Russian Dmitry “sh1ro” Sokolov had a plus-13 kills-to-death differential for Spirit, who advanced to Sunday’s best-of-five showdown versus G2 Esports.
2-1! GG WP, @AstralisCS ??
Advancing to the Grand final where we’ll again play vs. @G2CSGO ?? pic.twitter.com/iRVWDRbcir
— Team Spirit (@Team__Spirit) November 2, 2024
G2 Esports upended Team Vitality after sandwiching a 13-10 win on Dust II and 13-8 victory on Mirage around a 13-7 setback on Inferno.
Russian Ilya “m0NESY’ Osipov had 63 kills and a plus-27 kills-to-death differential to pace G2.
The Counter-Strike 2 event began Wednesday with eight teams battling for a top prize of $500,000. The top three teams from each group made the playoffs. All matches are best-of-three until Sunday’s best-of-five grand final.
BLAST Premier World Final prize pool:
1. $500,000
2. $250,000
3-4. $85,000 — Astralis, Team Vitality
5-6. $25,000 — FazeClan, MOUZ
7-8. $15,000 — Natus Vincere, Team Liquid
–Field Level Media