The higher-seeded teams rolled through the quarterfinals of the BLAST Open Spring as PARIVISION and Aurora Gaming prevailed on Friday at Rotterdam, Netherlands.
PARIVISION downed Team Falcons 2-0, setting up a semifinal matchup vs. Natus Vincere. Aurora Gaming downed The MongolZ 2-0 to earn a semifinal clash with Team Vitality.
The 16 teams in the $400,000 Counter-Strike: Global Offensive event were split into two groups of eight that contested double-elimination brackets in Copenhagen, Denmark. The top three finishers in each bracket advanced to the six-team playoffs in Rotterdam.
All matches are best-of-three until the best-of-five grand final on Sunday.
The winning team will earn $150,000 along with three BLAST Frequent Flyer tokens.
On Friday, PARIVISION ousted Team Falcons 13-11 on Mirage and 13-10 on Ancient. Andrey “BELCHONOKK” Yasinskiy led all-Russian PARIVISION with 42 kills and a plus-11 K-D differential. Another Russian, Maksim “kyousuke” Lukin, compiled 45 kills and a plus-12 K-D differential for Team Falcons.
Aurora Gaming roared past The MongolZ 13-6 on Inferno, 13-9 on Mirage. Ali “Wicadia” Haydar Yalcin paced all-Turkish Aurora Gaming with 37 kills and a plus-10 K-D differential. Garidmagnai “bLitz” Byambasuren and Ayush “mzinho” Batbold each posted 31 kills for the all-Mongolian MongolZ.
BLAST Open Spring prize pool (cash prize, BLAST Frequent Flyer tokens)
1. $150,000, 3
2. $60,000, 1
3-4. $40,000, 1
5-6. $20,000, 1 — Team Falcons, The MongolZ
7-8. $10,000 — FURIA, Team Spirit
9-12. $7,500 — TYLOO, NRG, 9z Team, Team Liquid
13-16. $5,000 — FaZe Clan, B8, MOUZ, Ninjas in Pyjamas
–Field Level Media
