We’ve come to the end of the Counter-Strike 2 competitive calendar for the year, which can only mean one thing: the BLAST Premier World Final is upon us. This year, BLAST takes its pinnacle event to Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates, along with its illustrious million-dollar purse.
Many of the rosters in attendance have made late changes ahead of 2024’s bumper opening month, which will see teams battle the RMR qualifiers on their way to the PGL Copenhagen Major in Denmark. As a result, these squads must get some miles beneath their feet—beginning here at the World Final.
Here is the full schedule, format, results, and more for the BLAST Premier World Final 2023.
BLAST Premier World Final 2023: All Counter-Strike 2 schedule, scores, and standings
The BLAST Premier World Final is an invite-only tournament that sees the world’s best teams from 2023 converge for a grand $500,000 prize. All of the invites have proven themselves at some point throughout 2023; whether it be via one of BLAST or ESL’s major tournament trophies, or general consistency as the year has dragged on, they’re all in with a shot at taking the prize in Abu Dhabi.
| Place | Prize ($USD) | Team |
| First | $500,000 | TBD |
| Second | $250,000 | TBD |
| Third | $85,000 | TBD, TBD |
| Fifth | $25,000 | G2 Esports, Cloud9 |
| Seventh | $15,000 | Heroic, ENCE |
BLAST Premier World Final 2023 teams and format
Eight teams qualified for the prestigious BLAST World Final after competing in the Counter-Strike circuit throughout 2023. The winners of the Spring Final, Fall Final, the BLAST Paris Major, and ESL Pro League Seasons 17 and 18 received automatic invites. The remaining squads were filled from the BLAST Premier World Leaderboard.
As Team Vitality won both the Fall Final and the BLAST Paris Major, an extra squad from the rankings received an invitation to the finals in Abu Dhabi.
| Group A | Group B |
| Team Vitality | FaZe Clan |
| Cloud9 | MOUZ |
| NAVI | Heroic |
| ENCE | G2 Esports |
The eight teams have been split into two groups and will play out a double-elimination group stage of best-of-three matches. Teams that go undefeated will start their playoff run in the semifinals, while second and third in each group begin in the quarterfinals. The bottom two teams are eliminated.
The playoff stage sees the remaining teams reseeded based on their group stage finish before they play out a single-elimination bracket. The winner of Sunday’s grand final takes home the lion’s share of the million-dollar prize pool.
BLAST Premier World Final 2023 full schedule: Group Stage
All match times are listed in Central U.S. time (CT).
Wednesday, Dec. 13
- 12am: C9 2-0 ENCE
- Cloud9 win map one on Ancient, 13-4.
- Cloud9 win map two on Overpass, 16-13.
- Cloud9 progress to Group A winner’s match, ENCE fall to elimination.
- 3am: Vitality 2-0 NAVI
- Vitality win map one on Anubis, 13-8.
- Vitality win map two on Overpass, 13-6.
- Vitality progress to Group A winner’s match, NAVI fall to elimination.
- 6am: FaZe 2-0 Heroic
- FaZe win map one on Overpass, 13-3.
- FaZe win map two on Ancient, 16-14.
- FaZe progress to Group B winner’s match, Heroic fall to elimination.
- 9am: MOUZ 0-2 G2
- G2 win map one on Ancient, 13-10.
- G2 win map two on Vertigo, 13-11.
- G2 progress to Group B winner’s match, MOUZ fall to elimination.
Thursday, Dec. 14
- 12am: ENCE 1-2 NAVI
- NAVI win map one on Anubis, 13-4.
- ENCE win map two on Ancient, 13-11.
- NAVI win map three on Nuke, 13-11.
- Group A Elimination match: NAVI progress to playoff quarterfinals, ENCE are eliminated.
- 3am: C9 0-2 Vitality
- Vitality win map one on Anubis, 13-11.
- Vitality win map two on Inferno, 13-8.
- Group A Winner’s match: Vitality progress to playoffs semifinals, C9 progress to quarterfinals.
- 6am: Heroic 0-2 MOUZ
- MOUZ win map one on Nuke, 13-7.
- MOUZ win map two on Mirage, 13-5.
- Group B Elimination match: MOUZ progress to playoff quarterfinals, Heroic are eliminated.
- 9am: G2 1-2 FaZe
- G2 win map one on Inferno, 13-7.
- FaZe win map two on Nuke, 13-10.
- FaZe win map three on Anubis, 16-13.
- Group B Winner’s match: FaZe progress to playoff semifinals, G2 progress to quarterfinals.
BLAST Premier World Final 2023 full schedule: Playoffs
Friday, Dec. 15
- 3am: Cloud9 0-2 MOUZ
- MOUZ win map one on Mirage, 13-1.
- MOUZ win map two on Ancient, 13-7.
- Quarterfinal: MOUZ progress to semifinals, Cloud9 are eliminated.
- 6am: NAVI 2-1 G2
- G2 win map one on Anubis, 16-13.
- NAVI win map two on Inferno, 13-11.
- NAVI win map three on Nuke, 13-6.
- Quarterfinal: NAVI progress to semifinals, G2 are eliminated.
Saturday, Dec. 16
- 8:30am: FaZe vs. MOUZ
- Semifinal: Winner progresses to grand final, loser is eliminated.
- 12pm: Vitality vs. NAVI
- Semifinal: Winner progresses to grand final, loser is eliminated.
Sunday, Dec. 17
- 8am: TBD vs. TBD
- Grand final.
BLAST Premier World Final 2023 streams
The BLAST Premier World Final for 2023 will be streamed live on BLAST’s Twitch and YouTube channels. BLAST will also be hosting the matches locally on the BLAST.tv main website. Main broadcasts will be available in English and Russian.
