Team Falcons, Team Vitality reach BLAST Rivals Spring grand final

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Team Vitality and Team Falcons swept their way on Saturday to the BLAST Rivals Spring event’s grand final on Sunday in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Team Falcons edged MOUZ 16-14 on Nuke before a 13-6 win on Dust II in one semifinal playoff.

Ilya “m0NESY” Osipov of Russia had 46 kills and a plus-21 kills-to-death differential for Team Falcons, while Emil “Magisk” Reif of Denmark was a plus-5 (33-28). No player for MOUZ had a positive K-D differential.

Team Vitality dispatched Team Spirit in the other semifinal with a 13-8 win on Mirage and a 13-9 victory on Nuke.

Mathieu “ZywOo” Herbaut of France had 41 kills and a plus-11 K-D differential, and teammate Robin “ropz” Kool of Estonia was a plus-5 (31-26).

The eight-team, $350,000 Counter-Strike: Global Offensive tournament began with the teams split into two double-elimination groups.

The winners of each group moved to the playoff semifinals. The group runners-up headed to the quarterfinals as high seeds, and the third-place teams landed in the quarterfinals as low seeds. The fourth-place teams in each group were eliminated.

The single-elimination playoffs run Friday through Sunday. All group-stage matches and playoff matches are best-of-three except for the grand final, which will be best-of-five. The champion team will receive $125,000, and the runner-up will get $75,000.

BLAST Rivals Spring prize pool

1. $125,000

2. $75,000

3-4. $40,000 — MOUZ, Team Spirit

5-6. $25,000 — FaZe Clan, Wildcard

7-8. $10,000 — paiN Gaming, FlyQuest

–Field Level Media

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