The BLAST Premier 2020 will eventually end later this month with the commencement of BLAST Premier: Global Finals 2020. The event will kick off on January 19 for the next six days until January 24. With a whopping prize pool of 1 million USD, BLAST will end the series in fashion. All of the top three ranked teams – Astralis, Vitality and Na’Vi and six out of the top ten teams will be in attendance at the first top tier event of 2021.
Blast Global Finals 2020 Teams
A total of 8 teams shall be battling out in Serbia. All the teams have qualified through previous events like the BLAST Fall Finals, Spring Finals, etc. or in accordance with the BLAST team rankings.
Team Liquid will be playing its first tournament with the Brazilian AWPer Gabriel “FalleN” Toledo while FURIA will be missing its newest addition – Paytyn “junior” Johnson due to passport issues. Also, Jakob “JUGi” Hansen will be standing-in for Valentin “poizon” Vasilev in Complexity Gaming as the 22-year-old recovers following the emergency surgery.
- Team Liquid
- Astralis
- Team Vitality
- Natus Vincere
- G2 Esports
- Evil Geniuses
- Complexity Gaming
- FURIA Esports
Blast Global Finals 2020 Format
The event will feature a double-elimination best-of-three format. In other words, if a team loses a match, it will be relegated to the lower-brackets and will have a second opportunity to showcase their mettle. The grand finale will also be a best-of-three encounter.
Blast Global Finals 2020 Prize Pool
A sum of $1,000,000 will be divided among eight teams while the triumphant grabs the massive share of $600,000.
- 1st: $600,000
- 2nd: $200,000
- 3rd: $80,000
- 4th: $50,000
- 5th-6th: $20,000
- 7th-8th: $15,000
Blast Global Finals 2020 Talent Crew
Interviewer
- Freya Spiers
Desk Host:
- James Banks
Analysts:
- Mathieu “Maniac” Quiquerez
- Jacob “Pimp” Winneche
Casting duos:
- Anders “Anders” Blume & Auguste “Semmler” Massonnat
- Mohan “launders” Govindasamy & Conner “Scrawny” Girvan
Blast Global Finals 2020 Schedule
The schedule, scoreline, matchups, etc will be regularly updated on BLAST’s tournament page.
| Round | Match | PST | EST | GMT (UK) | CET (EU) | AEDT (AUS) |
| Winners R1 | Astralis vs Evil Geniuses | 7:30 AM | 10:30 AM | 3:30 PM | 4:30 PM | 2:30 AM (Jan 20) |
| Winners R1 | G2 vs Furia | 10:30 AM | 1:30 PM | 6:30 PM | 7:30 PM | 5:30 AM (Jan 20) |
Wednesday, January 20
| Round | Match | PST | EST | GMT (UK) | CET (EU) | AEDT (AUS) |
| Winners R1 | Vitality vs Complexity | 4:30 AM | 7:30 AM | 12:30 PM | 1:30 PM | 11:30 PM |
| Winners R1 | Na’Vi vs Team Liquid | 7:30 AM | 10:30 AM | 3:30 PM | 4:30 PM | 2:30 AM (Jan 21) |
| Losers R1 | TBD vs TBD | 10:30 AM | 1:30 PM | 6:30 PM | 7:30 PM | 5:30 AM (Jan 21) |
Thursday, January 21
| Round | Match | PST | EST | GMT (UK) | CET (EU) | AEDT (AUS) |
| Losers R1 | TBD vs TBD | 4:30 AM | 7:30 AM | 12:30 PM | 1:30 PM | 11:30 PM |
| Winners R2 | TBD vs TBD | 7:30 AM | 10:30 AM | 3:30 PM | 4:30 PM | 2:30 AM (Jan 22) |
| Winners R2 | TBD vs TBD | 10:30 AM | 1:30 PM | 6:30 PM | 7:30 PM | 5:30 AM (Jan 22) |
Friday, January 22
| Round | Match | PST | EST | GMT (UK) | CET (EU) | AEDT (AUS) |
| Losers R2 | TBD vs TBD | 7:30 AM | 10:30 AM | 3:30 PM | 4:30 PM | 2:30 AM (Jan 23) |
| Losers R2 | TBD vs TBD | 10:30 AM | 1:30 PM | 6:30 PM | 7:30 PM | 5:30 AM (Jan 23) |
Saturday, January 23
| Round | Match | PST | EST | GMT (UK) | CET (EU) | AEDT (AUS) |
| Winners Final | TBD vs TBD | 7:30 AM | 10:30 AM | 3:30 PM | 4:30 PM | 2:30 AM (Jan 24) |
| Losers Final | TBD vs TBD | 10:30 AM | 1:30 PM | 6:30 PM | 7:30 PM | 5:30 AM (Jan 24) |
Sunday, January 23
| Round | Match | PST | EST | GMT (UK) | CET (EU) | AEDT (AUS) |
| 3rd Place Match | TBD vs TBD | 7:30 AM | 10:30 AM | 3:30 PM | 4:30 PM | 2:30 AM (Jan 24) |
| Grand Final | TBD vs TBD | 10:30 AM | 1:30 PM | 6:30 PM | 7:30 PM | 5:30 AM (Jan 24) |
How To Watch BLAST Premier Global Final 2020
The event will be live-streamed on BLAST’s Twitch and YouTube channels and the latter shall also contain the VODs and highlights.
