BLAST Premier World Final results & highlights

The last big Counter-Strike 2 LAN event, BLAST Premier World Final, took place in front of a massive crowd in the United Arab Emirates (Abu Dhabi) at the Etihad Arena, featuring eight of the best teams in the world. Find out what went down with our results and highlights vid!

BLAST Premier World Final results

We saw a thrilling group stage take place, with some surprising results. In Group A, Team Vitality came out on top, while ENCE got eliminated. In Group B, FaZe Clan topped the group, while Danish powerhouse Heroic was swiftly eliminated.

Check out our highlights video below explaining what went down in the playoffs of the BLAST Premier World Final 2023, or continue reading…or both!

With six teams making it to the single-elimination playoffs, one mistake could send them packing. In the quarterfinals, Na’Vi pulled off an incredible reverse sweep against G2 Esports for a 2-1 win, while MOUZ decimated Cloud9 with a very clean 2-0 win.

In the semifinals of the BLAST Premier World Final, Team Vitality knocked Na’Vi to the curb with a clean 2-0, while FaZe Clan beat MOUZ 2-0 after two highly contested maps.

Team Vitality and FaZe Clan faced off in the grand finals of the BLAST Premier World Final. Vitality came out swinging on Inferno for a convincing 13-5 win and finished proceedings on Nuke with another clean 13-7 victory as Mathieu “⁠ZywOo⁠” Herbaut dismantled FaZe in style.

For their efforts, Team Vitality wins the first-place prize of $500,000, while FaZe Clan limps away with $250,000 in prize money. A big congratulations go out to Vitality for not missing a beat during the entire event, as they didn’t lose a single map!

There’s a lot of exciting CS2 esports action to look forward to next year. Check out BLAST Premier’s 2024 CS2 event schedule.

Header image via BLAST Premier.