The organizers of BLAST Premier: World Final 2023 on Counter-Strike 2 officially announced the seeding in the group stage participants. A total of eight teams will play at the event.
Team Vitality, Cloud9, Natus Vincere, and ENCE are in Group A of World Final 2023, while FaZe Clan, MOUZ, Heroic, and G2 Esports will be in Group B.
Cloud9's first opponent will be ENCE, while Natus Vincere will face Team Vitality.
The teams will first face each other in a bo3 (up to three wins) group stage, after which the winners of their groups will directly advance to the semifinals of the playoffs, while the 2nd and 3rd place teams will advance to the quarterfinals. The teams ranked last will be eliminated.
BLAST Premier: World Final 2023 will take place December 13-17 at LAN in Abu Dhabi, UAE. Eight teams will play for one million dollars in prize money.
Earlier BLAST revealed the schedule of LAN-tournaments on CS2 for 2024.