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BLAST Premier Spring Groups 2023
BLAST Premier Spring Groups 2023 was a 12-team Counter-Strike: Global Offensive LAN event in Copenhagen. Three group winners and three Gauntlet winners qualified for Spring Final.
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Updated October 23, 2026Competition snapshot
Host and dates
BLAST Studios, Copenhagen, Denmark · Jan 19–29, 2023[1][3]
Champion
No single event champion; the three group winners were Team Vitality, FaZe Clan, and G2 Esports.[1][2]
Combined prize pool
USD 177.5k
BLAST reports USD 177,500 for the event.[1]
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Participant scale
12 teams[1]
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BLASTCommercial note
Tournament organizer · Recorded in the 2023 edition.[2]
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CS.MONEYCommercial note
Event sponsor · Recorded in the 2023 edition.[2]
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EPOSCommercial note
Event sponsor · Recorded in the 2023 edition.[2]
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MaerskCommercial note
Event sponsor · Recorded in the 2023 edition.[2]
PTG Database Analysis
BLAST Premier Spring Groups 2023 was the opening BLAST Premier Counter-Strike event of the year, played as a LAN competition without a crowd at BLAST’s Copenhagen studio from Jan. 19 to 29. Three double-elimination groups fed into a Gauntlet stage. Each group winner and each Gauntlet winner qualified for Spring Final.[2][3]
BLAST lists 12 teams and a USD 177,500 prize pool. The three group winners—Team Vitality, FaZe Clan and G2 Esports—shared the first-through-third prize band and direct Spring Final qualification; there was no single event champion. Liquipedia identifies CS.MONEY, EPOS and Maersk as event sponsors.[1][2]
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- [1]BLAST Premier Spring Groups 2023 — BLAST
- [2]BLAST Premier: Spring Groups 2023 — Liquipedia Counter-Strike Wiki — Liquipedia
- [3]BLAST Premier dates and format revealed for 2023 — BLAST
- [4]BLAST Premier Spring Groups 2023 overview — HLTV.org
- [5]BLAST Premier continues A.P. Moller - Maersk partnership — Esports Insider
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