Vitality win BLAST Premier World Finals 2023: Final placements & results

Josh Taylor
Vitality win the BLAST Premier World Finals 2023 tournament.

The BLAST Premier World Finals returned for another year, with Vitality taking the world title in convincing fashion over FaZe in the grand finals. Here’s all the final placements and results.

BLAST Premier World Finals 2023 was again held in Abu Dhabi, UAE, for its huge end of season Counter-Strike event between December 13-17, 2023.

Last year saw eight teams compete in CS:GO as G2 Esports went against the odds to become the champions. However, this year saw eight qualified teams instead compete in CS2 for the $1 million prize pool and title of world champions at BLAST Premier.

The top two Valve ranked teams battled it out in the Grand Finals of the BLAST Premier World Finals 2023, however it was much more clear cut than expected. Vitality ended up taking the championship with a swift 2-0 victory over FaZe, after winning the first map Inferno, 13-5, and the second map of Nuke, 13-7.

Here’s everything you need to know about the BLAST Premier World Finals, including the full results of each match and final placements.

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BLAST Premier World Final 2023: Schedule & results

The BLAST Premier World Final place between December 13-17, with the eight participating teams split into two double-elimination groups of Group A and Group B. The group winners will progress to the semi-finals, while the runners-up and the third-placed sides advances to the quarter-finals. The bottom-placed group finishers will be eliminated from the tournament.

Group Stage (December 13-14)

Day 1: December 13

StageMatchPTETGMT
Group A Cloud9 2-0 ENCE10 PM1 AM6 AM
Group AVitality 2-0 NAVI1 AM4 AM9 AM 
Group BFaZe 2-0 Heroic4 AM7 AM12 PM
Group BMOUZ 0-2 G27 AM10 AM3 PM

Day 2: December 14

StageMatchPTETGMT
Group A ENCE 1-2 NAVI10 PM1 AM6 AM
Group ACloud9 2-0 Vitality1 AM4 AM9 AM 
Group BHeroic 0-2 MOUZ4 AM7 AM12 PM
Group BFaZe 2-1 G27 AM10 AM3 PM

Group A

PlacementTeamRecord
1Cloud92-0
2Vitality1-1
3NAVI1-1
4ENCE0-2

Group B

PlacementTeamRecord
1FaZe2-0
2MOUZ1-1
3G21-1
4Heroic0-2

Playoffs (December 15-17)

Day 3: December 15

StageMatchPTETGMT
Quarter-finalsCloud9 0-2 MOUZ1 AM4 AM9 AM
Quarter-finalsG2 1-2 NAVI4 AM7 AM12 PM 

Day 4: December 16

StageMatchPTETGMT
Semi-finalsFaZe 2-0 MOUZ3:30 AM6:30 AM11:30 AM
Semi-finalsVitality 2-0 NAVI7 AM10 AM3 PM 

Day 5: December 17

StageMatchPTETGMT
Grand FinalFaZe 0-2 Vitality1 AM9 AM2PM

BLAST Premier World Final 2023: All qualified teams

This year, there will be 8 teams competing in the BLAST Premier World Final. Heroic and Vitality both qualified through BLAST events, where Heroic won the Spring Final and Vitality were winners of the BLAST.tv Paris Major.

In similar fashion, FaZe and MOUZ both became champions of different ESL Pro League seasons in 2023 to seal their places. For the remaining teams, these all qualified by achieving high placements in the BLAST World Leadboard.

TeamRegionPlayers
HeroicEuropedupreeh, TeSeS, CadiaN , sjuush, Zyphon
FaZeEuroperain, broky, frozen, karrigan, ropz
VitalityEuropeapEX, ZywOo, mezii, Spinx, flameZ
G2 EsportsEuropehuNter, NiKo, m0NESY, nexa, HooXi
MOUZEuropesiuhy, torzsi, jimpphat, xertion, Brollan
ENCEEuropegla1ve, NertZ, Maden, dycha, SunPayus
NAVIEuropeAleksib, iM, b1t, jL, w0nderful
Cloud9EuropeHObbit, electroNic, Boombl4, Ax1Le, Perfecto

We will constantly be updating this BLAST Premier World Final 2023 hub as matches go ahead, where we will provide updates on each match result and overall team standings during the tournament.