BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023: NA, EU and SA Open Qualifier Results

In this piece, we take a look at the recently concluded North American, European, and South American Open Qualifiers for the BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023.

Here’s a look at which teams have all progressed and will advance to the Closed Qualifiers.

North America RMR Open Qualifiers

Detonate, Mythic, Timbermen, and Strife are the four teams who advanced from the first BLAST.tv Paris North America RMR Open Qualifier. These teams successfully completed the single-elimination bracket (which consisted of three Bo1 rounds and a Bo3 series) and claimed a spot in the Closed Qualifier. Mythic celebrated a dominant win over Limitless, while Detonate were the second team to rise after their 2-0 win over Skriptovie.

Timbermen secured third place for the Closed Qualifier by beating Cartel Terraza 2-0. Strife secured last place by beating 4ORMULA 2-1. Strife secured their place in the fourth round after defeating Goomba Stomp in the previous round. Their third match was briefly played against FunMix, but the match was canceled and their previous win against Goomba Stomp was annulled because a player named “pawt” was banned for cheating during the third round match.

The team list for the Closed Qualifiers in North America is as follows:

Invited:

• MIBR
• Nouns
• Evil Geniuses
• TeamOne
• ATK
• Vendetta
• Complexity
• paiN

Qualified:

• Mythic
• Detonate
• Timbermen
• Strife Esports
• yur
• Take Flyte
• 4ORMULA
• REIGN

Europe RMR Open Qualifiers

The qualifying tournaments in Europe kicked off with almost 1000 teams trying their chances. Notably, Mixfits, LDLC, GenOne, and HEET all advanced in the second round of qualifiers. These four teams all managed to redeem themselves and reach the round of 16 while Nakama lost to Let us cook. Both HEET and LDLC won their games against Nexus and the SINNERS respectively, so at least four French teams are represented in the two closed qualifiers. GenOne and Mixfits played each other for a seat, while the Falcons received a direct invite.

A total of eight teams have secured their spots for each of the European Closed Qualifiers, which take place from February 16 to 19.

The invitations and the distribution of teams for the EU Closed Qualifiers are as follows:

EU RMR A Closed Qualifier

Invited:

• G2
• 1WIN
• Copenhagen Flames
• 9INE
• SAW
• HAVU
• Astralis
• IKLA

Qualified: 

• Into The Breach
• Viperio
• Tricked Esports
• Mixfits
• Eternal Fire
• B8
• Turów Zgorzelec Esport
• LDLC

EU RMR B Closed Qualifier

Invited: 

• Illuminar
• OG
• GamerLegion
• Falcons
• Apeks
• Aurora
• forZe
• Monte

Qualified: 

• EYEBALLERS
• HONORIS
• 500
• HEET
• ECSTATIC
• iNation
• JANO Esports
• Anonymo Esports

South America RMR Open Qualifier

Four teams from the SA RMR Open Qualifier have secured a spot in the Closed Qualifier, which takes place on February 17-19.

Over 400 teams competed in the single elimination round, but Case, INTZ, and RED Canids finished before the closed qualifier. Flamengo made it to the Bo3 round where they lost 2-0 to Fuscão 1500. The only series that went over all three maps was that between WINDINGO and Boca Juniors, although WINDINGO ultimately qualified for the closed qualifier.

The team list for the Closed Qualifier currently looks as follows:

Invited: 

• O PLANO
• Fluxo
• Imperial
• 00NATION
• Sharks
• Corinthians
• 9z
• ARCTIC

Qualified: 

• BESTIA
• Fuscão 1500
• ODDIK
• WINDINGO
• INTZ
• Flamengo Esports
• RED Canids
• Paquetá Gaming

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