BLAST Premier Spring Finals 2022: NAVI, BIG, ENCE and OG will compete for three spots in the playoffs

Tomorrow the group stage of BLAST Premier Spring Finals 2022 will start, as a result of which we have prepared for your attention an overview of the participants in group B. In this case, the teams NaVi, BIG, ENCE and OG will compete for three tickets to the championship playoffs. Given the current state of the scene, it's safe to say that we've got a "group of death".

What will NAVI show without Boombl4?

At the end of May, NAVI parted ways with their captain, citing reputational risks. Later, it became clear to everyone what exactly was discussed, since such a level of trash has not been on the professional scene for a long time. In any case, NAVI did not take risks and attract young players from the academy, but took a proven option in the face of sdy.

In addition, "Born to Win" made a role reversal, giving electroNic the duties of a captain. Who knows how Denis will adapt to a new position for himself, but last year's experience causes concern.

Nevertheless, NAVI is still a strong team that can show a cool individual performance using old tactics. In addition, we have an individually strong team that seems to have no equal in Group B.

EZ4ENCE?

Only in the last three months, the ENCE team managed to gain a foothold among the leaders of the scene, simultaneously playing in two finals: ESL Pro League Season 15 and Intel Extreme Masters XVII - Dallas. Don't forget about PGL Major Antwerp 2022, where sAw's players reached the semi-finals. And no one will remember that last season the team survived with dubious success at Funspark ULTI and Elisa Invitational.

In any case, we are dealing with a ready-made team that has a clear structure and understanding of the actions of each individual player. It's really difficult to fight this team, if you don't take into account one "but": ENCE always loses matches against opponents from the TOP-5. It remains to be seen whether the team will be able to get rid of its main drawback.

Will degster help the ever-promising OG roster?

A couple of days before the start of the championship, it became known about the difficult fate of mantuu, who caught the coronavirus and did not fly to Portugal. OG quickly made a fuss and invited degster, who had just been left without a team. So here are the inexperienced NEOFRAG and F1KU, who have never played in front of a big arena.

In any case, it will be interesting to watch OG, since nexa himself shared his plans for the championship and promised to give degster more freedom of action. If everything goes according to the scenario, the team really has a chance to shoot in this tournament. But will the experience of the recent Global Esports Tour Dubai 2022, where OG literally failed, losing in the NIP semi-finals, not have a chance?

tabseN and company

BIG is a very interesting team in every sense. In terms of fresh ideas, she has practically no equal. But the implementation has been lame for a year now. It seems that the German team is about to finally find its game and gain a foothold, but then there are losses from Astralis and Heroic, as a result of which the team becomes only third at the Pinnacle Cup Championship 2022.

And this happens on a regular basis as the only stable player continues to be tabseN. So here also Krimbo fell ill, the place of which will again be taken by k1to. Given the playoffs of the last championship, there are big doubts about the prospects of BIG. Well, at least you can still fight against OG.

BLAST Premier Spring Finals 2022 will be held from June 15 to 19 in Lisbon at the Altice Arena. As part of the championship, the eight best teams of the spring season from Europe and North America will compete for a prize pool of $425,000, rating points for the BLAST Premier table, and a ticket to BLAST Premier: World Final 2022.

Prize pool distribution for BLAST Premier Spring Finals 2022

• 1st place: $200,000 + 4,000 BLAST Premier points + slot to BLAST Premier: World Final 2022.
• 2nd place: $85,000 + 2,000 BLAST Premier points.
• 3rd-4th place: $40,000 + 1,250 BLAST Premier points.
• 5th-6th place: $20,000 + 500 BLAST Premier points.
• 7th-8th place: $10,000 + 250 BLAST Premier points.