Vitality advanced to the playoffs of BLAST Premier Spring Finals 2022

The Vitality team defeated paiN Gaming with a score of 2:1 and advanced to the playoffs of BLAST Premier Spring Finals 2022. In turn, the Brazilian team completed their performance in the championship, earning $10,000 and 250 BLAST Premier points.

The first meeting of the second gaming day of the championship started on the Nuke map. which became the choice of the Brazilian team. However, representatives of paiN Gaming soon regretted the decision to choose this particular map, as the Danish-French team showed an exemplary defense game, closing the first half with a score of 12:3. After the change of sides, the Brazilians still had theoretical chances to recoup; but the lost pistol round from paiN Gaming decided all the issues. As a result, Vitality got a confident victory at the opponent's pick and took the lead in the series — 16:3.

Next, the teams moved to the Dust 2 map, which became Vitality's choice. At the same time, the nominal "hosts" could not play with the same composure as on Nuke, allowing the opponent to take the initiative and close the first half with a score of 8:7. It seemed that after the change of sides, the Danish-French team would quickly level the gap, or even come out ahead. However, paiN Gaming managed to turn the game around to sensationally take the pick of the opponent and even the score in the series — 16:12.

Everything was decided on the Overpass map, the start of which was left to the Brazilians. However, after four rounds, paiN Gaming ran out of ideas, while the Danish-French team managed to adapt to the opponent's game. As a result, the wards of zonic confidently closed the half in defense, going to the break with a score of 11:4. After the side switch, the audience did not see the intrigue, as Vitality confidently played back the deader and knocked out paiN Gaming from BLAST Premier Spring Finals 2022 - 16:4.

BLAST Premier Spring Finals 2022 takes place 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 are fighting for a prize pool of $425,000, ranking points in the BLAST Premier table, and a ticket to BLAST Premier: World Final 2022.

Intermediate results of 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: paiN Gaming — $10,000 + 250 BLAST Premier points.