Heroic wins first victory at BLAST Premier Fall Groups 2022

The Heroic team defeated BIG with a score of 16:13 as part of BLAST Premier Fall Groups 2022 and reached the final of the upper bracket of group C. Here the Danish team will meet with FaZe Clan. In turn, the BIG team went to the bottom of the quartet, where they will play with the North Americans from Evil Geniuses.

The second match of the day took place on the Nuke map. While the German team started on defense, Heroic managed to impose a fight. While the starting series remained with the BIG players, closer to the change of sides, the Danes managed to level the difference and reduced the gap to a comfortable 9:6.

After switching sides, Heroic managed to quickly equalize the difference in the score, but the pattern of the match did not change - the teams continued to exchange sharp attacks and did not run ahead. And yet, in the very end, the Danish team managed to get together to take the lead, and then close the meeting in their favor — 16:13.

BLAST Premier Fall Groups 2022 takes place from 19 to 28 August in Copenhagen. As part of the championship, twelve partner teams from Europe, the CIS and North America are fighting for a prize pool of $177,498, rating points, and six tickets to BLAST Premier: Fall Finals 2022.

Prize pool distribution at BLAST Premier Fall Groups 2022

• 1st-3rd place: $27,500 + 2,400 points + BLAST Premier: Fall Finals 2022 slot
• 4th-6th place: $17,500 + 1,200 points + BLAST Premier: Fall Finals 2022 slot
• 7th-9th place: $8,500 + 900 points + BLAST Premier: Fall Showdown 2022 slot
• 10th-12th place: $5,666 + 600 points + BLAST Premier: Fall Showdown 2022 slot

Results of groups A and B

Astralis and NAVI (Play-In Final)

2nd place

Vitality and Team Liquid (Play-In Semifinals)

3rd place

Ninjas in Pajamas and Complexity (Play-In Quarterfinals)

4th place

OG and G2 Esports (Play-In Quarterfinals)