BLAST Premier reveals Fall Showdown 2023 Qualifier dates

• BLAST reveal seven regional Qualifiers taking place across August and September

BLAST Premier has announced further details for their upcoming Fall Showdown qualifiers, the last chance to qualify for the BLAST Premier Fall Showdown. 

Fall Showdown qualifiers offer teams from different regions and levels a route to qualify for the BLAST Premier Fall Showdown, where they’ll face off against some of Counter-Strike's best teams. 

Hosted online by the BLAST regional partners (Todos Gamers, Relog, Pelaajat, GGTV, RTP, Liga Ace) , The qualifiers are made up of seven regional qualifiers featuring teams from across four continents across both August and September. Hosted online, the qualifiers allow teams from over 100 countries a route to qualify for the Fall Showdown in October.

The regional qualifier regions and dates are as follows: 

• TG MASTERS (South America): 10-13 August
• Ace North American Masters Fall 2023 (North America): 7-10 September
• Nordic Masters (Nordics): 15-17 September
• RES West EU Masters (Western Europe): 8-10 September
• RES East EU Masters (Eastern Europe): 15-17 September
• RTP Arena Fall Cup 2023 (Iberia): 7-10 September
• 5E Arena Asia Cup Fall 2023 (Asia): 26-28 August

Details on direct Showdown invites will follow in the coming weeks.

One team from each of the above qualifiers will feed into the Showdown taking place between 4-8th October. Fall Showdown is split into two regions: European Showdown and Americas Showdown, with $135,000 split across the two. Six participating teams are already confirmed from their placement in Fall Groups back in July. 

Both the European and Americas Showdown are hosted online, giving more teams and territories a chance to compete. The winners of the Showdown each receive one spot at this year's BLAST Premier Fall Final in Copenhagen’s Royal Arena (22-26th November) and $20,000 in prize money.

About BLAST We’re on a mission to take esports to the next level of global entertainment. We excite and invite billions of fans to join the esports revolution. We create live and digital experiences - from tournaments that pack out major arenas around the world to great content that’s guaranteed to blow your socks off. We work with some of the world’s best game publishers and brands to elevate their properties into amazing esports experiences - having delivered tournaments, content and shows in a variety of games, including: Counter-Strike, Rainbow Six Siege, DOTA 2, VALORANT, Apex Legends, FIFA 2022 and Fortnite. Over the last year, we’ve been working with Fortnite to develop industry leading, year-round, calendar of exciting and competitive esports events. Following last year’s FNCS All-Star Showdown and FNCS Grand Royale tournaments, we’re now operating the entire FNCS Chapter 3 broadcast schedule during each Fortnite Season for 2022. BLAST Premier is a worldwide Counter-Strike tournament series where the best teams and biggest superstars fight it out for glory and a multi-million dollar prize pool. Famous for its unparalleled production quality and game changing fan-first moments. Attracting tens-of-thousands of fans to our crazy-big-adrenaline-pumped live events in big arenas from London and Copenhagen to Miami and Sao Paulo, with millions more watching at home on our broadcast tuning in from more than 154 territories and in 25 different languages.