Jordan Woodruff
Group Spirit and Group Vitality every recorded a sweep on Friday and superior to the semifinals of the $1 million BLAST Premier: World Closing 2024 in Sentosa, Singapore.
Spirit eradicated FaZe Clan with a 13-10 win on Mirage and a 19-17 victory on Anubis.
Russian Dmitry “sh1ro” Sokolov recorded 53 kills and a plus-21 kills-to-death differential for Spirit, who superior to Saturday’s semifinal showdown with Astralis.
Additionally on Friday, Group Vitality collected 13-6 wins in each Mud II and Mirage to knock out MOUZ.
Israel’s Lotan “Spinx” Giladi had 35 kills and a plus-21 kills-to-death differential to tempo Vitality, who will face G2 Esports on Saturday.
The Counter-Strike 2 occasion started Wednesday with eight groups battling for a high prize of $500,000. The highest three groups from every group made the playoffs. All matches are best-of-three till Sunday’s best-of-five grand remaining.
Saturday’s semifinals:
–Astralis vs. Group Spirit
–G2 Esports vs. Group Vitality
BLAST Premier World Closing prize pool:
1. $500,000
2. $250,000
3-4. $85,000
5-6. $25,000 — FazeClan, MOUZ
7-8. $15,000 — Natus Vincere, Group Liquid
–Subject Stage Media