Blast Premier 2020

BLAST PREMIER

BLAST PREMIER 2020

2020 SEASON CALENDAR

Spring Series - LAN

Seeding and Draw 20 December 2019

Week 1: 30 January 2020 - 2 February 2020 Spring Series Dates Week 2: 6 February 2020 - 9 February 2020 Week 3: 13 February 2020 - 16 February 2020

Spring Showdown - Online

Seeding 13 May 2020

Spring Showdown Dates 1 June 2020 - 7 June 2020

Spring Finals - Online

Seeding 10 June 2020

Spring Finals Dates 15 June 2020 – 21 June 2020

Fall Series - LAN

Seeding and Draw 4 September 2020

Week 1: 26 October 2020 – 28 October 2020 Fall Series Dates Week 2: 29 October 2020 – 31 October 2020 Week 3: 2 November 2020 – 4 November 2020

Fall Showdown - LAN

BLAST Wildcard confirmed No later than 25 October 2020

Qualifier Teams confirmed No later than 1 November 2020

Seeding 18 November 2020

Fall Showdown Dates 24 November 2020 – 29 November 2020

Fall Finals - LAN

Seeding 2 December 2020

Fall Finals Dates 8 December 2020 – 13 December 2020

Global Final - LAN

Teams confirmed No later than 21 December 2020

Global Final Dates 18 January 2021 – 24 January 2021

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SPRING SERIES

PARTICIPATING TEAMS

The 12 BLAST Premier Member Teams shall automatically qualify for the Spring Series and Fall Series (together, the "Series"). Only Member Teams shall participate in the Series.

Astralis Team Liquid Evil Geniuses Natus Vincere Team Vitality G2 Esports

FaZe Clan 100 Theives Ninjas in Pyjamas MIBR OG Esports Complexity

SEEDING

The Member Teams shall independently rank the other Member Teams (excluding themselves) from #1 – #11, with #1 being the best. The Member Teams must base their rankings on genuinely held beliefs and, if requested by BLAST, must provide sufficient reasoning for their submitted rankings. Each Member Team shall keep all information relating to its seeding vote confidential (which includes the submission itself as well as any decision making, thoughts or other pre-vote elements) and it shall not consult or discuss its seeding votes with any other Team, person or entity other than BLAST. Each Member Team must act reasonably and in good faith in respect of all matters concerning seeding. To the extent that BLAST has reason to believe any Member Team is, or seeks to, manipulate the seeding (either alone or in conjunction with other Member Teams and/or at the request of a third party or howsoever arising) BLAST shall be entitled to investigate its concerns and where applicable apply sanctions. For the avoidance of doubt the ESIC Anti-Corruption Code applies to all matters concerning seeding.

BLAST will calculate the average ranking of each Member Team in order to work out their seeding. BLAST reserves the right to remove any significantly deviating rankings from the calculation. The seeding provided by BLAST as a result of the above process shall be binding on all Member Teams and shall not be subject to appeal.

The Member Teams will be divided into 4 pots (each a "Pot"):

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

Seeds - 1 & 3 Seeds - 4 & 6 Seeds - 7 & 9 Seeds - 10 & 12

There will be 3 groups. Each Group shall consist of 4 Member Teams, with 1 Member Team drawn from each Pot.

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FORMAT

• Playing Time: Each of the Spring Series and Fall Series is played out over three weeks, with 1 Group playing each week in accordance with the Match Schedule. • Matches: Best-of-Three (BO3). • Double Elimination: The 4 Member Teams in each Group will play out a double elimination bracket. • Qualification: The Member Teams which finish 1st and 2nd in their Group will automatically qualify for the applicable Season Finals. The Member Teams which finish 3rd and 4th in their Group will play in the applicable Showdown for a second chance at qualifying for the applicable Season Finals.

Opening match 1

Upper Bracket Final

Opening match 2 Group Final

Consolidation Final

Lower Bracket Round 1

PRIZE POOL

The $300,000 prize pool for each Series will be divided into $100,000 per Group and distributed as follows:

1st 2nd 3rd 4th

Place Place Place Place

$50,000 $35,000 $10,000 $5,000

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FALL SERIES

PARTICIPATING TEAMS

10 BLAST Premier Member Teams shall automatically qualify for the Fall Series (together, the “Series”). Team Liquid will join the Fall Season at the Showdown stage. The 10 Member teams will be joined by BIG & Furia to make the 12 teams competing in the Fall Series.

Astralis FURIA Evil Geniuses Natus Vincere Team Vitality G2 Esports

FaZe Clan BIG Ninjas in Pyjamas MIBR OG Esports Complexity

The Fall Series will be played online in Europe with 3 groups of 4 teams playing a BO3 double elimination tournament.

SEEDING & GROUP SETTING

Given the process of getting teams to Europe and the necessity to redraw the groups a different approach has been taken to setting the groups to previous BLAST Premier events. The teams will be separated into pots based on their HLTV ranking on the 14th October and placed into pots.

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

Seeds 1 - 3 based Seeds 4 - 6 based Seed 7 - 9 based Seed 10 - 12 based on HLTV rankings on HLTV rankings on HLTV rankings on HLTV rankings

Each group has been set with one team from each pot.

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FORMAT

• Playing Time: Each of the Fall Series is played out over three weeks, with 1 Group playing each week in accordance with the Match Schedule. • Matches: Best-of-Three (BO3). • Double Elimination: The 4 Member Teams in each Group will play out a double elimination bracket. • Qualification: The Member Teams which finish 1st and 2nd in their Group will automatically qualify for the applicable Season Finals. The Member Teams which finish 3rd and 4th in their Group will play in the applicable Showdown for a second chance at qualifying for the applicable Season Finals.

Opening match 1

Upper Bracket Final

Opening match 2 Group Final

Consolidation Final

Lower Bracket Round 1

PRIZE POOL

The $150,000 USD prize pool for the Fall Series will be divided into $50,000 USD per Group and distributed as follows:

1st 2nd 3rd 4th

Place Place Place Place

$25,000 $12,500 $7,500 $5,000

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SPRING SHOWDOWN

PARTICIPATING TEAMS

The Spring Showdown will happen online and will be split into a European & Americas Showdown; consisting of 10 teams in the European Showdown & 8 teams in the Americas Showdown, meaning 18 teams in total.

EUROPEAN SPRING SHOWDOWN AMERICAS SPRING SHOWDOWN

10 Teams 8 Teams

EUROPEAN SPRING SHOWDOWN

Will comprise of 3 Member Teams (Astralis, NIP & Vitality) that dropped down from the Series and 7 Non-Member Teams. For the purposes hereof, the Member Teams and Non-Member Teams are referred to collectively as "Teams". The 7 Non-Member Teams will comprise of;

Qualifying Teams will be awarded a slot by winning third Qualifying Teams will be awarded a slot by BLAST in its party tournaments or qualifiers identified by BLAST in sole discretion as a "BLAST Wildcard". BLAST will choose 4 advance. 3 any and all BLAST Wildcard picks in its sole discretion and its decision will be final.

AMERICAS SPRING SHOWDOWN

Will comprise of 3 Member Teams (Evil Geniuses, 100 Thieves & MIBR) that dropped down from the Series and 5 Non-Member Teams. For the purposes hereof, the Mem- ber Teams and Non-Member Teams are referred to collectively as "Teams". The 5 non-member teams will comprise of;

Qualifying Teams will be awarded a slot by BLAST in its sole discretion as a "BLAST Wildcard". BLAST will choose any and all BLAST 5 Wildcard picks in its sole discretion and its decision will be final.

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EUROPEAN SEEDING

The 10 Teams in each of the Showdowns shall independently rank the other Teams in their Showdown (excluding themselves) from #1 – #9, with #1 being the best. The Teams must base their rankings on genuinely held beliefs and, if requested by BLAST, must provide sufficient reasoning for their submitted rankings. Each Team shall keep all information relating to its seeding vote confidential (which includes the submission itself as well as any decision making, thoughts or other pre-vote elements) and it shall not consult or discuss its seeding votes with any other Team, person or entity other than BLAST. Each Team must act reasonably and in good faith in respect of all matters concerning seeding. To the extent that BLAST has reason to believe any Team is, or seeks to, manipulate the seeding (either alone or in conjunction with other Teams and/or at the request of a third party or howsoever arising) BLAST shall be entitled to investigate its concerns and where applicable apply sanctions. For the avoidance of doubt the ESIC Anti-Corruption Code applies to all matters concerning seeding.

BLAST will calculate the average ranking of each Team in order to work out their seeding. BLAST reserves the right to remove any significantly deviating rankings from the calculation. The seeding provided by BLAST as a result of the above process shall be binding on all Teams and shall not be subject to appeal.

Based on their seeding, the Teams will be divided into 2 Groups:

Group A Group B

Seeds - 1, 4, 5, 7 & 10 Seeds - 2, 3, 6, 8 & 9

AMERICAN SEEDING

The 8 Teams in each of the Showdowns shall independently rank the other Teams in their Showdown (excluding themselves) from #1 – #7, with #1 being the best. The Teams must base their rankings on genuinely held beliefs and, if requested by BLAST, must provide sufficient reasoning for their submitted rankings. Each Team shall keep all information relating to its seeding vote confidential (which includes the submission itself as well as any decision making, thoughts or other pre-vote elements) and it shall not consult or discuss its seeding votes with any other team, person or entity other than BLAST. Each Team must act reasonably and in good faith in respect of all matters concerning seeding. To the extent that BLAST has reason to believe any Team is, or seeks to, manipulate the seeding (either alone or in conjunction with other Teams and/or at the request of a third party or howsoever arising) BLAST shall be entitled to investigate its concerns and where applicable apply sanctions. For the avoidance of doubt the ESIC Anti-Corruption Code applies to all matters concerning seeding.

Based on their seeding, the Teams will be divided into 2 Groups:

Group A Group B

Seeds - 1, 4, 5 & 8 Seeds - 2, 3, 6 & 7

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FORMAT

The Showdown will be the same for Europe & Americas.

EUROPEAN SPRING FORMAT

Europe format is divided into two stages; the "Group Stage" and the "Playoffs".

GROUP STAGE (ROUND-ROBIN) • Playing Time: The Group Stage is played out over 5 days in accordance with the Match Schedule. • Matches: Best-of-One (BO1). • Round-Robin: Each Group (A & B) is played out as a round-robin, with every Team in the Group playing each other. • Group placings will be decided by points (3 for a win and 1 for a tie); if Teams are level on points then the head to head records of those Teams will be the deciding factor, if that doesn’t differentiate then Neustadtl scores will be used to decide placings between the Teams. • Qualification: The 2 Teams which finish 5th in each Group are eliminated. The remaining 8 Teams will advance to the Playoffs.

Group A Group B

Position Team Points Position Team Points

1 Team 1 x 1 Team 6 x

2 Team 2 x 2 Team 7 x

3 Team 3 x 3 Team 8 x

4 Team 4 x 4 Team 9 x

5 Team 5 x 5 Team 10 x

PLAYOFFS Two separate cross-group gauntlets as provided for in the Showdown Format: • Playing Time: The Playoffs are played out over three (3) days in accordance with the Match Schedule. • Matches: Best-of-Three (BO3). • Single-Elimination Gauntlet Bracket: The Playoffs are played as a single-elimination gauntlet bracket. Teams are placed into either the quarter-finals, semi-finals or finals based on their Group Stage position:

QUARTER-FINALS The Teams which finished 3rd and 4th in each Group start the Playoffs in the quarter-finals. Quarter Final 1: 4th Place Group B vs. 3rd Place Group A. Quarter Final 2: 4th Place Group A vs. 3rd Place Group B.

SEMI-FINALS The Teams which finished 2nd in each Group start the Playoffs in the semi-finals (and will play the 5 BLAST Premier 2020 Tournament Mechanics Final winners of the quarter-finals). Semi Final 1: Winner Quarter Final 1 vs. 2nd Group B. Semi Final 2: Winner Quarter Final 2 vs. 2nd Group A.

FINALS The Teams which finished 1st in each Group start the Playoffs in the finals (and will play the winners of the semi-finals). Final 1: Winner Semi Final 1 vs. 1st Group A. Final 2: Winner Semi Final 2 vs. 1st Group B.

QUALIFICATION The 2 Teams which win their respective final matches will qualify automatically for the European Spring Final. The two losing finalists will advance to a Play In to be played at the start of the European Spring Final for the 8th spot in the European Spring Final. All other Teams are eliminated in respect of the Spring Final. All other Teams are eliminated in respect of the European Spring Final.

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Quarter Final 1 Semi Final 1 Final 1

5th Group B Winner Quarter Final 1 Winner Semi Final 1

4th Group A 3rd Group B 2nd Group A

Quarter Final 2 Semi Final 2 Final 2

5th Group A Winner Quarter Final 2 Winner Semi Final 2

4th Group B 3rd Group A 2nd Group B

AMERICAS SPRING FORMAT

Americas format is divided into two stages; the "Group Stage" and the "Playoffs".

GROUP STAGE (ROUND-ROBIN) • Playing Time: The Group Stage is played out over 3 days in accordance with the Match Schedule. • Matches: Best-of-One (BO1). • Round-Robin: Each Group (A & B) is played out as a round-robin, with every Team in the Group playing each other. • Group placings will be decided by points (3 for a win and 1 for a tie); if teams are level on points then the head to head records of those teams will be the deciding factor, if that doesn’t differentiate then Neustadtl scores will be used to decide placings between the teams, if teams are still tied then round difference will be used to differentiate. • Qualification: The two Teams which finish 4th in each Group are eliminated. The remaining 6 Teams will advance to the Playoffs.

Group A Group B

Position Team Points Position Team Points

1 Team 1 x 1 Team 5 x

2 Team 2 x 2 Team 6 x

3 Team 3 x 3 Team 7 x

4 Team 4 x 4 Team 8 x

PLAYOFFS Two separate cross-group gauntlets as provided for in the Showdown Format. • Playing Time: The Playoffs are played out over 5 days in accordance with the Match Schedule. • Matches: Best-of-Three (BO3). • Single-Elimination Gauntlet Bracket: The Playoffs are played as a single-elimination gauntlet bracket. Teams are placed into either the semi-finals or finals based on their Group Stage position:

SEMI-FINALS The Teams which finished 2nd in each Group start the Playoffs in the semi-finals and will play the team finishing 3rd in the other group. Semi Final 1: 3rd Group A vs. 2nd Group B. Semi Final 2: 3rd Group B vs. 2nd Group A.

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QUALIFICATION The 2 Teams which win their respective final matches will qualify automatically for the Americas Spring Final. The two losing finalists will advance to a Play In for the 4th spot in the Americas Spring Final. All other Teams are eliminated in respect of the Spring Final.

Semi Final 1 Final 1

3rd Group A Winner Semi Final 1

2nd Group B 1st Group A

Semi Final 2 Final 2

3rd Group B Winner Semi Final 2

2nd Group A 1st Group B

PRIZE POOL

EUROPEAN SPRING SHOWDOWN The $182,500 prize pool will be distributed as follows:

1st 3rd 4th 5th 7th 5th

Equal Equal Equal Equal 1st place 5th place 7th place 9th place

$37,500 $25,000 $20,000 $13,750 $10,000 $7,500

Both Group Winner of Loser of Losers of Losers of both Losers of both Winners Play In Play In both Finals Semi Finals Quarter Finals

AMERICAS SPRING SHOWDIWN The $142,500 prize pool will be distributed as follows:

1st 3rd 4th 5th 7th

Equal Equal Equal 1st place 5th place 7th place

$35,000 $20,000 $17,500 $10,000 $7,500

Winners of Winner of Loser of Losers of both 4th place both Finals Play In Play In Semi Finals in groups

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FALL SHOWDOWN

PARTICIPATING TEAMS

The Fall Showdown will happen online and played as one 16 team tournament.

FALL SHOWDOWN

16 Teams

Will consist of 6 teams that dropped down from the Fall Series, Team Liquid and 9 additional teams. For the purposes hereof, the Fall Series teams and the additional teams are referred to collectively as “Teams”.

The 9 additional teams will comprise of;

Qualifying Teams will be awarded a slot by winning third Qualifying Teams will be awarded a slot by BLAST in its party tournaments or qualifiers identified by BLAST in sole discretion as a “BLAST Wildcard”. BLAST will choose 3 advance. 6 any and all BLAST Wildcard picks in its sole discretion and its decision will be final.

TEAM SEEDING

The 16 Teams in each of the Showdowns shall independently rank the other Teams in their Showdown (excluding themselves) from #1 – #15, with #1 being the best. The Teams must base their rankings on genuinely held beliefs and, if requested by BLAST, must provide sufficient reasoning for their submitted rankings. Each Team shall keep all information relating to its seeding vote confidential (which includes the submission itself as well as any decision making, thoughts or other pre-vote elements) and it shall not consult or discuss its seeding votes with any other team, person or entity other than BLAST. Each Team must act reasonably and in good faith in respect of all matters concerning seeding. To the extent that BLAST has reason to believe any Team is, or seeks to, manipulate the seeding (either alone or in conjunction with other Teams and/or at the request of a third party or howsoever arising) BLAST shall be entitled to investigate its concerns and where applicable apply sanctions. For the avoidance of doubt the ESIC Anti-Corruption Code applies to all matters concerning seeding.

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SHOWDOWN FORMAT

The Fall Showdown is a 16 team single elimination BO3 knockout tournament played over six days with 2 teams advancing to the Fall Final.

ROUND 1 MATCHUPS QUARTER FINAL MATCHUPS SEMI FINAL MATCHUPS (Played across 3 days, (Played across 2 days, (Played across 1 days, all matches are B03) all matches are B03) all matches are B03)

• Match 1 (Seed 1 v Seed 16) • Match 9 • Match 13 (Winner Match 1 v Winner Match 2) (Winner Match 9 v Winner Match 11) • Match 2 (Seed 8 v Seed 9) • Match 10 • Match 14 • Match 3 (Seed 4 v Seed 13) (Winner Match 3 v Winner Match 4) (Winner Match 10 v Winner Match 12)

• Match 4 (Seed 5 v Seed 12) • Match 11 • Qualification: The winner of each of the (Winner Match 5 v Winner Match 6) Semi Finals will qualify automatically • Match 5 (Seed 2 v Seed 15) for the Fall Final. All other Teams are • Match 12 eliminated in respect of the Fall Final. • Match 6 (Seed 7 v Seed 10) (Winner Match 7 v Winner Match 8)

• Match 7 (Seed 3 v Seed 14)

• Match 8 (Seed 6 v Seed 11)

SHOWDOWN PRIZE POOL

The $150,000 USD prize pool will be distributed as follows:

9th Equal 1st 3rd 5th - 4th - 8th - 16th

Place Place Place Place

$25,000 $15,000 $10,000 $3,750

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SPRING FINALS

PARTICIPATING TEAMS

The Spring Final will happen online and will be split into a European & Americas Final.

EUROPEAN SPRING FINALS AMERICAS SPRING FINALS

8 Teams 8 Teams

EUROPEAN SPRING FINAL

European Spring Final will consist of 8 Teams; 5 Member Teams which qualified through the Spring Series (FaZe, Navi, G2, Complexity & OG) and 2 Teams which qualified automatically through the European Spring Showdown. The 8th spot would be taken by the winner of a Play-In between the two losing finalists from the European Spring Showdown.

AMERICAS SPRING FINAL

Americas Spring Final will consist of 4 Teams; 1 Member Teams which qualified through the Spring Series (Team Liquid) and 2 Teams which qualified automatically through the Americas Spring Showdown. The 4th spot would be taken by the winner of a Play-In between the two losing finalists from the Americas Spring Showdown.

SEEDING

EUROPEAN SPRING FINAL BLAST will set the seedings based in 4 bands; (a) 1st - 3rd seeds to be between FaZe, NaVi, G2, as they qualified directly from BLAST Premier Spring Series as group winners. (b) 4th - 5th seeds to be between Complexity & OG as they qualified directly from BLAST Premier Spring Series group runner ups. (c) 6th - 7th seeds to be between the winners from the European Showdown. (d) 8th seed will be the winner from the Play-In.

Winners European Winner Showdown Play-In

Seeds #1 - #3 Seeds #4 - #5 Seeds #6 – #7 Seed #8

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AMERICAS SPRING FINAL BLAST will set the seedings based in 3 bands; (a) 1st seed will be Team Liquid as they qualified directly from BLAST Premier Spring Series. (b) 2nd - 3rd seeds to be between the winners from the Americas Showdown. (c) 4th seed will be the winner from the Play-In.

Winners Americas Winner Showdown Play-In

Seed - 1 Seeds - 2 & 3 Seed - 4

EUROPEAN SPRING FINAL FORMAT

• Playing Time: The Season Final is played out over seven days in accordance with the Match Schedule. • Matches: Best-Of-Three (BO3). • Double-Elimination: The 8 Teams will play out a double elimination bracket. • Qualification: Both Teams in the Championship Final shall qualify for the Global Final.

AMERICAS SPRING FINAL FORMAT

• Playing Time: The Season Final is played out over five days in accordance with the Match Schedule. • Best-Of-Three (BO3). • Double-Elimination: The four (4) Teams will play out a double elimination bracket. • Qualification: The Team which wins the Americas Spring Final shall qualify for the Global Final.

Opening match 1

Upper Bracket Final

Opening match 2 Group Final

Consolidation Final

Lower Bracket Round 1

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PRIZE POOL

The $750,000 USD prize pool for the Spring Final will be split $500,000 USD for the European Spring Final and $250,000 USD for the Americas Spring Final distributed as follows:

EUROPEAN SPRING FINAL

Losing Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5-6th 7-8th from Play-In

Place Place Place Place Place Place

$335,000 $65,000 $30,000 $20,000 $15,000 $10,000 $0

AMERICAS SPRING FINAL

Losing Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th from Play-In

Place Place Place Place

$160,000 $65,000 $15,000 $10,000 $0

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FALL FINALS

PARTICIPATING TEAMS

The Fall Finals will consist of 8 Teams; 6 Member Teams which qualified through the Fall Series and 2 Teams which qualified through the Fall Showdown.

FALL SERIES FALL FINALS FALL SHOWDOWN

6 Teams 2 Teams

8 Teams

SEEDING

The 8 Teams shall independently rank the other Teams (excluding themselves), in two sections. The Group winners from the preceding Series are to be ranked #1 - #3, with the remaining 5 Teams ranked from #4 - #8. By way of example, a Group winner will rank the other 2 Group winners #1 - #2 and the remaining 5 Teams #4 - #8. In contrast, a non-Group winner will rank the 3 Group winners #1 - #3 and the remaining 4 Teams #4 - #7. The Teams must base their rankings on genuinely held beliefs and, if requested by BLAST, must provide sufficient reasoning for their submitted rankings. Each Team shall keep all information relating to its seeding vote confidential (which includes the submission itself as well as any decision making, thoughts or other pre-vote elements) and it shall not consult or discuss its seeding votes with any other team, person or entity other than BLAST. Each Team must act reasonably and in good faith in respect of all matters concerning seeding. To the extent that BLAST has reason to believe any Team is, or seeks to, manipulate the seeding (either alone or in conjunction with other Teams and/or at the request of a third party or howsoever arising) BLAST shall be entitled to investigate its concerns and where applicable apply sanctions. For the avoidance of doubt the ESIC Anti-Corruption Code applies to all matters concerning seeding.

BLAST will calculate the average ranking of each Team in order to produce their seeding. BLAST reserves the right to remove any significantly deviating rankings from the calculation. The seeding provided by BLAST as a result of the above process shall be binding on all Teams and shall not be subject to appeal.

FORMAT

• Playing Time: The Fall Final is played out over five (5) days in accordance with the Match Schedule. • Matches: Best-Of-Three (BO3). • Double-Elimination: The 8 Teams will play out a double elimination bracket. • Qualification: Subject to clause 6 below, the Team which wins the applicable Season Final shall qualify for the Global Final.

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PRIZE POOL

The $425,000 USD prize pool for the Fall Final will be distributed as follows:

1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5-6th 7-8th

Place Place Place Place Place Place

$225,000 $85,000 $40,000 $25,000 $15,000 $10,000

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GLOBAL FINAL

PARTICIPATING TEAMS

A total of 8 Teams will qualify for the BLAST Global Final (the "Global Final")

A maximum of 4 and a minimum of 3 Teams will qualify through the BLAST Spring Season and BLAST Fall Season with the remaining 4 to 5 Teams will qualify through the 'Race to the Global Final Leaderboard' detailed below.

BLAST SPRING SEASON 3 Teams: The Team which wins the Americas BLAST Spring Season Final qualifies for the Global Final. The Team which wins the Americas BLAST Spring Season Final qualifies for the Global Final. Both Teams in the European BLAST Spring Season Championship Final match shall qualify for the Global Final.

BLAST FALL SEASON 1 Team: The Team which wins the BLAST Fall Season Finals qualifies for the Global Final. If the winner of the BLAST Fall Season Final has already qualified, the runner-up of the BLAST Fall Season Final qualifies for the Global Final. If the runner-up of the BLAST Fall Season Final has already qualified, no Team will automatically qualify through the BLAST Fall Season.

The remaining (4-5) Teams will qualify through being the highest placed non automatically qualified Teams in the “Race to BLAST Premier Global Final”, details of which are set out in Schedule 1.

SEEDING

The 8 Teams shall independently rank the other Teams (excluding themselves) from #1 – #7, with #1 being the best. The Teams must base their rankings on genuinely held beliefs and, if requested by BLAST, must provide sufficient reasoning for their submitted rankings. Each Team shall keep all information relating to its seeding vote confidential (which includes the submission itself as well as any decision making, thoughts or other pre-vote elements) and it shall not consult or discuss its seeding votes with any other Team, person or entity other than BLAST. Each Team must act reasonably and in good faith in respect of all matters concerning seeding. To the extent that BLAST has reason to believe any Team is, or seeks to, manipulate the seeding (either alone or in conjunction with other Teams and/or at the request of a third party or howsoever arising) BLAST shall be entitled to investigate its concerns and where applicable apply sanctions. For the avoidance of doubt the ESIC Anti-Corruption Code applies to all matters concerning seeding.

1# 2# 3# 4# 5# 6# 7# 8#

Seed Seed Seed Seed Seed Seed Seed Seed

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FORMAT

• Playing Time: The Global Final is played out over five days in accordance with the Match Schedule. • Matches: Best-Of-Three (BO3). • Double-Elimination: The 8 Teams will play out a double elimination bracket.

PRIZE POOL

The $1,000,000 USD prize pool for the Global Final will be distributed as follows:

1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5-6th 7-8th

Place Place Place Place Place Place

$600,000 $200,000 $80,000 $50,000 $20,000 $15,000

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RACE TO BLAST PREMIER GLOBAL FINAL

In accordance with Clause 5.1.2 of the Tournament Mechanics, between 4 to 6 Teams will qualify through the "Race to BLAST Premier Glo- bal Final" (depending on how many Teams have automatically qualified in accordance with Clause 5.1.1). By way of example, if 3 Teams have qualified automatically in accordance with Clause 5.1.1 then 5 Teams will qualify through the Race to BLAST Premier Global Final.

The Race to BLAST Premier Global Final is the opportunity for all Teams (both member Teams and non-Member Teams) to qualify for the BLAST Premier Global Final. Teams will collect points across a set list of tournaments (details of which are below) ("Applicable Tournaments"), with their best 6 results from the Applicable Tournaments counting towards its score. The best placed non-automatically qualified Teams (whether or not they have competed in the Tournament) as of the 14th December 2020 will be invited to the BLAST Premi- er Global Final. In the event of a tie, the qualification spot shall be awarded to the Team with the most 1st place finishes in the Applicable Tournaments during the 2020 Season. If the Teams are still tied, the qualification spot shall be awarded to the Team with the most 2nd place finishes in the Applicable Tournaments, and so on.

The list of Applicable Tournaments is detailed below. BLAST reserves the right in its sole discretion to add to and/or remove any Applicable Tournament(s) from the list.

Points for placing at the Applicable Tournaments are awarded as follows:

DOUBLE ELIMINATION TOURNAMENTS SINGLE ELIMINATION TOURNAMENTS 1st place 4000 points 1st place 4000 points 2nd place 2000 points 2nd place 2000 points 3rd place 1500 points 3rd place 1250 points 4th place 1000 points 4th place 1250 points 5th place 500 points 5th place 500 points 6th place 500 points 6th place 500 points 7th place 250 points 7th place 250 points 8th place 250 points 8th place 250 points

Each Applicable Tournament has been assigned a BLAST co-efficient factor. The points awarded to each Team per Applicable Tournament shall be equal to their placing points at the Applicable Tournament multiplied by the BLAST co-efficient factor for that Applicable Tournament. The table showing a breakdown for Applicable Tournaments is below.

To the extent that, at any time, BLAST determines that an Applicable Tournament does not, for whatever reason, come up to professional or other standard in terms of format and/or Teams (to be assessed in BLAST’s sole discretion) then BLAST shall have the right to remove or replace that Applicable Tournament for the purposes of the Race to BLAST Premier Global Final. Furthermore, should any Applicable Tour- nament change its format and/or basis in any way, then BLAST hereby reserves the right to revise the applicable BLAST coefficient factor applied to that Applicable Tournament (in its sole discretion).

By way of example only, BLAST has provided a worked example of the mechanics by which the Race to BLAST Premier Global Final will work. This example is provided for reference only and BLAST hereby reserves the right to amend and/or revise the worked example.

The Race to BLAST Premier Global Final standings will be updated on blastpremier.com after each Applicable Tournament.

Notwithstanding anything else contained in this Mechanics Document and/or the Rulebook, BLAST reserves the right in its sole discretion to create a "play-in" for one or more of the qualification spots at the BLAST Premier Global Final.

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APPLICABLE TOURNAMENTS

–––----–––---––––– Points per place with BLAST Coefficient applied ––––––------–––––

Date BLAST Applicable Tournament 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 2020 Coefficient

BLAST Premier Spring Series (Week 1) Jan 1600 800 600 400 0 0 0 0

BLAST Premier Spring Series (Week 2) Jan 0,4 1600 800 600 400 0 0 0 0

BLAST Premier Spring Series (Week 3) Jan 1600 800 600 400 0 0 0 0

IEM XIV - World Championship (Katowice) Feb 0,75 3000 1500 938 938 375 375 188 188

Flashpoint Spring Finals Apr 0,35 1400 700 525 350 175 175 88 88

ESL Pro League Finals EU Apr 0,5 2000 1000 626 625 250 250 0 0

ESL Pro League Finals NA Apr 0,35 1400 700 438 438 0 0 0 0

BLAST Premier Spring Showdown (G1 Europe) Jun 0,2 800 400 300 200 0 0 0 0 0,2 BLAST Premier Spring Showdown (G2 Europe) Jun 0,2 800 400 300 200 0 0 0 0

BLAST Premier Spring Showdown (G1 Americas) Jun 0,2 800 400 300 200 0 0 0 0 0,2 BLAST Premier Spring Showdown (G2 Americas) Jun 0,2 800 400 300 200 0 0 0 0

BLAST Premier Spring Final (Europe) Jun 0,6 2400 1200 900 600 300 300 150 150

BLAST Premier Spring Final (Americas) Jun 0,4 1600 800 600 400 0 0 0 0

ESL One: Cologne 2020 EU Aug 0,55 2200 1100 688 688 206,5 206,5 206,5 206,5

ESL One: Cologne 2020 NA Aug 0,3 1200 600 375 375 150 150 75 75

ESL One: Cologne 2020 Oceania Aug 0,075 300 150 113 75 0 0 0 0

ESL One: Cologne 2020 Asia Aug 0,075 300 150 113 75 0 0 0 0

ESL Pro League Finals EU Sep 0,5 2000 1000 625 625 250 250 0 0

ESL Pro League Finals NA Sep 0,35 1400 700 438 438 0 0 0 0

BLAST Premier Fall Series (Week 1) Oct 0,4 1600 800 600 400 0 0 0 0

BLAST Premier Fall Series (Week 2) Oct 0,4 1600 800 600 400 0 0 0 0

BLAST Premier Fall Series (Week 3) Oct 0,4 1600 800 600 400 0 0 0 0

BLAST Premier Fall Showdown Nov 0,6 1500 1500 750 750 375 375 375 375

BLAST Premier Fall Final Dec 1 4000 2000 1500 1000 500 500 250 250

Flashpoint Fall Finals Dec 0,75 3000 1500 1125 750 375 375 188 188

IEM Global Challenge Dec 0,75 3000 1500 938 938 375 375 188 188