The BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023, also known as BLAST.tv Major 2023 or Paris 2023, was the nineteenth and final Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Major Championship. It was held in Paris, France at the Accor Arena from May 8 to 21, 2023. Twenty-four teams qualified for the event, which featured a prize pool, via regional major rankings. It is the first Major Championship tournament hosted by BLAST. Team Vitality won the major, defeating GamerLegion in the grand final 2–0.
Background Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) is a multiplayer first-person shooter video game developed by Hidden Path Entertainment and Valve Corporation. It is the fourth game in the Counter-Strike series. In professional CS:GO, the Valve-sponsored Majors are the most prestigious tournaments.
The defending Major champions were Virtus.pro, who won their second Major championship at IEM Rio Major 2022. Virtus.pro were eliminated by MOUZ during the European Major qualifiers, making them the first defending Major champions to fail to qualify for the following Major.
This event was the final Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Major tournament, with the game to be succeeded by Counter-Strike 2, and that game's first Major tournament set to be held in March 2024.
Format Twenty-four teams qualified for the tournament. Sixteen teams qualified for the Challengers Stage, while eight teams received a bye to the Legends Stage. In the Challengers Stage, 16 teams participated in a Swiss bracket. The top eight teams advanced and joined the eight teams that received a bye in the Legends stage. The top eight teams from the Legends stage advanced to the Champions stage. The Champions stage was a single-elimination tournament, where each match was a best-of-3.https://blast.tv/major/rulebook
Map pool Anubis Mirage Inferno Nuke Ancient Overpass Vertigo
Teams
Legends
Natus Vincere 9INE Furia Esports Fnatic Heroic Into The Breach Bad News Eagles Team Vitality
Challengers
paiN Gaming GamerLegion Apeks OG G2 Esports FORZE Ninjas in Pyjamas Monte
Contenders
MOUZ Team Liquid Grayhound Gaming Complexity Gaming The Mongolz Fluxo ENCE FaZe Clan
Qualification Qualification took place through 3 Regional Major Ranking (RMR) events to determine qualifications for the geographic regions. The 3 regions were Europe, the Americas and Asia. Each region received a certain number of places at the Major in Paris based on the performance of teams from the same region at the IEM Rio Major 2022.
The RMR tournaments took place in the following cities:
European RMRs: Copenhagen, Denmark: April 6–9 (Group A) and April 11–15 (Group B) American RMR: Monterrey, Mexico: April 5–9 Asian RMR: Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia: April 4–8
RMR Results RegionContendersChallengersLegendsEurope AMOUZGamerLegion Apeks OG Natus Vincere Into The Breach fnatic Bad News EaglesEurope BENCEG2 Esports FORZE Ninjas in Pyjamas Monte Heroic 9INE VitalityAmericaTeam Liquid Complexity Gaming FluxopaiN Gaming FURIA AsiaGrayhound Gaming The Mongolz colspan=2 rowspan=2 Last Chance QualifierFaZe Source:
Challengers Stage
Legends Stage
Champions Stage With eight teams remaining, the final stage of the Major was a single-elimination bracket, with all matches played as best-of-3 maps.
Bracket
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Grand Final
Final standings The final placings are shown below. In addition, the prize distribution, seed for the next major, roster, and coaches are shown. Each team's in-game leader is shown first. Place Prize Money Team Seed Roster Coach 1st Team Vitality PGL Major Copenhagen 2024 RMR apEX, ZywOo, dupreeh, Magisk, Spinx zonic 2nd GamerLegion siuhy, iM, acoR, isak, ashhh 3rd 4th Apeks kyxsan, nawwk, jL, jkaem, STYKO kuben Heroic cadiaN, TeSeS, stavn, jabbi, sjuush Xizt 5th 8th Team Liquid nitr0, EliGE, , , daps FaZe Clan karrigan, rain, Twistzz, broky, RobbaN Monte sdy, Woro2k, DemQQ, BOROS, kRaSnaL – Into the Breach Thomas, , volt, , CRUC1AL Juve 9th 11th Fnatic mezii, FASHR, KRIMZ, roeJ, nicoodoz keita Natus Vincere electroNic, Perfecto, s1mple, b1t, npl B1ad3 Ninjas in Pyjamas Aleksib, k0nfig, REZ, Brollan, headtr1ck djL 12th 14th G2 Esports HooXi, NiKo, huNter-, m0NESY, jks Swani ENCE Snappi, , NertZ, maden, SunPayus sAw Bad News Eagles SENER1, gxx-, , rigoN, juanflatroo Devilwalk 15th 16th FURIA Esports , KSCERATO, yuurih, , 9INE , , hades, KEi, Kylar 17th 19th paiN Gaming– biguzera, , NEKIZ, , bruno FORZE Esports Jerry, zorte, shalfey, r3salt, Krad Grayhound Gaming INS, Sico, aliStair, Liazz, – 20th 22nd Complexity Gaming JT, hallzerk, FaNg, , T.c The MongolZ bLitz, Techno4K, Bart4k, hasteka, ANNIHILATION maaRaa OG niko, flameZ, degster, F1KU, NEOFRAG 23rd 24th MOUZ , JDC, torzsi, , xertioN sycrone Fluxo WOOD7, V$M, felps, , zews
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