Falcons and Team Spirit on the same side of the draw, Cloud9 and Heroic lead the second half.
A total of 16 teams will fight for the two remaining slots at BLAST Premier Spring Finals 2024, and the spotlight will be on Team Spirit, the current IEM Kaotwice 2024 champions and according to many the best team in the world, and Team Falcons, who will be played by Aleksandr "s1mple" Kostylev .
The big return of s1mple is something that will definitely mark the Spring Showdown, and if the Falcons and Spirit beat their rivals in the first two rounds, we will see a direct clash of s1mple vs donk in the fight for placement at the Showdown
Team Spirit won the first major CS2 tournament of 2024 in really impressive fashion, which will make them the favorites in the next tournaments they play, although MOUZ showed at EU RMR that even Spirit can be beaten when they beat them in combat for a 3-0 ranking.
However, in order for the Spirit to even play at the end of the spring BLAST, they must first overcome their opponents in three matches at the Showdown tournament, starting with the American team Elevate, who will be their opponent in the first round.
If they celebrate there, the better of the GamerLegion - BIG duel awaits them, two teams that failed to qualify for the Major in Copenhagen, and which should not pose too much of a problem for Spirit.
On the other hand, after Metzport, if they win, the Falcons will play against the winner of the Imperial - MONTE match. Monte are without their best player, but even so, they enter the match against Brazil as slight favorites, and both of these teams should not be much of an obstacle for the Falcons, considering the quality of their squad.
In the upper half of the draw, the remaining eight teams will fight for the second slot. Cloud9 opens the Showdown against the Rare Atom team, and in the next round, Team Liquid could be waiting for them, if they overcome the difficult SAW.
Heroic should easily deal with Ninjas in Pajamas, who have been plagued by problems for a long time now, and the last pair of the first round consists of OG and Complexity.
The Blast Spring Showdown is scheduled for March 6-10 with a live broadcast on the Arena Esport TV channel.
