Blast Paris Major 2023

The BLAST Paris Major 2023, also known as Blast Major 2023 or Paris 2023, will be the nineteenth and final Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Major Championship.[2] It will be held in Paris, France at the Accor Arena from May 8 to 21, 2023. Twenty-four teams will qualify via regional major rankings and features a US$1,250,000 prize pool. It will be the first Major Championship tournament hosted by Blast.

BLAST Paris Major 2023
2023
Tournament information
GameCounter-Strike: Global Offensive
LocationParis, France
DatesMay 8–May 21, 2023
AdministratorValve
Blast
Tournament
format(s)
Two 16-team Swiss-system group stages
8-team single-elimination playoff
VenueAccor Arena
Teams24 teams
PurseUS$1,250,000

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.[3][4]

The defending Major Champions are Outsiders[lower-alpha 1], who won their first Major championship at IEM Rio Major 2022.

The event will be 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.[2]

Format

Map Pool
  • Anubis
  • Mirage
  • Inferno
  • Nuke
  • Ancient
  • Overpass
  • Vertigo

Notes
  1. Due to sanctions against Russia in response to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Virtus.pro was competing under a neutral name. On March 22, 2023, tournament organizers ESL and BLAST lifted the ban on Virtus.pro[5].

References
  1. "PGL CS2 Major Copenhagen 2024 – The first ever Counter-Strike 2 Major will take place next year in Denmark". PGL. March 28, 2023. Archived from the original on March 28, 2023. Retrieved March 28, 2023.
  2. Chalk, Andy. "CS:GO's next Paris Major will be its last". PC Gamer. Retrieved 2023-03-26.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. Chiu, Stephen. "Retrospective of the Majors: Lineups with 2 Major Wins and Players with 3". VPEsports. Archived from the original on 13 February 2021. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
  4. Kovanen, Tomi. "Why CS:GO needs major events". HLTV.org. Archived from the original on 12 May 2021. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
  5. "ESL and BLAST lift their bans on Virtus.pro". HLTV.org. Retrieved 2023-03-23.
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