The cerita lucagPolish quintet did not drop a single map during their qualification run.

KEi powered 9INE to victory on Vertigo's CT side

9INE have secured their spot at the BLAST Premier Fall Showdown Europe following their 2-0 victory against Into the Breach. The Polish squad punched their ticket to this year's second edition of BLAST's qualifying bracket, returning after their appearance at the Spring Showdown.

The Piotr "?nawrot?" Nawrocki-coached lineup cruised through the group phase with a victory over GenOne before sweeping Looking4Org's Frenchmen in the first playoffs round, claiming their spot in the final.

This qualifier was Into the Breach's first outing with their new lineup featuring Alexey "?Qikert?" Golubev as the in-game leader. The European mix started off slow with a loss to GenOne, but recovered against the likes of Endpoint and Sprout to reach the final.

RES Western European Masters Fall 2023 - BLAST Premier QualifierBest of 3 Into the BreachMatchpage 0 2 10th September 2023 9INE 12Ancient 16 14Vertigo 16

fnatic were the biggest surprise in the online event. They came in as the highest-ranked team, but failed to get out of the group stage following two 14-16 losses against Sprout and ALTERNATE aTTaX, finishing at the bottom of Group A. Endpoint also failed to progress, partially due to a scheduling conflict on Saturday that led them to forfeit their match against 9INE.

BLAST Premier Fall Showdown will go live between October 4-8, and will host eight teams in a notoriously unforgiving single-elimination bracket. 9INE will compete against the likes of G2, ENCE, and BIG in the online event, looking to go all the way and secure a spot at the $425,000 BLAST Fall Final.

The teams set for attendance at the BLAST Fall Showdown are as follows:

G2
ENCE
9INE
BIG OG
Movistar Riders
RES East EU Masters
Pelaajat Nordic Masters GenOne #97 Arnas 'Sterzig' KavoliunasBebu 'Bibu' AadilEinārs 'EIZA' ZarānsBrajan 'DGL' LemechaFilip 'Graviti' Brankovic fnatic #15 Freddy 'KRIMZ' JohanssonChristopher 'dexter' NongFredrik 'roeJ' J?rgensenWilliam 'mezii' MerrimanAurélien 'afro' Drapier Jamie 'keita' Hall Into the Breach #83 Karol 'rallen' RodowiczJoey 'CRUC1AL' SteuselAlexey 'Qikert' GolubevKévin 'misutaaa' RabierAurimas 'Bymas' Pipiras Martin 'trace' Heldt G2 #3 Nikola 'NiKo' Kova?Nemanja 'huNter-' Kova?Justin 'jks' SavageRasmus 'HooXi' NielsenIlya 'm0NESY' Osipov Jan 'Swani' Müller 9INE #17 Wiktor 'mynio' KrukKrzysztof 'Goofy' GórskiOlek 'hades' MiskiewiczKamil 'KEi' PietkunKacper 'Kylar' Walukiewicz Piotr 'nawrot' Nawrocki Piotr 'nawrot' Nawrocki Age: 25 Team: 9INEC OG #23 Nemanja 'nexa' Isakovi?Dion 'FASHR' DerksenNils 'k1to' GruhneMaciej 'F1KU' MiklasIulian 'regali' Harj?u Casper 'ruggah' Due Sprout #75 Rasmus 'raalz' SteensborgOlle 'spooke' Grundstr?mRasmus 'Zyphon' NordfossIhor 'w0nderful' ZhdanovSebastian 'Tauson' Tauson Lindelof Danny 'BERRY' Krüger Movistar Riders #27 Alejandro 'alex' MasanetTiago 'JUST' MouraAlejandro 'mopoz' Fernández-Quejo CanoAdam 'adamS' MarianAntonio 'MartinezSa' Martinez Galder 'bladE' Barcena BIG #22 Johannes 'tabseN' WodarzMateusz 'mantuu' WilczewskiDavid 'prosus' HesseKarim 'Krimbo' MoussaElias 's1n' Stein Fatih 'gob b' Dayik Looking4Org #42 Ali 'hAdji' Ha?noussBryan 'Maka' CandaLucas 'Lucky' ChastangThomas 'Djoko' PavoniPierre 'Ex3rcice' Bulinge Adrien 'killazoo' Legarda Alexey 'Qikert' Golubev Age: 24 Team: Into the Breach Rating 1.0: 1.03 Maps played: 1397 KPR: 0.69 DPR: 0.64 ALTERNATE aTTaX #33 Timo 'Spiidi' RichterPaul 'PerX' von ErdmannsdorffMichalis 'awzek' NapoloniFritz 'slaxz-' DietrichLukas 'FreeZe' Hegmann Sebastian 'xenn' Hoch Endpoint #58 Max 'MiGHTYMAX' HeathKia 'Surreal' ManNikita 'HeavyGod' MartynenkoHenrich 'sl3nd' HevesiOscar 'AZUWU' Bell Felix 'Fr?g' Bergeron ENCE #4 Marco 'Snappi' PfeifferGuy 'NertZ' IluzPavle 'Maden' Bo?kovi?Pawe? 'dycha' Dychaálvaro 'SunPayus' García Eetu 'sAw' Saha