Credit: Kelley L Cox-USA TODAY Sports
Team Vitality swept FaZe Clan on Sunday to win the grand final of the BLAST Premier: World Final 2023.
Vitality dispatched FaZe Clan with a 13-5 win on Inferno and 13-7 victory on Nuke.
Frenchman Mathieu “ZywOo” Herbaut had 38 kills and a plus-19 kills-to-death differential for Vitality, who pocketed the $500,000 first prize at the $1 million Counter-Strike 2 tournament in Abu Dhabi. ZywOo was named the MVP for the tournament.
FaZe Clan was paced by Latvian Helvijs “broky” Saukants, who had 30 kills and a plus-6 kills-to-death differential.
Sunday’s win culminates a dominant year for Team Vitality, which also won IEM Rio, BLAST Paris Major, Gamers8 and BLAST Fall Finals.
BLAST Premier: World Final 2023 prize pool:
1. $500,000 — Team Vitality
2. $250,000 — FaZe Clan
3-4. $85,000 — Natus Vincere, MOUZ
5-6. $25,000 — G2 Esports, Cloud9
7-8. $15,000 — ENCE, Heroic
–Field Level Media