BLAST Slam VII Survival Guide; Teams, format, schedule, prize pool

BLAST Slam Circuit returns May 26th, for its seventh edition, bringing 12 teams into the race for the largest slice of the $1,000,000 prize pool. The event begins online in Europe with the Group Stage, followed by the Last Chance Playoffs before the LAN finals.

The central storyline is if Tundra Esports’ can reclaim their iron grip on the BLAST Slam circuit.

The action kicks off Tuesday,May 26th at 10:00 CET with Team Falcons taking on GLYPH and PARIVISION going head-to-head with OG

BLAST Slam VII Teams

• Team Liquid (Invite)
• HEROIC (Invite)
• OG (Invite)
• Team Yandex (Invite)
• Aurora Gaming (Invite)
• PARIVISION (Invite)
• Team Spirit (Invite)
• Tundra Esports (Invite)
• Team Falcons (Invite)
• BetBoom Team (Invite)
• Glyph (Invite)
• Xtreme Gaming (Invite)

BLAST Slam VII Format

Group Stage

• May 26 - May 29
• 12 teams Bo1 round-robin
• Top two teams advance to Upper Bracket Semifinals
• 3rd and 4th place teams advance to Upper Bracket Quarterfinals
• 5th and 6th place teams proceed to Last Chance Qualifier round 2
• 7th to 10th place teams proceed to Last Chance Qualifier round 1
• Remaining teams are eliminated

Last Chance Qualifier

• May 30
• All matches are Bo3
• Top 2 teams advance to Upper Bracket Quarterfinals
• Remaining teams are eliminated

Playoffs

• June 4 - June 7
• Double-elimination bracket
• All matches are Bo3
• Grand Final is Bo5

BLAST Slam VII Prize Pool

The $1,000,000 prize pool will be split as below. Note $750,000 is awarded as Prize Money while $250,000 is awarded as Team Earnings.

• 1st place $300,000/$100,000
• 2nd place $150,000/$45,000
• 3rd place $70,000/$23,000
• 4th place $50,000/$17,000
• 5-6th place $40,000/$15,000
• 7-8th place $25,000/$10,000
• 9-10th place $15,000/$5,000
• 11-12th place $12,000/$2,500

BLAST Slam VII Broadcasts

BLAST Slam VII will be broadcast over multiple channels, with the chance of overlapping series. You can find your favourite way to watch on any of the platforms listed below: