Team Spirit will attend BLAST Premier Spring Showdown 2021

Russian team Team Spirit won the Winstrike CIS Spring Cup 2021 tournament, which acted as a qualifier for BLAST Premier Spring Showdown 2021. The Dragons defeated 1WIN 2-0 on maps in the grand final of the CIS championship - 16:8 on Nuke and 16:6 on Overpass.

Both finalists advanced to the playoffs from Group A, where Team Spirit lost to 1WIN in the opening BO1 match. Leonid "chopper" Vishniakov's squad proved their superiority over EXTREMUM in the semifinals, while in the parallel game forZe was defeated by 1WIN.

Winstrike CIS Spring Cup 2021 play-off results:

BLAST Premier Spring Showdown 2021 is scheduled for April 13-18 in LAN format. In addition to two slots in the league's spring season finale, sixteen participants will draw a cash prize of $162,500.

Current BLAST Premier Spring Showdown 2021 entry list:

 Astralis
 G2
 Liquid
 OG
 Vitality
 MIBR
 Gambit
 Heroic
 FURIA
 NASR
 Team Spirit
 Winner of the European qualifiers (Fantasyexpo Cup Spring 2021)
 Winner of Scandinavian qualifiers (BLAST Nordic Masters Spring 2021)
 Winner of the Iberian qualifiers (LVP Unity Cup 2021)
 Winner of North American qualifiers (VENN Invitational Spring 2021)
 Winner of South American qualifiers (FiReLEAGUE Latin Power Spring 2021)