BLAST Paris APAC RMR: Lower bracket gauntlet begins; four best-of-threes in Super Saturday

Time Stamp: April 7, 2023 7:33 PM

From four to eight — the APAC RMR has finally expanded ahead of the BLAST Paris Major in May. Only two teams can represent the wider Asian region in France — who will rise to the occasion and make it to CS:GO’s final Major from the BLAST Paris APAC RMR?

  • TheMongolZ, GH to meet in Paris qualifier
  • Saturday sees four best-of-three’s
  • Today’s winner progresses to Sunday’s final playoff

After a final technical pause at the beginning of play yesterday, the BLAST x MESA Paris Major APAC RMR finally got underway, with expected results by the end of the opening round.

TheMongolZ will meet Grayhound in the upper bracket final and first qualifier for the Paris Major on Sunday, but before that — the lower bracket in almost it’s entirety will take place across four best-of-threes on Saturday.

Middle Eastern reps Twisted Minds take on Aussie second seed Vertex in today’s opening eliminator, while Chinese titans TYLOO aim to avoid an early exit against Invictus International.

Eruption and Rare Atom await the winners, with the subsequent series winner’s meeting one final time to determine who makes it to Sunday to contest for the second spot at the final CS:GO Major in the French capital later in May.

Read more: Our full recap of the last APAC RMR for Rio at PAX AUS

We’re covering everything APAC RMR — streams, schedule, results and more.

BLAST Paris APAC RMR Streams

The BLAST Paris APAC RMR will be streamed live on the BLAST_WP Twitch channel. Missed the match? Spoiler-free VODs will be uploaded to the Twitch channel within moments of each matchday’s conclusion.

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BLAST Paris APAC RMR Schedule & Results

The BLAST Paris APAC RMR will see eight teams battle through a double elimination bracket. Two losses means the end of the road to Paris.

The winners through the upper and lower brackets will both be seeded into the Challenger Stage at the Major in May.

All match times below are in AEST.

BLAST Paris APAC RMR Schedule — Day 1 (April 6)

Match Teams Time (AEST)
Opening Round (Bo1) The MongolZ 16-10 Twisted Minds 4:30pm

BLAST Paris APAC RMR Schedule — Day 2 (April 7)

Match Teams Time (AEST)
Opening Round (Bo1) Rare Atom 16-6 Vertex 7pm
Grayhound 16-8 TYLOO 8:30pm
Eruption 16-6 Invictus International 10pm
Upper Bracket Semi-Final (Bo1) TheMongolZ 16-11 Rare Atom 11:30pm
Grayhound 16-11 Eruption 1am

BLAST Paris APAC RMR Schedule — Day 3 (April 8)

Lower Bracket Round 1-1 (Bo3) Twisted Minds v Vertex 12pm
Lower Bracket Round 1-2 (Bo3) TYLOO v Invictus International 4pm
Lower Bracket Semi-Finals (Bo3) Eruption v Winner LB R1-1 8pm
 Rare Atom v Winner LB R1-2 11:45pm

BLAST Paris APAC RMR Schedule — Day 4 (April 9)

Match Teams Time (AEST)
Upper Bracket Final (Bo3) TheMongolZ v Grayhound 2pm
Lower Bracket Final (Bo3) TBD v TBD 6pm
Consolidation Final (Bo3) TBD v TBD 10:30pm

BLAST Paris APAC RMR Squads

With sk0r out, Chinguun “hasteka” Bayarmaa has joined The MongolZ across from fellow Mongolian squad Clutch.

Erdenedalai “maaRaa” Bayanbat remains coach of the squad through their transition to The MongolZ, with the Mongolian veteran still very much a part of a scene he pioneered throughout his days as a player back in 2015.

Should Grayhound survive the RMR, the GH tag will feature in back-to-back Majors for the first time since 2019. The core of the squad will be chasing their fourth straight Major appearance.

TYLOO are looking to return to the pinnacle CS:GO stage for the first time since PGL Stockholm in 2021. The Swedish Major was the last we saw of long-time Chinese veteran Xu “somebody” Haowen, with TYLOO since acquiring Jin “aristo” Shengjun and Hong Kong native Cheung “Freeman” Wing-hei.

Twisted Minds will attend the RMR with names well known to the wider community, with both Shuaib “D0cC” Ahmad and Nikola “Lobanjica” Mijomanović popular streamers.

Team Squad
The MongolZ bLitz Techno4k Bart4k ANNIHILATION hasteka
Eruption fury5k shinobi cool4st dobu yAmi
Grayhound Gaming Sico INS aliStair Liazz Vexite
Vertex Esports Club pz BRACE malta ADDICT HaZR
Rare Atom advent kaze JamYoung Moseyuh Mercury
TYLOO Attacker Summer DANK1NG aristo Freeman
Invictus International MOREE facecrack DavCost meztal m1N1
Twisted Minds BLACKEAGLE KD69z Lobanjica D0cC SpAwNnS

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