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
- Three best-of-three’s remain today
- Twisted Minds continue APAC tear against Eruption
Just four teams remain at the BLAST x MESA Paris APAC RMR as the event reaches it’s final day — but technical issues continue to plague the Mongolian qualifier.
Rare Atom emerged triumphant over TYLOO 2-0 (16-12, 16-13) in the final of four best-of-three’s yesterday, finally putting to bed the battle for China’s best team.
But the series was plagued with tech pauses. Already behind schedule, the series continued well into the early morning in Mongolia, with the players still on-server and competing after 3am local time.
Further on-site investigations revealed a myriad of competitive integrity breaches — both in the Asia and the Americas RMR’s — whereby Valve-enforced rules were broken over the course of the three-day event.
Breaches included but were not limited to stage and coaching violations, internet access, improper map veto rulesets and broken communication equipment.
Compounded by health issues for multiple players and the technical faults that forced well over a full day’s play to be lost, it most certainly has been an APAC RMR to forget.
What won’t be forgotten is Middle Eastern qualifier Twisted Minds, who continued their rampage of Asia defeating both Vertex and Eruption in dual upsets to make it to Sunday.
But they’ll face a real test in Rare Atom, who are still hungry to make amends (hopefully after they’ve slept).
After that, it’s the winner’s bracket final, where either TheMongolZ or Grayhound will book their tickets to Paris.
For the loser, their road to France won’t be over — they’ll get one last crack against the winner of TM vs RA.
Read more: Our full recap of the last APAC RMR for Rio at PAX AUS
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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.
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 2-1 Vertex | 12pm |
Lower Bracket Round 1-2 (Bo3) | TYLOO 2-0 Invictus International | 4pm |
Lower Bracket Semi-Finals (Bo3) | Eruption 1-2 Twisted Minds | 8pm |
| Rare Atom 2-0 TYLOO | 11:45pm |
BLAST Paris APAC RMR Schedule — Day 4 (April 9)
Match | Teams | Time (AEST) |
Upper Bracket Final (Bo3) | TheMongolZ v Grayhound | 3pm |
Lower Bracket Final (Bo3) | Rare Atom v Twisted Minds | 6:30pm |
Consolidation Final (Bo3) | TBD v TBD | 11pm |
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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