BLAST Premier Fall Series Europe group distribution announced

The organizers of BLAST Premier announced the group stage distribution for the first European tournament of the Fall season, which will kick off at the end of October.

The first group, which will be played on October 29-31, is headlined by the current No.1 team in the world, Vitality, who will be joined by two more teams residing within the top ten at the moment, Natus Vincere and Spring Finals winners Complexity, as well as 12th-ranked OG.

On the other side, G2 will hope to repeat their successful campaign at the Spring Series tournament at the beginning of the year as they'll face off against Astralis, Ninjas in Pyjamas, and FaZe in Group B, slated to run from November 2-4.

Spring Finals winners Complexity are in Group A

The group stage will be played in a GSL, best-of-three format, with the top-two teams from each group advancing directly to December's Fall Finals, which may be held on LAN depending on the progression of the global situation.

Meanwhile, the bottom-two finishers will have another chance to qualify via the Fall Showdown, played online at the end of November.

The groups for BLAST Premier Fall Series Europe look as follows:

Group A (Oct 29-31)
Vitality
Natus Vincere
Complexity
OG Group B (Nov 2-4)
G2
Astralis
Ninjas in Pyjamas
FaZe Astralis #11 Peter 'dupreeh' RasmussenLukas 'gla1ve' RossanderNicolai 'device' ReedtzEmil 'Magisk' ReifLucas 'Bubzkji' Andersen Natus Vincere #7 Egor 'flamie' VasilyevOleksandr 's1mple' KostylievDenis 'electroNic' SharipovKirill 'Boombl4' MikhailovIlya 'Perfecto' Zalutskiy Vitality #1 Richard 'shox' PapillonCédric 'RpK' GuipouyDan 'apEX' MadesclaireMathieu 'ZywOo' HerbautKévin 'misutaaa' Rabier Ninjas in Pyjamas #10 Simon 'twist' EliassonFredrik 'REZ' SternerHampus 'hampus' PoserTim 'nawwk' JonassonNicolas 'Plopski' Gonzalez Zamora Complexity #9 William 'RUSH' WierzbaKristian 'k0nfig' WieneckeValentin 'poizon' VasilevOwen 'oBo' SchlatterBenjamin 'blameF' Bremer G2 #5 Audric 'JACKZ' JugNemanja 'huNter-' KovačKenny 'kennyS' SchrubFrançois 'amanek' DelaunayNemanja 'nexa' Isaković OG #12 Nathan 'NBK-' SchmittValdemar 'valde' Bjørn VangsåAleksi 'Aleksib' VirolainenIssa 'ISSAA' MuradMateusz 'mantuu' Wilczewski FaZe #14 Nikola 'NiKo' KovačHåvard 'rain' NygaardMarkus 'Kjaerbye' KjærbyeMarcelo 'coldzera' DavidHelvijs 'broky' Saukants