Eternal Fire qualify for BLAST Fall Showdown; MOUZ miss out

The Turkish superteam is headed to the $135,000 competition in October.

Eternal Fire have triumphed in TWR Eastern European Masters Fall 2022 to qualify for the BLAST Premier Fall Showdown. The Turks went 2-1 in the group stage to reach the playoffs where they took down MOUZ and SINNERS to clinch their BLAST spot.

MOUZ were the favorites coming into the tournament as the highest-ranked team at the event. They topped Group A with a spotless record, one which includes a blowout 16-1 win over ONYX. Christopher "⁠dexter⁠" Nong's side were unable to continue their winning ways in the knockout stage, however, and were eliminated by Eternal Fire 1-2 in an extremely close semi-final.

XANTARES and woxic were among the event's highest-rated players with 1.27 and 1.18 ratings, respectively

SINNERS drew first blood in the grand final after securing Overpass 16-11 to go up 1-0. Eternal Fire closed out the next map in the final round of regulation to level the series and scored a convincing 16-8 win on Inferno to complete the reverse-sweep which sealed their place at the Fall Showdown.

Engin "⁠MAJ3R⁠" Küpeli and company join the likes of Astralis, Vitality, and HEROIC in the list of teams that have already qualified for the BLAST Fall Showdown, which will run from October 19-23.

Only three spots are yet to be filled in the list of 16 teams attending the Fall Showdown. One slot will be awarded to the winner of Ace North American Masters Fall while the last two will be given to squads that receive a direct invitation from the tournament organizers.

Teams will not only be competing for the $135,000 prize pool, but for two spots at the BLAST Fall Final in November as well.

The current team list is as follows:

Astralis
Vitality
BIG
HEROIC
Complexity
Evil Geniuses
TYLOO
InviteSharks
VERTEX
Fluxo
ECSTATIC
Eternal Fire
Sangal
Ace Masters winner
InviteSangal #45 Robin 'ScrunK' RöpkeKornél 'kory' SzedlárLove 'phzy' SmidebrantCan 'kyuubii' AliCaner 'soulfly' Kesici SINNERS #53 Patrik 'Zero' ŽúdelJindřich 'ZEDKO' ChybaSebastian 'beastik' DaňoMax 'SHOCK' KvapilDavid 'forsyy' Bílý TYLOO #37 YuLun 'Summer' CaiWingHei 'Freeman' CheungKelun 'SLOWLY' SunZhenghao 'DANK1NG' LvShengjun 'aristo' Jin Complexity #20 Johnny 'JT' TheodosiouRicky 'floppy' KemeryHåkon 'hallzerk' FjærliMichael 'Grim' WinceJustin 'FaNg' Coakley Eternal Fire #29 Engin 'MAJ3R' KüpeliIsmailcan 'XANTARES' DörtkardeşÖzgür 'woxic' EkerAhmet 'paz' KarahocaÖmer 'imoRR' Karataş Sharks #157 Jhonatan 'jnt' SilvaRodrigo 'drg' AusenkaVinicius 'n1ssim' PereiraRichard 'chayJESUS' SeidyVictor 'togs' Rapassi BIG #14 Johannes 'tabseN' WodarzFlorian 'syrsoN' RischeNils 'k1to' GruhneJosef 'faveN' BaumannKarim 'Krimbo' Moussa Fluxo #57 João 'felps' VasconcellosAdriano 'WOOD7' CeratoVinicius 'vsm' MoreiraLucas 'Lucaozy' NevesLucas 'lux' Meneghini Evil Geniuses #35 Timothy 'autimatic' TaVincent 'Brehze' CayonteTsvetelin 'CeRq' DimitrovSanzhar 'neaLaN' IskhakovJadan 'HexT' Postma ECSTATIC #48 Jonas 'Queenix' DideriksenMarcus 'maNkz' KjeldsenCasper 'Cabbi' JensenBenjamin 'brzer' JensenTobias 'kraghen' Kragh Jensen VERTEX #76 Liam 'malta' SchembriToby 'BRACE' BarnesPeter 'BL1TZ' AthanasatosJordan 'pz' WhiteChristian 'ADDICT' Pendleton Vitality #9 Dan 'apEX' MadesclairePeter 'dupreeh' RasmussenEmil 'Magisk' ReifMathieu 'ZywOo' HerbautLotan 'Spinx' Giladi Engin 'MAJ3R' Küpeli Age: 31 Team: Eternal Fire Rating 1.0: 0.96 Maps played: 1102 KPR: 0.65 DPR: 0.67 MOUZ #6 Christopher 'dexter' NongDavid 'frozen' ČerňanskýJon 'JDC' de CastroÁdám 'torzsi' TorzsásDorian 'xertioN' Berman HEROIC #10 Casper 'cadiaN' MøllerMartin 'stavn' LundRené 'TeSeS' MadsenRasmus 'sjuush' BeckJakob 'jabbi' Nygaard Christopher 'dexter' Nong Age: 28 Team: MOUZ Rating 1.0: 1.08 Maps played: 1027 KPR: 0.74 DPR: 0.67 ONYX #187 Patrik 'bodito' BodaAndrás 'coolio' FercsákNorbert 'msN' TörökHenrich 'sl3nd' HevesiJurus 'Kamion' Zsolt Astralis #4 Andreas 'Xyp9x' HøjslethLukas 'gla1ve' RossanderKristian 'k0nfig' WieneckeAsger 'Farlig' JensenBenjamin 'blameF' Bremer