BLAST.tv Paris Major Closed Qualifiers invites finalized

As IEM Katowice 2023 is wrapping up, CSGO is hard at work delivering a new ranking which will be the final one used in determining the invites for the upcoming Closed Qualifiers for each region's BLAST.tv RMR.

Many will be happy to see that NA stalwarts Evil Geniuses and Complexity have comfortably qualified into the BLAST.tv North American RMR Closed Qualifier after initial rankings put them just out of place. MIBR, paiN, and oNe have also qualified for the Closed Qualifier, regardless of which region they elect to participate in. Since they are all Brazilian teams, but maintain NA residency thanks to their continued participation in NA qualifiers and events, they are able to elect whichever region they like.

Some of the below rosters might not have the corrected full lineup of players. Valve uses the last used lineup per team, which is why some of the names listed here may be different from other sources, like HLTV or Liquipedia. Dust2.us does not know how this might affect the rankings or invites to teams. Some teams, like Evil Geniuses, cannot submit multiple rosters to the Major, which is why Dust2.us assumes that EG Black, EG White, and FURIA fe do not receive expected invites.

As of now, these are the following Top 20 teams in the Americas:

• #1 Liquid: nitr0, NAF, EliGE, oSee, YEKINDAR

• #2 Complexity: JT, floppy, hallzerk, Grim, FaNg

• #3 FURIA: arT, yuurih, KSCERATO, saffee, drop

• #4 MIBR: HEN1, exit, Tuurtle, brnz4n, insani

• #5 paiN: PKL, hardzao, biguzera, skullz, zevy

• #6 Evil Geniuses: autimatic, Brehze, neaLaN, wiz, HexT

• #7 Fluxo: felps, WOOD7, vsm, Lucaozy, history

• #8 Nouns: cJ, MarKE, cynic, bwills, nosraC

• #9 EG Black: RUSH, stanislaw, junior, Walco, jeorgesnorts

• #10 EG White: Jonji, ben1337, PwnAlone, Momo, viz

• #11 ATK: djay, b0denmaster, Swisher, MisteM, pluto

• #12 TeamOne: Maluk3, iDk, trk, malbsMd, pesadelo

• #13 Vendetta: cxzi, consti, chop, silas, Tender

• #14 00NATION: coldzera, TACO, dumau, latto, nqz

• #15 Strife: Snakes, Infinite, aris, reck, J0LZ

• #16 9z: max, dgt, dav1deuS, nqz, buda

• #17 Imperial: FalleN, boltz, chelo, VINI, JOTA

• #18 Sharks: drg, chay, togs, Gafolo, rdnzao

• #19 FURIA fe: Olga, GaBi, izaa, bokor, kaah

• #20 Corinthians: Demonos, r4ul, voltera, proSHOW, fREQ

Given the rankings and the locations of certain teams based in North America, Dust2.us believes that the following teams will be invited to the North American RMR Closed Qualifier. This is not an official list, which will be revealed by BLAST.

• #1 Complexity: JT, floppy, hallzerk, Grim, FaNg

• #2 MIBR: HEN1, exit, Tuurtle, brnz4n, insani

• #3 paiN: PKL, hardzao, biguzera, skullz, zevy

• #4 Evil Geniuses: autimatic, Brehze, neaLaN, wiz, HexT

• #5 Nouns: cJ, MarKE, cynic, bwills, nosraC

• #6 ATK: djay, b0denmaster, Swisher, MisteM, pluto

• #7 TeamOne: Maluk3, iDk, trk, malbsMd, pesadelo

• #8 Vendetta: cxzi, consti, chop, silas, Tender

Given the rankings and the locations of certain teams based in South America, Dust2.us believes that the following teams will be invited to the South American RMR Closed Qualifier. This is not an official list, which will be revealed by BLAST.

• #1 Fluxo: felps, WOOD7, vsm, Lucaozy, history

• #2 00NATION: coldzera, TACO, dumau, latto, nqz

• #3 9z: max, dgt, dav1deuS, nqz, buda

• #4 Imperial: FalleN, boltz, chelo, VINI, JOTA

• #5 Sharks: drg, chay, togs, Gafolo, rdnzao

• #6 Corinthians: Demonos, r4ul, voltera, proSHOW, fREQ

• #7 ARCTIC: ponter, MaLLby, keiz, ninjaZ, short

• #8 O PLANO: kNgV-, shz, piriaz1n, lub, decenty

These rankings and invites are not final, but would hypothetically be the invites to each region's specific closed qualifier assuming that MIBR, paiN, and oNe, all of whom are based in North America, elect to participate in the North American RMR. They would also all qualify for the South American RMR.

Elsewhere, for Europe here are the top twenty ranked teams in the world following IEM Katowice 2023, with G2 taking the top spot after a dominant win over Heroic.

• #1 G2: NiKo, huNter-, jks, HooXi, m0NESY

• #2 Heroic: cadiaN, stavn, TeSeS, sjuush, jabbi

• #3 FaZe: karrigan, rain, Twistzz, ropz, broky

• #4 NAVI: s1mple, electroNic, Perfecto, b1t, npl

• #5 Outsiders: FL1T, Qikert, Jame, KaiR0N-, fame

• #6 Vitality: apEX, dupreeh, Magisk, ZywOo, Spinx

• #7 OG: ruggah, nexa, NEOFRAG, degster, F1KU

• #8 Astralis: Xyp9x, gla1ve, device, blameF, Buzz

• #9 fnatic: KRIMZ, FASHR, nicoodoz, roeJ, mezii

• #10 BIG: tabseN, k1to, faveN, Krimbo, hyped

• #11 Spirit: chopper, magixx, s1ren, Patsi, w0nderful

• #12 Cloud9: HObbit, buster, Ax1Le, sh1ro, nafany

• #13 Aurora: Lack1, SELLTER, KENSI, Norwi, latt1kk

• #14 ENCE: Snappi, valde, Maden, dycha, SunPayus

• #15 NiP: k0nfig, REZ, Aleksib, Brollan, headtr1ck

• #16 MOUZ: dexter, frozen, JDC, torzsi, xertioN

• #17 9INE: mynio, Goofy, hades, KEi, Kylar

• #18 GamerLegion: acoR, iM, Keoz, siuhy, isak

• #19 CPH Flames: raalz, b0RUP, TMB, birdfromsky, regali

• #20 ForZe: Krad, Jerry, zorte, shalfey, r3salt

As for the BLAST.tv European Closed Qualifier, here are the sixteen teams that should be expected to receive an invite.

• #1 G2: NiKo, huNter-, jks, HooXi, m0NESY

• #2 OG: ruggah, nexa, NEOFRAG, degster, F1KU

• #3 Astralis: Xyp9x, gla1ve, device, blameF, Buzz

• #4 Aurora: Lack1, SELLTER, KENSI, Norwi, latt1kk

• #5 9INE: mynio, Goofy, hades, KEi, Kylar

• #6 GamerLegion: acoR, iM, Keoz, siuhy, isak

• #7 CPH Flames: raalz, b0RUP, TMB, birdfromsky, regali

• #8 ForZe: Krad, Jerry, zorte, shalfey, r3salt

• #9 Monte: sdy, Woro2k, DemQQ, BOROS, kRaSnaL

• #10 SAW: MUTiRiS, roman, JUST, story, ewjerkz

• #11 Falcons: kennyS, NBK-, bodyy, misutaaa, Python

• #12 HAVU: Aerial, xseveN, doto, ottoNd, Banjo

• #13 Apeks: STYKO, jkaem, nawwk, jL, kyxsan

• #14 1WIN: flamie, NickelBack, TRAVIS, glowiing, deko

• #15 Illuminar: morelz, leman, TOAO, bnox, mASKED

• #16 IKLA: SENSEi, byr9, s4ltovsk1yy, j3kie, Kvem

You can access the full rankings from Valve on their GitHub, here.