Here’s everything you need to know about BLAST Slam 3, with full schedule, results, and updates live!
PGL Wallachia Season 4 is over, and the players finally get their well-deserved rest before the BLAST Slam 3, which means they got a week to go back home, and then travel again to play again in Copenhagen, Denmark!
As tiresome as it sounds, this is still good news for the scene: This season of BLAST Slam will feature an incredible prize pool of $1 million USD.
If this is your first time watching a Dota 2 tournament from BLAST (who are better known for their CS2 events), you should know they do things different:
- While other top-tier events see the group stages run over several days, BLAST Slam 3 will see a single day for teams to prove where they belong in the playoffs.
- No teams are eliminated at the group stage level, but the final bracket is single-elimination, meaning there's plenty of weight to earlier matches!
- BLAST Slam 3 is an invite-only event, so the stakes are high from the get-go!
The tournament is over, and Tundra Esports are your BLAST Slam 3 Champions! But here's everything that happened during the tournament, including results, talents, and more.
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BLAST Slam 3 groups, schedule, and results
Ten teams have been invited to participate in BLAST Slam 3, with the invites sent to squads in Europe (East and West), China, and the Middle-East. The Americas and Southeast Asia weren't considered so big names like HEROIC, OG's new LATAM squad, Shopify Rebellion, and TALON won't be present here.
List of teams playing the BLAST Slam 3:
- Western Europe
- Team Liquid (PGL Wallachia S4 Champions)
- Tundra Esports (Defending Champions)
- Gaimin Gladiators (Season 2 Runner-up)
- Easter Europe
- PARIVISION (ESL One Raleigh Champions)
- Team Spirit
- BetBoom Team
- Aurora Gaming
- China:
- Xtreme Gaming
- Team Tidebound
- MENA:
- Team Falcons
Group A - May 6
For Group A, our favorite matches are PARIVISION vs. Spirit (Satanic faces his old team once again), Falcons vs. Gaimin Gladiators (redemption time for the MENA team), and Aurora vs Spirit (Offlane TORONTOTOKYO facing Collapse? PLEASE!).
All match times are in EST (UTC-4).
Tuesday, May 6
- 04:00 | Spirit 0-1 Gaimin Gladiators
- 05:00 | PARIVISION 1-0 Aurora
- 06:00 | Falcons 1-0 Gaimin Gladiators
- 07:00 | Spirit 1-0 Aurora
- 08:00 | PARIVISION 0-1 Falcons
- 09:00 | Aurora 0-1 Gaimin Gladiators
- 10:00 | Team Spirit 0-1 Falcons
- 11:00 | Gaimin Gladiators 1-0 PARIVISION
- 12:00 | Falcons 0-1 Aurora
- 13:00 | PARIVISION 1-0 Spirit
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Group B - May 6
It's like the BLAST Slam 3 had a favorite group, because it's so hard not to recommend every single match here. However, Tundra vs. Liquid is a must (and a possible grand final teaser), Tidebound vs. XG (Chinese powerhouses collides), and every BetBoom game should be really exciting. We don't get to see Fly as a stand-in for an Eastern European team that often!
All match times are in EST (UTC-4).
Tuesday, May 6
- 04:00 | Tundra 0-1 Xtreme
- 05:00 | Liquid 0-1 Tidebound
- 06:00 | BetBoom 0-1 Xtreme
- 07:00 | Tundra 1-0 Tidebound
- 08:00 | Liquid 0-1 BetBoom
- 09:00 | Tidebound 1-0 Xtreme
- 10:00 | Tundra 1-0 BetBoom
- 11:00 | Xtreme 0-1 Liquid
- 12:00 | BetBoom 0-1 Tidebound
- 13:00 | Liquid 0-1 Tundra
Playoffs
Against all the odds, Team Liquid and Team Spirit played from the Round 1, while PARIVISION were also playing from the lower seed after a 2-2 score. As for the top seeds, it looks like the Falcons curse is broken, while Tundra is still Tundra.
- May 7 | Round 1
- 10:00: Liquid 1-2 Spirit
- 13:00: BetBoom Team 0-2 Aurora
- May 8 | Round 2
- 10:00: PARIVISION 1-2 Spirit
- 13:00: Xtreme 1-2 Aurora
- May 9 | Quarterfinals
- 10:00: Tidebound 0-2 Spirit
- 13:00: Gaimin Gladiators 2-0 Aurora
- May 10 | Semi-finals
- 10:00: Falcons 2-0 Spirit
- 13:00: Tundra 2-0 Gaimin Gladiators
- May 11 | Grand Finals
- 10:30: Falcons 1-3 Tundra
BLAST Slam 3 full talent list
An exciting event is as exciting as its talent list, and BLAST delivered! We will have the addition of Ted "Pyrionflax" Forsyth as a content creator, with one "special guest" slot still unannounced. Is Jake "SirActionSlacks" Kanner memeing again? Are they inviting Janne "Gorgc" Stefanovski as an on-site streamer? We will keep you updated!
- Host:
- Natalie "NatTea" Mahoney
- Desk Analysts:
- Mira "Ephey" Riad
- Rasmus "MISERY" Berth Filipsen
- Robson "TeaGuvnor" Merritt
- Casters:
- Austin "Cap" Walsh
- Ioannis "Fogged" Loucas
- Owen "ODPixel" Davies
- Avery "SVG" Silverman
- Remote Casters (Group Stage):
- Gareth "Gareth" Bateson
- Dominik "Lacoste" Stipić
- Statsman:
- Ben "Noxville" Steenhuisen
BLAST Slam 3 Champions: Tundra Esports
The tournament ended with an amazing victory for Tundra over Team Falcons, with a 3-1 score. We got to see signature hero picks, in-game rivalries, and some of the best Dota 2 games in months! A series full of highlights that saw Crystallis winning his first Tier 1 tournament with his new team.
But it's not over! Check out more of our Dota 2 articles to stay updated with tournaments and news about the game.
