BIG is in the "Counter-Strike: Global Offensive" tournament Blast Premier as one of the top six already ahead of schedule in the Spring Finals. The team beat Astralis for the second time with a score of 2:0.

"The atmosphere in the team is very good, I've never had it like this before," BIG's new signing Josef "faveN" Baumann said in an interview after the game. "Even when we were 1:14 behind yesterday, we were still having fun.»

In the group stage, BIG had previously only been able to beat the North American team Complexity, but improved significantly in the subsequent play-in phase. Evil Geniuses and Astralis were no problem for the Germans, who were also able to drive the recently strong FaZe to the brink of defeat.

G2 Esports has also entered the final phase. Although the organization had previously lost to the new line-up of Team Vitality, it easily prevailed in the duel with MIBR. The only 16-year-old newcomer Ilya "m0NESY" Osipov was particularly convincing when he was able to win a round single-handedly against four opponents.