BetBoom Team Wins BLAST Slam I in Thrilling Grand Final

BLAST Slam I, the first major Dota 2 tournament hosted by BLAST, concluded in Copenhagen, Denmark. The event featured ten invited teams competing in a Group Stage followed by a King of the Hill/Gauntlet Playoff bracket, a unique format in professional Dota 2 tournaments. The total prize pool for the tournament was $1 million, with BetBoom Team emerging as champions and winning $400,000. Tundra Esports secured second place and received $200,000.

Tournament Format

The competition began with a Group Stage, where teams played Best-of-One matches to determine their playoff seeding. The top teams in each group advanced directly to the Semifinals, while others entered earlier rounds of the single-elimination playoffs.

Group A standings:

• BetBoom Team: 3-1
• Xtreme Gaming: 3-1
• PARIVISION: 2-2
• Team Falcons: 2-2
• HEROIC: 0-4

Group B standings:

• Tundra Esports: 4-0
• Team Liquid: 3-1
• Gaimin Gladiators: 2-2
• Team Spirit: 1-3
• OG: 0-4

Key Matches

The tournament included several notable matches:

• A Group Stage clash between Team Falcons and OG resulted in a server crash during an 80-minute game. The match was replayed, with Team Falcons winning in 45 minutes.
• Xtreme Gaming’s Lou recorded the highest Gold Per Minute (GPM) in professional LAN history during a match against Gaimin Gladiators.

Playoff Stage

In the single-elimination playoffs, the results were as follows:

Round 1:

• Team Spirit 1-2 Gaimin Gladiators
• OG 1-2 Team Falcons

Round 2:

• Gaimin Gladiators 2-0 Xtreme Gaming
• Team Falcons 0-2 PARIVISION

Quarterfinals:

• Team Liquid 0-2 PARIVISION
• Tundra Esports 2-0 Gaimin Gladiators

Semifinals:

• PARIVISION 0-2 Tundra Esports
• BetBoom Team 2-0 PARIVISION

Grand Final:

• BetBoom Team defeated Tundra Esports 3-1.

Prize Pool Distribution

1. BetBoom Team: $400,000
2. Tundra Esports: $200,000
   3-4. PARIVISION, Xtreme Gaming: $80,000 each
   5-6. Team Liquid, Gaimin Gladiators: $50,000 each
   7-8. HEROIC, Team Falcons: $40,000 each
   9-10. Team Spirit, OG: $30,000 each

Viewership

The tournament attracted a peak viewership of 199,000 during the Grand Final. It averaged 97,000 viewers throughout, with a total watch time of 4.8 million hours over 49 hours of broadcast, as per Esports Charts.

Sources: BLAST official reports, Esports Charts, Liquipedia