Viewership results of BLAST: Spring European and American Showdown 2022 – ENCE and paiN go to Lisbon

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All participants of the upcoming BLAST Premier Spring Finals 2022 have become known. The final of BLAST Spring American Showdown 2022 took place on the night of May 2 and ended with the victory of the Brazilian team paiN Gaming. A day earlier, BLAST Showdown in the European region ended, with Marco Snappi Pfeiffer's team ENCE becoming the winners. Both teams received $20K, 1.6K BLAST Premier credits, and a ticket to the finals of the BLAST Premier Spring 2022 competition.

Esports Charts will provide an overview of these competitions and tell you about the most popular teams and matches.

Results of BLAST Premier Spring European Showdown 2022

Leading in terms of Hours Watched during the European BLAST Showdown were the tournament’s finalists. These included ENCE, who qualified for the Showdown thanks to their victory at Fantasy Expo EU Champions 2022, and Astralis, who performed in the Showdown after an unsuccessful group stage of the BLAST spring season.

Bad News Eagles, who were the highlight of the last European RMR, became the second team in terms of Average Viewers at the European Showdown, amassing 184K viewers. Having qualified for the Major, the Kosovars received a lot of media coverage, with their underdog story ending up attracting a lot of viewers on the broadcast.

The Danes from Astralis once again stood out in terms of Peak Viewers. Four-time champions of the major took part in three out of the five most popular matches of the European qualifier, including the final battle of the tournament against ENCE. The latter has reached the highest figure so far: 235K Peak Viewers. Closing the top 3 matches in terms of Peak Viewers was the match of NiP vs. Bad News Eagles. Following the spectacular battle on Inferno were 191K Peak Viewers.

Results of BLAST Premier Spring American Showdown 2022

Among the teams of American Showdown, the finalists paiN Gaming, and FURIA Esports were also leading in terms of Hours Watched. Although victors of the competition are still a little ahead of the Brazilian “panthers”, as the number of Hours Watched generated by the matches of paiN Gaming is 13% higher.

However, the current winners of the American RMR were unmatched in terms of the Average Viewers indicator. The matches of FURIA Esports attracted 141K Average Viewers. Interestingly, only one North American team, Complexity Gaming, managed to stand up to Latin American teams in terms of this indicator, gathering a total of 128K Average Viewers.

Unsurprisingly, the Peak Viewers marks were reached during the matches of the Brazilians from MIBR, FURIA, and, of course, paiN Gaming. The matches of these teams coincided with three of the five Peak Viewers marks. It was the final match versus FURIA Esports that gathered the largest one-time audience of the entire tournament: 196K Peak Viewers.

Comparison of regions

Traditionally, European battles garnered more attention from the audience. BLAST European Showdown generated a total of 2.9M Hours Watched, which is 11% more than the matches of American Showdown. Matches of teams from the Old World gathered 130K Average Viewers, which is 7% more than their overseas counterparts.

BLAST Premier Spring 2022 Finals will begin on June 15. Eight teams will compete for the main prize of $200K and a direct invitation to the World Final.

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