paiN is the champion of BLAST Premier Spring Showdown North America after defeating their powerful countrymen from FURIA with an impressive 2-0 Grand Final victory on Vertigo (22-20) and Inferno (16-8). 

The #1 result means that Vinícios “PKL” Coelho and the rest of paiN have clinched a spot at the prestigious BLAST Premier Spring Final in Lisbon in mid-June. Here the Brazilians will prove their strength against top-tier competition like NAVI, FaZe and G2. 

In the title decider, it was once again paiN’s Rodrigo “biguzera” Bittencourt who stepped up to the plate and presented a phenomenal performance against Andrei “arT” Piovezan and company. 

The 25-year-old rifler ended the series with a solid 1.38 Rating, which also was a deciding factor for his overall MVP award throughout the entire event. 

paiN - FURIA 2-0 | BLAST Premier Spring Showdown NA

22-20 (Vertigo) | {cflag:BR} biguzera - 1.37 Rating / 38-28 K-D / 87.5 ADR 

16-8 (Inferno) | {cflag:BR} hardzao - 1.53 Rating / 24-13 K-D / 97.1 ADR

MVP: {cflag:BR} Rodrigo “biguzera” Bittencourt - 1.38 Rating / 58-39 K-D / 86.0 ADR

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FURIA

The profiled North Americans from Extra Salt are, alongside paiN, through to the important RMR event cs_summit 8, that serves as a qualifier for the upcoming PGL Major in Stockholm later this year. The two teams will join superstar teams like FURIA, Liquid, and Evil Geniuses, with the tournament starting on May the 20th. 

Extra Salt and paiN managed to seal their spots by taking down O PLANO and Bad News Bears in their respective matches at the closed qualifier. Both teams were extremely dominant, with both matchups being very one-sided.

Yesterday’s results | cs_summit 8 Closed Qualifier

16-10 (Inferno) | MarKE – 1.59 Rating / 25-14 K-D / 99.6 ADR

16-9 (Nuke) | oSee – 1.52 Rating / 22-11 K-D / 95.4 ADR

16-12 (Mirage) | PKL – 1.43 Rating / 23-15 K-D / 83.2 ADR

16-1 (Nuke) | PKL – 1.92 Rating / 21-10 K-D / 111.9 ADR

FURIA - EXTREMUM - Liquid - Evil Geniuses - Extra Salt - paiN - TBA - TBA

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Bad News Bears

paiN went undefeated in the upper bracket at DH Open January NA and beat Rebirth 2-0 in the upper final to book a ticket to the grand final. The Brazilian side will face off the winner of Rebirth vs. Extra Salt on Sunday.

Vinicios “PKL” Coelho has played an incredible tournament so far and was the one to lead the way for paiN in the series, finishing on top of the scoreboard with an overall rating of 1.32, 91.8 ADR, and a 52-37 K/D.

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