Bracket set for the BLAST.tv Paris Major playoffs: Heroic take on FaZe in quarters

We are at the business end of the last ever CS:GO Major and the schedule for the playoffs is now set.

HEROIC will take on FaZe in the headline matchup of the quarter-finals at the BLAST.tv Paris Major. Upsets and shock runs dominated the Legends Stage and as such, there are plenty of fascinating and surprising fixtures lined up for the first round of the playoffs.

Of course, two of the favorites for the entire tournament butting heads in the quarter-finals is the biggest story: one of FaZe or HEROIC will not be in the semi-finals.

Can Heroic deliver on their status as favorites?

HEROIC made it this far thanks to strolling through the Legends Stage with ease, whilst FaZe had to battle back from 0-2 down, facing plenty of adversity and tough matches on the way, not least their qualification bout against Natus Vincere.

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The previous matchups between the two giants of the game have recently gone the way of HEROIC, with the Danes winning the BLAST Premier Fall Final trophy over their European counterparts late last year and besting them comfortably in the first match of the Legends Stage. As such, Casper "⁠cadiaN⁠" Møller and company should be the favorites for what promises to be a titanic battle.

Elsewhere in the quarter-finals GamerLegion will take on Monte in a matchup that would have previously been more likely in a tier two online event. This draw means that a team that was heavily unfavored to make it all the way to the playoffs will finish this Major at least in the top four, and also that a team outside of the top 10 is guaranteed to finish in the top four.

The full schedule for the playoffs is as follows:

Thursday, May 18

Date	Matches
BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023
18/05/2023	HEROIC15:00 FaZe	Match
18/05/2023	Vitality19:15 Into the Breach	Match

Friday, May 19

Date	Matches
BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023
19/05/2023	Monte15:00 GamerLegion	Match
19/05/2023	Liquid17:55 Apeks	Match

Saturday, May 20

Date	Matches
BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023
20/05/2023	HEROIC15:00 GamerLegion	Match
20/05/2023	Vitality19:35 Apeks	Match

Sunday, May 21

Date	Matches
BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023
21/05/2023	GamerLegion17:00 Vitality	Match

GamerLegion #22 Frederik 'acoR' GyldstrandMihai 'iM' IvanNicolas 'Keoz' DgusKamil 'siuhy' SzkaradekIsak 'isak' Fahlén Ashley 'ash' Battye Natus Vincere #4 Oleksandr 's1mple' KostylievDenis 'electroNic' SharipovIlya 'Perfecto' ZalutskiyValeriy 'b1t' VakhovskiyAndrii 'npl' Kukharskyi Andrey 'B1ad3' Gorodenskiy FaZe #3 Finn 'karrigan' AndersenHåvard 'rain' NygaardRussel 'Twistzz' Van DulkenRobin 'ropz' KoolHelvijs 'broky' Saukants Robert 'RobbaN' Dahlström Monte #13 Viktor 'sdy' OrudzhevVolodymyr 'Woro2k' VeletniukSergiy 'DemQQ' DemchenkoMohammad 'BOROS' MalhasSzymon 'kRaSnaL' Mrozek Sergey 'lmbt' Bezhanov Casper 'cadiaN' Møller Age: 27 Team: HEROIC Rating 1.0: 1.04 Maps played: 1610 KPR: 0.69 DPR: 0.63 HEROIC #2 Casper 'cadiaN' MøllerMartin 'stavn' LundRené 'TeSeS' MadsenRasmus 'sjuush' BeckJakob 'jabbi' Nygaard Richard 'Xizt' Landström