The NASR Middle East team, comprised of cyber athletes from Albania, Hungary, Jordan and Iraq, qualified for their region by winning the Calyx Dune Cup Spring 2021, thus qualifying for the BLAST Premier Spring Showdown. It performed strongly in the group stage and then knocked teams like HLTZINC and Divine Vendetta out of the playoffs, securing the top spot in the tournament.
In the final match, NASR defeated Divine Vendetta on the Train and Nuke maps. Previously, these teams have already met in the group stage, and then the clash ended in a Divine Vendetta victory. This time NASR were able to pick the right tactics and gain an advantage right from the start. The biggest contributors to the victory were Mohammad «BOROS» Malhas and Abd-Alrahman «REAL1ZE» Arabyat, thanks to whom the team managed to finish the match already on the second map, winning it against their opponents with a small advantage (22 – 19).
The BLAST Premier Spring Showdown tournament will take place from April 13-16, and the top teams will be able to participate in the Spring Finals in June. Other tournaments serving as qualifiers in different regions, such as the Winstrike CIS Cup for teams from the CIS and Latin Power for teams from Latin American countries, are to be held in the near future.