At the end of the week, the final list of teams that will participate in the BLAST Premier World Final 2022 was determined. The last two places went to OG and Liquid, who managed to secure a fairly high position in the BLAST Leaderboard rankings. Earlier, Ninjas in Pyjamas claimed one of them, but it lost to FaZe in the semi-finals of the BLAST Premier Fall Final and thus lost its chances to qualify for the final event. In addition, Heroic and G2, who gained enough ranking points, were awarded spots at the Abu Dhabi tournament in the middle of the week.
The other four teams worthy of participating in the World Finals were determined by the results of the major tournaments held throughout the year. Thus, FaZe got to the event thanks to victories in the 15th season of ESL Pro League and PGL Major Antwerp, Natus Vincere – by the results of BLAST Premier Spring Final, Vitality – due to a successful performance in the 16th season of ESL Pro League and, finally, Virtus.pro (Outsiders) after winning the IEM Rio Major.
Interestingly, all the teams that made it to the World Final through BLAST Leaderboards are partners of the organizer. Because of this, they had more opportunities to earn ranking points by competing in the spring and fall tournaments. Among those teams that fell just short was ENCE, who fell 350 points behind OG despite the latter having the advantage.