Spring Final schedule: keep up with all the action

Spring Finals are upon us. Five days of incredible Counter-Strike action are promised, but when should you tune in?

Read on as we take you through the schedule of the event in Washington.

The group stage

Running from Wednesday through to the very early hours of Friday for European viewers, eight teams will duke it out in the group stage to see who will enter the arena on the weekend.

The show starts at 3:40pm CEST for a Pre-show where our desk talent will take us through the event and the opening game.

Group 1 will then begin at 4pm CEST, where we will see Major champions Vitality take on the Brazilian legends of Imperial. From there, a rolling schedule will begin and Group 1's opening games will be rounded out by G2 vs Cloud9.

There will be 15 minutes between maps and matches, so make sure to not go too far in between games!

We then move into Group 2, where Heroic will face off against home favourites Complexity before FaZe take on Astralis.

Our Major champions will make their first appearance since lifting the trophy in Washington. Photo: Stephanie Lindgren

Day 2 will kick off at the same time on Thursday. Once again starting out with a Pre-show, we then move into the Group 1 Losers match at 4pm CEST and the rolling schedule shall start with the Winners Match played afterwards. After Group 1 has concluded, the Group 2 Losers and Winners matches will then be played.

The playoffs

The playoffs will again have a rolling schedule. The Quarter Finals will be played between the team that finished second in each group and the team that finished third in the opposite group.

Quarter Final 1 is set to begin at 7pm CEST and Quarter Final 2 will be played afterwards. Unlike the group stage, there will be 40 minutes between matches as opposed to 15.

The Semi Finals will be played on Saturday with the same schedule. Semi Final 1 will be played between the first placed team from Group 2 and the winner of Quarter Final 1, Semi Final 2 will be the winner of Group 1 and the winner of Quarter Final 2.

For fans attending the event, the arena doors will open at 11:30am EDT and the show beings at 12:30pm.

On the final day, the Show Match will be played at 7pm CEST. This time around, we'll see an NA Dream Team face off against a BLAST Dream Team. Be sure to expect all your favourite stars for some chaotic Counter-Strike fun.

The final will then begin at 8:30pm CEST. Unlike other days, these times are fixed and there will be 40 minutes between the games.

I'll likely require more than a Batman mask for in-game leader karrigan to take FaZe all the way. Photo: Stephanie Lindgren

Be sure to stay tuned to BLAST.tv for all the action, news, and exclusive 4k streams during the event!