BLAST Rising groups revealed

The draw for the group stage of BLAST Rising has been concluded, with the 16 participants having been split into four different groups.

The €30,000 tournament, featuring teams outside the top 20 of the world rankings, will kick off on Monday with a double round-robin group stage, which will determine the eight sides making the single-elimination playoffs.

Heretics, who have been the surprise package of the European division of ESL One: Road to Rio, will fight for a playoff berth with AVEZ, Secret and SAW, while Movistar Riders will be out for revenge against Japaleno after being humbled by the Swedish side in the last two matches between the two teams in a group that also includes Apeks and FATE.

Movistar Riders will try to exact revenge on Japaleno

Flashpoint 1 third-place finisher HAVU headline Group B, which also features the new AGO team, now led by Oskar "⁠oskarish⁠" Stenborowski, and the veterans of Nordavind, while Endpoint are the highest-ranked team in Group A, which seems to be the most open of the four.

Below you can find the group draw in full:

Group A
ALTERNATE aTTaX
Tricked
Salamander
Endpoint Group B
HAVU
AGO
Nordavind
Giants Group C
Movistar Riders
Japaleno
FATE
Apeks Group D
Heretics
AVEZ
Secret
SAW Secret #56 Martin 'PERCY' WesselGuy 'anarkez' TrachtmanFilip 'tudsoN' TudevFlatron 'juanflatroo' HalimiDionis 'sinnopsyy' Budeci Oskar 'oskarish' Stenborowski Age: 22 Team: AGO Rating 1.0: 0.99 Maps played: 775 KPR: 0.67 DPR: 0.67 AGO #53 Oskar 'oskarish' StenborowskiDamian 'Furlan' KislowskiDominik 'GruBy' SwiderskiMiłosz 'mhL' KnasiakMaciej 'F1KU' Miklas Endpoint #40 Robin 'robiin' SjögrenJoey 'CRUC1AL' SteuselMax 'MiGHTYMAX' HeathKia 'Surreal' ManThomas 'Thomas' Utting HAVU #22 Eetu 'sAw' SahaLasse 'ZOREE' UronenOlli 'sLowi' PitkänenJoonas 'doto' ForssAaro 'hoody' Peltokangas ALTERNATE aTTaX #55 Robin 'ScrunK' RöpkeStefan 'stfN' SeierSabit 'mirbit' CoktasarMarko 'kressy' ĐorđevićFritz 'slaxz-' Dietrich Nordavind #45 Ruben 'RUBINO' VillarroelJesper 'TENZKI' PlougmannKevin 'HS' TarnNiels Christian 'NaToSaphiX' SillassenJorgen 'cromen' Robertsen FATE #61 Nikolay 'niki1' PantaleevMartin 'mar' KuyumdjievVeselin 'doublemagic' AngelovKalin 'KalubeR' ErenditsovViktor 'Duplicate' Mitev Apeks #68 Pål 'Polly' KammenKristian 'akez' KornbakkErik 'truth' Hansen DyrnesOle 'Marcelious' Kristian LanganSander 'Grus' Iversen AVEZ #57 Michał 'MOLSI' ŁąckiKuba 'Markoś' MarkowskiPiotr 'nawrot' NawrockiKamil 'KEi' PietkunKacper 'Kylar' Walukiewicz Movistar Riders #32 Christian 'loWel' Garcia AntoranRajohn 'EasTor' LinatoLucas 'steel' LopesAlejandro 'alex' MasanetAlejandro 'mopoz' Fernández-Quejo Cano Heretics #30 Fabien 'kioShiMa' FieyAlexandre 'xms' FortéBryan 'Maka' CandaLucas 'Lucky' ChastangNabil 'Nivera' Benrlitom Salamander #63 Patrik 'bodito' BodaÁron 'Aaron' HomokiAndrás 'coolio' FercsákKornél 'kory' SzedlárÁdám 'torzsi' Torzsás Japaleno #54 Fredrik 'FREDDyFROG' GustafssonJoakim 'Relaxa' GustafssonNiclas 'PlesseN' PlessenDaniel 'djL' NarancicAdam 'dezon' Wahlqvist SAW #97 Omar 'arki' ChakkorChristopher 'MUTiRiS' FernandesRicardo 'roman' OliveiraTiago 'JUST' MouraRenato 'stadodo' Gonçalves Giants Ricardo 'fox' PachecoBruno 'BLOODZ' MourãoRenato 'renatoohaxx' GonçalvesPaulo 'pr' SilvaFilipe 'NOPEEJ' Dias Tricked #82 Andreas 'kiR' KirsteinNicolai 'torben' AmorimOliver 'kwezz' RasmussenPhilip 'Lucky' EwaldMagnus 'Toft' Toft