The last weekend of January saw the group stages of the Blast Premier Spring Groups take place.
Our Esport correspondent Karl Hanlon took in the weekends action and gave us a breakdown of what happened.
The Blast Premier Spring Groups sees the worlds best 'Counter-Strike: Global Offensive' players face off against each other in a group format.
There are 3 groups in play in the Spring series, with the weekend seeing G2 Esports cruising to victory and topping Group A.
Perennial favourites NAVI saw a shock defeat on Saturday, with the world number one ranked team suffering a loss at the hands of rank 56th team Made In Brazil.
NAVI suffered two losses, with their second defeat coming against Danish outfit Astralis.
As a result of the two losses, the team are now facing an elimination match on Thursday, and a defeat there will see them eliminated from the tournament.
A loss in the group stage could have major ramifications for the rest of the tournament, and NAVI's shock losses has thrown the tournament wide open.
Many commentators and pundits expected an easy run through the group stages from NAVI, with the team having world no.1 S1mple, no.7 electroNic, and no.9 b1t on the team, and no roster changes since their Major win at the end of 2021.
Day one of the tournament saw many close matches, with each team having made roster changes over the Christmas break and attempting to gel together.
French side G2 took the top spot on the first weekend of action, seeing of Ninjas In Pyjamas to top Group A.
Two losses for North American side Complexity now sees them facing elimination on Thursday.
International lineup OG took the top spot in group B and advance to the gauntlet finals on Saturday.
Vitality and FAZE went toe-to-toe for control of Group C, and the final day of the weekend action didn't disappoint.
The final day of weekend action saw a workshop on the map Inferno, with the map being played in five out of the six matches played.
The final map of the day was Overpass, where four Deagle headshots from Rain saw Faze win the group and go straight through to finals next Saturday, and left Vitality fighting for survival in the semi-finals on Friday.
North American side Evil Geniuses came last in the group and face elimination in the losers showdown on Thursday.
The top 3 teams in the group tournament take home $27,500 and progress to the Spring Finals, where the overall winner of the Spring Series takes home $200,000 and a spot in the World Final in December 2022.
