Following two consecutive ties, Vitality have earned their first win in Group A of BLAST Premier Spring Europe Showdown after besting Astralis 16-6 on Nuke.
The Danes failed to build on a commanding performance against SAW in their previous match, in which they recorded their first win with both Marco "Snappi" Pfeiffer and Jakob "JUGi" Hansen on the roster, as Vitality secured a dominant victory over the Danish side to achieve their first win of the tournament and increase their Group A points total to five.
The veto process saw the matchup head to Nuke, where Vitality locked down the CT pistol and the subsequent round to attain a 2-0 start. Astralis answered back in the next with guns in hand before the two teams traded two rounds apiece. A quick AWP double kill from Mathieu "ZywOo" Herbaut followed up by a clutch from the star player kicked off a string of six rounds, which was capped off with a 1vs3 by Cédric "RpK" Guipouy.
With the half looking as it would conclude overwhelmingly in Vitality’s favour, a triple kill by Peter "dupreeh" Rasmussen helped the Danes pick up two additional rounds and reach the break at a 5-10 deficit.
A Richard "shox" Papillon 1v2 clutch on the second half pistol put Vitality into the driver’s seat for the remainder of the match as the Frenchmen stormed to a 15-6 lead, with Astralis managing just one round as Dan "apEX" Madesclaire’s men hit map point. Facing off against a poor buy from the Danes in the final round, Vitality convincingly locked down the map 16-6 to take the win.
BLAST Premier Spring 2020 Europe ShowdownBest of 1
Astralis
Matchpage 6 16 3rd June 2020 
Vitality 6Nuke 16 | Astralis | K - D | +/- | ADR | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nicolai 'device' Reedtzdevice | 19 - 18 | +1 | 83.6 | 1.07 |
| Jakob 'JUGi' HansenJUGi | 13 - 17 | -4 | 65.2 | 1.01 |
| Marco 'Snappi' PfeifferSnappi | 10 - 18 | -8 | 70.3 | 0.75 |
| Peter 'dupreeh' Rasmussendupreeh | 10 - 19 | -9 | 68.1 | 0.63 |
| Emil 'Magisk' ReifMagisk | 9 - 19 | -10 | 62.8 | 0.62 |
| Vitality | K - D | +/- | ADR | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathieu 'ZywOo' HerbautZywOo | 21 - 12 | +9 | 104.7 | 1.61 |
| Cédric 'RpK' GuipouyRpK | 22 - 11 | +11 | 93.5 | 1.48 |
| Kévin 'misutaaa' Rabiermisutaaa | 17 - 15 | +2 | 78.3 | 1.37 |
| Richard 'shox' Papillonshox | 13 - 10 | +3 | 67.0 | 1.21 |
| Dan 'apEX' MadesclaireapEX | 18 - 14 | +4 | 73.3 | 1.02 |
Ninjas in Pyjamas 4 8 Vitality 3 5 
ENCE 3 5 Astralis 3 3 
SAW 3 0 Cédric 'RpK' Guipouy 
Age: 30 Team: Vitality Rating 1.0: 0.98 Maps played: 1320 KPR: 0.67 DPR: 0.68 Astralis #2 Marco 'Snappi' PfeifferPeter 'dupreeh' RasmussenNicolai 'device' ReedtzJakob 'JUGi' HansenEmil 'Magisk' Reif Danny 'zonic' Sørensen Peter 'dupreeh' Rasmussen 
Age: 27 Team: Astralis Rating 1.0: 1.09 Maps played: 1619 KPR: 0.74 DPR: 0.65 Vitality #10 Richard 'shox' PapillonCédric 'RpK' GuipouyDan 'apEX' MadesclaireMathieu 'ZywOo' HerbautKévin 'misutaaa' Rabier Rémy 'XTQZZZ' Quoniam 
Ninjas in Pyjamas #12 Simon 'twist' EliassonFredrik 'REZ' SternerHampus 'hampus' PoserTim 'nawwk' JonassonNicolas 'Plopski' Gonzalez Zamora Björn 'THREAT' Pers Richard 'shox' Papillon 
Age: 28 Team: Vitality Rating 1.0: 1.09 Maps played: 1654 KPR: 0.75 DPR: 0.66 Astralis #2 Marco 'Snappi' PfeifferPeter 'dupreeh' RasmussenNicolai 'device' ReedtzJakob 'JUGi' HansenEmil 'Magisk' Reif Jakob 'JUGi' Hansen 
Age: 23 Team: Astralis Rating 1.0: 1.10 Maps played: 907 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.61 Vitality #10 Richard 'shox' PapillonCédric 'RpK' GuipouyDan 'apEX' MadesclaireMathieu 'ZywOo' HerbautKévin 'misutaaa' Rabier Mathieu 'ZywOo' Herbaut 
Age: 19 Team: Vitality Rating 1.0: 1.29 Maps played: 622 KPR: 0.86 DPR: 0.62 
ENCE #21 Aleksi 'allu' JalliJani 'Aerial' JussilaMiikka 'suNny' KemppiJere 'sergej' SaloElias 'Jamppi' Olkkonen Slaava 'Twista' Räsänen Dan 'apEX' Madesclaire 
Age: 27 Team: Vitality Rating 1.0: 1.04 Maps played: 1609 KPR: 0.73 DPR: 0.70 Marco 'Snappi' Pfeiffer 
Age: 29 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.97 Maps played: 1190 KPR: 0.67 DPR: 0.67 
SAW #61 
Omar 'arki' ChakkorChristopher 'MUTiRiS' FernandesRicardo 'roman' OliveiraTiago 'JUST' MouraRenato 'stadodo' Gonçalves Ricardo 'AIm' Almeida SAW #61 Omar 'arki' ChakkorChristopher 'MUTiRiS' FernandesRicardo 'roman' OliveiraTiago 'JUST' MouraRenato 'stadodo' Gonçalves