The organizers of Elisa Invitational have announced additional details for the BLAST Showdown qualifier, revealing the tournament's format, group distribution, and a detailed schedule.

The Nordic tournament, which will have two spots at the BLAST Spring Europe Showdown on offer, will begin with a best-of-one round-robin group stage, with its eight participants split into two groups.

The winning team of each group will move on directly to the spot-deciding semi-finals, while the second and third-placed teams will face off in the quarter-finals.

Group A features GODSENT as the highest-ranked side, joined by two more directly invited teams, ENCE and Dignitas, as well as Apeks, who locked their spot in the tournament from the Norwegian qualifier. Erik "⁠truth⁠" Hansen Dyrnes's squad will participate in the event with their coach, Pål "⁠Polly⁠" Kammen, standing in after they decided to bench Haakon "⁠Radifaction⁠" Tholo earlier on Monday.

HEROIC, who have just undergone two changes with René "⁠TeSeS⁠" Madsen and Nikolaj "⁠niko⁠" Kristensen being added to the lineup as replacements for Marco "⁠Snappi⁠" Pfeiffer and Patrick "⁠es3tag⁠" Hansen, and their domestic rivals North headline Group B, in which they will take on underdogs Nordavind and the Finnish qualifier team, KOVA.

Group A will be played on day one of the tournament, on Thursday, followed by Group B on Friday and the playoffs on the weekend. A detailed schedule can be found below:

Thursday, April 30

12:00 - Dignitas vs. Apeks
13:30 - GODSENT vs. ENCE
15:00 - ENCE vs. Dignitas
16:30 - GODSENT vs. Apeks
18:00 - GODSENT vs. Dignitas
19:30 - ENCE vs. Apeks

Friday, May 1

12:00 - Nordavind vs. KOVA
13:30 - North vs. HEROIC
15:00 - HEROIC vs. Nordavind
16:30 - North vs. KOVA
18:00 - North vs. Nordavind
19:30 - HEROIC vs. KOVA

Saturday, May 2

16:00 - Quarter-final #1
20:00 - Semi-final #1

Sunday, May 3

16:00 - Quarter-final #2
20:00 - Semi-final #2