HLTV.org live from Riffa

Our two-man crew has arrived at the ISA Sports City in Riffa, Bahrain to begin our live coverage of BLAST Pro Series Global Final.

The $500,000 tournament featuring the best-performing teams in the 2019 BLAST Pro Series circuit, Astralis, Liquid, FaZe, and Ninjas in Pyjamas, will kick off at 13:00 with the first match of the double-elimination bracket as the Swedish squad will take on Nikola "⁠NiKo⁠" Kovač's side.

The No.1 and No.4 teams in the world, Astralis and Liquid, will go head to head in a highly-anticipated encounter to close out the first day, before Friday and Saturday will see the rest of the bracket play out.

FaZe and NiP are set to kick off the Global Final

As always, we have prepared a viewer's guide with all the details about the event, and to find out about the storylines going into the tournament, make sure to read up on all the teams in a preview written by Zvonimir "Professeur" Burazin.

Our two-man crew boasting Radoslaw "MAKKU" Makuch and Milan "Striker" Švejda has already been in Bahrain since Wednesday and talked to all four participants during the media day.

You can find all of the pre-interviews below:

Lukas "⁠gla1ve⁠" Rossander on mouz loss: "I'm blaming myself; I think I threw some of the rounds"

Keith "⁠NAF⁠" Markovic: "I think it was for sure an Astralis year, but this was an amazing year for North America"

Olof "⁠olofmeister⁠" Kajbjer: "In Odense, I couldn't hit a bus if I wanted to"

Fredrik "⁠REZ⁠" Sterner: "THREAT hasn't really come into the team yet; he will do more in the future"

You can look forward to more interviews as the tournament progresses, more photos in the galleries, and regular stories on Instagram.

FaZe #7 Olof 'olofmeister' KajbjerNikola 'NiKo' KovačHåvard 'rain' NygaardMarcelo 'coldzera' DavidHelvijs 'broky' Saukants Lukas 'gla1ve' Rossander Age: 24 Team: Astralis Rating 1.0: 1.01 Maps played: 1265 KPR: 0.68 DPR: 0.65 Olof 'olofmeister' Kajbjer Age: 27 Team: FaZe Rating 1.0: 1.08 Maps played: 1343 KPR: 0.73 DPR: 0.65 Time is adjusted to your selected timezone Liquid #4 Nick 'nitr0' CannellaKeith 'NAF' MarkovicJonathan 'EliGE' JablonowskiJake 'Stewie2K' YipRussel 'Twistzz' Van Dulken Keith 'NAF' Markovic Age: 22 Team: Liquid Rating 1.0: 1.09 Maps played: 1163 KPR: 0.73 DPR: 0.64 Astralis #1 Andreas 'Xyp9x' HøjslethPeter 'dupreeh' RasmussenLukas 'gla1ve' RossanderNicolai 'device' ReedtzEmil 'Magisk' Reif Nikola 'NiKo' Kovač Age: 22 Team: FaZe Rating 1.0: 1.17 Maps played: 1148 KPR: 0.81 DPR: 0.67 Fredrik 'REZ' Sterner Age: 21 Team: Ninjas in Pyjamas Rating 1.0: 1.03 Maps played: 899 KPR: 0.70 DPR: 0.66 Ninjas in Pyjamas #10 Patrik 'f0rest' LindbergSimon 'twist' EliassonJonas 'Lekr0' OlofssonFredrik 'REZ' SternerNicolas 'Plopski' Gonzalez Zamora