comeback2023-12-14
ENCE13–11Natus Vincere
ENCE went into the break 2–10 down on T, took the second half 11–1 on CT — 13–11 over Natus Vincere.
Ancient · ENCE started on T
BLAST Premier World Final 2023
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Vitality Win the 2023 World Final Without Dropping a Single Map
Vitality took all eight maps they played in Abu Dhabi across four matches and closed the final 2-0 over FaZe — 13-5 on Inferno, 13-7 on Nuke. It is one of only two runs in this whole archive where a champion never lost a map. Ten of the event's thirteen matches ended without the losing side taking one either.
2023-12-13 – 2023-12-17, part of Season 1a. 13 matches played across 29 maps at Tier 1 events — HLTV Majors and international LAN events with a prize pool between $600,000 and $2,000,000.
championWho took it
Vitality won this event's chronologically last recorded match.
Why no bracket is shown
matches.stage is empty on every row in this snapshot — no bracket, round, or placement is derivable for this event, or any other on this site.
momentsThe maps worth remembering here
The maps from this event that were not ordinary — a half thrown away and won back, a game that would not end, a side that conceded nothing. Ranked by how rare each reading is across every map in this snapshot, rarest first.
shutout2023-12-15
MOUZ13–1Cloud9
MOUZ beat Cloud9 13–1, conceding a single round.
Mirage · MOUZ started on CT
decider2023-12-14
FaZe16–13G2
The series went the distance and the decider went to overtime — FaZe took it 16–13.
Anubis · FaZe started on CT
What these readings are drawn from
Drawn from results, half-by-half round counts and overtime only. This snapshot carries no demo data, so nothing here is about an individual player.
formatHow the event was run
Double elimination Bo3 - Group winners advance to the semi-finals; - 2nd and 3rd placed teams in each group proceed to the quarter-finals. | Single elimination Bo3
maps playedWhat was picked, banned and left over
Every map this event's veto touched, picked or played, at least once — Vertigo was the most first-banned map (5 matches), and Anubis was the most first-picked (5 matches).
- Anubis6 maps played
49.2% CT · 50.8% T — 0.8pts T-leaning
picked 5 · banned 5 · left over 3 · first ban 2 · first pick 5 · decider 3
- Inferno5 maps played
41.0% CT · 59.0% T — 9.0pts T-leaning
picked 5 · banned 8 · left over 0 · first ban 3 · first pick 2 · decider 0
- Ancient5 maps played
56.5% CT · 43.5% T — 6.5pts CT-leaning
picked 5 · banned 8 · left over 0 · first ban 1 · first pick 2 · decider 0
- Nuke5 maps played
53.8% CT · 46.2% T — 3.8pts CT-leaning
picked 3 · banned 4 · left over 6 · first ban 0 · first pick 1 · decider 6
- Overpass4 maps played
51.8% CT · 48.2% T — 1.8pts CT-leaning
picked 4 · banned 6 · left over 3 · first ban 1 · first pick 1 · decider 3
- Mirage3 maps played
58.9% CT · 41.1% T — 8.9pts CT-leaning
picked 3 · banned 9 · left over 1 · first ban 1 · first pick 2 · decider 1
- Vertigo1 map played — thin sample
29.2% CT · 70.8% T — 20.8pts T-leaning
picked 1 · banned 12 · left over 0 · first ban 5 · first pick 0 · decider 0
Per-map veto counts and the thin-sample rule
A row marked "thin sample" played under a quarter of this event's own busiest map — the same relative cut `/pro-meta` uses for a thin season or month, applied here within this one event. A map with no CT/T bar was banned before it was ever played, not omitted.
against the seasonHow it compares with its own season
This event played 29 maps at 50.3% CT; Season 1a as a whole played 528 maps at 50.8% CT (0.8pts CT-leaning) — 0.5pts more T-sided than the season as a whole.
29 maps is under a quarter of Season 1a's 528 maps — a small sample against the season it sat in, marked here rather than read as equally trustworthy.