Maps for BLAST Pro Series Istanbul round robin matches revealed

RFRSH Entertainment has revealed the map picks for the round-robin matches of BLAST Pro Series Istanbul.

Without surprise, Overpass and Train were banned in all vetos, while Mirage was the most picked map, featuring in six of the 15 round robin matches.

The stand-out match of the opening stage, pitting Astralis against MIBR in round 5, will be played on Dust2, the same map where the Danes thrashed Gabriel "⁠FalleN⁠" Toledo's side 16-0 at the FACEIT Major.

MIBR will meet Astralis on Dust2 again

BLAST Pro Series will run from September 28-29 at the Ülker Sports Arena, with six teams squaring off for the bulk of the tournament's $250,000 prize pool. The top two sides of the round-robin stage will progress to the best-of-three grand final, on Saturday at 18:00 .

The map picks for the opening stage are the following:

Round 1

Space Soldiers vs. Ninjas in Pyjamas| Mirage
MIBR vs. Cloud9| Dust2
Virtus.pro vs. Astralis| Inferno

Round 2

Space Soldiers vs. Astralis| Inferno
Cloud9 vs. Virtus.pro| Mirage
Ninjas in Pyjamas vs. MIBR| Mirage

Round 3

Space Soldiers vs. MIBR| Mirage
Astralis vs. Cloud9| Inferno
Virtus.pro vs. Ninjas in Pyjamas| Cache

Round 4

Cloud9 vs. Space Soldiers| Mirage
Ninjas in Pyjamas vs. Astralis| Nuke
MIBR vs. Virtus.pro| Cache

Round 5

Astralis vs. MIBR| Dust2
Space Soldiers vs. Virtus.pro| Dust2
Cloud9 vs. Ninjas in Pyjamas| Mirage

Time is adjusted to your selected timezone MIBR #7 Gabriel 'FalleN' ToledoTarik 'tarik' CelikFernando 'fer' AlvarengaJake 'Stewie2K' YipMarcelo 'coldzera' David Virtus.pro #25 Filip 'NEO' KubskiJarosław 'pashaBiceps' JarząbkowskiMichał 'MICHU' MüllerPiotr 'morelz' TaterkaMichał 'snatchie' Rudzki Gabriel 'FalleN' Toledo Age: 27 Team: MIBR Rating 1.0: 1.09 Maps played: 898 KPR: 0.71 DPR: 0.60 Ninjas in Pyjamas #9 Patrik 'f0rest' LindbergChristopher 'GeT_RiGhT' AlesundDennis 'dennis' EdmanJonas 'Lekr0' OlofssonFredrik 'REZ' Sterner Astralis #1 Andreas 'Xyp9x' HøjslethPeter 'dupreeh' RasmussenLukas 'gla1ve' RossanderNicolai 'device' ReedtzEmil 'Magisk' Reif Cloud9 #22 Martin 'STYKO' StykTyler 'Skadoodle' LathamWilliam 'RUSH' WierzbaTimothy 'autimatic' TaMaikil 'Golden' Selim Space Soldiers #32 Engin 'MAJ3R' KüpeliIsmailcan 'XANTARES' DörtkardeşBuğra 'Calyx' ArkınAhmet 'paz' KarahocaEngin 'ngiN' Kor