The Portuguese squad prevailed in the Iberian qualifier after tough matches against OFFSET and Movistar Riders.
SAW have booked a spot in the BLAST Premier Spring Showdown, joining the likes of Astralis, Gambit, and Liquid, with a 2-1 victory over Movistar Riders in the grand final of the LVP Unity Spring Cup, a qualifier for teams based in the Iberian Peninsula.
One of the two teams invited to the tournament, SAW reached the grand final after dispatching Case and FTW in the group stage, and then edging past Ricardo "fox" Pacheco's OFFSET in a three-map thriller that culminated in an overtime game on the decider map.
SAW were leading 14-9 on Inferno when Movistar Riders came alive and managed to force overtime. The international team looked set to win the map, but Omar "arki" Chakkor saved SAW from the jaws of defeat with a 1v2 clutch. With momentum behind them, the Portuguese side came out victorious in the second overtime, with Renato "stadodo" Gonçalves finishing the game with 45 kills to his name.
Movistar Riders hit back on Inferno - where team captain Lucas "steel" Lopes posted a 1.40 rating - after another overtime affair, but a reverse sweep proved to be beyond them as SAW ran out comfortable winners on Vertigo in a game that they controlled from the start and that was decorated by an imperious display from Tiago "JUST" Moura (1.99 rating, 125 ADR).
LVP Unity Spring Cup 2021 - BLAST Premier QualifierBest of 3
Movistar Riders
Matchpage 1 2 24th March 2021 
SAW 20Inferno 22 19Mirage 17 5Vertigo 16 | Movistar Riders | K - D | +/- | ADR | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Alejandro 'mopoz' Fernández-Quejo Canomopoz | 69 - 70 | -1 | 78.2 | 1.02 |
 Kristjan 'shokz' Jakobsonshokz | 57 - 62 | -5 | 71.3 | 1.02 |
| Alejandro 'alex' Masanetalex | 62 - 72 | -10 | 78.3 | 0.96 |
 Lucas 'steel' Lopessteel | 66 - 68 | -2 | 65.6 | 0.95 |
 Owen 'smooya' Butterfieldsmooya | 58 - 68 | -10 | 61.5 | 0.83 |
| SAW | K - D | +/- | ADR | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Renato 'stadodo' Gonçalvesstadodo | 81 - 61 | +20 | 80.5 | 1.23 |
| Tiago 'JUST' MouraJUST | 74 - 64 | +10 | 74.9 | 1.18 |
| Christopher 'MUTiRiS' FernandesMUTiRiS | 74 - 68 | +6 | 82.1 | 1.14 |
| Ricardo 'roman' Oliveiraroman | 59 - 61 | -2 | 66.1 | 1.03 |
| Omar 'arki' Chakkorarki | 51 - 60 | -9 | 65.3 | 1.03 |
The BLAST Premier Spring Showdown will take place from April 13-16 and will have $162,500 on offer in addition to two spots in the $425,000 Spring Finals, scheduled for June 15-20.
With three qualifying spots still up for grabs, the team list for the Showdown tournament currently looks as follows:
Astralis
Liquid
VitalityHEROIC
GambitSpiritSAWFantasyexpo CupG2OGMIBRFURIA
NASR
9z
VENN InvitationalNordic Masters
MIBR #31 Ricardo 'boltz' PrassGustavo 'yel' KnittelMarcelo 'chelo' CespedesBruno 'shz' MartinelliDaniel 'danoco' Morgado 
OG #20 Valdemar 'valde' Bjørn Vangså
Aleksi 'Aleksib' VirolainenNikolaj 'niko' Kristensen
Mateusz 'mantuu' Wilczewski 
Omar 'arki' Chakkor 
Age: 31 Team: SAW Rating 1.0: 0.93 Maps played: 622 KPR: 0.63 DPR: 0.67 
Case #130 Paulo 'land1n' FelipeDenis 'dzt' FischerFelipe 'delboNi' DelboniYan 'yepz' PedrettiVinicius 'n1ssim' Pereira 
9z #88 Bruno 'BIT' Fukuda Lima
Maximiliano 'max' GonzalezFranco 'dgt' Garcia
Martin 'rox' MolinaSantino 'try' Rigal Renato 'stadodo' Gonçalves 
Age: 24 Team: SAW Rating 1.0: 1.03 Maps played: 476 KPR: 0.69 DPR: 0.65 
G2 #13 Audric 'JACKZ' Jug
Nikola 'NiKo' KovačNemanja 'huNter-' KovačFrançois 'amanek' Delaunay
Nemanja 'nexa' Isaković Tiago 'JUST' Moura 
Age: 24 Team: SAW Rating 1.0: 1.04 Maps played: 575 KPR: 0.69 DPR: 0.65 
Astralis #2 Andreas 'Xyp9x' HøjslethPeter 'dupreeh' RasmussenLukas 'gla1ve' RossanderNicolai 'device' ReedtzEmil 'Magisk' Reif 
Liquid #5 Gabriel 'FalleN' Toledo
Keith 'NAF' MarkovicJonathan 'EliGE' JablonowskiJake 'Stewie2K' YipMichael 'Grim' Wince 
Spirit #6 Leonid 'chopper' VishnyakovNikolay 'mir' Bityukov
Viktor 'sdy' OrudzhevAbdul 'degster' GasanovBoris 'magixx' Vorobiev 
NASR #120 
Abd-Alrahman 'REAL1ZE' Arabiat
Atif 'gejmzilla' Mustafa
Bebu 'Bibu' AadilArbnor 'Dementor' PacolliMohammad 'BOROS' Malhas 
Vitality #7 Richard 'shox' PapillonCédric 'RpK' GuipouyDan 'apEX' MadesclaireMathieu 'ZywOo' HerbautKévin 'misutaaa' Rabier 
FTW Daniel 'NABOWOW' BritoClaudio 'Cunha' CunhaDiogo 'JAEPE' Fernandes João 'story' VieiraDiogo 'Icarus' Cruz 
HEROIC #11 Casper 'cadiaN' MøllerIsmail 'refrezh' AliMartin 'stavn' LundRené 'TeSeS' MadsenRasmus 'sjuush' Beck 
Ricardo 'fox' Pacheco 
Age: 34 Team: OFFSET Rating 1.0: 1.03 Maps played: 974 KPR: 0.71 DPR: 0.68 
Gambit #3 
Abay 'HObbit' KhassenovTimofey 'interz' YakushinSergey 'Ax1Le' RykhtorovDmitry 'sh1ro' SokolovVladislav 'nafany' Gorshkov 
Lucas 'steel' Lopes 
Age: 27 Team: Movistar Riders Rating 1.0: 0.96 Maps played: 1307 KPR: 0.65 DPR: 0.67 
FURIA #10 Andrei 'arT' PiovezanYuri 'yuurih' SantosVinicius 'VINI' FigueiredoPaytyn 'junior' JohnsonKaike 'KSCERATO' Cerato SAW #30 Omar 'arki' ChakkorChristopher 'MUTiRiS' FernandesRicardo 'roman' OliveiraTiago 'JUST' MouraRenato 'stadodo' Gonçalves Movistar Riders #35 Lucas 'steel' LopesAlejandro 'alex' MasanetAlejandro 'mopoz' Fernández-Quejo CanoOwen 'smooya' ButterfieldKristjan 'shokz' Jakobson OFFSET #113 Ricardo 'fox' PachecoRui 'RIZZZ' LimaPaulo 'pr' SilvaFilipe 'NOPEEJ' DiasBruno 'shellzi' Teixeira (责任编辑：skinhub)
