Eternal Fire inch closer to shock Major qualification with Stake Ranked trophy

It truly feels like a dream," Eternal Fire CEO Furkan Güven said on X.

The grand final was a bout between two Major hopefuls, with the winner set to increase their chances to around 90%, while the loser will most likely be left without a Major spot.

In the end, it was Eternal Fire who battled to victory thanks to a great performance by Samet "⁠jottAAA⁠" Köklü (1.21 series rating), finishing off a lower bracket run that included wins over Nemesis , BIG , Astralis and MIBR .

Eternal Fire are the biggest winners of the event after rising to 87.9% thanks to winning their third tournament in a month and a half, while fnatic are down to 17.5%. Placements may change as other events conclude.

The Turkish organization pulled off an incredible run by coming back all the way through the lower bracket to win the Spanish event over Fnatic. As the team also won DraculaN Season 7 last week.

Per HLTV's projections , Eternal Fire now have an 89% chance of qualifying, Jesper "Udknud" Larsen said it is dependent on whether HOTU and 100 Thieves win their ongoing LANs.

Down in the lower bracket, the team had a long road to the finals, with Eternal Fire starting off struggling as they needed three maps to best a Nemesis squad with two stand-ins.

From there, the team powered up considerably by taking a 2-0 win over BIG, a 2-1 win over Astralis, and a 2-0 revenge win over MIBR.

With the team through the grand finals, Eternal Fire pulled off their most impressive feat of the tournament as they pulled a reverse sweep Bo5 over Fnatic.