FaZe knocking on the door of top 15 with Roman Imperium Cup IX title

Russel "⁠Twistzz⁠" Van Dulken 's charges now have a 71.8% chance of qualifying for PGL Major Singapore, according to HLTV's latest projections .

They will attend two more LAN events before the November 2 invite cutoff: DraculaN Season 7 (October 19-23) in Bucharest, and RLG Tesla Cup (October 27-29) in Belgrade.

Their previous LAN final, at HLC Belgrade PRO 2026, ended in a loss to BIG that cost them a place at the IEM Cologne Major. FaZe capped their Roman Imperium Cup IX run with a one-sided series in which they conceded only four rounds.

The campaign was far from straightforward, though, as they had to recover from a map down against Sangal in the opening round and again against NAVI Junior in the upper bracket final, where the decider went to overtime.

NAVI Junior showed resolve, bouncing back in the consolidation final v. Their second matchup was completely different, as FaZe dominated from start to finish to defeat the NAVI academy squad 2-0 in the grand final.

Also read: Official: Astralis bench HooXi and jabbi amid roster rumors FaZe 2-1 NAVI Junior NAVI Junior elected to start the upper final on Anubis. NAVI Junior held a slight 7-5 lead on the CT side after a back-and-forth first half.

Four rounds in a row put NAVI Junior up 11-5 early in the second half, and the lead would be too much for FaZe to overcome. NAVI held on to win the first map 13-9 and take a 1-0 lead.

The second map was FaZe's Nuke pick, where they would jump out to a 7-2 advantage on the less-favored T side. NAVI Junior battled back to even things up at 7-7 early in their own T side.

From there, FaZe ground out the win to take the map 13-9 and even the series 1-1. The decider was Dust2, where NAVI Junior sprinted to an 8-4 halftime lead. After going up 11-6, NAVI Junior's campaign ground to a halt.