FaZe waver in RLG Tesla Cup, but keep their Major chances intact

Although they had a 98% chance of making the Major as of Tuesday, a fourth-place finish in Belgrade could have put FaZe behind HOTU and on the very edge of HLTV's VRS invite predictions, even opening the door for fnatic.

With that said, FaZe's win over B8 in the third-place decider match was a crucial victory.

Also read: FaZe essentially Major-bound after RLG Tesla Cup wins GamerLegion's map pick of Dust2 came down to the production of CT sides, as they bested FaZe's eight defensive rounds in the first half with nine in the second.

Russel "Twistzz" Van Dulken led the map with 22 kills and a 1.67 rating, but his efforts alone could not negate two lost pistols and a rough showing from teammate Ryan "Neityu" Aubry.

The teams found themselves tied 6-6 on FaZe's map pick of Mirage, before they entered overtime tied again at 12-12. Fredrik "REZ" Sterner kept FaZe on matchpoint with a 4K in round 29, but David "frozen" Čerňanský and co.

The Russian squad is now set to travel to Moscow for GLuck Moscow Cyber Games 2026, which will be their final tournament before the invite cutoff.

HOTU 's Tesla Cup campaign was flawless, as they qualified for the grand final with three 2-0 wins over Luminosity , B8 and GamerLegion .

The latter was their opponent in the grand final as well, with HOTU once again barely breaking a sweat in a one-sided 2-0 victory.

Dmitry "⁠mizu⁠" Kondratev dominated on the Dust2 opener and racked up 24 kills, 140 ADR and a 2.40 rating for his troubles, before David "⁠n0rb3r7⁠" Danielyan took over on Nuke to finish the map with a 1.69 rating.

FaZe clinched qualification with a third-place finish, while B8 missed a golden opportunity in the game against Russel "⁠Twistzz⁠" Van Dulken 's troops and now sit at 12.0%.

The European side earned a berth at the event with a third-place finish at RLG Tesla Cup. Also read: FaZe waver in RLG Tesla Cup, but keep their Major chances intact FaZe started today by losing v.

GamerLegion in the semifinal at RLG Tesla Cup, but stabilized with a 2-0 win v. Qualification for the PGL Major Singapore comes after an up-and-down second half of the year for FaZe, where they peaked at #10 in the Global VRS in August.

From there, their ranking cratered to #29 at the start of this month. Fortunately for FaZe, they regained form later on in the month with a win at Roman Imperium Cup IX and this top-three finish in Belgrade.

Twistzz's troops' win over B8 in the third-place match also netted the team a valuable 18 VRS points via Bounty collected and Opponent network calculations. https://x.com/FaZeEsports/status/2115856749211120047?a=S-63XJr7WK_MjnzvLUQ&s=20 Also read: Valve drop surprise update featuring "Big Head" mode in October 28th CS2 update

On Nuke, however, another 4K from REZ in round 18 did all but seal the victory for GamerLegion, who won it 13-7.