FaZe’s disastrous season culminated in their failure to qualify for the IEM Cologne Major 2026, with IGL Finn “karrigan” Andersen departing to Falcons soon after. In the eyes of many fans, that move alone should have been the nail in the coffin for FaZe, but somehow the team has regrouped to get earn their first playoffs appearance of the year at BLAST Rivals Fort Worth 2026 after taking down a struggling FURIA.
Team Roster – FaZe vs. FURIA – BLAST Rivals Fort Worth 2026
| FaZe | FURIA |
|---|---|
| Helvijs “broky” Saukants | Yuri “yuurih” Boian |
| David “frozen” Čerňanský | Kaike “KSCERATO” Cerato |
| Jakub “jcobbb” Pietruszewski | Gabriel “FalleN” Toledo |
| Russel “Twistzz” Van Dulken | Danil “molodoy” Golubenko |
| Ryan “Neityu” Aubry (stand-in) | Mareks “YEKINDAR” Gaļinskis |
| Niclas “enkay J” Krumhorn (C) | Sidnei “sidde” Macedo (C) |
Match Recap – FaZe vs. FURIA – BLAST Rivals Fort Worth 2026
- FaZe removed Inferno
- FURIA removed Ancient
- FaZe picked Dust2
- FURIA picked Mirage
- FaZe removed Overpass
- FURIA removed Anubis
- Nuke was left over
Dust2 – FaZe stars batter FURIA – 13-4
The match started off with some clinical headshots from FURIA player, before three rapid kills from frozen’s Glock gave FaZe the pistol round. That set the T-side up for an early onslaught of rounds, which FURIA struggled to stop until round 5. That round saw FaZe flub a bomb-throw across mid, resulting in their first lost round.
Unfortunately, FURIA were unable to replicate that success till the very end of the half, where they picked up two more to close 3-9. With just three rounds on the board for FURIA, and a pistol win for FaZe, the map quickly closed out 13-4.
Mirage – Neityu gets no support against molodoy’s onslaught – 7-13
From the quick Dust2 battle, teams headed to Mirage for map two, and things already looked better for FURIA as they picked up the T-side pistol. FaZe did steal away the force-buy with a well-placed B stack, but FURIA remained in control of the match’s tempo. The economy was FaZe’s biggest demon on the CT-side, but even when they got a full buy out, FURIA shut the rifles down thanks to molodoy’s AWP.
FaZe’s second round came on board thanks to captain Twistzz simply walking out of a short smoke and mowing down three with his Five-Seven. In total the team scrounged up five in the half, giving FURIA a minor lead. Neityu then got his big moment in the FaZe jersey, as he brought down all five FURIA members in the pistol round with an Ace. That, however, would be the highlight of FaZe’s T-side, as molodoy’s 24-kill game shut down the map 13-7.
Nuke – FaZe answer back to secure playoffs – 13-3
After two dominant maps from both teams, everything came down to Nuke. And from the very start it was clear that this was a FaZe map. Across the first four rounds, Twistzz, frozen and jcobbb all dominated FURIA while Fallen and molodoy both sat on zero damage. Things wouldn’t get much better late in the half either, with FURIA’s CT side managing a meagre 2 rounds.
FaZe’s stars were all firing, and the team looked more comfortable than ever. Even in lost rounds players could be visibly seen laughing and enjoying the game, a sharp contrast to where they were just weeks ago. With a vintage FaZe-BS round, where broky and frozen converted a 2v4 into a round win, the map closed out 13-3, and FaZe made their way into the playoffs.
