FURIA captured the PGL Masters Bucharest 2026 trophy on October 31 — beating Nemiga 3-2 in a BO5 grand final that went the distance.
Map-by-map (FURIA–Nemiga)
- Ancient: Nemiga 13-2 — Nemiga dominated start to finish; YEKINDAR the only FURIA player to offer much resistance
- Dust2: FURIA 13-5 — FURIA won despite losing both pistols; khaN (1.65 map rating) the lone Nemiga player keeping Ancient-level form
- Cache: FURIA 13-2 — FURIA held Nemiga to five plants in H1; YEKINDAR landed a pistol-round triple
- Mirage: Nemiga 13-11 — Nemiga led 10-3 after the H2 pistol; FURIA clawed back to 10-10 before Nemiga closed it
- Nuke: FURIA 13-6 — tight H1, FURIA took over post-switch
Grand final player stats (K-D / ADR / Rating 3.0)
FURIA:
- YEKINDAR 82-57 / 99.6 / 1.56
- KSCERATO 64-49 / 81.5 / 1.15
- FalleN 65-57 / 69.2 / 1.09
- yuurih 56-56 / 73.6 / 0.99
- molodoy 59-58 / 65.2 / 0.90
Nemiga:
- khaN 67-54 / 70.8 / 1.18
- syph0 46-66 / 59.6 / 0.91
- Xant3r 49-67 / 67.9 / 0.89
- KaiR0N- 58-74 / 71.9 / 0.89
- robo 54-66 / 64.9 / 0.84
YEKINDAR's moment
YEKINDAR averaged 1.56 rating across the five maps, topping the server on three of them. His quote to Chad "SPUNJ" Burchill (via HLTV, interviewer BanKs): "You know the term, life tournament? Don't expect this every tournament."
Back-to-back trophy
- Thunderpick WC 2026 (Oct 18 Malta): FURIA 3-2 BETBOOM, KSCERATO MVP, ~11-month trophy drought broken
- PGL Masters Bucharest (Oct 31): FURIA 3-2 Nemiga, YEKINDAR MVP
Second consecutive event title for the FalleN-led roster (molodoy, yuurih, FalleN, KSCERATO, YEKINDAR).
Nemiga's run — Cinderella in defeat
Nemiga leave Bucharest having stunned Vitality 2-0 in the semi (Cache 13-8, Dust2 13-11) and eliminated FUT in QF. Two of the five maps in the grand final — Ancient 13-2 and Mirage 13-11 — went their way. They enter global top-10 VRS regardless of the final result.
Source: HLTV.org — /news/45870/furia-secure-second-consecutive-trophy-with-pgl-masters-bucharest-victory
