FUT beat FURIA 2-1 on August 22 in the EWC 2026 semifinal. Per HLTV, "FUT became the first finalists of the Esports World Cup after a hard-fought victory over FURIA" — their "first Big Event grand final appearance."
Series map-by-map
- Ancient: FUT 13-11 FURIA
- Nuke: FURIA 13-6 FUT
- Dust2: FUT 16-13 FURIA (overtime)
Player ratings (Rating 3.0)
- cmtry (FUT) — 1.16
- xfl0ud (FUT) — 1.15
- dem0n (FUT) — 1.11
- KSCERATO (FURIA) — 1.20
- YEKINDAR (FURIA) — 1.19
- molodoy (FURIA) — 1.08
Rosters (per HLTV)
FUT: Yasin "xfl0ud" Koç, Dmytro "dem0n" Myroshnychenko, Aulon "Krabeni" Fazlija, Nikita "cmtry" Samolotov, Džiugas "dziugss" Steponavičius.
FURIA: Gabriel "FalleN" Toledo, Yuri "yuurih" Santos, Mareks "YEKINDAR" Gaļinskis, Kaike "KSCERATO" Cerato, Danil "molodoy" Golubenko.
