FaZe secure opening win over G2 in Abu Dhabi

Robin "⁠ropz⁠" Kool was the difference maker in the series, amassing a 1.31 rating.

FaZe began their BLAST World Final campaign with an assertive finish to their 2-1 victory over G2, losing the first map of Nuke (10-16) but coming back on Inferno (19-17) and Ancient (16-4). Both teams decided to float Anubis and stuck to their previous permabans of Vertigo and Overpass, with FaZe removing the new map in the second ban phase.

FaZe are now set to face off against Liquid on Thursday at 10:00 for a place in the semi-finals. G2, coached by Jan "⁠Swani⁠" Müller after parting ways with Rémy "⁠XTQZZZ⁠" Quoniam in October, now drop down to the lower bracket. There they will meet reigning Major champions Outsiders for a playoff spot, with the game happening on Thursday at 07:00 .

karrigan's squad are guaranteed a playoff spot with today's victory

G2 started the series with a hot start on Nuke, as they took a 4-0 lead with the help of Nikola "⁠NiKo⁠" Kovač's triple in the pistol round. FaZe were able to get their first, but Ilya "⁠m0NESY⁠" Osipov had other ideas, as the 17-year-old first got a quad-kill and followed that up with a 1vs2 clutch in the next round as G2 took a five-round lead. FaZe came back into the game after that, winning six in a row to take the lead on the map for the first time. m0NESY popped off with a Deagle triple-kill to finish the half, as G2 took an 8-7 lead into the interval.

G2 won their second pistol on the map to get another quick start, taking an 11-7 lead straight away. FaZe fought back with a couple of close rounds to reduce the deficit to just one and bring G2's economy to the brink of collapse. Rasmus "⁠HooXi⁠" Nielsen and company won a round with some saved weaponry in the next, completely knocking the wind out of the FaZe's sails. G2 went on to win the next four and close out the game 16-10, moving the series on to Inferno.

FaZe started their offense with their first pistol round of the series, converting it to a 3-0 lead. G2 wasted no time and equalized the scores as soon as their economy allowed it, eventually getting a 5-3 lead. The rest of the half was a scrappy back-and-forth affair, with neither team taking control of the map meaning the half ended 8-7 in FaZe's favor.

G2 won a forcebuy after losing the pistol round via bomb defuse, streaking four rounds together to take a two-round lead. FaZe didn't back down, however, clawing back the deficit to take a 12-11 lead. It was then Nemanja "⁠huNter-⁠" Kovač who provided a crucial 1vs2 clutch to give his team a chance, as they reached series point after breaking the FaZe economy. Finn "⁠karrigan⁠" Andersen and company were able to put together one more full buy at 14-15 down, and they took full advantage of it as they forced out overtime.

Once there, FaZe won two rounds on the defense to take an early lead, and just about managed to close out the map with a 19-17 scoreline, converting a 3vs5 situation in the last round of overtime.

Ancient was the final map of the series, and it was FaZe who put together an imperious defense. They got nine rounds in a row before G2 got on the board, but even then the HooXi-led squad was able to find just two rounds. FaZe then went back to dominating, going into halftime with an eleven-round lead.

A lost pistol on the defense was the final nail in the coffin for G2, as a 2-14 deficit proved simply too much to come back from. They lost the map in disappointing fashion, dropping down to the lower bracket to face Outsiders on Thursday.

Matchpage
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1
14th December 2022
Europe
10
Nuke
16
19
Inferno
17
16
Ancient
4
 FaZe K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating2.0
70 - 45 +25 82.6 80.5% 1.31
64 - 45 +19 70.6 73.2% 1.17
60 - 58 +2 79.6 70.7% 1.10
45 - 62 -17 79.9 69.5% 0.96
46 - 53 -7 63.7 65.9% 0.92
 G2 K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating2.0
65 - 57 +8 91.5 70.7% 1.27
50 - 54 -4 73.0 72.0% 1.02
54 - 56 -2 69.5 76.8% 0.98
53 - 55 -2 59.2 64.6% 0.94
41 - 65 -24 61.6 65.9% 0.74
Bosnia and Herzegovina Nemanja 'huNter-' Kovač
Nemanja 'huNter-' Kovač
Age:
26
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.12
Maps played:
1508
KPR:
0.77
DPR:
0.66
Germany Jan 'Swani' Müller
Jan 'Swani' Müller
Age:
27
Team:
Estonia Robin 'ropz' Kool
Robin 'ropz' Kool
Age:
22
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.12
Maps played:
1189
KPR:
0.74
DPR:
0.61
Denmark Finn 'karrigan' Andersen
Finn 'karrigan' Andersen
Age:
32
Team:
Rating 1.0:
0.91
Maps played:
2072
KPR:
0.62
DPR:
0.69
Denmark Rasmus 'HooXi' Nielsen
Rasmus 'HooXi' Nielsen
Age:
27
Team:
Rating 1.0:
0.86
Maps played:
839
KPR:
0.58
DPR:
0.69
Bosnia and Herzegovina Nikola 'NiKo' Kovač
Nikola 'NiKo' Kovač
Age:
25
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.15
Maps played:
1666
KPR:
0.80
DPR:
0.67
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Russia Ilya 'm0NESY' Osipov
Ilya 'm0NESY' Osipov
Age:
17
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.18
Maps played:
304
KPR:
0.78
DPR:
0.60
France Rémy 'XTQZZZ' Quoniam
Rémy 'XTQZZZ' Quoniam
Age:
33
Team:
No team
Rating 1.0:
0.61
Maps played:
2
KPR:
0.48
DPR:
0.80
pog
2022-12-14 15:21
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Fazeup
2022-12-14 15:22
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#3
ropz | 
Estonia fezco
Ez for ropz
2022-12-14 15:22
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1 reply
#28
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Estonia simondoggo
+1
2022-12-14 16:54
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#4
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Finland Cucumber))
FaZe winning this tournament :0
2022-12-14 15:22
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2 replies
Nooo. Trust me.
2022-12-14 15:25
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1 reply
broky laizis trofeju
2022-12-14 17:55
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#5
Faceit level 9  | 
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Slovenia NotFluffy
new year same g2
2022-12-14 15:22
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not good for g2
2022-12-14 15:23
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Faze vs tl
2022-12-14 15:23
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5 replies
#44
rain | 
United States RyoGTO
looking forward to it! been a while since this match up ... katowice ?
2022-12-14 22:29
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4 replies
1rst time they play after +ropz spicy game
2022-12-14 22:30
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3 replies
#46
rain | 
United States RyoGTO
No ropz was there at IEM Katowice back in February where FaZe won the championship. I like both teams a lot so I was excited about it. Liquid is in much better form this time and FaZe isn't in as good of form as they were back then so it should be much more competitive.
2022-12-14 22:32
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2 replies
Wasnt jks stand in Kato? Dont remeber ropz vs Liquid happening
2022-12-14 22:33
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1 reply
#48
rain | 
United States RyoGTO
You're right! Looks like jks was stand in for ropz during that game.
2022-12-14 22:36
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g2 disband fast please
2022-12-14 15:25
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#10
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Europe _Liam_
very nice!
2022-12-14 15:25
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G2 should blame themselves here
2022-12-14 15:29
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#12
bLitz | 
North America Jam18
throwing
2022-12-14 15:30
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#13
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Pakistan LoOuU2
Broky tried his damnest to concede a 2-0 but other Faze players had a different plan
2022-12-14 15:32
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1 reply
#27
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Latvia EsQuuZmiii
+19... i think he was in the same page as his teammates! G2 like always failed... they were so hyped in Nuke... and then flopped. :D Nothing new for G2 tho..
2022-12-14 16:40
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Faze Uppp
2022-12-14 15:35
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G2 is the eternal disapointment
2022-12-14 15:36
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#16
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China threo333
-m0nesy worst performance ever om ancient.
2022-12-14 15:36
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I am hard to agree how Hooxi is a pro player and igl on tr1 team
2022-12-14 15:39
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3 replies
Well do you blame him for having a poor performance? His dad died while he was on his way to abu. Heres the source: twitter.com/HooXiCSGO/status/16026162638..
2022-12-14 15:54
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2 replies
Aww man thats sad
2022-12-14 21:39
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#49
rain | 
United States RyoGTO
Damn I wouldn't have been able to play at all.
2022-12-14 23:16
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#18
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China RADNIKEY
Hooxi op
2022-12-14 15:39
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#19
Faceit level 9  | 
Kat | 
Indonesia furretmp4
Props to G2, it takes real skill to choke that badly
2022-12-14 15:42
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#20
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
mimi | 
Latvia LETTONIAN
I am FaZe fan but this isn't looking good for g2 I think they will lose to Outsiders for sure
2022-12-14 15:43
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Silver2 hahaha
2022-12-14 15:44
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Niko left for this?
2022-12-14 15:47
0
ggs FAZE UP
2022-12-14 16:11
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MR COOL DOIN IT AGAIN
2022-12-14 16:11
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this should have been a 2-0 for G2. good to see FaZe came back. curse is still haunting G2, though they are playing better. just need to get rid of some mental blocks and they will start winning vs T1 again.
2022-12-14 16:15
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3 replies
HooXi is even worse than karrigan, they need to cut him Also NiKo and m0nesy could think moving to FaZe (and faze remove karrigan and rain) What You think?
2022-12-14 17:59
0
2 replies
#37
Petra | 
Poland 138|
bro, you are either 4iq or baitink
2022-12-14 18:03
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1 reply
Third option: I am Mexican
2022-12-14 19:06
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#29
Faceit level 8  | 
DZ | 
Algeria SilverQuick
Faze should win this event.
2022-12-14 17:00
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#30
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Latvia EsQuuZmiii
They won first map... prob thought that it will be easy! Then Faze showed them with who they are playing! :D Not the first time we see G2 fail like this... :D Indeed a curse! To be fair when i saw that G2 is winning Nuke - i thought that they will win... i was so wrong... Monesy - awper - -2?! :D Monesy in Ancient - :D
2022-12-14 17:23
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G2 disband
2022-12-14 17:36
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1 reply
#41
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Europe _Liam_
disband because of losing to Faze is BS
2022-12-14 19:54
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If G2 don't sign konfig/interz/sdy after this tournament it's going to be the same in 2023 ..
2022-12-14 17:47
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4 replies
#34
Faceit premium user Faceit level 10  | 
jL | 
Finland Jkrm
would still be the same for g2
2022-12-14 17:59
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#36
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Greece Fangu1
Sdy is the biggest bot I've ever seen, they need to sign good igl actually. Hooxie in tier 1 team is a joke, dude playing terrible. They don't need konfig, they already have enough firepower, more than every tier1 team rn. Just good igl, not noob
2022-12-14 18:02
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None of those players fit the role that g2 need. A dedicated igl.
2022-12-14 18:53
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WOOT ???
2022-12-14 21:09
0
classic hooxi W
2022-12-14 18:23
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