FURIA beat SAW to last Elimination Stage spot
The Brazilian team booked a spot in the last-16 stage after recovering from a 0-2 start.

FURIA have locked up a spot in the Elimination Stage of PGL Major Copenhagen after a 2-0 victory over SAW in the final match of the Opening Stage. They join fellow Brazilian sides paiN and Imperial in the last-16 stage and earn the Americas region an important seventh spot at the 2024 Perfect World Shanghai Major.
It's a heartbreaking ending for the Portuguese team, who started their Major campaign brightly but faded as the Opening Stage went on. They couldn't find themselves after the defeat to Cloud9 in the 2-0 pool and lost to paiN and FURIA without putting up much resistance. Today, they looked dejected throughout, almost as if they knew heading in exactly how the match would play out, and that there was no point in playing it.
FURIA, by contrast, improved with each match. After struggling in the best-of-one games against Legacy and Lynn Vision, the Brazilians shifted into a higher gear and survived three elimination series without dropping a map or even letting their opponents get to double digits on a map.
"It feels amazing," said Gabriel "FalleN" Toledo, who put in a series-high 1.68 rating. "There was a lot of pressure. We started off slowly, going 0-2. I am so happy that we made it to 3-2. I am very happy that I managed to show up in the last match and help the team win this. It was a very important win for us."
| Date | Matches | |
|---|---|---|
| PGL CS2 Major Copenhagen 2024 Opening Stage | ||
| 17/03/2024 |
Finished
13:16 |
Match |
| 17/03/2024 |
Finished
9:13 |
Match |
| 18/03/2024 |
Finished
0:2 |
Match |
| 19/03/2024 |
Finished
0:2 |
Match |
| 20/03/2024 |
Finished
0:2 |
Match |
A trio of frags by Rafael "arrozdoce" Wing in the pistol round put SAW ahead on Vertigo, with the Portuguese team converting the following round for a 2-0 start. But that was practically how far they would go in the half: FURIA looked very comfortable once they had weapons to work with as they went on a dominant 9-1 run, powered by some stellar AWPing by FalleN, who ended the half with 17 frags.
After that incredible CT showing from 'The Professor', it was Yuri "yuurih" Santos who took the initiative on the T side. After nearly clutching a 1v2 situation in the pistol round, the 24-year-old led the charge as FURIA prevented SAW from stringing gun rounds together, posting a sensational 176 ADR and 13 frags on the offense.
Ancient began with SAW responding to a 0-3 deficit with their own streak of rounds, only for their momentum to be stymied by a technical pause. Christopher "MUTiRiS" Fernandes still pulled off a 1v2 clutch but there was no follow-up as FURIA went to the break up by four after denying João "story" Vieira and arrozdoce 1v3 clutches in the final rounds of the half.
FalleN, who had ended the first half with 16 frags, continued to deliver the goods on the T side as FURIA hit back after a pistol round loss and comfortably put the game to bed.
![]() SAW |
K - D | Swing | ADR | KAST | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 - 35 | +4.61% | 83.8 | 75.0% | 1.04 | |
| 28 - 36 | +0.57% | 78.3 | 52.5% | 0.88 | |
| 19 - 30 | -3.20% | 62.0 | 62.5% | 0.79 | |
| 22 - 33 | -5.86% | 58.3 | 57.5% | 0.73 | |
| 13 - 34 | -5.88% | 45.8 | 45.0% | 0.45 |
| K - D | Swing | ADR | KAST | Rating | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 45 - 20 | +7.25% | 107.7 | 80.0% | 1.68 | |
| 33 - 22 | +2.31% | 95.8 | 82.5% | 1.42 | |
| 28 - 29 | -1.34% | 81.1 | 87.5% | 1.28 | |
| 31 - 23 | +2.32% | 77.2 | 80.0% | 1.26 | |
| 29 - 22 | -0.78% | 71.0 | 77.5% | 1.11 |
With FURIA making it out of the Opening Stage with a 3-2 record, here are the 16 teams that will take part in the Elimination Stage, which starts on Thursday:


Christopher 'MUTiRiS' Fernandes
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Håvard 'rain' Nygaard
David 'frozen' Čerňanský
Robin 'ropz' Kool
Helvijs 'broky' Saukants
Filip 'NEO' Kubski
Ludvig 'Brollan' Brolin
Ádám 'torzsi' Torzsás
Jimi 'Jimpphat' Salo
Dorian 'xertioN' Berman
Mihai 'iM' Ivan
Valeriy 'b1t' Vakhovskiy
Justinas 'jL' Lekavicius

Damjan 'kyxsan' Stoilkovski

Nikola 'NiKo' Kovač
Nemanja 'nexa' Isaković

Abay 'HObbit' Khassenov

Dan 'apEX' Madesclaire
William 'mezii' Merriman
Johnny 'JT' Theodosiou
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