FURIA and Sashi stave off elimination in Riyadh

FlyQuest and JiJieHao have been sent packing in the Last Chance Stage.

FURIA have advanced to the second round of the Esports World Cup's Last Chance Stage after a 13-5 victory over FlyQuest. It's the end of the road for the Australian team, who were made to pay the price for failing to win either pistol round, leaving them with almost no room for error in gun rounds.

As for FURIA, the win comes as a much-needed confidence boost, especially after yesterday's disaster on Mirage against Natus Vincere.

The Brazilian team jumped out to a 4-0 lead after a solid start to their CT side, but then they gifted their opponents their first round of the game after wasting a 5v3 advantage. Despite struggling to find opening kills, FlyQuest hit their stride and restored parity at 5-5, with FURIA then bagging the last two rounds after some chaotic exchanges.

Now playing on the T side, FURIA brute-forced their way through the upper site in the pistol round and held the bomb in a 5v2 situation. FlyQuest still tried to find a way back into the game in gun rounds, but the dynamic duo of Yuri "⁠yuurih⁠" Santos and Kaike "⁠KSCERATO⁠" Cerato was too good for them to handle.

Meanwhile, in the secondary stage, a 1.98-rated performance from Osama "⁠0SAMAS⁠" Orabi was not enough for JiJieHao to stay alive in the tournament as the Asian side fell short against Sashi on Ancient.

The Danish team were in control for the majority of the first half and picked up nine rounds on the T side. 0SAMAS went on a tear after the side switch and kept JiJieHao in the game with some solid fragging, but their comeback attempt was thwarted before they could even reach double-digits.