FaZe stun Vitality to qualify for Shanghai Major semi-finals

FaZe brought the series back and swept it after losing their map pick.

FaZe are through to the Perfect World Shanghai Major semi-finals, where they will face G2, after stunning Vitality in the quarter-finals.

Vitality, who came into the series as favorites, could not have wished for a better start on Nuke, FaZe's map pick, as they dominated on the CT side to an 8-0 lead.

Despite the early thrashing, Robin "⁠ropz⁠" Kool was already starting to show that he was in fine form in the series despite his team getting thrashed, and was a big part in FaZe winning the final four rounds of the half.

Vitality ran away on the attack and won the map 13-6, but even then ropz was the highest-rated player with a 1.66 while the rest of his team floundered.

Dan "⁠apEX⁠" Madesclaire and his men then went into their Mirage map pick, the same map they had just beaten FaZe 13-5 during the RMR, but after a 4-1 start they could not hold on.FaZe took over on the CT side with great performances from Helvijs "⁠broky⁠" Saukants and Håvard "⁠rain⁠" Nygaard, and could not be stopped after the half as they went on to tie the series up 13-8.

It all came down to Anubis, and it quickly became clear that FaZe were now in control of the series. They let through a map that Vitality struggled on, Anubis, and made it count.

Despite starting on the CT side, they went into the half with a four round lead and ropz once again shining the light to victory. Vitality were left in the dust and put together a three-round cosmetic comeback in the second half, but it was FaZe's match to win, and so they did, 13-7, to qualify for the semis.

Date	Matches
Perfect World Shanghai Major 2024
14/12/2024	MOUZ 07:00 Spirit	Match
14/12/2024	G2 11:35 FaZe	Match

There are only four teams left now and the two semi-finals are set. MOUZ and Spirit will fight for a spot in the final on one side of the bracket while G2 and FaZe clash on the other side.