FaZe one win away from LANXESS after beating Aurora

They will face the winner of NAVI vs. NIP for a playoff spot later on Tuesday.

FaZe have qualified for the IEM Cologne Group B lower bracket final after breezing past Aurora in a two-map series (Nuke 13-10, Mirage 13-1).

Finn "⁠karrigan⁠" Andersen's troops now require one more win to make the six-team playoffs in the LANXESS, with their qualification match set to come against the winner of Natus Vincere vs. Ninjas in Pyjamas.

Date Matches
IEM Cologne 2025
29/07/2025
18:30
Match

The series began with a David "⁠frozen⁠" Čerňanský 1vs3 clutch in the pistol round, which set the tone for the rest of the game, as Helvijs "⁠broky⁠" Saukants and Håvard "⁠rain⁠" Nygaard found a 1vs2 each to help FaZe secure a 7-5 half on the Nuke offense.

Two more clutches went the way of FaZe in the second half before rain's Deagle 3k proved to be the final nail in the Aurora coffin and meant that FaZe took their pick with a 13-10 scoreline.

Aurora needed seven rounds to get on the board on Mirage after a lacklustre performance on their pick, but FaZe's clutches once again decided the game in their favor.

Straight after Aurora's first, rain and frozen found two 1vs2 clutches that helped them take an 11-1 lead at the half before they got the job done with a 13-1 scoreline.

More highlights from FaZe-Aurora:

Matchpage
2
0
29th July 2025
13
Nuke
10
13
Mirage
1
 FaZe K - D Swing ADR KAST Rating2.1
35 - 21 +9.80% 105.9 83.8% 1.56
36 - 20 +4.83% 92.8 81.1% 1.54
34 - 19 +6.41% 89.4 86.5% 1.50
27 - 25 -0.81% 86.9 81.1% 1.32
21 - 25 -3.88% 58.6 67.6% 0.91
 Aurora K - D Swing ADR KAST Rating2.1
34 - 30 +3.22% 100.2 70.3% 1.27
25 - 31 -0.86% 75.4 56.8% 0.83
19 - 32 -5.99% 62.4 67.6% 0.72
18 - 31 -5.79% 50.6 54.1% 0.65
12 - 31 -7.25% 49.9 62.2% 0.60
Latvia Helvijs 'broky' Saukants
Helvijs 'broky' Saukants
Age:
24
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.07
Maps played:
1214
KPR:
0.71
DPR:
0.61
Norway Håvard 'rain' Nygaard
Håvard 'rain' Nygaard
Age:
30
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.02
Maps played:
2132
KPR:
0.70
DPR:
0.69
Slovakia David 'frozen' Čerňanský
David 'frozen' Čerňanský
Age:
23
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.12
Maps played:
1708
KPR:
0.75
DPR:
0.63
Denmark Finn 'karrigan' Andersen
Finn 'karrigan' Andersen
Age:
35
Team:
Rating 1.0:
0.89
Maps played:
2548
KPR:
0.61
DPR:
0.69
#1
ZywOo | 
Asia kaat1L
Thanks Faze for not signing s0mple... GOAT broky much better
2025-07-29 15:09
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2025-07-29 15:14
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11 replies
I AM SO FUCKING BACK BOIS
2025-07-29 15:15
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1 reply
Welcome back broski ^^ Glad to see u here
2025-07-29 18:04
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#13
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Asia K1602
How many more fucking alts do you have?
2025-07-29 15:16
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3 replies
what is this witchcraft you're speaking of, alts are not allowed on hltv secured servers
2025-07-29 15:17
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2 replies
And VAC is the best anti-cheat in the world. Aliens are not real. Earth is flat. Take your meds asap.
2025-07-29 15:19
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1 reply
bro please don't forget your chill pills again.
2025-07-29 15:30
9
wtf how did you forget @GOATKY
2025-07-29 15:25
3
1 reply
truth is I suck..
2025-07-29 15:27
0
Holy Alts......
2025-07-29 15:37
0
1 reply
7 mentioned users + 1 self upvote = 8 8 upvotes coincidence? I bet not.
2025-07-29 15:40
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GOATKY > S0MPLE
2025-07-29 21:54
1
i never doubted out lord and savior helvijs :3
2025-07-29 15:20
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#34
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
s1mple | 
Venezuela Nemesis231
:3
2025-07-29 22:57
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BROKY >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> s0mple
2025-07-29 15:09
9
Aurora picked Mirage 1-13 ok
2025-07-29 15:10
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1 reply
#12
Faceit level 5  | 
 | 
Australia birko_bird
since anubis is gone they picked another map that looked similar... didn't play the same
2025-07-29 15:16
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#4
rain | 
United Kingdom Nonk07
Goat Rain
2025-07-29 15:10
0
Turkey back to t2
2025-07-29 15:10
5
If broky stops doing his occasional stupid shit like that round on B nuke retake or standing in molotovs, flicking and dying, I may have hope again. Now make playoffs so I can have someone to cheer in lanxess
2025-07-29 15:10
8
2 replies
"If broky stops doing his occasional stupid shit like that round on B nuke retake or standing in molotovs, flicking and dying" you are kidding yourself if you think thats gonna happen aha.
2025-07-29 15:27
1
1 reply
Man can hope
2025-07-29 15:41
1
#FaZeTheFuckUp <3
2025-07-29 15:11
3
RainMONSTA
2025-07-29 15:12
7
#9
Faceit level 10  | 
rain | 
Ukraine spekotno
rain doubters where
2025-07-29 15:12
3
#15
 | 
Sweden Vrede
Aurora without Xantares hahahahaha tier 1.5
2025-07-29 15:17
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#22
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
 | 
World streetson
man I love rain
2025-07-29 15:36
2
They are never touching playoffs again now that Anubis is gone
2025-07-29 15:37
0
1 reply
''they''? why so toxic lmao
2025-07-29 17:37
0
so you click the match page, and read highlights what do you read? "faze_player 1vX clutch:" most stratless team in history.
2025-07-29 15:53
1
YEAH THATS THE BROKY I USED TO KNOW
2025-07-29 15:56
0
#30
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
dennis | 
Ukraine IMSOALPHA
wtf was that on mirage?
2025-07-29 16:29
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