HOTU stun FURIA in EPL S22 opener

The FISSURE Playground 2 champions faltered upon arrival in Sweden.

HOTU have upset FURIA in their opening Swiss match of ESL Pro League Season 22 Stage 1, earning 55 VRS points in the process and spoiling the newly crowned FISSURE champions' start to the tournament in Stockholm.

FURIA are the top-ranked team in Stage 1 and had shot up to second on the VRS Global Ranking after their trophy lift, but have dropped down to third after looking a shadow of themselves in their opener.

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Kaike "⁠KSCERATO⁠" Cerato was the sole beacon of light for his team, topping the server with a 1.53 series rating, with FPG2 MVP Danil "⁠molodoy⁠" Golubenko the next closest with a 1.01 rating.

When asked about whether he was surprised to beat FURIA right after they won a trophy, HOTU's coach, Rustem "⁠mou⁠" Telepov, was deadpan.

"But we won a trophy as well," he said, alluding to HOTU's online European Pro League Series 2 title.

He also touched on the team's decision to pick Overpass, saying HOTU saw how FURIA was playing and that they had only two officials on the map on HLTV. "So it was easy to predict how they were playing, that's all," he said.

"When I was in Gambit, we would always lose versus FalleN, and yesterday I said to my teammates, 'You should win for me because I would always lose to FalleN,'" he added when asked about beating the veteran. "I'm happy."

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HOTU were in control of the series from start to finish, garnering eight T side rounds on Overpass, winning three clutches, and wasting little time in closing out after getting guns back up in the second half.

A 6-1 start on Dust2 added further misery to FURIA's day, and their late revival was brushed aside after HOTU won the second pistol to go up 11-5 before putting a comeback effort to bed to close out the series.

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 FURIA K - D Swing ADR KAST Rating3.0
36 - 25 +3.64% 96.1 86.0% 1.52
33 - 32 +0.06% 77.0 62.8% 1.02
29 - 35 -1.40% 87.6 79.1% 0.98
24 - 26 -4.66% 60.3 76.7% 0.81
18 - 30 -5.38% 48.3 62.8% 0.64
 HOTU K - D Swing ADR KAST Rating3.0
34 - 29 +2.85% 92.0 76.7% 1.37
34 - 28 +4.14% 77.2 69.8% 1.28
32 - 28 +2.10% 67.7 67.4% 1.22
26 - 30 +2.33% 84.0 79.1% 1.14
21 - 25 -3.68% 48.7 62.8% 0.68
Kazakhstan Danil 'molodoy' Golubenko
Danil 'molodoy' Golubenko
Age:
20
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.19
Maps played:
245
KPR:
0.79
DPR:
0.59
Kazakhstan Rustem 'mou' Telepov
Rustem 'mou' Telepov
Age:
33
Team:
Brazil Kaike 'KSCERATO' Cerato
Kaike 'KSCERATO' Cerato
Age:
26
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.13
Maps played:
1415
KPR:
0.73
DPR:
0.59
#1
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World kryto203
gj hotu (goat norbert)
2025-09-28 18:14
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#2
nEGRo | 
Switzerland DrMeds
How was this an upset when everyone knew Furia was gonna lose?
2025-09-28 18:14
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Nah the question is: How will this affect kyosuke's legacy?
2025-09-28 21:11
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facts anyone thats been watching HOTU since +n0rb3rt was expecting this to be a real game , FURIA unprepared and just won a LAN... vs a team that wants too much to win in a proper tournament , biggest tournament they have.. For furia its just another one im hoping hotu keeps on winning , norbert deserves it , after all the BS he is been through in VP.
2025-09-29 00:49
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Fissure fluke win by Furia
2025-09-28 18:16
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#4
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Russia Kn1GgHt
NORBERT SOLO
2025-09-28 18:15
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#5
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Argentina Ademar
lucky
2025-09-28 18:15
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1 reply
Cope
2025-09-28 18:45
2
Abused by Asians rip
2025-09-28 18:16
0
n0rb3r7 is the best esports player of all time
2025-09-28 18:17
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EZ for norberto
2025-09-28 18:28
3
But they won fissure betbim dicha two days ago now they throwing for crypto like tyloo Cs scene is something and epic dont give a fuck
2025-09-28 18:29
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322 esic dont care
2025-09-28 18:31
0
How the f does a S-tier winner, lost to a team that is miles away+ with the analyst as a stand in!
2025-09-28 18:39
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fluke pro league season 22
2025-09-28 18:39
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Norbert the russian donk
2025-09-28 18:43
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3 replies
Armenian*
2025-09-28 18:46
0
like donk is chinese
2025-09-28 18:50
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#22
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Russia i0n1x
newfrogs dont know the meme
2025-09-28 19:27
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Zika Gaulesa
2025-09-28 18:45
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#18
NAF | 
Canada Chordal
cant beat the goat norbert
2025-09-28 18:52
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#19
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Sweden Vrede
norbert > eletronic
2025-09-28 18:52
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GGWP to Hotu. Wish they were considered Asian by Valve instead of EU, as they deserve to be at the major again.
2025-09-28 18:54
2
4 replies
Again?
2025-09-28 19:20
0
1 reply
You're right HOTU didn't go to majors before but Dukefissura did as a coach (and RMRs as a player); Mou went to many (and won 1) as a player
2025-09-30 18:40
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How are they supposed to be considered Asian when they only play against EU competition
2025-09-28 23:59
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1 reply
#33
Faceit level 10  | 
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Asia G0tt1
They are from the Asian part of Russia, where the ping to European servers is 100-150, while to, say, Japan or Korea, it's 50. Russia is not just Europe =)
2025-09-30 18:17
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okay... 😒
2025-09-28 21:00
0
dukefissura .. 🤍
2025-09-28 21:09
0
n0rb3r7 too stronk
2025-09-28 22:02
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#27
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Yugoslavia lapace
OF COURSE FRONTALES RADARBOT LAST XDD
2025-09-28 22:08
0
When norbert is feeling the game there is not much you can do
2025-09-29 00:55
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#31
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Korea garukno
the only thing can beat CIS player is another CIS player
2025-09-29 05:58
0
Unexpected
2025-09-29 16:01
0
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