Falcons beat FaZe Clan 2-0 at BLAST R6 Major Osaka, avenging Salt Lake City defeat

Falcons Esport took both maps from FaZe Clan on Monday 9 November in Round 3 of the BLAST R6 Major Osaka Phase 2 Swiss Stage, winning 2-0 in a best-of-three series. British player Yuzus is on the Falcons roster, which also includes BriD and LikEfac of France, Solotov of Turkey and Jume of Germany.

An upset on paper

FaZe arrived as the number one side in the Elo power rankings, with a rating of 1948 and a 248-110 record across 358 rated matches. Falcons were second on 1887, with a 107-53 record from 160 rated matches.

The only previous meeting between the two teams had gone the other way. On 15 May 2026 at BLAST R6 Major Salt Lake City, FaZe won 2-0. Six months later, Falcons returned the same scoreline.

Neither map was quick. The opener lasted 40 minutes before Falcons closed it out, and the second ran for 52 minutes. FaZe pushed both maps long but never got a map onto the board.

Six straight wins for Falcons

The result extends a run Falcons have been building since the Europe MENA League Stage 2. Before travelling to Osaka, they beat Geekay Esports 2-0, G2 Esports 2-1 and Geekay again 2-0. In the Swiss Stage they then edged Fluxo W7M 1-0 in Round 1 and M80 1-0 in the Round 2 high match, before beating FaZe. That makes six wins in a row and a 3-0 record in the Swiss Stage.

Both of those earlier Osaka opponents responded in Round 3. Fluxo W7M beat EDward Gaming 2-1, and M80 took a 1-0 win over Weibo Gaming.

FaZe's Osaka form

FaZe had looked comfortable in their first two Swiss rounds. They opened with a 1-0 win over G2 Esports and followed it with another 1-0 win over Cloud9 in the Round 2 high match. Before the Major, their Challenger League form was mixed, with a 2-0 win over LOS, a 3-2 defeat to FURIA Esports and a 2-0 win over FURIA. The loss ended a three-match winning run and leaves them on a 2-1 record in Osaka.

Other Round 3 results

The rest of Round 3 also produced mixed results for teams FaZe had already beaten. G2 Esports picked up a 1-0 win over DarkZero Esports, while Cloud9 fell 1-0 to Virtus.pro. Team Liquid needed three maps to get past Geekay Esports, winning 2-1, and 100 Thieves swept ENTERPRISE Esports 2-0.

For Falcons, Monday's sweep means three wins from three Swiss rounds, and their first series victory over FaZe in two meetings at a Major.