Falcons sweep FaZe Clan at BLAST R6 Major Osaka

Falcons Esport beat FaZe Clan 2-0 in Round 3 of the BLAST R6 Major Osaka Phase 2 Swiss Stage on Monday, Nov. 9. The result matched FaZe’s score from their previous Major meeting six months earlier.

The Saudi-based Falcons roster includes British player Yuzus, France’s BriD and LikEfac, Turkey’s Solotov and Germany’s Jume. Falcons won both maps in a series that lasted more than 90 minutes. The first map lasted 40 minutes and the second took 52 minutes.

The win gave Falcons a 3-0 record in the Osaka Swiss Stage and extended their winning streak to six matches. Before the Major, the team beat Geekay Esports 2-0, G2 Esports 2-1 and Geekay Esports 2-0 in Europe MENA League Stage 2. At the Osaka event, Falcons previously beat Fluxo W7M 1-0 and M80 1-0.

FaZe entered the match as the top-ranked team in the Elo power rankings, with a rating of 1,948 and a 248-110 record across 358 rated matches. Falcons ranked second with a rating of 1,887 and a 107-53 record across 160 rated matches.

The teams had met once before at a Major. FaZe beat Falcons 2-0 on May 15 at the BLAST R6 Major Salt Lake City. Monday’s loss ended FaZe’s three-match winning streak and left the team with a 2-1 Swiss Stage record.

FaZe opened the Osaka event with 1-0 wins over G2 Esports and Cloud9. Before the Major, the team beat LOS 2-0, lost to FURIA Esports 3-2 and beat FURIA 2-0 in Challenger League matches.

In other Round 3 matches, G2 Esports beat DarkZero Esports 1-0 and Virtus.pro beat Cloud9 1-0. Team Liquid defeated Geekay Esports 2-1, while 100 Thieves beat ENTERPRISE Esports 2-0. Fluxo W7M beat EDward Gaming 2-1, and M80 defeated Weibo Gaming 1-0.

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Reviewed and fact-checked by Alex Panasenko on November 9.