FURIA Beat Vitality 2-1 With First Ever 13-0 to Reach BLAST Rivals Semi-Finals

FURIA beat Team Vitality 2-1 in the Group A winners match at BLAST Rivals Hong Kong on Thursday, November 12, 2026, and secured a bye straight to the semi-finals. The deciding map ended 13-0 on Mirage. It was the first time in Counter-Strike 2 that Vitality failed to win a single round on a map.

Vitality take Inferno, then FURIA answer

Vitality won the first map, Inferno, 13-5 after an 11-1 first half. William mezii Merriman finished that half with 18 frags and Shahar flameZ Shushan finished it with 17 frags, and FURIA had little room to recover after the break.

FURIA won the second map, Dust2, 13-10, but the score stayed close late. Vitality recovered from 3-11 down and Robin ropz Kool hit an ace during the comeback attempt. Yuri yuurih Santos and Gabriel FalleN Toledo then won a 3v5 to reach map point, and Kaike KSCERATO Cerato closed the map with a 1v2 clutch in round 23.

That set up Mirage, and FURIA won every round. The 13-0 result closed the series 2-1 and decided first place in Group A.

What the numbers say

The finished Group A standings list FURIA first at 2-0, with 57 rounds won and 40 lost. Falcons are second at 1-1 and Vitality are third at 1-1.

Mathieu ZywOo Herbaut finished the series 23-34 with a 0.72 rating, the lowest on Vitality. Danil molodoy Golubenko led FURIA at 41-34 with a 1.26 rating, and KSCERATO went 44-35 with a 1.23 rating. flameZ was the highest rated player in the series at 1.41 despite the loss.

The ratings match the shape of the series. Vitality had the strongest player on the server across three maps, but FURIA won the two maps that mattered after Inferno, and they won the last one without dropping a round.

What it means for the playoffs

Vitality are still through to the playoffs, but they must start from the quarter-finals after the loss. FURIA skip that round and go straight to the semi-finals as Group A winners.

BLAST Rivals Fall 2026 runs November 11 to 15, 2026 in Hong Kong with eight teams and a $1,000,000 prize pool. Group winners advance directly to the semi-finals. The playoffs run November 13 to 15, with a best of five grand final.

For FURIA, the result gives them a shorter path and a day without a playoff match while the quarter-finalists play. For Vitality, the path is longer, and it starts with the memory of a map where they did not win a round.