MOUZ Avoid Elimination As Falcons Reach BLAST Rivals Playoffs
MOUZ and Falcons secured BLAST Rivals Hong Kong playoff places on November 12, 2026, but took very different routes through their elimination matches.
MOUZ recovered from a map down to beat FUT 2-1, while Falcons defeated Legacy 2-0.
The results move both teams into the quarter-finals on November 13, 2026, adding to the week's international esports news. FUT and Legacy leave the tournament after losing their respective lower-bracket finals.
The official BLAST match schedule lists MOUZ against Vitality in the quarter-finals and also confirms Falcons' place in that round.
The eight-team Counter-Strike event runs until November 15, 2026.
MOUZ Recover From Six Match Points
FUT won the opening map, Cache, 19-16 after overtime and then reached a 12-6 lead on Mirage. MOUZ needed to win six successive rounds simply to force overtime on the second map and keep the series alive.
They completed the recovery, taking Mirage 16-14 before winning Nuke 13-4. What had looked close to an early exit instead became a place in the knockout stage.
Ádám torzsi Torzsás helped drive the Mirage recovery with the AWP, while Oldřich PR Nový won a one-against-two situation in overtime as MOUZ levelled the series.
The match record shows how sharply the contest changed on the decider. After two maps that required overtime, MOUZ established an 11-1 lead on the attacking half of Nuke and closed out the series after the switch.
FUT were playing without Aulon Krabeni Fazlija, with coach András coolio Fercsák standing in. Their improvised line-up still took the first map and came within one round of ending MOUZ's tournament.
Falcons Advance In Two Maps
Falcons avoided a similar scare against Legacy, winning Dust2 13-8 and Mirage 13-6. The Group A lower-bracket final therefore ended without the need for the third map, Inferno.
On Dust2, Falcons led 7-5 at the interval and conceded only three further rounds. Their advantage on Mirage was larger: a 9-3 first half gave them room to finish the match without overtime.
Maksim kyousuke Lukin helped establish that Mirage lead with four kills in the opening pistol round.
Falcons maintained control through the rest of the map, securing the second playoff place at stake in the day's elimination fixtures.
Quarter-Finals Come Next
Surviving the lower bracket keeps both teams in the title race, but neither receives a direct route to the semi-finals.
Their next task is to win a quarter-final rather than wait for a semi-final opponent.
BLAST lists a $1 million total prize pool for the Hong Kong event, with $250,000 for the winner.
MOUZ's meeting with Vitality is the next confirmed test of whether their recovery against FUT can carry into the knockout rounds.
