Jordan Woodruff
FaZe Clan recorded a sweep against G2 Esports on Saturday to advance to the grand final of the Perfect World Shanghai Major in China.
FaZe posted a 13-6 win on Ancient and 16-14 victory on Nuke to punch their ticket to Sunday’s grand final of the $1.25 million Counter-Strike 2 tournament.
Estonia’s Robin “ropz” Kool had 50 kills and a plus-15 kills-to-death differential for FaZe, who will face Team Spirit in the grand final. The champion will take home $500,000.
Team Spirit rallied to a 2-1 victory over MOUZ in their semifinal match.
MOUZ started off strong with a 13-7 win on Nuke before Spirit responded with a 13-4 triumph on Ancient and 13-7 victory on Mirage.
Russian Dmitry “sh1ro” Sokolov had 54 kills and a plus-23 kills-to-death differential for Spirit.
Perfect World Shanghai Major results:
1. $500,000 — TBD
2. $170,000 — TBD
3-4. $80,000 — MOUZ, G2 Esports
5-8. $45,000 — The MongolZ, Team Liquid, HEROIC, Team Vitality
9-11. $20,000 — FURIA Esports, MIBR, Natus Vincere
12-14. $20,000 — GamerLegion, 3DMAX, paiN Gaming
15-16. $20,000 — Wildcard, BIG
17-19. $10,000 — FlyQuest, Passion UA, Complexity Gaming
20-22. $10,000 — Virtus.pro, Cloud9, Rare Atom
23-24. $10,000 — Imperial Esports, Fnatic
–Field Level Media