Falcons Beat FaZe to Move On at IEM Beijing

Falcons advanced at IEM Beijing after beating FaZe in the Group A lower bracket. The series finished 13-3 on Ancient, 10-13 on Anubis and 13-7 on Mirage.

On Ancient, Falcons were on top from start to finish. Maksim kyousuke Lukin finished at the top of the scoreboard with a 2.08 map rating. Ilya m0NESY Osipov and René TeSeS Madsen were close behind with similarly strong performances.

On Anubis, Jason JBOEN Boe Nielsen stood out. The Danish AWPer led FaZe to a 13-10 win with 25 kills, 95.5 ADR and a 2.05 rating. Russel Twistzz Van Dulken's team could not keep up their energy on the final map.

FaZe's T side finished 6-6. However, Falcons won the pistol round of the second half, and FaZe could not stop Falcons' attack. Falcons won an early round with a force buy and then took seven rounds in a row to survive in China.

This win was Falcons' first match against karrigan Finn Andersen's former team, which he left in April before winning the IEM Cologne Major title with Falcons. In their next lower bracket match, Falcons will play the loser of HEROIC vs The MongolZ. FaZe, after losing to FURIA and Falcons, left China without a win.