{"id":40189,"date":"2024-12-14T18:30:41","date_gmt":"2024-12-14T23:30:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/?p=40189"},"modified":"2024-12-14T18:30:41","modified_gmt":"2024-12-14T23:30:41","slug":"faze-clan-reach-perfect-world-shanghai-major-grand-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/faze-clan-reach-perfect-world-shanghai-major-grand-final\/","title":{"rendered":"FaZe Clan reach Perfect World Shanghai Major grand final"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Finn &#8220;karrigan&#8221; Andersen and his crew rolled over G2 Esports on Saturday in the <a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/counter-strike\/perfect-world-shanghai-major\/\" title=\"Perfect World Shanghai Major 2024 betting guide\">Perfect World Shanghai Major 2024<\/a> semifinals and reached their second Counter-Strike 2 Major grand final.<\/p>\n<p>By beating G2 Esports with 13-6 on Ancient and 16-14 on Nuke, FaZe Clan booked a clash with the surging Team Spirit in the Major final, looking to avoid the mishap from PGL Major Copenhagen 2024.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">MAJOR FINALS HERE WE COME <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WHqLcxnOyx\">pic.twitter.com\/WHqLcxnOyx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; FaZe Esports (@FaZeEsports) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FaZeEsports\/status\/1867913455522714022?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 14, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>FaZe Clan entered the Major semifinals priced as $2.63 underdogs with the <a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/sites\/\" title=\"Best esports betting sites\">best Counter-Strike betting sites<\/a>, not expected to do well against Nikola &#8220;NiKo&#8221; Kova\u010d and co. who already bested FaZe during the elimination stage.<\/p>\n<p>However, things did not play out as expected for the Major title-hungry G2, who failed to stop FaZe&#8217;s star player Robin &#8220;ropz&#8221; Kool from posting another masterclass performance following a superb 1.49 rating against Team Vitality in the quarterfinals.<\/p>\n<p>While the Estonian <a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/counter-strike\/\" title=\"Counter-Strike betting guide\">Counter-Strike<\/a> player failed to reach the same performance rating on Saturday, he ended the game with the server&#8217;s highest 1.45 rating, ahead of his teammate Helvijs &#8220;broky&#8221; Saukants at 1.23.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"zxx\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CbDyR31etv\">https:\/\/t.co\/CbDyR31etv<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UjwerYSg5L\">pic.twitter.com\/UjwerYSg5L<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; FaZe Esports (@FaZeEsports) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FaZeEsports\/status\/1867917093460418708?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 14, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The unexpected loss to FaZe Clan was another significant disappointment for G2 Esports, who have done well over the season, but also produced mixed results in bigger events.<\/p>\n<p>Over 15 S-Tier tournaments attended, G2 Esports placed outside the top five in seven but finished top four in nine, including a title from <a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/counter-strike\/blast-premier-world-final\/\" title=\"BLAST Premier World Final betting guide\">BLAST Premier World Final 2024<\/a> in November.<\/p>\n<p>The mixed results continued at the Major, with strong performances leading up to the semifinals, with victories against BIG, 3DMAX, FaZe Clan, and HEROIC.<\/p>\n<p>Yet when it mattered the most, G2 Esports struggled, namely Mario &#8220;malbsMd&#8221; Samayoa, NiKo, and Ilya &#8220;m0NESY&#8221; Osipov, who ended the match with sub-1.00 ratings.<\/p>\n<p>G2 Esports&#8217; elimination from the Shanghai Major comes amid rumours of NiKo leaving the team to join Team Falcons at the start of the 2025 season.<\/p>\n<p>By humiliating G2 Esports, FaZe Clan secured their second Counter-Strike 2 Major grand final ticket and are the only team to reach all Major finals since the transition to the game&#8217;s newest version.<\/p>\n<p>The Perfect World Shanghai Major 2024 grand final between Team Spirit and FaZe Clan is set for Sunday, December 15.<\/p>\n<p>According to the latest esports betting odds, FaZe Clan are underdogs, priced at $2.15 at <a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/go\/ggbet-sport\/\"  title=\"Claim bonus at GG Bet\"  target=\"_blank\">GG Bet<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/news\/\" class=\"contentLinkBtn\">Esports news<\/a><\/p>\n<hr>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FaZe Clan rolled over G2 Esports on Saturday in the Perfect World Shanghai Major 2024 semifinals and reached their second Counter-Strike 2 Major grand final.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":27647,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ghostkit_customizer_options":"","ghostkit_custom_css":"","ghostkit_custom_js_head":"","ghostkit_custom_js_foot":"","ghostkit_typography":"","wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[3111,127,2371,103,1368,3772,3465],"class_list":["post-40189","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-counter-strike-2","tag-faze-clan","tag-finn-karrigan-andersen","tag-g2-esports","tag-nikola-niko-kovac","tag-perfect-world-shanghai-major","tag-robin-ropz-kool"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40189","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40189"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40189\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40193,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40189\/revisions\/40193"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27647"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40189"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40189"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40189"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}