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We continue to follow the action at PGL Bucharest 2025. The group stage is in full swing.
16 teams are playing under the Swiss system. Among the contenders for the play-offs are FURIA and Vp, who will play in the basket 1-1.
Let's see who will be stronger in the match Vp - FURIA and will be one step away from the main stage.
Let's go.
Vp form
Let's open the analysis of the match Vp - FURIA with the analysis of Vp's form. In this match they play as favourites with odds to win at around 1.7.
At the beginning of the year before last, Vp played in three TIR-A tournaments. These were BB Playlist. Urbanistic, BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023: European RMR A, and also BB Playlist. Freeddom. At the two "home" championships from BB Vp were in the top 8, but at the European RMR everything was even less happy - top 14.
Then Vp made a breakthrough by winning at ESL Challenger Katowice 2023. The victory there allowed them to qualify for ESL Pro League Season 18.
Among the victories, CCT Online Finals #2 is also worth mentioning. They beat Team Spirit in the grand finals and earned $100,000, which is pretty good.
- Vp lineup: FL1T, fame, electroNic, FL4MUS, ICY.
Before ESL Pro League Season 18 Vp visited Gamers8, where they didn't get further than the top 8, and Dunav Party LAN, where in the grand finals they got revenge for their defeat on CCT by Spirit.
In the first match at EPL Season 18, Vp's opponent was Team Liquid. The match, as expected, ended in a full-fledged, combative Bo3 with Vp winning 2-1.
Next up, VP played G2 Esports and legitimately Ledgeili, though they fought back and took the map. The defeat sent Vp to the lower grid, where they first beat Eternal Fire and then outplayed Liquid again, thus reaching the EPL play-offs.
Vp did not manage to play in the main stage. Vp lost their first match against 9z Team, which was a rather unexpected result. At the end of the EPL S18 Vp finished in the top 16.
Things are going well at the Roobet Cup. Vp won the first match against their compatriots from Spirit with a score of 2-1. Next up was a battle with Movistar Riders to qualify for the Roobet Cup 2023 play-offs, which ended 2-0 in favour of Vp, a solid 2-0.
The Roobet Cup 2023 itself was the pulse of Vp's triumph. They beat Monte 2-1 in the grand final, earning their first major win in a long time. Later was Thunderpick World Championship 2023, where Vp also reached the final, but failed to beat FaZe and as a result - 0-2.
Before playing at BB Dacha Vp played at ESL Challenger Winter. There they reached the top 4, losing in the semi-finals to the future champions from Monte. BB Dacha itself was a very successful event for Vp: there they reached the finals and lost to Spirit 2-3 in a close series.
Just before the BLAST Premier: Spring Groups 2024, where Vp were partnered with BLAST, they played the ESL Challenger at DreamHack Atlanta 2023, where they won the championship, beating Apeks 2-0 in the grand finals.
On their way to the Group D finals, Virtus.pro defeated BIG and Cloud9. The former with a 2-0 score, the latter with a 2-1 score. In the grand final of their group at BLAST Premier: Spring Groups 2024, Vp beat BIG again and again with a score of 2-0, thus earning themselves a place at the spring finals. Next up was IEM Katowice 2024, where Vp failed, finishing in the top 20.
Vp made it to PGL CS 2 Major Copenhagen, finishing in the top 2 at PGL Major Copenhagen 2024: European RMR A. In addition, they made it to IEM Dallas 2024.
Directly at the World Championship Long Competed from the Elimination stage. First lost to Imperia, but then beat paiN and Heroic, which brought them to 2-1. Next, they lost to Eternal Fire and G2 Esports, which led to Vp's elimination from the Major tournament.
IEM China 2024 Vp are doing quite well. In the top set of Group B, they took turns beating American teams Wildcard (13-1) and then FlyQuest (2-1). In the play-offs seeding match, Vp lost to the best team in the tournament, Astralis, 2-0.
In the main stage of IEM China 2024, Vp played against G2 Esports and lost, thus finishing in the top 6 of the tournament.
After the top 6 at IEM China 2024 Vp attended three more tournaments, two of which were very prestigious. Thus they played ESL Pro League Season 19 at TOP-8 and IEM Dallas 2024 at TOP-12, and in between they made it to the Top-6 at BB Dacha.
In Group B at BLAST Premier: Spring Finals 2024 Vp played to a top-3 finish, which got them into the playoffs. Next, they made it to the top 4, but there Ledgeili NaVi.
EWC Vp started with a match against Complexity Gaming, where they won 2-0. Making it to the play-offs the team faced Vitality and came out stronger, winning 2-1. Next up was a match against G2, a loss and top 4 in the end.
Vp played at BLAST Premier: Fall Groups 2024, where they failed miserably: top 16. Later, they "consolidated their success" at IEM Cologne 2024, making it to the Top 16. They also played at BLAST Premier: Fall Groups 2024, where they took TOP-4. Played at ESL Pro League S20, where they failed everywhere and everywhere, finishing the tournament in the top 16. They also played at the Intel Extreme Masters Rio 2024, where they finished in the top 6.
At the Thunderpick World Championship 2024, OG Long Sogpeg were defeated by OG and then knocked out of the tournament by Falcons. However, OG went on to get revenge and knocked Vp out of the tournament. At the end of Thunderpick World Championship 2024, Vp finished in the top 12.
Vp made it to PW Shanghai Major 2024 through PW Shanghai Major 2024: European RMR B, winning it 3-1. However, the tournament itself failed miserably, finishing in the top-24.
They started the 2025 season with a performance at BLAST Bounty Season 1, where they lost in the first round. Then - IEM Katowice 2025 and Long Corner at Play-In: loss from paiN with a crushing score (7-13) and (2-13), but comeback in the lower net and victory over sAw and MIBR. In the group stage, Vp played more collected, which led to a deserved result. After beating G2 and Eternal Fire, they got into the play-offs. However, they lacked a little bit to reach the semi-finals, namely the victory over Vitality. In the first round of play-offs they ran into Spirit and lost 0-2, leaving the tournament at the TOP-8 stage.
PGL Cluj-Napoca 2025 Long started with a 1-2 defeat against 3DMax. Then they defeated Wildcard and Complexity, but Ledge defeated paiN and MOUZ. As a result, Vp did not qualify for the group stage.
At BLAST Open Lisbon 2025 Vp Long started with an unexpected victory against FaZe (2-1). But they also unexpectedly failed to defeat Vitality: 0-2. In the lower net Vp beat Falcons (2-1). And in the match for the play-offs Ledge and Spirit with the score 0-2, thus leaving the tournament at the stage of TOP-8.
At PGL Bucharest 2025 Vp Long Sogpeg started with a surprising defeat against Rare Atom, but then beat Liquid.
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The best map for Vp remains Ancient, where Vp won 3 maps out of 3 played. Among the frequently played ones is Overpass - where Vp played 11 maps, of which they won 9.
In the pool there is a good Anubis (3-1 on maps), Mirage (6 wins in 9 matches) and Inferno (7 wins in 11 games).
The worst choice for vp is Vertigo. It has 44% wins with 9 matches.
FURIA Form
We continue the analysis of the match FURIA - Vp with the analysis of FURIA's form. In this match they are playing in Underpassdog status with win odds around 2.2.
Furia have attended over 10 tournaments over the year, but the successes have been mediocre. Their most high-profile win was a Top 1 at BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023: American RMR, which gave them a mark at BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023.
Furia finished their only Major of the season on a Minor note. They failed to rise above the top 16 and were not given by G2 Esports. The misfortunes of the Brazilians did not end there.
Before the ESL Pro League Long Season, the team failed the following events: IEM Masters Dallas 2023 (TOP-12), Thunderpick World Championship 2023 (TOP-16), and Gamers8 2023 (TOP-16).
- FURIA line-up: yuurih, skullz, KSCERATO, FalleN, chelo.
Just before the ESL Pro League Season 18 Long Round, FURIA played at Pinnacle Cup V, where they managed to reach the Top 2. This was the most breakthrough result since the American RMR.
At ESL Pro League Season 18 FURIA played in Basket A. They got to the bottom net after the first round, and from there they went to the last chance net after the second round. There they cameback, defeating Grayhound and GamerLegion, thus getting their slot in the play-offs.
However, they didn't manage to play in the play-offs. In the first round FURIA ran into MOUZ, who became the champions of the prestigious event. As you have already guessed, FURIA lost and with a score of 0-2.
Next, the Brazilians played at a few more events. It was BLAST Premier: Fall American Showdown, with a top-4 for FURIA after losing to Complexity, and also BGS Esports 2023, with a win there.
FURIA entered the Roobet Cup 2023 play-offs pretty confident. They won Group A, ending their two matches with a win.
In the opening match of the Roobet Cup 2023 play-offs FURIA played against Apeks. The Europeans put up a fight, twice taking 11 rounds per card, but it wasn't enough: Furia won 2-0.
Next, FURIA faced Vp in the semi-finals, where they finished their journey to Roobet Cup 2023. After a top-4 finish there, they repeated the result at PARI, Please.
In their opening match at Elisa Masters Espoo 2023, FURIA started with a win over Complexity. Next was a play-offs match against Apeks, where the Brazilians failed to build on their success and lost 0-2.
In the final match of the group stage FURIA played against MOUZ. Being the underdog, the Brazilians managed to oust one of the main contenders to win the Elisa Masters Espoo and qualify for the play-offs. In the end, FURIA performed very well and took the tournament championship by beating Apeks (3-1) in the grand final.
Next were BB Dacha, where FURIA finished top-6, top-24 at IEM Katowice 2024, top-6 at RES Western European Masters: Spring 2024 and then qualifiers for top tournaments. And if at the qualifiers for IEM Dallas Furia was unlucky, they lost in the final 9z, but at PGL Major Copenhagen 2024: American RMR the team managed to win and qualify for the PGL CS2 Copenhagen Major from the American region.
At the tournament itself, FURIA are looking pretty bad so far. FalleN and company lost to their former teammate coldzera in Legacy, as well as Lynn Vision, and managed to win only against KOI, who have already left the championship.
In the next match at PGL CS 2 Copenhagen Major 2024 FURIA beat ENCE. And they beat ENCE 2-0, without much of a chance. In the match for the Elimination Stage they beat sAw, but then they failed to control: at the end of the Elimination Stage Furia won 2-3 and left the World Championship.
Before the ESL Pro League Season 19, FURIA played at IEM China 2024, where they finished top-12. In the first round of ESL Pro League Season 19 FURIA opened with a match against Liquid and Ledge played the Americans with the score 1-2. Then - even more The International heresnier: match against forZe, where FURIA being the favourite went 0-2, and also lost their peak with the score 0-13. In the next match they met BNK and at least there they won on class. However, they failed to reach the top 20.
Before playing at EWC 2024, they played at several Minor CCT tournaments, where they didn't achieve much. At the Esports World Cup 2024 they performed very well, reaching the play-offs and taking the card from MOUZ.
IEM Cologne 2024 FURIA started with the Play-In stage, where they first beat Imperial, but then Ledge and Liquid in the match for the group stage. However, they managed to qualify at the second attempt after defeating Heroic. In the first match of the group stage Ledge and Vitality, and later they left the championship at the TOP-16, Ledge defeated Team Liquid in the decisive match.
ESL Pro League Season 20 FURIA started with a victory over Falcons (2-1), but then Ledge and Vitality (0-2). Then they went down the drain and lost to Spirit and left the championship at the TOP-16 stage.
Before playing at PW Shanghai Major 2024: Americas RMR, FURIA played at IEM Rio 2024, where they reached the TOP-4. FURIA made it to the main tournament - PW: Shanghai Major 2024 after defeating 9Z in the deciding basket match 2-2.
At PW Opening Stage 2024 FURIA Long started with a defeat by GamerLegion. And then - 3 wins (against Imperial, Wildcard and BIG) and an exit to the Elimination Stage. Directly on Elimination Stage Furia Long started with an unexpected victory over Spirit, but then lost to Vitality and Liquid. Then they won against paiN, but finished the championship by losing to the future top 2 from FaZe.
FURIA started the 2025 season by losing BLAST Bounty Spring 2025: Closed Qualifier, where they finished in the top 16. Next up was an appearance at IEM Katowice 2025, where they also finished in the top 16.
ESL Pro League Season 21 Long They started with a win over Lynn Vision, but then lost to Eternal Fire. Overcame the first group stage with a score of 3-2. Once in the top 16, FURIA Ledge beat MOUZ and Liquid, but were beaten by their compatriots from MIBR.
FURIA visited ESL Pro League Season 21. There the Brazilian club failed to overcome the group stage and FURIA left the championship at the TOP-14 stage. In addition, they attended BLAST Lisbon 2025, where they took the last place.
At PGL Bucharest 2025 Long Sogpeg started with a win over Apogee Esports and then lost to Complexity.
FURIA Mapple
The best map of FURIA remains Vertigo, the Brazilians have played there 5 times and won in 3 maps. Next comes Mirage, already with 7 games and 4-3 statistics.
Neutral choice for Furia will be Nuke and Ancient. There the Brazilians have 6 maps and the score is 3-3 on each.
The worst is Overpass (2-3) and Inferno (1-2).
History of head-to-head meetings Vp - FURIA
The teams have previously played each other twice in the last year. The score is 1-1.
Predicted result of the match FURIA - Vp at PGL Bucharest 2025
In this match I will bet on FURIA. Although both teams are not happy with their performance and everyone can win, I will bet on the Brazilians.
Bottom line: FURIA win.
