At the Thunderpick World Championships 2025 in Malta, FURIA stunned NAVI with a full reverse sweep in the grand final. After two one-sided maps it looked like NAVI would cruise to the trophy, but FURIA regrouped and stormed back to win three in a row and lift the title.
The match
The series began poorly for FURIA. NAVI ran away with the opener on Mirage, their map pick, comfortably.
- Mirage: 13-6 for NAVI
On Inferno, FURIA’s first map pick of the final, NAVI once again dominated as they took down FURIA 13-9.
- Inferno: 13-9 for NAVI
Down 0-2, FURIA found their spark. Led by FalleN’s calling and impact rounds, they steadied to keep the series alive.
- Nuke: 13-8 for FURIA
With FalleN extending the series, YEKINDAR finally woke up. And he chose violence on Dust2 as FURIA demolished NAVI to tie up the series 2-2.
- Dust2: 13-5 for FURIA
Everything came down to Train. With momentum fully on their side, FURIA dominated every phase of the decider, closing the reverse sweep in emphatic fashion and sealing the trophy.
- Train: 13-1 for FURIA
FURIA on fire
FURIA are on fire right now. Their Thunderpick World Championships 2025 triumph is the team’s second trophy in just over a month, following their FISSURE Playground 2 win in September.
That final also went the full five maps, with FURIA edging The MongolZ. Across the two events, FURIA have pocketed a combined $400,000.
