HOTU and 1win meet in the Moscow Cyber Games final while 100 Thieves chase a title in Argentina, and Eternal Fire and fnatic can only watch before Monday’s VRS snapshot.
The race for the PGL Major Singapore ends on Sunday. Valve’s VRS snapshot on 2 November decides the remaining invitations, and three of the teams still fighting for Europe’s last places play their final matches of the season today, in two different cities.
HLTV counted five teams for three European spots after Eternal Fire won Stake Ranked on Friday: 1win, Eternal Fire and HOTU above the cut-off, 100 Thieves and fnatic below it. Eternal Fire and fnatic have no events left, so their fate now sits with the other three.
HOTU and 1win meet in Moscow
HOTU and 1win both won their semi-finals at Moscow Cyber Games on Saturday without dropping a map, which sets up the final between them at .
1win2-05starInferno 13-9, Mirage 13-4HOTU gave The Huns two rounds on Ancient. VRS analyst MischiefCS2 wrote after the semi-final that HOTU are one win away from guaranteeing a Major place, with an “ok-ish” chance even as runners-up.
The event in Moscow has a prize pool of 15,000,000 roubles, roughly $187,000, and four teams.
100 Thieves need a run in Argentina
On the other side of the world, 100 Thieves reached the semi-finals of FiReSPORTS Last Chance in Buenos Aires with a 2-0 win over Isurus late on Saturday night. Nuke was 13-1.
100 Thieves2-0IsurusNuke 13-1, Dust II 13-11They play BESTIA at for a place in the final. The event is worth $75,000, with $40,000 for the winner.
Jesper Larsen, who also follows the standings closely, wrote on Saturday that the margins between 100 Thieves and Eternal Fire are tiny. If HOTU win in Moscow and 100 Thieves win in Buenos Aires, he expects it to come down to the strength of the teams 100 Thieves beat on the way: a hard run and they take the place, an easy run and Eternal Fire are safe whatever happens.
These are projections from people who track the system, not official standings. Valve publish the snapshot on Monday.
| Team | Last event | Status before Sunday |
|---|---|---|
| 1win | Moscow Cyber Games, grand final | Above the cut-off |
 Eternal Fire | Won Stake Ranked Episode 5 | Above the cut-off, no events left |
| HOTU | Moscow Cyber Games, grand final | Above the cut-off |
| 100 Thieves | FiReSPORTS Last Chance, semi-final | Below the cut-off |
 fnatic | Runners-up at Stake Ranked Episode 5 | Below the cut-off, no events left |
Wildcard close in on their place
The same event also matters for the Americas. Wildcard beat NRG in a North American derby that MischiefCS2 had called a must-win for both teams, taking Cache 16-14 in overtime.
Wildcard2-1
NRGNuke 13-9, Dust II 8-13, Cache 16-14MischiefCS2 now has Wildcard as likely to have secured their Major place, though a top-three finish would settle it. They face BARCA in the second semi-final at .
Further south, paiN’s slim hopes ended at Gamers Club Masters VII when they lost to NAOCOPULAS on Saturday. In Asia, the places were settled on Saturday, with Lynn Vision taking the invite that TYLOO lost after their HyperX forfeit.
The Major itself starts in Singapore on 24 November. We will update this story when the finals in Moscow and Buenos Aires are over.
