JiJieHao have beaten FaZe and sent s1mple’s BC.Game home from DraculaN Season 7 in Bucharest. On Friday they face Eternal Fire for a place in the grand final against SINNERS, and in HLTV’s projections a loss would end their hopes of an invite to PGL Major Singapore.
JiJieHao play Eternal Fire in the DraculaN Season 7 lower bracket final on . The winner meets SINNERS in the best-of-three grand final at the Nexus Esports Hub later the same evening, with $14,000 for the champions.
JiJieHao are owned by a Chinese organisation, but the roster is from the Middle East and the Balkans: Hussein “m1N1” Hijazi, Bebu “bibu” Aadil, Osama “0SAMAS” Orabi, Dionis “sinnopsyy” Budeci and Aleksandar “CacaNito” Kjulukoski, coached by Torbjørn “mithR” Nyborg since February. In Valve’s Regional Standings, the team is ranked in Europe, where 20 teams are chasing the last six of 18 places in HLTV’s projections.
Two Major contenders in two days
JiJieHao started the playoffs with a 2-1 win over Iberian Soul on Tuesday. On Wednesday they beat FaZe in the upper bracket quarter-final, the first of three series FaZe had to play that day.
JiJieHao2-1
FaZeStatsMirage 6-13, Dust2 13-9, Anubis 13-11
| JiJieHao | K-D | +/- | ADR | KAST |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 m1N1 | 53-40 | +13 | 75.7 | 72.3% |
 CacaNito | 43-45 | -2 | 72.2 | 70.8% |
 bibu | 37-41 | -4 | 67.2 | 73.8% |
 0SAMAS | 36-45 | -9 | 66.2 | 75.4% |
 sinnopsyy | 40-50 | -10 | 74.8 | 72.3% |
| FaZe | K-D | +/- | ADR | KAST |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 JBOEN | 49-36 | +13 | 66.4 | 75.4% |
 frozen | 50-48 | +2 | 81.0 | 76.9% |
 Twistzz | 44-44 | 0 | 80.9 | 70.8% |
 jcobbb | 42-43 | -1 | 72.0 | 69.2% |
 Neityu | 35-38 | -3 | 64.0 | 78.5% |
m1N1 carried that series with a 1.36 rating. None of his teammates reached 1.00. Later on Wednesday, SINNERS stopped the run in the upper bracket semi-final after a Dust2 that went to triple overtime and ended 22-19, before taking Inferno 13-10.
On Thursday, JiJieHao had to win twice. They beat Nexus 2-0 (Dust2 13-11, Mirage 16-12) in the afternoon. In the evening they met BC.Game, who had just eliminated FaZe with a 2-0 win.
BC.Game2-0FaZeStatsDust2 13-9, Nuke 19-16
| BC.Game | K-D | +/- | ADR | KAST |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 s1mple | 40-28 | +12 | 78.9 | 75.4% |
| Magisk | 41-35 | +6 | 74.5 | 73.7% |
 Senzu | 40-34 | +6 | 72.1 | 77.2% |
 asap | 37-34 | +3 | 70.5 | 80.7% |
| mzinho | 30-34 | -4 | 59.0 | 80.7% |
| FaZe | K-D | +/- | ADR | KAST |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JBOEN | 39-35 | +4 | 65.4 | 70.2% |
| Twistzz | 34-37 | -3 | 62.0 | 80.7% |
| jcobbb | 35-39 | -4 | 62.9 | 64.9% |
| frozen | 33-40 | -7 | 72.4 | 71.9% |
| Neityu | 23-38 | -15 | 52.2 | 63.2% |
JiJieHao2-0BC.GameStatsDust2 13-5, Ancient 16-14
| JiJieHao | K-D | +/- | ADR | KAST |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| m1N1 | 41-23 | +18 | 75.1 | 77.1% |
| 0SAMAS | 35-26 | +9 | 74.3 | 79.2% |
| sinnopsyy | 37-30 | +7 | 85.1 | 72.9% |
| CacaNito | 36-33 | +3 | 87.8 | 72.9% |
| bibu | 25-32 | -7 | 61.3 | 72.9% |
| BC.Game | K-D | +/- | ADR | KAST |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Senzu | 35-38 | -3 | 82.1 | 77.1% |
| Magisk | 31-34 | -3 | 64.8 | 66.7% |
| s1mple | 26-31 | -5 | 53.0 | 66.7% |
| mzinho | 26-35 | -9 | 66.3 | 70.8% |
| asap | 26-37 | -11 | 64.0 | 60.4% |
This time the load was shared. 0SAMAS (1.32), sinnopsyy (1.28) and CacaNito (1.27) all finished above 1.25, and m1N1 had the best kill difference on the server at 41-23. JiJieHao led Dust2 8-4 at half time on the CT side and lost only one round after the switch. Ancient was level at 12-12 after regulation, and JiJieHao won the first overtime 4-2.
The win had extra weight for CacaNito. He played alongside s1mple at BC.Game until he was benched in December 2025, and he joined JiJieHao in April.
What Friday is worth in the Major race
Europe has 18 places in Singapore. JiJieHao are 18th in Europe in HLTV’s live version of Valve’s standings, right on the line, but HLTV’s projections expect them to slip to around 25th by the invite cut-off on 2 November, as rivals are expected to gain more in the matches ahead.
After the BC.Game win on Thursday night, Mischief put JiJieHao’s chances at 22% on X.
HLTV’s projections, updated on Friday morning, are less generous. They give JiJieHao a 4.4% chance of an invite. A win over Eternal Fire lifts that to 11.7%, while a loss rules them out.
| Team | Major chance now | If JiJieHao win | If Eternal Fire win |
|---|---|---|---|
| JiJieHao | 4.4% | 11.7% | Out |
 Eternal Fire | 4.3% | 1.9% | 10.4% |
| SINNERS | 4.1% | 6.1% | 3.1% |
| FaZe | 76.3% | 70.5% | 78.3% |
The simulator does not yet let users pick the grand final, so the value of the title itself is not in those numbers. JiJieHao also have HyperX Retake Season 13 in Lisbon from 29 October, which ends the day before the cut-off.
Eternal Fire have already beaten JiJieHao once this month. The two met in the ROG JOURNEY Autumn 2026 semi-final in Skövde on 3 October, where Eternal Fire won 2-1.
Eternal Fire and SINNERS
Eternal Fire reached the upper bracket final by beating INFINITE, Basement Boys and BC.Game, the last of those with a 19-17 double overtime win on Cache. On Thursday, SINNERS beat them 2-1 in a series where both of the last two maps went to overtime.
Eternal FireMirage 10-13, Cache 16-14, Ancient 19-16stressarN led SINNERS with a 1.23 rating, ahead of SHOCK on 1.18. jottAAA was Eternal Fire’s best player at 1.22, while the rest of the team finished between 0.96 and 1.00.
SINNERS have not dropped a series in the playoffs. They beat SAW 2-0, HEROIC 2-1 and JiJieHao 2-0 before the upper bracket final, and they have been waiting since Thursday night while their opponents play a third best-of-three in two days. SHOCK was the best player in the semi-final against JiJieHao with a 1.37 rating. In HLTV’s projections, SINNERS are at 4.1%.
BC.Game are safe despite s1mple’s off night
BC.Game left Bucharest in fourth place with $3,500, but their Major place was not at stake. They play in the Asian part of Valve’s standings, and HLTV’s projections list them as clinched, second in Asia behind The MongolZ. Dust2.dk reported a 98.7% chance from HLTV straight after the FaZe win. What the loss to JiJieHao cost them is seeding. On Thursday morning, HLTV’s projections had BC.Game starting the Major in Stage 2 in 13.8% of simulations. On Friday morning that figure is 1.8%.
s1mple went 40-28 with a 1.12 rating against FaZe. Later the same evening, against JiJieHao, he finished 26-31 with a 0.79 rating and 53.0 ADR, the lowest on the server. Magisk and Senzu were the only BC.Game players to reach 1.00.
Friday’s schedule
- : Eternal Fire vs JiJieHao, lower bracket final (best of three)
- : SINNERS vs Eternal Fire or JiJieHao, grand final (best of three)
Both matches are on DraculaN’s main English broadcast on Kick. The grand final start time depends on how long the lower bracket final runs.
