Our consultant Aurora superior to the Quarterfinals of the Esports World Cup 2025 with a 2-1 victory over FaZe of their opening matchup.
Aurora took the stage on the Esports World Cup (EWC) 2025 and eradicated event favourite FaZe Clan. After dropping the primary map, Inferno, 6-13, Aurora bounced again in type with dominant 13-3 and 13-7 wins on Mirage and Overpass, securing their spot within the quarterfinals.
Woxic and XANTARES Present on Mirage!
Aurora’s most convincing map win got here on Mirage. Özgür “woxic” Eker, who secured the opening pistol spherical, instantly introduced out the AWP within the second spherical and shut down FaZe’s offense. Stringing collectively multi-kills throughout 5 consecutive rounds, woxic dominated the map with a 12-1 Ok/D efficiency. Afterwards, İsmailcan “XANTARES” Dörtkardeş stepped up with clutch performs, sealing a 13-3 victory.
On the third map, Overpass, FaZe began robust on protection however fully collapsed within the second half. Aurora’s XANTARES, jottAAA, and Wicadia all got here alive, dismantling each offensive try from their opponents. Wicadia’s essential quad-kill efficiency pushed Aurora to match level, and our representatives shortly closed out the collection, eliminating FaZe from the event in Saudi Arabia.
All through the collection, FaZe struggled closely on the offensive facet. Whereas they managed to win Inferno by a robust defensive displaying, they secured solely two offensive rounds mixed throughout Mirage and Overpass. This end result marked an early exit for FaZe at EWC 2025.
Aurora’s Quarterfinal Opponent: HEROIC!
Within the quarterfinal stage, Aurora will face HEROIC, the group of xfl0ud. HEROIC precipitated an upset by knocking Spirit out of the event to safe their spot within the quarterfinals. On this sudden twist, they’re now set to conflict with their long-time buddy and rival, Aurora.
