Furia Esports
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Short name | FUR |
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Divisions | Counter-Strike: Global Offensive League of Legends Rocket League Valorant Rainbow Six Siege Apex Legends Super Smash Bros. |
Founded | 8 August 2017; 7 years ago (2017-08-08) |
Location | São Paulo, Brazil United States (Apex Legends and CS:GO team) |
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Owner | Jaime Pádua André Akkari Cris Guedes Neymar Jr |
Partners | Twitch, PokerStars, Red Bull, Banco Santander, Betway, AOC, HyperX, FTX |
Website | www |
Furia Esports (stylized as FURIA Esports or simply FURIA) is a Brazilian professional esports organization. Furia competes in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Rocket League, League of Legends, Valorant, Rainbow Six: Siege, Apex Legends and Super Smash Bros.
In 2022, Furia was named the fifth most currently successful esports organization in the world by the North American portal Nerd Street.[1]
History
Furia was founded in February 2017 by businessman Jaime Pádua, who was planning to invest in electronic sports, and entrepreneurs André Akkari (professional poker player) and Cris Guedes. These two had similar plans and gave Jaime the ability to structure the project.[2]
On May 6, 2024, the Esports World Cup Foundation, funded by the Saudi Arabia Public Investment Fund and organizers of the Esports World Cup tournament series, announced the 30 organizations (known in the ESWC as Clubs) who would make up the Club Support Program, with Furia being one of them. This program gives teams a one-time six-figure stipend if an organization is willing to enter new esports as well as additional funding each year if they drive viewership and fan engagement to the Esports World Cup.[3]
Counter-Strike
History
The team would make their first appearance at a Major just two years after their founding at the IEM Katowice Major 2019,[4] although they were eliminated in the New Challengers Stage. Furia continued to improve for the rest of the year, challenging MIBR as the best team in Brazil[5] and finishing runner-up at ECS Season 7.[6]
The team was the highest seeded team from the Americas region going into PGL Major Stockholm 2021,[7] and were eliminated in the quarterfinals. The team was also eliminated in the quarterfinals of PGL Major Antwerp 2022.[8]
On October 7, 2022, Furia qualified, through the America RMR, to the IEM Rio Major 2022.[9] With a huge support from the fans in his country, FURIA exceeded expectations and managed to go to the semifinals, until then its best placement in a Major.[10]
The IHC Esports team sensationally outplayed FURIA with a score of 2:1, thanks to which it advanced to the group stage of IEM Katowice 2023.[11]
Achievements
- 1st — ESL Pro League Season 12: North America[12]
- 3rd — ESL Pro League Season 11: North America[13]
- 3rd/4th — IEM Rio Major 2022[14]
- 3rd/4th — Intel Extreme Masters Season XVII - Dallas[15]
- 3rd/4th — ESL Pro League Season 15[16]
- 3rd/4th — ESL Pro League Season 13[17]
- 3rd/4th — Dreamhack Masters Dallas 2019[18]
- 5th-8th — PGL Major Antwerp 2022[19]
- 5th-8th — PGL Major Stockholm 2021[20]
Current roster
FURIA CS:GO roster | |||||||||||||||||||
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Sid "Sidde" Macedo
Viacheslav "innersh1ne" Britvin | ||||||||||||||||||
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Legend:
| Latest roster transaction: 2024-07-09. |
League of Legends
History
Furia entered the League of Legends scene with the acquiring of Uppercut Esports' roster to form Furia Uppercut in the CBLOL. The team shortly announced it would rename itself to Furia Esports after the conclusion of the CBLOL 2020 Split 1 tournament.
Current roster
FURIA League of Legends roster | |||||||||||||||||||
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Lucas "Maestro" Pierre | ||||||||||||||||||
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Legend:
| Latest roster transaction: 14 January 2024. |
Rocket League
History
In the 2022 Rocket League Championship Series, Furia Esports would make it to the semifinals of the tournament before losing to tournament winners Team BDS.[21]
Achievements
- 1st – Gamers8 2022[22]
- 2nd – RLCS Season X - South American Championship
- 3rd-4th – 2022 Rocket League Championship Series
- South American RLCS MVP (yanxnz)
Current roster
FURIA Rocket League roster | |||||||||||||
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Wesley "Kairos" Silva | ||||||||||||
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Legend:
| Latest roster transaction: 20 Nov 2023. |
Rainbow Six Siege
Achievements
- 5-8th — Six Berlin Major 2022 [23]
- 9-12th — Six Invitational 2022
- 5-8th — Six Mexico Major 2022
- 9-12th — Six Invitational 2021
Current roster
FURIA Rainbow Six Siege roster | |||||||||||||||||||
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Marlon "Twister" Mello | ||||||||||||||||||
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Legend:
| Latest roster transaction: 17 March 2022. |
Valorant
Furia announced its entry into the Valorant scene on 21 January 2021. The team would make an appearance at the inaugural 2021 Valorant Champions but would be eliminated in the group stages. They returned for the 2022 Valorant Champions, but finished the championship in the same place.
In late 2022, Riot Games confirmed Furia would receive a franchise spot in the international VALORANT league system.[24][25]
Current roster
FURIA Valorant roster | |||||||||||||||||||
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Carlos "Carlão" Mohn | ||||||||||||||||||
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Legend:
| Latest roster transaction: 21 October 2022. |
References
- ^ "The top 10 esports orgs in the world in 2022, so far". Nerd Street. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
- ^ "FURIA: a organização de André Akkari que surpreendeu no CS:GO e que tem torcida até de Neymar". Retrieved 8 November 2021.
- ^ Fudge, James (6 May 2024). "30 Teams Selected for the Esports World Cup Club Support Program". The Esports Advocate. Retrieved 9 May 2024.
- ^ Villanueva, Jamie (11 February 2019). "What to expect at the IEM Katowice CS:GO Major". Dot Esports. Retrieved 10 October 2022.
- ^ Biazzi, Leonardo (5 June 2019). "MIBR felps: If FURIA beat us, they are the best Brazilian team, simple". Dot Esports. Retrieved 10 October 2022.
- ^ Biazzi, Leonardo (31 December 2019). "The best unexpected CS:GO showings in 2019". Dot Esports. Retrieved 10 October 2022.
- ^ Cowley, Ric. "FURIA Esports gear up for PGL Major Stockholm". Red Bull. Retrieved 10 October 2022.
- ^ Zucker, Coby. "Spirit topple FURIA at PGL Antwerp, continue miracle run". Upcomer. Retrieved 10 October 2022.
- ^ Biazzi, Leonardo (7 October 2022). "Americas RMR: FURIA win Brazilian derby to book ticket to IEM Rio Major". Dot Esports. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
- ^ "Heroic beat FURIA on home turf to make IEM Rio Major grand final". HLTV.org. Retrieved 14 November 2022.
- ^ "IHC Esports knock out FURIA from IEM Katowice 2023 and advance to the group stage". egamersworld.com. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
- ^ "ESL Pro League Season 12: North America". hltv.org. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
- ^ Biazzi, Leonardo (11 April 2020). "Evil Geniuses eliminate FURIA to advance to ESL Pro League season 11 North America grand finals". Dot Esports. Retrieved 10 October 2022.
- ^ "Heroic beat FURIA on home turf to make IEM Rio Major grand final". HLTV.org. Retrieved 14 November 2022.
- ^ Robertson, Scott (3 June 2022). "FURIA reaches IEM Dallas semifinal after comeback victory over G2". Dot Esports. Retrieved 10 October 2022.
- ^ Biazzi, Leonardo; Miter, Mateusz; Robertson, Scott (10 April 2022). "ESL Pro League season 15: Scores, bracket, schedule". Dot Esports. Retrieved 10 October 2022.
- ^ "ESL Pro League Season 13". hltv.org. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
- ^ Biazzi, Leonardo (1 June 2019). "FURIA and FaZe advance to the DreamHack Masters Dallas semifinals". Dot Esports. Retrieved 10 October 2022.
- ^ Robertson, Scott (19 May 2022). "Spirit eliminate Brazilian side FURIA from PGL Antwerp Major, set up semifinal clash with FaZe". Dot Esports. Retrieved 10 October 2022.
- ^ Miter, Mateusz (5 November 2021). "Gambit's PGL Stockholm Major dream lives on with win over FURIA in quarterfinals". Dot Esports. Retrieved 10 October 2022.
- ^ Bencomo, Brian. "Team BDS win RLCS 2021-22 World Championship". nerdstreet.com. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
- ^ "FURIA takes home Gamers8 2022 Rocket League championship". Reuters. 17 July 2022. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
- ^ "Six Berlin Major 2022". escorenews.com. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
- ^ Geddes, George; Robertson, Scott; Scharnagle, Jessica (21 September 2022). "VALORANT partnership live tracker: EMEA, Americas, and Asia league". Dot Esports.
- ^ "Riot Games reveals Valorant Champions Tour partnered-team roster". www.sportsbusinessjournal.com. Retrieved 10 October 2022.
External links
- Official website
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- Counter-Strike
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- Global Offensive
- Counter-Strike 2
Majors |
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Defunct |
Europe |
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Americas |
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Asia/Oceania | |
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- Anders Blume
- Paul "Redeye" Chaloner
- Eefje "Sjokz" Depoortere
- Sean "sgares" Gares
- Richard Lewis
- Joe Miller