{"id":380103,"date":"2026-04-05T22:18:51","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T22:18:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/community.skin.club\/?p=380103"},"modified":"2026-04-05T23:21:52","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T23:21:52","slug":"faze-set-to-miss-a-major-for-the-first-time-in-10-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/community.skin.club\/en\/news\/faze-set-to-miss-a-major-for-the-first-time-in-10-years","title":{"rendered":"FaZe set to miss a Major for the first time in 10 years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The race for the final IEM Cologne Major spots is effectively over. Although the official Valve Regional Standings (VRS) update will be released on April 6, the outcome is already clear \u2014 FaZe will not attend the Major.<\/p>\n<p>FaZe entered HLC Belgrade PRO 2026 with no room for error. A string of poor results earlier in the season, including their exit at DraculaN Season 6, forced them into a last-chance scenario. The team even chose to prioritize this event over PGL Bucharest to maximize their qualification chances. They delivered throughout most of the tournament, reaching the grand final without dropping a series.<\/p>\n<h3>Grand final collapse ends FaZe\u2019s hopes<\/h3>\n<p>FaZe started the final strongly, with karrigan delivering a standout performance and posting a 2.32 rating on Dust2. However, momentum shifted quickly. BIG edged out Overpass 13-11, then dominated Anubis 13-3 to close the series.<\/p>\n<p>FaZe\u2019s long-standing issues on Anubis once again proved decisive. The team has not won the map in roughly ten months, and that weakness resurfaced at the worst possible moment. The 1-2 loss brought their Major qualification campaign to an end.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_380104\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-380104\" style=\"width: 637px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-380104\" src=\"https:\/\/community.skin.club\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/photo_2026-04-06_01-15-19.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"637\" height=\"411\" srcset=\"https:\/\/community.skin.club\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/photo_2026-04-06_01-15-19.jpg 637w, https:\/\/community.skin.club\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/photo_2026-04-06_01-15-19-300x194.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 637px) 100vw, 637px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-380104\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Player statistics for the match \/\/ taken from HLTV<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>How BIG and SINNERS benefited<\/h3>\n<p>The qualification scenarios were simple going into the event. BIG needed a top-two finish to secure their Major spot, and their run to the grand final was enough. FaZe, by contrast, had to win the entire tournament \u2014 anything less meant elimination.<\/p>\n<p>SINNERS depended on exactly this outcome. They needed either FaZe to fall short of the title or BIG to miss the final. FaZe\u2019s defeat created the opening, allowing SINNERS to lock in the final available Major slot.<\/p>\n<h3>End of an era for FaZe<\/h3>\n<p>With no remaining events capable of changing the standings, the VRS race has effectively concluded. The upcoming April 6 update will only confirm what is already decided.<\/p>\n<p>FaZe, the StarLadder Budapest Major runners-up, will miss the Cologne Major. It marks the first time in nearly a decade that the organization will not appear at a Major \u2014 bringing one of the longest-standing streaks in Counter-Strike to an end.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The race for the final IEM Cologne Major spots is effectively over. Although the official Valve Regional Standings (VRS) update will be released on April 6, the outcome is already clear \u2014 FaZe will not attend the Major. FaZe entered HLC Belgrade PRO 2026 with no room for error. A string of poor results earlier [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":256881,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-380103","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>FaZe set to miss a Major for the first time in 10 years<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"FaZe have been eliminated from the VRS race after losing to BIG in the HLC Belgrade PRO 2026 final, ending their chances of qualifying for the IEM Cologne Major. Despite the official Valve ranking update coming on April 6, the outcome is already decided \u2014 FaZe will miss a Major for the first time in nearly a decade, while BIG and SINNERS secure their spots.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/community.skin.club\/en\/news\/faze-set-to-miss-a-major-for-the-first-time-in-10-years\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"FaZe set to miss a Major for the first time in 10 years\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"FaZe have been eliminated from the VRS race after losing to BIG in the HLC Belgrade PRO 2026 final, ending their chances of qualifying for the IEM Cologne Major. Despite the official Valve ranking update coming on April 6, the outcome is already decided \u2014 FaZe will miss a Major for the first time in nearly a decade, while BIG and SINNERS secure their spots.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/community.skin.club\/en\/news\/faze-set-to-miss-a-major-for-the-first-time-in-10-years\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"CS2 &amp; CS:GO Articles, News, Events | Skin.Club Community\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-04-05T22:18:51+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-04-05T23:21:52+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/community.skin.club\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Karrigan_at_PGL_Cluj-Napoca_2025.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"767\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Leef\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Leef\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/community.skin.club\/en\/news\/faze-set-to-miss-a-major-for-the-first-time-in-10-years#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/community.skin.club\/en\/news\/faze-set-to-miss-a-major-for-the-first-time-in-10-years\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Leef\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/community.skin.club\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/085a8c9852ac906258ca81d3e024f932\"},\"headline\":\"FaZe set to miss a Major for the first time in 10 years\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-04-05T22:18:51+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-04-05T23:21:52+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/community.skin.club\/en\/news\/faze-set-to-miss-a-major-for-the-first-time-in-10-years\"},\"wordCount\":363,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/community.skin.club\/en\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/community.skin.club\/en\/news\/faze-set-to-miss-a-major-for-the-first-time-in-10-years#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/community.skin.club\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Karrigan_at_PGL_Cluj-Napoca_2025.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"copyrightYear\":\"2026\",\"copyrightHolder\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/community.skin.club\/#organization\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/community.skin.club\/en\/news\/faze-set-to-miss-a-major-for-the-first-time-in-10-years\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/community.skin.club\/en\/news\/faze-set-to-miss-a-major-for-the-first-time-in-10-years\",\"name\":\"FaZe set to miss a Major for the first time in 10 years\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/community.skin.club\/en\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/community.skin.club\/en\/news\/faze-set-to-miss-a-major-for-the-first-time-in-10-years#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/community.skin.club\/en\/news\/faze-set-to-miss-a-major-for-the-first-time-in-10-years#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/community.skin.club\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Karrigan_at_PGL_Cluj-Napoca_2025.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-04-05T22:18:51+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-04-05T23:21:52+00:00\",\"description\":\"FaZe have been eliminated from the VRS race after losing to BIG in the HLC Belgrade PRO 2026 final, ending their chances of qualifying for the IEM Cologne Major. Despite the official Valve ranking update coming on April 6, the outcome is already decided \u2014 FaZe will miss a Major for the first time in nearly a decade, while BIG and SINNERS secure their spots.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/community.skin.club\/en\/news\/faze-set-to-miss-a-major-for-the-first-time-in-10-years#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/community.skin.club\/en\/news\/faze-set-to-miss-a-major-for-the-first-time-in-10-years\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/community.skin.club\/en\/news\/faze-set-to-miss-a-major-for-the-first-time-in-10-years#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/community.skin.club\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Karrigan_at_PGL_Cluj-Napoca_2025.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/community.skin.club\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Karrigan_at_PGL_Cluj-Napoca_2025.jpg\",\"width\":1024,\"height\":767},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/community.skin.club\/en\/news\/faze-set-to-miss-a-major-for-the-first-time-in-10-years#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Community\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/community.skin.club\/en\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"News\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/community.skin.club\/en\/news\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"FaZe set to miss a Major for the first time in 10 years\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/community.skin.club\/en\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/community.skin.club\/en\/\",\"name\":\"CS:GO - Events, news, recommendations\",\"description\":\"CS2 &amp; CS:GO Articles, News, Events | Skin.Club Community\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/community.skin.club\/en\/#organization\"},\"alternateName\":\"CS:GO - news\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/community.skin.club\/en\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/community.skin.club\/en\/#organization\",\"name\":\"SkinClub\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/community.skin.club\/en\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/community.skin.club\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/community.skin.club\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/logo-1-1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/community.skin.club\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/logo-1-1.png\",\"width\":512,\"height\":490,\"caption\":\"SkinClub\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/community.skin.club\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/community.skin.club\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/085a8c9852ac906258ca81d3e024f932\",\"name\":\"Leef\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/community.skin.club\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3738278c07f45ca2ae73cbb75bd9a58bba06b0ccc21f9557a6e4b55a08c1cae5?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3738278c07f45ca2ae73cbb75bd9a58bba06b0ccc21f9557a6e4b55a08c1cae5?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Leef\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/community.skin.club\/en\/members\/marcos\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"FaZe set to miss a Major for the first time in 10 years","description":"FaZe have been eliminated from the VRS race after losing to BIG in the HLC Belgrade PRO 2026 final, ending their chances of qualifying for the IEM Cologne Major. Despite the official Valve ranking update coming on April 6, the outcome is already decided \u2014 FaZe will miss a Major for the first time in nearly a decade, while BIG and SINNERS secure their spots.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/community.skin.club\/en\/news\/faze-set-to-miss-a-major-for-the-first-time-in-10-years","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"FaZe set to miss a Major for the first time in 10 years","og_description":"FaZe have been eliminated from the VRS race after losing to BIG in the HLC Belgrade PRO 2026 final, ending their chances of qualifying for the IEM Cologne Major. Despite the official Valve ranking update coming on April 6, the outcome is already decided \u2014 FaZe will miss a Major for the first time in nearly a decade, while BIG and SINNERS secure their spots.","og_url":"https:\/\/community.skin.club\/en\/news\/faze-set-to-miss-a-major-for-the-first-time-in-10-years","og_site_name":"CS2 &amp; CS:GO Articles, News, Events | Skin.Club Community","article_published_time":"2026-04-05T22:18:51+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-04-05T23:21:52+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1024,"height":767,"url":"https:\/\/community.skin.club\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Karrigan_at_PGL_Cluj-Napoca_2025.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Leef","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Leef","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/community.skin.club\/en\/news\/faze-set-to-miss-a-major-for-the-first-time-in-10-years#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/community.skin.club\/en\/news\/faze-set-to-miss-a-major-for-the-first-time-in-10-years"},"author":{"name":"Leef","@id":"https:\/\/community.skin.club\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/085a8c9852ac906258ca81d3e024f932"},"headline":"FaZe set to miss a Major for the first time in 10 years","datePublished":"2026-04-05T22:18:51+00:00","dateModified":"2026-04-05T23:21:52+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/community.skin.club\/en\/news\/faze-set-to-miss-a-major-for-the-first-time-in-10-years"},"wordCount":363,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/community.skin.club\/en\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/community.skin.club\/en\/news\/faze-set-to-miss-a-major-for-the-first-time-in-10-years#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/community.skin.club\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Karrigan_at_PGL_Cluj-Napoca_2025.jpg","articleSection":["News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","copyrightYear":"2026","copyrightHolder":{"@id":"https:\/\/community.skin.club\/#organization"}},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/community.skin.club\/en\/news\/faze-set-to-miss-a-major-for-the-first-time-in-10-years","url":"https:\/\/community.skin.club\/en\/news\/faze-set-to-miss-a-major-for-the-first-time-in-10-years","name":"FaZe set to miss a Major for the first time in 10 years","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/community.skin.club\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/community.skin.club\/en\/news\/faze-set-to-miss-a-major-for-the-first-time-in-10-years#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/community.skin.club\/en\/news\/faze-set-to-miss-a-major-for-the-first-time-in-10-years#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/community.skin.club\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Karrigan_at_PGL_Cluj-Napoca_2025.jpg","datePublished":"2026-04-05T22:18:51+00:00","dateModified":"2026-04-05T23:21:52+00:00","description":"FaZe have been eliminated from the VRS race after losing to BIG in the HLC Belgrade PRO 2026 final, ending their chances of qualifying for the IEM Cologne Major. Despite the official Valve ranking update coming on April 6, the outcome is already decided \u2014 FaZe will miss a Major for the first time in nearly a decade, while BIG and SINNERS secure their spots.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/community.skin.club\/en\/news\/faze-set-to-miss-a-major-for-the-first-time-in-10-years#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/community.skin.club\/en\/news\/faze-set-to-miss-a-major-for-the-first-time-in-10-years"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/community.skin.club\/en\/news\/faze-set-to-miss-a-major-for-the-first-time-in-10-years#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/community.skin.club\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Karrigan_at_PGL_Cluj-Napoca_2025.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/community.skin.club\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Karrigan_at_PGL_Cluj-Napoca_2025.jpg","width":1024,"height":767},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/community.skin.club\/en\/news\/faze-set-to-miss-a-major-for-the-first-time-in-10-years#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Community","item":"https:\/\/community.skin.club\/en"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"News","item":"https:\/\/community.skin.club\/en\/news"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"FaZe set to miss a Major for the first time in 10 years"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/community.skin.club\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/community.skin.club\/en\/","name":"CS:GO - Events, news, recommendations","description":"CS2 &amp; CS:GO Articles, News, Events | Skin.Club Community","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/community.skin.club\/en\/#organization"},"alternateName":"CS:GO - news","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/community.skin.club\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/community.skin.club\/en\/#organization","name":"SkinClub","url":"https:\/\/community.skin.club\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/community.skin.club\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/community.skin.club\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/logo-1-1.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/community.skin.club\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/logo-1-1.png","width":512,"height":490,"caption":"SkinClub"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/community.skin.club\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/community.skin.club\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/085a8c9852ac906258ca81d3e024f932","name":"Leef","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/community.skin.club\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3738278c07f45ca2ae73cbb75bd9a58bba06b0ccc21f9557a6e4b55a08c1cae5?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3738278c07f45ca2ae73cbb75bd9a58bba06b0ccc21f9557a6e4b55a08c1cae5?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Leef"},"url":"https:\/\/community.skin.club\/en\/members\/marcos"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/community.skin.club\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/380103","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/community.skin.club\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/community.skin.club\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/community.skin.club\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/35"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/community.skin.club\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=380103"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/community.skin.club\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/380103\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":380120,"href":"https:\/\/community.skin.club\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/380103\/revisions\/380120"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/community.skin.club\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/256881"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/community.skin.club\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=380103"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/community.skin.club\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=380103"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/community.skin.club\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=380103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}