FURIA and Spirit sweep BLAST rivals as Noir Verse upset Alliance
FURIA and Spirit posted 2-0 BLAST wins ahead of their best-of-five meeting, while Noir Verse stunned Alliance and DENDELE CS led the VT ranking climbs.
By MgHz
Lead story: FURIA and Spirit set the pace
VT No. 1 FURIA and No. 3 Spirit delivered straight-map wins in the BLAST Rivals Fall 2026 playoffs. FURIA beat No. 10 Team Falcons 2-0, while Spirit overcame No. 2 MOUZ by the same score. Their upcoming best-of-five meeting now pairs two teams coming off clean sweeps, with Spirit facing the highest-ranked side after beating the second-ranked team.
The standout upset came in the ESL Challenger League Europe Cup #12 season 52 playoffs: No. 78 Noir Verse defeated No. 24 Alliance 2-0. Alliance also recorded a 2-0 victory over No. 88 ex-INOX Division, leaving them with contrasting results in the supplied slate.
Results round-up and ranking moves
In the CCT Europe Series #13 playoffs, Team ACES swept Infinite 2-0, Iberian Soul edged FORZE Reload 2-1, and Virtus.pro beat BakS eSports 2-0. Galorys added a 2-0 win over Low Cortisol in the CCT South America Series 8 playoffs.
NODWIN Clutch Series Season 14 group-stage action brought 2-1 wins for Phantom over Hype Tech and Spirit Academy over LUNTIKI. FORZE Reload also registered a 2-0 victory against Nice Try. In the United21 Season 58 playoffs, No. 61 EYEBALLERS beat No. 54 STATE 2-0.
DENDELE CS made the largest listed VT ranking climb, moving from 89th to 25th. Apogee Esports rose from 98th to 39th, BC.Game Esports from 109th to 50th, and NIP from 69th to 17th. Team ACES climbed from 63rd to 18th, adding a ranking headline to their CCT victory.
What to watch in the next 24 hours
The listed November 15 schedule opens with Spirit vs FURIA at 08:00 UTC in BLAST Rivals, the only best-of-five among the upcoming fixtures.
PGL follows with FaZe (VT No. 32) against fnatic (No. 21) at 09:00 UTC, then Eternal Fire (No. 9) against 100 Thieves (No. 11) at 12:00 UTC.
Team ACES have two listed best-of-threes: Metizport (No. 37) in CCT Europe at 15:00 UTC, followed by ILLYRIANS (No. 66) in NODWIN Clutch Series at 18:00 UTC.
Automated briefing written from VetoTime's own match results and VT Ranking for 2026-11-15.