FUT, Legacy, and Team Spirit Secure Final Spots in Esports World Cup Semifinals

FUT, Legacy and Spirit completed the semifinal lineup with quarterfinal wins, leaving two best-of-three matches on Saturday before Sunday’s best-of-five grand final. For a bracket built from 32 teams, the margin for error is now gone.

Three quarterfinals, three different routes

FUT Esports handled MOUZ 2-0, but the series began with a narrow 16-13 overtime win on Dust II before FUT closed Ancient 13-5. Yasin “xfl0ud” Koc led the Turkish side with 39 kills and a plus-seven kill-death differential.

Legacy also swept Team Falcons, taking Mirage 13-7 and Dust II 13-10. Santino “try” Rigal produced the strongest statistical line of the quarterfinal round among the two-map winners, recording 39 kills with a plus-16 K-D.

Team Spirit needed three maps against Team Vitality. Spirit took Anubis 13-11, Vitality answered with a 16-14 overtime win on Nuke, and the series turned decisively on Mirage. Spirit finished the decider 13-3, with Danil “donk” Kryshkovets posting 70 kills and a plus-27 differential.

The map results point to different semifinal profiles. FUT and Legacy advanced through controlled two-map executions, while Spirit survived a longer contest and then applied the choke point on the decider. That distinction matters in a playoff where every economy reset and every lost opening duel can force a team away from its preferred game plan.

Semifinal bracket and stakes

The semifinal pairings are FURIA against FUT Esports, and Legacy against Team Spirit. FURIA reached the last four by beating G2 Esports 2-1 in its quarterfinal.

The tournament uses best-of-three matches through the semifinals, with the grand final played as a best-of-five. That format gives the remaining teams room to adjust, but it also puts greater pressure on veto preparation and map control. A side that arrives with only one reliable battleground risks being exposed before the series reaches its final map.

The championship carries $600,000 and 1,000 Esports World Cup club points. The runner-up receives $340,000 and 750 points, while the third- and fourth-place teams are set for $190,000 and $110,000 respectively, alongside 500 and 300 points.

What to watch next

FUT’s overtime escape on Dust II will be tested immediately against FURIA, the only semifinalist that entered the bracket with a three-map quarterfinal win. Legacy’s clean sweep gives it a more direct route into the match against Spirit, but the Russian team’s 13-3 Mirage finish showed how quickly a series can collapse when its pressure reaches full speed.

The final day at Accor Arena is already sold out, according to the tournament information carried by Field Level Media. The next server data will determine whether the compact, two-map executions of FUT and Legacy can hold against opponents that have already shown they can win through a longer tactical fight.