FaZe Clan are the worst-performing defending Major champs in CS:GO’s Swiss system era

FaZe Clan’s monumental failure at IEM Rio Major is one for the history books. Never in the history of recent Majors, which use a Swiss system for the Challengers and Legends stages, did the reigning champions get sent packing with a 0-3 record.

FaZe arrived at the Brazilian Major with only one goal in their mind: to become back-to-back Major champions in 2022 and secure Intel Grand Slam’s whooping $1 million prize. But their dream quickly turned into a nightmare following two losses on the first day of Legends Stage on Saturday, Nov. 5 to Cloud9 and Vitality.

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