Brazil Breaks Through
FURIA Won Brazil’s First Best-of-Five at Worlds
Team oNe eSports, RED Canids and LOUD each played one and lost it, so the 3–1 over Cloud9 was a first for any Brazilian team.
0–3
Brazilian teams in Worlds best-of-fives before 2026
1–1
FURIA’s best-of-five record at this Worlds
The Take
The chances haven’t come often: paiN Gaming in 2024 and Vivo Keyd Stars in 2025 only ever played best-of-threes. Tonight FURIA get another best-of-five, against the MVK side that swept them 3–0 in the opening round, and the loser goes home. Win it and FURIA become the first Brazilian team to win two.
| Year | Team | Best-of-five |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Team oNe eSports | 1–3 vs Fenerbahçe Esports |
| 2021 | RED Canids | 2–3 vs PEACE |
| 2022 | LOUD | 1–3 vs DetonatioN FocusMe |
| 2026 | FURIA | 3–1 vs Cloud9 |
Sources
8 pages on Leaguepedia
- 2017 Season World Championship/Play-In
- 2021 Season World Championship/Play-In
- 2022 Season World Championship/Play-In
- 2023 Season World Championship/Play-In
- 2026 Season World Championship/Play-In
- 2024 Season World Championship/Main Event
- 2024 Season World Championship/Play-In
- 2025 Season World Championship/Main Event
Overheard
“we never, in so many years, managed to show results out there, out here, right? So there's a whole bitterness from other experiences, a frustration built up over a long time, almost from before I was alive.”
a gente nunca, em tantos anos, conseguiu mostrar resultado lá fora, aqui fora, né? Então tem toda uma amargura de outras experiências, uma frustração acumulada de muito tempo, quase de antes de eu estar vivo.
Mais Esports →
1 more overheard
16 Oct 2026
Mais Esports headlined its recap of FURIA's 3–1 win over Cloud9 at the Worlds 2026 Play-In as a relief for the nation, and wrote that Brazilian League of Legends could smile now that FURIA had broken its spell at Worlds 2026.
Mais Esports →“Brazilian League of Legends can smile now that FURIA broke the spell at Worlds 2026, beating the North American team Cloud9 3-1.”
O League of Legends brasileiro pode sorrir agora que a FURIA desencantou no Worlds 2026, superando a equipe norte-americana Cloud9 por 3-1.
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