Aurora Gaming, TYLOO and Fnatic eliminated from StarLadder Budapest Major 2025

Aurora Gaming, Fnatic, and TYLOO have become the latest teams to be eliminated from the StarLadder Budapest Major 2025 as the battle for Stage 3 spots enters its final rounds.

The trio of teams bow out of the season-ending tournament after failing to win three matches across the five rounds.

Despite heading into Stage 2 as the highest placed team in the November Valve Regional Standings (VRS), Aurora Gaming was unable to make it past the Major’s second stage. The Turkish team began its campaign with a 13-6 win over M80 before encountering a FaZe Clan side fresh from beating Passion UA.

A 13-10 defeat for Aurora Gaming put the team on the back foot heading into the next round against Parivision, with the ESL Challenger League winners scoring a hard-fought 13-11 win to put Aurora Gaming on the verge of elimination.

Aurora Gaming faced off against Astralis in round four and grabbed an early lead with a 13-11 win on Nuke. The Danish side answered back on the following two maps, taking Train 13-8 and Mirage 13-11 to send Aurora Gaming packing.

Similar to Aurora Gaming, Fnatic began Stage 2 on the front foot with a victory over 3DMAX in the opening best-of-one.

However, the momentum of the Fragadelphia Blocktober winners quickly ran out, with defeats to B8 and Imperial Esports resulting in the team needing a win against Passion UA to stay alive.

Despite a strong attacking display in the second half of Overpass, Fnatic was left unable to overturn the deficit, losing 13-11 to put them a step closer to elimination. Passion UA opened Inferno with a dominant 11-1 lead in the first half, and despite an attempt to complete a comeback, Fnatic’s opponent closed out the map 13-7 to secure a 2-0 sweep and send Fnatic home.

After scoring a comfortable win over Parivision in the first round, TYLOO positioned itself to make a run into Stage 3 with relative ease.

Ninjas in Pyjamas halted any progress in round two before M80 bested the Chinese side in round three, handing the FISSURE Playground 1 champions two consecutive losses.

TYLOO would face off against Team Liquid in round four, another team battling to keep its Major hopes alive. The team began with a 13-9 win on Ancient before Team Liquid immediately answered back on Train, taking a comfortable 13-5 win of its own to level the series and force an Inferno decider.

TYLOO opened the first half with an 8-4 lead at half-time, but Team Liquid responded with eight defensive rounds of its own to level the series and force overtime. The experience of Jonathan ‘EliGE‘ Jablonowski shone through, guiding Team Liquid to a 16-14 win and a 2-1 series victory to send the Chinese side out of the Major.

Outside of the elimination matches, six teams with a 2-1 record battled for Stage 3 qualification in round four.

Parivision outlasted Ninjas in Pyjamas in overtime on Dust II and Train to secure a 2-0 sweep and a place in the next stage, while Imperial Esports continued spearheading the charge for the Americas with a 2-1 victory over M80 to join fellow Brazilian organisation FURIA in Stage 3.

B8 completed a reverse sweep over 3DMAX in the final qualification match of day seven. The French side dominated Train with a 13-3 scoreline before B8 bounced back on Ancient, winning 13-9 to force a Dust II decider.

A dominant defensive display in the first half proved the difference for the Ukrainians, taking Dust II 13-8, continuing its strong run of form from Stage 1.

The six remaining Stage 2 teams with a 2-2 record will compete in round five, where a best-of-three series will determine three teams that advance to Stage 3, and the three that are eliminated.

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