MANILA, Philippines – Paper Rex (PRX) continues their win streak after a 2-1 win over FURIA (FUR) to start out the VALORANT Masters Santiago Playoffs stage, March 7, 2026.
Paper Rex vs FURIA
Because the first-seeded group from the Americas Kickoff qualifier, FURIA acquired a playoff berth and selected to match up in opposition to PRX within the Playoffs draw.
The collection began off with PRX’s map decide of Haven, and so they started with a 5-1 lead. Momentum would swing to FUR’s facet, who would tie up the rating on the half, and shut out the map 13-9.
Transferring on to FUR’s map decide of Breeze, PRX turned the tables, solely giving up 4 rounds. They tied up the collection in opposition to the Americas first-seed after huge performances from Wang “Jinggg” Jing Jie and Ilia “one thing” Petrov, dropping 20 and 17 kills on 286 and 267 ACS, respectively.
The deciding sport went to Break up. PRX had the consolation benefit, holding a 68 p.c win fee (76-35) on the map, versus FURIA’s 52 p.c (17-16).
PRX began sturdy, opening with two spherical wins. Though they dropped the bonus, they bounced again for the purchase spherical. Issues would go rapidly out of hand as FURIA members would pop off, hitting all their pictures and successful all their duels. They’d win six straight rounds, however PRX managed to carry it shut, ending the half 7-5.
The Pacific squad would then exhibit their mastery of Break up, successful eight straight rounds on assault, ending the sport 13-7.
With the win, they’ve now overwhelmed each Americas group within the event, and prolong their win streak in opposition to the area to 6-0, relationship again to Masters Toronto in June 2025.
Nongshim RedForce vs Mild Mates
The primary seed from the Pacific made their worldwide debut, taking over Mild Mates (M8).
M8 got here out the gate swinging, firing up a 4-0 begin in Haven. With changes and a learn on M8, Nongshim RedForce (NS) had been in a position to bounce again and end the half 7-5. Opening up the second half with pistol and purchase spherical wins put NS in a cushty lead.
The 2 groups then proceeded to alternate rounds however in the long run the Korean squad had been in a position to shut it out, 13-10. M8’s Martin “marteen” Pátek put up a game-high 341 ACS with a 28/18/6 KDA.
Corrode began off equally with a 4-1 begin for M8, however it was the EMEA squad who had the 7-5 lead coming into the half. Nonetheless, NS had been in a position to rebound once more on assault, securing the 13-10 map win and the 2-0 collection win.
A robust two-way plan from NS secured the win, with Park “Ivy” Sunghyeon controlling websites on Killjoy and Viper, ending 46/29/11 on 272 ACS within the collection, and Lee “Dambi” Hyukkyu displaying off his Neon on the worldwide stage with 41/32/8 on 233 ACS.
Masters Santiago Playoffs
The Playoffs continues March 8, 1 a.m. PHT with NRG taking over EMEA first-seed BBL Esports, and G2 Esports going up in opposition to CN first-seed All Players.
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Winners of every match will advance to tackle Paper Rex and Nongshim RedForce, respectively. Losers be part of Mild Mates and FURIA within the Decrease Bracket on March 9.
