Vitality — champions of StarLadder Budapest Major 2025

Vitality — champions of StarLadder Budapest Major 2025

The French team Vitality achieved a triumphant victory in the grand final of StarLadder Budapest Major 2025 and lifted the main trophy of the tournament! In an exciting final held on December 14 in Budapest, the French team defeated the legendary FaZe with a score of 3:1, who made an incredible journey from the brink of elimination in the first stage to the decisive series of the major.

The final battle between Vitality and FaZe lasted four maps and ended with a score of 3:1 in favor of the French team.

• Map 1: Nuke - Pick of FaZe
  FaZe confidently closed their pick map Nuke with a big score of 13:6. They demonstrated excellent preparation and dominance, taking an important first point in the series.

• Map 2: Dust II - Pick of Vitality
  Vitality gave a powerful response, conducting a crushing Dust II with a score of 13:3. This result not only leveled the score in the match but also dealt a serious psychological blow to FaZe, completely seizing the initiative.

• Map 3: Inferno - Pick of FaZe
  On Inferno Vitality continued their winning streak. In a hard-fought battle, they prevailed and closed the map with a score of 13:9, taking the lead in the series 2:1.

• Map 4: Overpass - Pick of Vitality
  The final point in the championship was set by Vitality on the map Overpass, conducting it with absolute dominance — 13:2. This confident victory left FaZe no chances to return to the series.

The final score of the Bo5 series: Vitality 3 — 1 FaZe.

The most valuable player of the entire StarLadder Budapest Major 2025 was recognized as the sniper of Vitality Mathieu ZywOo Herbaut. Throughout the tournament, he demonstrated a game of incredible level. His final rating of 1.63 eloquently speaks of him being the main driving force and architect of this victory. This MVP title is a well-deserved recognition of his phenomenal contribution to the championship title.

Vitality brilliantly confirmed their status as a super team, perfectly reaching peak form for the decisive stage of the season. As for FaZe, despite the defeat in the final, their performance at this major can be boldly called a feat. Starting the tournament one step away from elimination, they showed incredible character and team spirit, reaching the final and earning $170,000 for second place.

The total prize pool of the tournament of $1,250,000 was distributed as follows:

• 1st place: $500,000 - Vitality

• 2nd place: $170,000 - FaZe

• 3-4th place: $80,000 — Spirit, Natus Vincere

• 5-8th place: $45,000 — Falcons, The MongolZ, MOUZ, FURIA

• 9–11th place $20,000 each: B8, G2, Passion UA

• 12–14th place $20,000 each: Imperial, 3DMAX, paiN Gaming

• 15–16th place $20,000 each: Liquid, PARIVISION

• 17-19th place: $10,000 — Ninjas in Pyjamas, M80, Astralis

• 20-22nd place: $10,000 — Fnatic, Aurora, TYLOO

• 23-24th place: $10,000 — MIBR, FlyQuest

• 25-32nd place: $0 — NRG, Fluxo, Legacy, The Huns, RED Canids, GamerLegion, Lynn Vision, Rare Atom.

StarLadder Budapest Major 2025, held from November 24 to December 14 in the Hungarian capital, gave the world unforgettable three weeks of esports passions. The tournament successfully took place at two venues: group stages — in MTK Sportpark, and the culmination with playoffs — at the large arena MVM Dome.