FUT Esports beat Vitality 2-1 in the Round 3 group stage at PGL Masters Bucharest 2026 on Monday 26 October. The win ended Vitality's run of five straight wins and handed them their first defeat at the event.
Vitality took map 1 in 49 minutes. FUT levelled with a 47-minute map 2, the shortest of the series. FUT then won the 50-minute decider to complete the comeback.
Vitality entered the event as the top-ranked team in the Elo power rankings, with a rating of 1976. FUT are 17th on 1802. Vitality had beaten FUT in all three of their earlier meetings this year, most recently in a 2-0 sweep at BLAST Open Porto Fall 2026 on 31 August.
FUT have now won all three of their series at the event. Their earlier wins came against TYLOO and Liquid, both 2-0. The source notes that Vitality's roster includes Britain's mezii, and that FUT's international roster includes lauNX of Romania.
Elsewhere in Round 3, Liquid beat Legacy 2-0, BetBoom Team beat Natus Vincere 2-0, Spirit beat FURIA 2-1, and DENDELE CS beat G2 2-1. The event runs until 31 October.