CS2 Budapest Major 2025: Playoff and grand final recap

FaZe made it to the grand finals all the way from Stage 1 / Image credit: Starladder Team Vitality defeated FaZe Clan to notch back-to-back Major victories.

Team Spirit’s donk was the best player at the CS2 Budapest Major 2025, setting a record for the best Major performance in history with a 1.57 rating.

The biggest upset of the Major was Natus Vincere defeating the tournament’s top seed, FURIA, in the final quarter-final.

Team Vitality’s semi-final against Team Spirit featured the best match of the tournament.

Finally, after weeks of brutal qualifiers and three stacked Swiss stages, the CS2 Budapest Major moved on to the last phase with the playoffs and grand finals. This, the final Major of…