FaZe Clan, for whom Ukrainian esports athlete Alexander "s1mple" Kostylev is competing on loan, achieved their first victory at the IEM Dallas 2025 tournament.
Today, in the lower bracket match of Group B, FaZe Clan defeated BC.Game Esports with a score of 2:0 (Mirage — 13:10, Anubis — 13:4). s1mple was named the best player of the match, boasting stats of 39-16 and a rating of 1.63.
FaZe Clan has advanced to the lower bracket semifinals, where they will face the loser of the match between HEROIC and Team Falcons tomorrow.
For s1mple, this marks his first official tournament since November 2024, when he played on loan with Team Falcons and did not participate in Shanghai Major 2024. Interestingly, Kostylev has not competed for NAVI in Counter-Strike 2.
The IEM Dallas 2025 tournament is taking place from May 19 to 25. In June, s1mple will play with FaZe at the BLAST.tv Austin Major 2025.
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