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Team Falcons Sweep Geekay, Qualify for the BLAST R6 Osaka Major
Source: Esports World Cup Foundation (press photo)
Team Falcons are going to Osaka. The Saudi organization swept Geekay Esports 2-0 in the Europe MENA League 2026 Stage 2 grand final on October 13, closing out Villa 7-2 and Chalet 7-4 to take the $25,000 top prize, 420 SI points, and — most importantly — a ticket to the BLAST R6 Osaka Major.
It was the exclamation point on a five-week tournament that ran September 7 to October 13, organized by Ubisoft and BLAST with ten teams fighting over a $140,000 prize pool. Falcons didn't just win it. They made it look routine.
The Grand Final: Over Quickly
There's not much to say about a 2-0 that felt like it was decided before the second map. Falcons took Villa 7-2 in a half that Geekay will want to forget, then closed Chalet 7-4 with the kind of composed late-round play that separates contenders from champions. Geekay Esports, to their credit, had a strong tournament — $22,000 and a Major spot is nothing to sneeze at — but they never looked like turning this series.
LikEfac took grand final MVP honors for Falcons, capping a playoff run where the team's calling was clear: win the rounds that matter, don't donate the ones that don't.
The Road to the BLAST R6 Osaka Major
The Europe MENA League is a qualifier league first and a trophy second. The top four teams all punched their tickets to the BLAST R6 Major in Osaka:
- 1st — Team Falcons ($25,000 + 420 SI points)
- 2nd — Geekay Esports ($22,000)
- 3rd — G2 Esports ($19,000)
- 4th — Virtus.pro ($16,000)
The format was a Round Robin group stage with best-of-one matches, the top six advancing to playoffs. Bo1 groups are chaos engines — one bad map can sink a favorite — which makes Falcons' wire-to-wire control of the tournament more impressive, not less.
The Individuals Who Defined the Tournament
While LikEfac owned the final, the tournament's most decorated players were Gruby of Geekay Esports and Stompn of G2 Esports, who collected four individual MVP awards apiece across the event. That's the bittersweet stat of the tournament: Geekay had one of the two best individual performers and still got swept in the final. Siege is a team game, and Falcons are currently the best team in the region at playing it. The semifinal results deserve a mention too: G2 Esports ground out a hard-fought series to lock third place, while Virtus.pro's fourth-place finish continues their quietly consistent year on the international stage. Neither team will arrive in Osaka just to make up numbers.
What This Means for Osaka
The BLAST R6 Osaka Major is the next big international test, and Europe MENA is sending a genuinely dangerous quartet. Falcons arrive as regional champions with momentum. G2's pedigree at international events needs no introduction. Virtus.pro are the kind of team nobody wants to draw early. And Geekay — well, they've now felt what the ceiling looks like up close.
The Siege calendar has been stacked this month. Over in Dota, BLAST Slam VIII just saw Yandex take down Spirit to open the season, and the VCT Champions Shanghai grand final goes down October 18. October 2026 might end up remembered as one of the best esports months in years.
Falcons, meanwhile, keep collecting trophies across every title they touch. The organization already owned the Esports World Cup club championships in 2024 and 2025. Add a Europe MENA League title and an Osaka Major berth to the cabinet — the Falcons era isn't slowing down.
