FURIA FURIA Brazil Rank #6 heat Olavo Marcelo raafa Rafael Lima mwzera Leonardo Serrati havoc Ilan Eloy Khalil Khalil Schmidt has announced that their full roster is expected to miss their first match of Americas Kickoff on Jan. 17 due to visa delays.

The team has reportedly arranged but not yet announced a substitute roster to play in their stead. As stated by the team's general manager Lucas "lukzera" Soares in the announcement, the main roster is tentatively expected to be able to make it to either their second or third match depending on the results. FURIA's second match would be on Jan. 19 if the substitute roster wins the first match and Jan. 24 if they lose.

According to sources in communication with the team, FURIA initiated the visa process on Nov. 25, following the same procedures and timeframe as the other Brazilian teams in VCT Americas. However, FURIA's application was unexpectedly met with significant delays by United States travel authorities and only received approval on Jan. 11, which does not leave enough time for the team due to remaining steps in the visa process.

This news comes after a bright offseason showing for FURIA in which they won the Tixinha Invitational, an event attended by other VCT Americas teams including MIBR MIBR Brazil Rank #4 artzin Arthur Araujo xenom Eduardo Soeiro cortezia Gabriel Cortez nzr Agustin Ibarra aspas Erick Santos , 2Game Esports 2Game Esports Brazil Rank #3 gobera Vitor Gobo Zap Brenno Roberto pryze Luis-Henrique Viveiros lz Luiz Reche spike Rodrigo Lombardi silentzz Caio Morita , KRÜ Esports KRÜ Esports Latin America South Rank #2 keznit Angelo Mori Mazino Roberto Rivas adverso Benjamín Poblete Shyy Fabian Usnayo Melser Marco Eliot Machuca Amaro , and LOUD LOUD Brazil Rank #2 dgzin Douglas Silva v1nny Vínicius Gonçalves pANcada Bryan Luna tuyz Arthur Andrade cauanzin Cauan Pereira .

FURIA's head coach Pedro "peu" Lopes commented that this setback has not impacted the team's confidence going into the 2025 season and has rather strengthened the team's desire to play as soon as possible.

FURIA's substitute roster will take the stage on Jan. 17 against 2Game Esports.

FURIA FURIA Brazil Rank #6 heat Olavo Marcelo raafa Rafael Lima mwzera Leonardo Serrati havoc Ilan Eloy Khalil Khalil Schmidt is currently:

  • Rafael "raafa" Lima
  • Olavo "heat" Marcelo
  • Leonardo "mwzera" Serrati
  • Ilan "havoc" Eloy
  • Khalil "Khalil" Schmidt
  • Pedro "peu" Lopes (Head coach)
  • Lucas "lukzera" Soares (Assistant coach)