Furia (stylized as FURIA or FURIA Esports) is a Brazilian professional esports organization. Furia competes in Counter-Strike 2, Rocket League, League of Legends, Valorant, Rainbow Six: Siege, Apex Legends and Kings League. In 2022, Furia was named the fifth most currently successful esports organization in the world by the North American portal Nerd Street.
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History
Furia was founded in February 2017 by businessman Jaime Pádua, who was planning to invest in electronic sports, and entrepreneurs André Akkari (professional poker player) and Cris Guedes. These two had similar plans and gave Jaime the ability to structure the project.
On May 6, 2024, the Esports World Cup Foundation, funded by the Saudi Arabia Public Investment Fund and organizers of the Esports World Cup tournament series, announced the 30 organizations (known in the ESWC as Clubs) who would make up the Club Support Program, with Furia being one of them. This program gives teams a one-time six-figure stipend if an organization is willing to enter new esports as well as additional funding each year if they drive viewership and fan engagement to the Esports World Cup.
Counter-Strike
History
FURIA's Counter-Strike division would make their first appearance at a Major two years after their founding at IEM Katowice Major 2019, although they were eliminated in the New Challengers Stage. FURIA continued to improve for the rest of the year, challenging MIBR as the best team in Brazil and finishing second at ECS Season 7.
FURIA was the highest seeded team from the Americas region going into PGL Major Stockholm 2021, and were eliminated in the quarterfinals. They were also eliminated in the quarterfinals of PGL Major Antwerp 2022. On October 7, 2022, FURIA qualified to the IEM Rio Major 2022 through the Americas RMR. In front of the home crowd, FURIA exceeded expectations and reached the semifinals, until then its best placement in a Major. In 2023, IHC Esports defeated FURIA 2–1 and advanced to the group stage of IEM Katowice.
Achievements
ESL Pro League Season 12: North America
FISSURE Playground 2
Thunderpick World Championship 2025
Intel Extreme Masters Chengdu 2025
BLAST Rivals 2025 Season 2
ECS Season 7 - Finals
IEM Kraków 2026
IEM Cologne Major 2026
ESL Pro League Season 11: North America
3rd/4th — BLAST Open London 2025
3rd/4th — IEM Rio Major 2022
3rd/4th — Intel Extreme Masters Season XVII - Dallas
3rd/4th — ESL Pro League Season 15
3rd/4th — ESL Pro League Season 13
3rd/4th — Dreamhack Masters Dallas 2019
5th-8th — PGL Major Antwerp 2022
5th-8th — PGL Major Stockholm 2021
League of Legends
History
Furia entered the League of Legends scene with the acquiring of Uppercut Esports' roster to form Furia Uppercut in the CBLOL. The team shortly announced it would rename itself to Furia Esports after the conclusion of the CBLOL 2020 Split 1 tournament.
Achievements
International
America's Cup
Winners (1): 2026
Domestic
CBLOL/ LTA South
Winners (2): 2025-2, 2026-1
Rocket League
History
In the 2022 Rocket League Championship Series, Furia Esports would make it to the semifinals of the tournament before losing to tournament winners Team BDS.
Achievements
Gamers8 2022
RLCS 2022–23 – Spring: North America Regional 3 – Spring Invitational
RLCS Season X – South American Championship
3rd-4th – 2022 Rocket League Championship Series
South American RLCS MVP
Represented Brazil at the 2024 FIFAe World Cup
Rainbow Six Siege
Achievements
RE:LO:AD 2025
South America League 2025 – Stage 1
South America League 2025 – Stage 2
Esports World Cup 2025
Six Invitational 2025
3rd-4th — Esports World Cup 2024
5th-8th — Blast R6 Major Manchester 2024
5th-8th — Six Berlin Major 2022
9th-12th — Six Invitational 2022
5th-8th — Six Mexico Major 2022
9th-12th — Six Invitational 2021
Valorant
Furia announced its entry into the Valorant scene on 21 January 2021. The team would make an appearance at the inaugural 2021 Valorant Champions but would be eliminated in the group stages. They returned for the 2022 Valorant Champions, but finished the championship in the same place. In late 2022, Riot Games confirmed Furia would receive a partner spot in the international VALORANT league system.