---
title: "Vasteras vs FaZe Up Next"
canonical_url: https://betcrypto.now/events/vasteras-vs-faze-up-next
status: settled
kickoff_at: 2026-07-08T08:00:00+00:00
trading_closes_at: 2026-07-08T14:25:00+00:00
settled_at: 2026-07-08T09:39:35+00:00
total_volume_usd: 72459.4
venues: ["Kalshi", "Polymarket"]
categories: ["Sports", "Esports"]
prices_as_of: 2026-10-19T06:49:14+00:00
publisher: BetCrypto
data_api: https://betcrypto.now/api/v1/events/vasteras-vs-faze-up-next
---

# Vasteras vs FaZe Up Next

Settled · kickoff 2026-07-08 08:00 UTC · $72,459 traded · listed on Kalshi, Polymarket

## Result

**FaZe Up Next** won. Settled 2026-07-08.

## About

This is a Counter-Strike 2 match in the United21 2026 Group B stage, pitting Swedish side Västerås against FaZe Up Next — the developmental roster of Counter-Strike powerhouse FaZe Clan — in a best-of-three originally scheduled for July 8. Kalshi offers a straightforward match winner market, while Polymarket lists the headline moneyline alongside map handicaps and a map-total over/under.

FaZe Up Next is a heavy favourite across the board. Kalshi prices the moneyline at 90.0%, giving Västerås just 13.0% (with a small vig gap), while Polymarket's main match winner sits closer to 85.5% for FaZe against 14.5% for Västerås. On the derivative markets, FaZe's odds fall as the handicap tightens — 82.5% and 82.0% on stricter map spreads — and the total maps played leans slightly Over at 54.5% versus 45.5% Under, consistent with an expectation that Västerås will grab a map even in defeat. Cross-platform spreads are essentially zero within each identical market, but the Kalshi–Polymarket gap on the pure moneyline is a noticeable 4.5 points, with Kalshi pricing FaZe more aggressively.

With just a couple of hundred dollars of combined volume and thin liquidity, this is a low-attention market where the pricing simply reflects the wide talent gap between a FaZe-affiliated academy side and a lower-tier Swedish opponent. The takeaway: both books agree FaZe Up Next should win comfortably, though Polymarket leaves slightly more room for a Västerås upset than Kalshi does.

_AI-written summary written 2026-07-07; its figures date from then — the table below is live._

## Other markets

- Map 2 — 2 outcomes
- Map 1 — 2 outcomes
- Spread -3.5 — 2 outcomes
- Spread -9.5 — 2 outcomes
- United21 Group B: Map 1 Total Rounds: Over/Under 24.5 — 2 outcomes
- Spread -12.5 — 2 outcomes
- United21 Group B: Map 1 Total Rounds: Over/Under 18.5 — 2 outcomes
- United21 Group B: Map 1 Total Rounds: Over/Under 15.5 — 2 outcomes
- United21 Group B: Map 2 Total Rounds: Over/Under 18.5 — 2 outcomes
- United21 Group B: Map 2 Total Rounds: Over/Under 24.5 — 2 outcomes
- United21 Group B: Map 1 Winner — 2 outcomes
- United21 Group B: Map 2 Winner — 2 outcomes
- Total O/U 2.5 — 2 outcomes
- Spread -1.5 — 2 outcomes
- Spread -6.5 — 2 outcomes

_Every market's prices are on the event page._

## Open on a venue

- [Kalshi](https://betcrypto.now/go/e/3930?via=md)
- [Polymarket](https://betcrypto.now/go/e/7924?via=md)

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