PGL Bucharest 2025 is the next high-tier Counter-Strike 2 tournament by PGL, following the recently concluded PGL Cluj-Napoca 2025. Although the prize pool is comparatively less at $625,000, the competition remains fierce. The tournament will take place at the PGL Studio in Bucharest from April 6, 2025, and will feature 16 top-tier teams from around the world.
With that said, PGL's official X account recently announced the list of participants who have directly qualified for the event.
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List of teams participating in PGL Bucharest 2025
The tournament will follow the same structure as PGL Cluj-Napoca 2025. It begins with a Group Stage, where all 16 teams will compete in best-of-three faceoffs. Then, the top eight teams will advance to the Playoffs, which follows a single-elimination format. Moreover, while all the matches till the semi-finals will be best-of-three, the Grand Final is going to be a best-of-five.
The following teams have already secured their spots based on Valve Regional Standings (VRS) as of March 2, 2025:
- G2 Esports (huNter-, m0NESY, malbsMd, Snax, HeavyGod)
- The MongolZ (bLitz, Techno4K, 910, mzinho, Senzu)
- FaZe Clan (rain, broky, karrigan, frozen, EliGE)
- Eternal Fire (XANTARES, MAJ3R, Wicadia, woxic, jottAAA)
- Team Falcons (Magisk, NiKo, TeSeS, kyxsan, degster)
- Team Liquid (NAF, Twistzz, ultimate, jks, NertZ)
- FURIA (yuurih, KSCERATO, FalleN, chelo, skullz)
- Virtus.pro (FL1T, fame, electroNic, FL4MUS, ICY)
- GamerLegion (sl3nd, ztr, Tauson, PR, REZ)
- 3DMAX (Lucky, Ex3rcice, Maka, Graviti, bodyy)
- Astralis (dev1ce, Staehr, stavn, jabbi, cadiaN)
- paiN Gaming (biguzera, kauez, nqz, snow, dav1deuS)
The remaining four teams will qualify through regional closed qualifiers, ensuring a mix of experienced and rising rosters. As mentioned before, the prize pool of the tournament is $625,000 and will be distributed amongst the participants in the following manner:
- 1st: $200,000
- 2nd: $93,750
- 3rd: $75,000
- 4th: $43,750
- 5th-8th: $31,250
- 9th-11th: $15,625
- 12th-14th: $9,375
- 15th-16th: $6,250
PGL Bucharest 2025 continues the ambitious roadmap for PGL's Counter-Strike 2 competitions. Here are the upcoming PGL events in 2025,
- PGL Bucharest 2025: April 6, 2025, to April 13, 2025.
- PGL Astana 2025: May 10, 2025 to May 18, 2025.
- PGL Belgrade 2025: October 25, 2025 to November 2, 2025.
That's everything you need to know about PGL Bucharest 2025. For more information, you can refer to the official PGL blog here.
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