PGL Cluj-Napoca 2025: Teams, schedule, format, and more

PGL Cluj-Napoca 2025 is scheduled from February 14, 2025, to February 23, 2025. A total of 16 teams worldwide — based on their Valve Regional Standings — will gather in Romania to participate in 2025's first PGL tournament. While the group stage will be played at the PGL Studio, the playoffs will commence in BTarena in Cluj-Naploca, Romania.

PGL Cluj-Napoca features a huge prize pool of $1,250,000. Since a few tier-1 teams, such as Team Spirit, G2 Esports, and NAVI are missing out on the tournament, numerous small-scale organizations got an opportunity to compete against big-shots.

This article will highlight everything you need to know including participating teams, format, prize pool, and more ahead of the PGL Cluj-Napoca 2025.

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All PGL Cluj-Napoca 2025 teams

All teams participating in PGL Cluj-Napoca 2025 (Image via PGL)

As discussed, 16 teams from around the world are about to fight it out for the prestigious PGL trophy. Here's a complete list of all the teams:

• The MongolZ
• FaZe Clan
• MOUZ
• Team Falcons
• Imperial Female*
• paiN Gaming
• MIBR
• 3DMAX
• Eternal Fire
• Complexity Gaming
• SAW
• BIG
• FlyQuest
• Astralis
• Wildcard
• Virtus.pro

Note: FURIA withdrew from the tournament and was replaced by Imperial Female.

The teams mentioned above have qualified based on their Valve Regional Standings as of January 6, 2025. However, a few tier-1 teams, such as Team Liquid, G2 Esports, Team Spirit, and Vitality, have decided not to participate in this tournament for internal reasons.

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PGL Cluj-Napoca 2025 format and prize pool

In this section, we'll get to know about the format and prize pool of PGL's first tournament in 2025:

Format

Like any standard CS2 tournament, CS2 PGL Cluj-Napoca 2025 will follow a Swiss format featuring 16 Teams. Among the participating teams, the top eight will qualify for the playoff stage. All the matches in the group stage will follow the BO3 (best of three) format.

Coming to the playoffs stage, the matches will follow a single-elimination bracket. All the matches in this stage except the Grand Final will follow a standard BO3 format, while the final will operate on a BO5 (best of five) format.

Prize Pool

As discussed, CS2 PGL Cluj-Napoca 2025 will feature a prize pool of US$ 1,250,000. The winners will bag $400,000, while the runners-up will receive $187,500. Here are more details:

Place	$USD	Participant
1st	$400,000	TBD
2nd	$1,875,000	TBD
3rd	$150,000	TBD
4th	$87,500	TBD
5th-8th	$62,500	TBD, TBD, TBD, TBD
9th-11th	$31,250	TBD, TBD, TBD
12th-14th	$18,750	TBD, TBD, TBD
15th-16th	$12,500	TBD, TBD

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CS2 PGL Cluj-Napoca 2025 schedule and live results

Below is the full schedule of the PGL Cluj-Napoca 2025 Group Stage. Once we have official confirmation for Playoffs, we'll update this section.

Group Stage

Round 1 (February 14, 2025)

• MOUZ vs BIG: 01:00 am PT, 04:00 am ET, 09:00 am GMT, 02:30 pm IST
• 3DMAX vs Virtus.pro: 01:00 am PT, 04:00 am ET, 09:00 am GMT, 02:30 pm IST
• FaZe Clan vs SAW: 04:00 am PT, 07:00 am ET, 12:00 pm GMT, 05:30 pm IST
• Team Falcons vs FlyQuest: 04:00 am PT, 07:00 am ET, 12:00 pm GMT, 05:30 pm IST
• The MongolZ vs Complexity: 07:00 am PT, 10:00 am ET, 03:00 pm GMT, 08:30 pm IST
• MIBR vs Wildcard: 07:00 am PT, 10:00 am ET, 03:00 pm GMT, 08:30 pm IST
• paiN Gaming vs Astralis: 10:00 am PT, 01:00 pm ET, 06:00 pm GMT, 11:30 pm IST
• Eternal Fire vs Imperial Female: 10:00 am PT, 01:00 pm ET, 06:00 pm GMT, 11:30 pm IST

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Round 2

High matches

• TBD vs TBD
• TBD vs TBD
• TBD vs TBD
• TBD vs TBD

Low matches

• TBD vs TBD
• TBD vs TBD
• TBD vs TBD
• TBD vs TBD

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Round 3

High matches

• TBD vs TBD
• TBD vs TBD

Mid matches

• TBD vs TBD
• TBD vs TBD
• TBD vs TBD
• TBD vs TBD

Low matches

• TBD vs TBD
• TBD vs TBD

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Round 4

High matches

• TBD vs TBD
• TBD vs TBD
• TBD vs TBD

Low matches

• TBD vs TBD
• TBD vs TBD
• TBD vs TBD

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Round 5

• TBD vs TBD
• TBD vs TBD
• TBD vs TBD

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Playoffs stage

Quarterfinals (February 21, 2025)

• TBD vs TBD: 12:00 am PT, 03:00 am ET, 08:00 am GMT, 01:30 pm IST
• TBD vs TBD: 03:00 am PT, 06:00 am ET, 11:00 am GMT, 04:30 pm IST
• TBD vs TBD: 06:00 am PT, 09:00 am ET, 02:00 pm GMT, 07:30 pm IST
• TBD vs TBD: 09:00 am PT, 12:00 pm ET, 05:00 pm GMT, 10:30 pm IST

Semifinals (February 22, 2025)

• TBD vs TBD: 07:00 am PT, 10:00 am ET, 03:00 pm GMT, 08:30 pm IST
• TBD vs TBD: 10:00 am PT, 01:00 pm ET, 06:00 pm GMT, 11:30 pm IST

Third Place match (February 23, 2025)

• TBD vs TBD: 05:00 am PT, 08:00 am ET, 01:00 pm GMT, 06:30 pm IST

Grand Final (February 23, 2025)

• TBD vs TBD: 08:00 am PT, 11:00 am ET, 04:00 pm GMT, 09:30 pm IST

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Where to watch PGL Cluj-Napoca 2025

CS2 enthusiasts worldwide should navigate to PGL's official YouTube, Twitch, Kick, and Facebook channels to watch the English language stream of PGL Cluj-Napoca 2025 matches. Here are the links:

• PGL official YouTube
• PGL official Twitch
• PGL official Facebook
• PGL official Kick

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