Aurora and Astralis through to PGL Astana 2025 semi-finals

First semi-finalists of the PGL Astana 2025 Counter-Strike 2 tournament in Kazakhstan have been determined – Aurora and Astralis have advanced to the top 4 of the event.

In the first round of the competition bracket, Engin "MAJ3R" Küpeli's squad defeated The MongolZ (13:5 on Mirage, 16:14 on Anubis), while the Rasmus "HooXi" Nielsen-led roster prevailed over NAVI (16:13 on Nuke, 8:13 on Mirage, 13:6 on Ancient).

The losing teams shared 5th-8th places at the tournament and earned $31,250 in prizes each. The winners will face off tomorrow for a spot in the event's final.

There will be two more matches of the quarter-final round at PGL Astana 2025 according to the schedule: FURIA will face MIBR, while NIP will fight Team Spirit.

Current playoff bracket looks as follows:

The full schedule and live broadcast of PGL Astana 2025 can be found on the tournament page via this link.