PGL Masters Bucharest 2025 viewer's guide

Upcoming big Counter-Strike 2 LAN tournament, PGL Masters Bucharest 2025, will take place in Bucharest, Romania, from October 26 to November 1. The event will be divided into two parts: the group stage and the playoffs.

The group stage will play out in a Swiss format, with best-of-three (BO3) matches. The eight strongest teams will ultimately advance to the playoffs, while the remaining squads will get eliminated.

The playoffs will be held in a Single Elimination format. All matches in the final stage of the competition, except the final, will be BO3, while the final – BO5. The event's prize pool will amount to $625,000.

The team list for the group stage looks as follows:

Aurora (MAJ3R, XANTARES, woxic, Wicadia, jottAAA)
3DMAX (Nivera, Lucky, bodyy, Ex3rcice, Graviti)
Astralis (device, HooXi, Magisk, jabbi, Staehr)
HEROIC (xfl0ud, nilo, LNZ, hades, yxngstxr)
GamerLegion (REZ, ztr, Tauson, hypex, PR)
paiN (dgt, biguzera, dav1deuS, nqz, snow)
Legacy (dumau, latto, n1ssim, lux, saadzin)
BetBoom Team (Boombl4, S1ren, d1Ledez, ArtFr0st, Magnojez)
fnatic (KRIMZ, blameF, fear, jambo, jackasmo)
SAW (MUTiRiS, story, Ag1l, aragornN, krazy)
B8 (headtr1ck, alex666, npl, kRaSnaL, esenthial)
NIP (Snappi, sjuush, r1nkle, ewjerkz, xKacpersky)
FlyQuest (jks, INS, Vexite, nettik, regali)
Gentle Mates (alex, mopoz, sausol, dav1g, MartinezSa)
Liquid (NAF, EliGE, NertZ, siuhy, ultimate)
MIBR (exit, Qikert, brnz4n, insani, kl1m)