PGL Bucharest 2025 viewer's guide

Upcoming big Counter-Strike 2 LAN tournament, PGL Bucharest 2025, will be held in Bucharest, Romania from April 6 to 13. The event will be divided into two parts – the group stage and the playoffs.

The group stage will take place in a Swiss format with BO3 matches. The eight strongest squads will eventually advance to the playoffs, while the remaining teams will get relegated from the competition.

The playoffs will play out in a Single Elimination format. All matches of the final stage of the event, except the final, will be BO3, while the final – BO5. The total prize pool of the tournament will amount to $1.25 million, with half of it going to the players and half – to the clubs.

The team list for the group stage looks as follows:

G2 (Snax, huNter-, malbsMd, m0NESY, HeavyGod)
The MongolZ (bLitz, Techno, Senzu, mzinho, 910)
FaZe (karrigan, rain, EliGE, frozen, broky)
Eternal Fire (MAJ3R, XANTARES, woxic, Wicadia, jottAAA)
Falcons (NiKo, Magisk, TeSeS, degster, kyxsan)
Liquid (NAF, NertZ, Twistzz, ultimate, siuhy)
FURIA (FalleN, chelo, yuurih, KSCERATO, skullz)
Virtus.pro (electroNic, FL1T, fame, FL4MUS, ICY)
GamerLegion (REZ, ztr, Tauson, sl3nd, PR)
3DMAX (Maka, Lucky, bodyy, Ex3rcice, Graviti)
Astralis (device, cadiaN, stavn, jabbi, Staehr)
paiN (biguzera, dav1deuS, nqz, kauez, snow)
Complexity (JT, hallzerk, Grim, cxzi, nicx)
Legacy (dumau, latto, n1ssim, lux, saadzin)
Apogee (Demho, Prism, jcobbb, hfah, hypex)
Rare Atom (Summer, somebody, kaze, ChildKing, L1haNg)