Passion UA ​​win Galaxy Battle 2025 Phase 1

Passion UA ​​won an online Counter-Strike 2 tournament Galaxy Battle 2025 Phase 1. In the final, the team bested TNL, the CEO of which is Passion UA's former coach ​​Mikhaylo "kane" Blagin, with a scoreline of 3:2.

En route to the final round of the competition bracket, Passion UA ​​also prevailed over such opponents as NAVI Junior, 9INE and Fire Flux.

Note that last month Sergiy "DemQQ" Demchenko and Volodymyr "⁠Woro2k" Veletniuk were added to Passion UA's ​​CS2 roster. The squad was also joined by coach Tiaan "T.c" Coertzen.

The team received $25,000 for the victory. The runner-up earned $11,000. The total prize pool of Galaxy Battle 2025 Phase 1 amounted to $50,000. The competition took place from April 11 to May 1 with the participation of 24 squads.

The final playoff bracket looks as follows:

Prize pool distribution looks as follows:

1.  Passion UA – $25,000
2.  TNL – $11,000
3-4.  NAVI Junior – $4,000
3-4.  ECSTATIC – $4,000
5-8.  Metizport – $1,500
5-8.  9INE – $1,500
5-8.  GUN5 – $1,500
5-8.  Sashi – $1,500