EVPs and PGL Cluj-Napoca 2026 best five announced

HLTV.org has published a list of esports athletes awarded the Exceptionally Valuable Player (EVP) title following the recent PGL Cluj-Napoca 2026 Counter-Strike 2 tournament in Romania.

The EVP title was awarded to players who demonstrated outstanding results at the event but were not chosen as MVP. The list includes representatives of Vitality, MOUZ, Falcons, The MongolZ, and PARIVISION. A total of eight esports athletes are on it:

 Shahar "flameZ" Shushan (Vitality);
 Robin "ropz" Kool (Vitality);
 Ádám "torzsi" Torzsás (MOUZ);
 Ilya "m0NESY" Osipov (Falcons);
 Nikola "NiKo" Kovač (Falcons);
 Dorian "xertioN" Berman (MOUZ);
 Usukhbayar "910" Banzragch (The MongolZ);
 Ivan "⁠zweih⁠" Gogin (PARIVISION).

In addition, HLTV presented an all-star roster of the best players of PGL Cluj-Napoca 2026 in each role – it features three Vitality representatives and two PARIVISION players.

PGL Cluj-Napoca 2026 took place from February 14th to 22nd, 2026, in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. The event's prize pool amounted to $625,000, divided among 16 squads. In the final, Vitality crushed PARIVISION with a scoreline of 3-0. Mathieu "ZywOo" Herbaut was crowned the event's MVP.

Origin: www.hltv.org