A total of 16 teams head to Romania to battle for $1 million and vital VRS points.
The CS2 circuit enters February, and we've already seen the biggest names go toe-to-toe for prize money and vital Valve Regional Standings (VRS) points. We continue to Romania with PGL's first entry into the 2025 circuit, PGL Cluj-Napoca, kicking off on Valentine's Day, Feb. 14.
Here's everything you need to know about PGL Cluj-Napoca 2025 including teams attending, schedule, standings, and more.
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PGL Cluj-Napoca 2025 format and teams
PGL Cluj-Napoca 2025 is PGL's first CS2 event as part of their VRS circuit. A total of 16 teams will battle through a full best-of-three Swiss stage. Three wins mean qualification to the playoffs — three losses means elimination.
Matchups at the Swiss stage are determined by a team's record. This means 0-1 teams will play other 0-1 teams, 1-0 teams will play other 1-0 teams, and so on. Once our final eight have been locked in, they'll play a single-elimination playoff bracket into championship Sunday. The losers of the semifinals will play a third-place playoff.
Below are the teams invited to PGL Cluj-Napoca. All invites were issued based on VRS rankings.
Qualification | Team(s) |
|---|---|
| Valve Rankings (as of Jan. 25) | The MongolZ FaZe Clan MOUZ Team Falcons paiN Gaming MIBR 3DMAX Eternal Fire Complexity SAW BIG FlyQuest Astralis Wildcard Virtus.pro Imperial Female* |
PGL Cluj-Napoca 2025 schedule, results, and standings
Swiss stage
All match times are in Central European Time (CET) and may be subject to change.
Friday, Feb. 14 (Round 1)
- 9am: MOUZ 2-0 BIG | 3DMAX 2-1 VP
- 12pm: FaZe 2-0 SAW | Falcons 2-0 FlyQuest
- 3pm: MongolZ 2-0 Complexity | MIBR 0-2 Wildcard
- 6pm: paiN 2-1 Astralis | Eternal Fire 2-0 Imperial Fe
Saturday, Feb. 15 (Round 2)
- 9am: MOUZ 2-0 3DMAX | BIG 2-1 FlyQuest
- 12pm: MongolZ 2-0 Wildcard | VP 2-0 Complexity
- 3pm: FaZe 2-1 Eternal Fire | MIBR 2-0 Imperial Fe
- 6pm: Falcons 1-2 paiN | SAW 0-2 Astralis
Sunday, Feb. 16 (Round 3)
- 9am: Eternal Fire 2-0 BIG | 3DMAX 2-0 MIBR
- 12pm: Falcons 2-1 Astralis | Wildcard 0-2 VP
- 3pm:
- MOUZ 0-2 FaZe
- Winner proceeds to playoffs.
- Complexity 2-0 Imperial Fe
- Loser is eliminated.
- MOUZ 0-2 FaZe
- 6pm:
- paiN 1-2 MongolZ
- Winner proceeds to playoffs.
- SAW 2-1 FlyQuest
- Loser is eliminated.
- paiN 1-2 MongolZ
Monday, Feb. 17 (Round 4)
- 12pm:
- MOUZ 1-2 Falcons
- Winner proceeds to playoffs.
- Wildcard 1-2 BIG
- Loser is eliminated.
- MOUZ 1-2 Falcons
- 3pm:
- 3DMAX 1-2 Eternal Fire
- Winner proceeds to playoffs.
- Astralis 2-1 MIBR
- Loser is eliminated.
- 3DMAX 1-2 Eternal Fire
- 6pm:
- paiN 2-0 VP
- Winner proceeds to playoffs.
- Complexity 0-2 SAW
- Loser is eliminated.
- paiN 2-0 VP
Tuesday, Feb. 18 (Round 5)
- 9am: Astralis vs. BIG
- Winner proceeds to playoffs, loser is eliminated.
- 12pm: 3DMAX vs. SAW
- Winner proceeds to playoffs, loser is eliminated.
- 3pm: MOUZ vs. VP
- Winner proceeds to playoffs, loser is eliminated.
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Playoffs
All match times are in Central European Time (CET).
Friday, Feb. 21
- 9am: TBD vs TBD
- Quarterfinal
- 12pm: TBD vs TBD
- Quarterfinal
- 3pm: TBD vs TBD
- Quarterfinal
- 6pm: TBD vs TBD
- Quarterfinal
Saturday, Feb. 22
- 4pm: TBD vs TBD
- Semifinal
- 7pm: TBD vs TBD
- Semifinal
Sunday, Feb. 23
- 2pm: TBD vs TBD
- Third-place match
- 5pm: TBD vs TBD
- Grand final
Standings
Here are the PGL Cluj-Napoca 2025 standings including prize money distribution.
Placement | Prize ($ USD) | Team |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | $400,000 | TBD |
| 2nd | $187,500 | TBD |
| 3rd | $150,000 | TBD |
| 4th | $87,500 | TBD |
| 5th-8th | $62,500 | TBD, TBD, TBD, TBD |
| 9th-11th | $31,250 | TBD, TBD, TBD |
| 12th-14th | $18,750 | TBD, TBD, TBD |
| 15th-16th | $12,500 | FlyQuest, Imperial Fe |
How to watch PGL Cluj-Napoca 2025
PGL Cluj-Napoca 2025 will be streamed live on Twitch, YouTube, and Kick. If you missed the action, head to each channel for spoiler-free replays uploaded after each matchday.
Streams in other languages may also be available. Head to the event's Liquipedia page for more details.
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