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PGL Cluj-Napoca 2025 Tournament Preview & Guide

By Tit Krajnik

04 Feb 2025

Tit Krajnik 04 Feb 2025

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PGL Cluj-Napoca 2025 is set to begin on Friday, January 14, 2025
16 Counter-Strike teams
$1,250,000 prize pool

PGL Cluj-Napoca 2025

PGL Cluj-Napoca 2025 is an upcoming Counter-Strike 2 esports tournament and the third S-Tier CS2 event of the year, following BLAST Bounty Spring 2025 and Intel Extreme Masters Katowice 2025.

The tournament will take place in Romania, where 16 of the world’s best Counter-Strike 2 esports teams will fight it out for the lion’s share of $1,250,00 prize pool in one of the most lucrative events of the year.

When Does PGL Cluj-Napoca 2025 Start?
Where Will PGL Cluj-Napoca 2025 Be Played?
PGL Cluj-Napoca 2025 Format
Group Stage
Playoffs
PGL Cluj-Napoca 2025 Teams
PGL Cluj-Napoca 2025 Betting Odds
PGL Cluj-Napoca 2025 Prize Pool
Where To Bet on PGL Cluj-Napoca 2025?

With 16 teams in attendance and two weeks of action on the schedule, PGL Cluj-Napoca 2025 promises to offer plenty of betting opportunities which punters will be able to explore with the top crypto betting sites, including Stake.

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When Does PGL Cluj-Napoca 2025 Start?

PGL Cluj-Napoca 2025 is scheduled to begin on Friday, January 14, 2025, with the first round of the group stage. The tournament will run for nearly two weeks and culminate on Sunday, February 23, with the grand finals.

Where Will PGL Cluj-Napoca 2025 Be Played?

The PGL-organised Counter-Strike 2 esports tournament will be held in Romania, in Bucharest and Cluj-Napoca.

The group stage will be hosted at PGL Studio, while the playoffs will head to BT Arena

PGL Cluj-Napoca 2025 Format

The tournament is divided into two stages - the group stage and the playoffs.

PGL Cluj-Napoca 2025 will begin with a 16-team Swiss System format group stage, where all games will be best-of-three (BO3).

The top eight teams from the Swiss Stage will advance to single-elimination playoffs, where all matches, except for the grand final will be played as BO3. The grand final is best-of-five (BO5).

Group Stage

Swiss Style format
16 Counter-Strike teams
All games are best-of-three (BO3)
Top eight teams advance to the playoffs

Playoffs

Eight Counter-Strike teams
Single-elimination bracket
Except for the grand final, all matches are BO3
Grand final is BO5

PGL Cluj-Napoca 2025 Teams

The teams invited to PGL Cluj-Napoca 2025 were decided based on the VRS standings on January 6, 2025; howerver, the final list of participating squads will be slightly different.

As revealed, the top-two teams on the VRS, Team Spirit and G2 Esports decided not to attend PGL Cluj-Napoca 2025, as have Team Vitality and Natus Vincere.

The reason behind the decision to skip the $1,250,000 tournament is likely tied to it being held just five days following the conclusion of Intel Extreme Masters Katowice 2025; giving some teams less than a week to prepare for the event.

Despite Spirit, G2, Team Vitality, and Natus Vincere skipping PGL Cluj-Napoca 2025, the tournament will still feature some heavyweights and and five of the top-10 rated teams on the VRS.

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 Betting Odds

Top crypto betting sites have already released PGL Cluj-Napoca 2025 outright betting odds, and they offer no significant surprises, with three teams priced as big favourites.

FaZe Clan (3.25) lead the way as the most likely victors, ahead of Eternal Fire, who had a strong start to the year an are expected to keep thier wheels spinning for a while longer.

Team	Odds
FaZe Clan	3.25
Eternal Fire	4.50
The MongolZ	4.50
MOUZ	6.00
Team Falcons	10.00
paiN Gaming	13.00
Astralis	16.00
Virtus.pro	16.00
FURIA Esports	16.00
3DMAX	26.00
MIBR	26.00
WIldcard	51.00
BIG	67.00
Complexity	101.00
FlyQuest	101.00
SAW	101.00

The MongolZ (4.50), who terrorised the European CS2 esports scene in 2024 and have shown they can perform in Katowice are tied with Eternal Fire as the second favourites, ahead of MOUZ (6.00) and Team Falcons (10.00), who already belong in the outsiders category.

PaiN Gaming, who had an amazing display in the season-opening BLAST Bounty Spring 2025 are priced at 13.00 to win PGL Cluj-Napoca 2025, ahead of a group of three struggling teams, Astralis, FURIA Esports, and Virtus.pro (all at 16.00), who while all capable of going all the way, have shown a concerning degree of inconsistency of late.

3DMAX (26.00), MIBR (26.00), Wildcad (51.00), and BIG (67.00) are four outsiders, ahead of the complete underdogs in Complexity (101.00), FlyQuest (100.00), and SAW (101.00), who are prime candidates to exit the tournament early.

PGL Cluj-Napoca 2025 Prize Pool

PGL Cluj-Napoca 2025 will offer a $1,250,000 prize pool, divided among all participating teams. The champions will take home the largest slice, $400,000 nearly 1/3 of the total pool.

Champions - $400,000
Runners-up - $187,000
3rd-place - $150,000
4th-place - $87,500
5th-8th-place - $62,500
9th-11th-place - $31,250
12th-14th-place - $18,750
15th-16th-place - $12,500

Where To Bet on PGL Cluj-Napoca 2025?

PGL Cluj-Napoca 2025 is one of the biggest Counter-Strike 2 esports tournaments of the year and the third S-Tier even of the season, so it comes as no surprise that it is very popular among the viewers and bettors alike.

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