With the announcement of the groups attending PGL Cluj-Napoca 2025, we’ve got our first trace at what occasions the most important CS2 groups will select to attend. Notable absentees like Spirit, Vitality, NAVI, G2, and Workforce Liquid opens the door for brand spanking new groups to emerge as champions on LAN, with the potential to shake up the VRS rankings because of the prize cash.
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Try the total record of groups at PGL Cluj-Napoca 2025 under.
PGL Cluj-Napoca 2025 groups
The MongolZ
FaZe Clan
MOUZ
Workforce Falcons
FURIA
paiN Gaming
Everlasting Fireplace
3DMAX
MIBR
Complexity
SAW
BIG
FlyQuest
Astralis
Wildcard
Virtus.professional
Bear in mind, this occasion boasts an enormous $1.25 million prize pool. Which means that when divided between the groups, we’re going to see them make some severe headway in catching these on the prime of the Valve Regional Standings who’ve declined invitations to the occasion, thus affecting future invitations.
Crucially, for some groups, PGL Cluj-Napoca 2025 represents a wonderful alternative to lastly get their palms on some Tier 1 silverware. We’re speaking about groups like The MongolZ and Everlasting Fireplace – rosters which have come shut however can by no means fairly recover from the road in opposition to the large canines within the aggressive Counter-Strike scene.
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Take EF, for instance. Since September, they’ve completed runners-up in three LAN finals at BetBoom Dacha Belgrade Season 2, ESL Professional League S20, and BLAST Bounty Season 1, and we’re unlucky to return up in opposition to Spirit and NAVI in these matches. In the event that they got here out on prime, do you suppose they’d care about not doing in opposition to the absent groups? I definitely don’t – they’d be thrilled to get their palms on a event of this stature.
It additionally represents a possibility for a number of different groups, too. Astralis haven’t received a LAN since 2019, and the once-Kings of Counter-Strike are pining to get again on their perch. Then there’s Falcons, who so desperately need to spend their option to successful methods in CS as they’ve elsewhere. Don’t get it twisted – we’re not assured an “uncommon” winner right here with FaZe and MOUZ in attendance. However the likelihood of it’s a lot greater, and that’s tremendous thrilling to see.
Whereas there are clearly negatives to such a excessive prize pool occasion lacking robust groups, I reckon the positives would possibly simply outweigh it on this event. PGL Cluj-Napoca 2025 kicks off on 14th February, operating till the twenty third.
