


Sixteen CS2 teams from all over the world will attend PGL Masters Bucharest 2025 and fight for their share of the $1.25 million prize pool. There are some unusual teams in attendance, as PGL Masters Bucharest offers a blend of tier-one and tier-two, so check out our preview to see what this CS2 tournament is about.
The team list for PGL Masters Bucharest is a bit disappointing, but it’s the best PGL could have done. The tournament clashes with IEM Chengdu, and a lot of CS2 teams preferred to fly to play the ESL event.
Here’s our complete preview for PGL Masters Bucharest.
You can watch PGL’s official English broadcast on three platforms:
Content creators will also co-stream the tournament in English or other languages such as Portuguese, Spanish, and German across their respective channels.

Legacy are coming in hot after winning CAC 2025 last week. Credit: Michal Konkol | © BLAST
Though PGL Masters Bucharest won’t feature big names like Team Spirit, Vitality, The MongolZ, or FURIA, it still have some of the best CS2 teams in the world, such as Aurora and 3DMAX.
The tournament will also feature Legacy, who won the CS Asia Championships earlier this month.
The complete team list for the event is as follows:
| Teams | Position in Global VRS |
|---|---|
| Aurora | 9th |
| 3DMAX | 10th |
| Team Liquid | 12th |
| Legacy | 13th |
| Astralis | 14th |
| GamerLegion | 16th |
| Gentle Mates | 17th |
| Fnatic | 19th |
| HEROIC | 20th |
| paiN Gaming | 21st |
| MIBR | 22nd |
| B8 | 24th |
| Ninjas in Pyjamas | 25th |
| BetBoom | 28th |
| SAW | 33rd |
| FlyQuest | 49th |

XANTARES is definitely a strong candidate for MVP, should Aurora make a deep run. Credit: Michal Konkol | © BLAST
Some of the best CS2 players in the world will be attending PGL Masters Bucharest. Here’s our recommended player to watch on each team:
PGL Masters Bucharest kicks off on October 26th with a Swiss system group stage. All matches are best-of-three, and teams must win three games to advance to the playoffs. If a team lose three games, they’re out of the tournament.
The group stage concludes on October 30th, when the final teams secure their spot in the top eight.
The single-elimination bracket playoffs start on October 31st, and the tournament finalizes on November 1st with the third-place decider match and the best-of-five grand finals.
PGL Masters Bucharest is a $1.25 million CS2 tournament. Half of the money goes exclusively to the players, and the other half goes to the organizations to incentivize them to attend the tournament.
Here’s the complete prize pool breakdown of PGL Masters Bucharest:
| Placing | Prize earned (50-50 split between players and organization) |
|---|---|
| 1st | $400,000 |
| 2nd | $187,500 |
| 3rd | $150,000 |
| 4th | $87,5000 |
| 5th-8th | $62,500 (each) |
| 9th-11th | $31,250 (each) |
| 12th-14th | $18,750 (each) |
| 15th-16th | $12,500 (each) |
| Team | Odds |
|---|---|
| Aurora Gaming | 3.75 |
| 3DMAX | 5 |
| Team Liquid | 6 |
| Astralis | 10 |
| Legacy | 12 |
| GamerLegion | 14 |
| paiN Gaming | 15 |
| Fnatic | 18 |
| HEROIC | 18 |
| Ninjas in Pyjamas | 19 |
| BB Team | 21 |
| Gentle Mates | 30 |
| B8 | 34 |
| MIBR | 41 |
| SAW | 51 |
| FlyQuest | 76 |
Odds provided by GG.Bet on Oct. 22. Subject to change.

Fans shouldn’t sleep on Legacy as they’ve just won CAC 2025. Credit: Stephanie Lindgren | © BLAST
PGL Masters Bucharest is a great tournament if you’re into CS2 betting — especially if you’re doing it for fun — as there’s not a huge favorite to win it.
Here are our picks for PGL Masters Bucharest:
All in all, PGL Masters Bucharest should be a fun tournament, especially because some of the lesser-ranked teams can surprise and gain momentum heading to the StarLadder Budapest Major in November. Legacy showed us at CAC 2025 that everything is possible, so we’ll see what PGL Masters Bucharest can deliver.
Feature image credit: © PGL

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