PGL Bucharest 2025 is set to begin on April 6, bringing together 16 of the world’s top Counter-Strike teams to compete for a $1.25 million prize pool in Romania’s capital.

The prestigious tournament will be PGL’s second of four Counter-Strike events this year and is set to start less than a week after the conclusion of BLAST Open Lisbon.

Despite featuring a high-profile lineup of teams, PGL Bucharest will be missing the current top three teams in the world—Vitality, Spirit, and NAVI—who have all opted to skip the Romanian tournament.

Here’s everything you need to know about the event.

Tournament Format

PGL Bucharest will be played across two stages between April 6th and April 13th:

• Group Stage:
  • 16 Team Swiss System Format
    • All matches are Bo3
    • Top 8 teams proceed to Playoffs
• Playoffs:
  • Single-Elimination bracket
  • All matches (excl. Grand Final) are Bo3
  • The Grand Final is Bo5

Source: Liquipedia

Attending Teams

Opening-round matches

Here is the schedule for the first day (April 6th) of PGL Bucharest 2025.

PGL Bucharest 2025 – Day 1 Schedule
(All times in CET)

A stream:

09:00 – The MongolZ vs 3DMAX
12:00 – Falcons vs Complexity
15:00 – Eternal Fire vs paiN Gaming
18:00 – FaZe Clan vs Astralis

B stream:

09:00 – Virtus.pro vs Rare Atom
12:00 – G2 Esports vs GamerLegion
15:00 – Team Liquid vs Legacy
18:00 – FURIA vs APG

Prize Distribution

The total $1,250,000 prize pool will be distributed as follows:

1st – $200,000 / Club share: $200,000
2nd – $93,750 / Club share: $93,750
3rd – $75,000 / Club share: $75,000
4th – $43,750 / Club share: $43,750
5-8th – $31,250 / Club share: $31,250
9-11th – $15,625 / Club share: $15,625
12-14th – $9,375 / Club share: $9,375
15-16th – $6,250 / Club share: $6,250

Bookmakers’ favorite to win PGL Bucharest

According to Bet365, these are the outright winner odds for PGL Bucharest 2025.

1. The MongolZ – 4.00
2. G2 Esports – 5.00
3. Eternal Fire – 5.50
4. FaZe Clan – 5.50
5. Falcons – 7.00
6. Team Liquid – 8.00
7. Astralis – 10.00
8. Virtus.pro – 11.00
9. 3DMAX – 26.00
10. GamerLegion – 34.00
11. FURIA – 34.00
12. paiN Gaming – 51.00
13. Complexity – 101.00
14. Legacy – 101.00
15. Apogee – 151.00
16. Rare Atom – 501.00

Broadcast lineup

PGL Bucharest is set to feature a star-studded lineup of broadcast talents. That includes familiar figures such as Janko “YNk” Paunovic, Mohan “launders” Govindasamy and Richard Lewis.

But there will also be some fresh faces in Anders Blume, Wilton “zews” Prado and Zvonimir “Professeur” Burazin.

Here is the full list of talents for the event:

How to watch PGL Bucharest

You can catch all the Counter-Strike action from PGL Bucharest on the tournament organizer’s official channels below.

PGL YouTube

PGL Twitch