PGL Bucharest 2025 Europe Closed Qualifier teams set

The tournament's European qualifier has been whittled down to 32 teams with only one spot on the line.

BIG are the highest seed in the European qualifier

The PGL Bucharest 2025 Europe Closed Qualifier teams are now set, with eight teams having made it through the open qualifiers and 24 teams directly invited to the final stage of the qualifier.

The 32 teams will be drawn to four double-elimination best-of-three groups, after which the four winners will face off in a single-elimination best-of-three playoff with a best-of-five grand final for the single spot in Bucharest up for grabs.

The qualifier will take place online on February 28-March 8, giving the winner an invite to the $1,250,000 PGL Bucharest 2025, which will take place at the PGL Studios in the Romanian capital on April 5-13.

Out of the 32 teams, eight made it through the four open qualifiers: Ninjas in Pyjamas and Rebels through the first one, OG and Leo through the second, CYBERSHOKE and BASEMENT BOYS through the third, and ARCRED and Roler Coaster — a mix team featuring the likes of Mareks "⁠YEKINDAR⁠" Gaļinskis, Ilya "⁠Perfecto⁠" Zalutskiy and Vladislav "⁠nafany⁠" Gorshkov — made it through the fourth and final qualifer.

The likes of BIG, BetBoom, 500, fnatic, ENCE, Passion UA, Partizan, ECLOT and 9 Pandas were among the highest-ranked teams invited in the VRS ranking, while Spirit Academy and NAVI Junior taking part could indicate that they main teams have or will decline main event invites.

Other notable teams in the stacked qualifier include Monte, Sashi, Metizport, and SINNERS, along with a group of outside contenders rounding out the 32-team stage.

The full PGL Bucharest 2025 Europe Closed Qualifier team list is:

Russia Vladislav 'nafany' Gorshkov
Vladislav 'nafany' Gorshkov
Age:
23
Team:
Rating 1.0:
0.93
Maps played:
1340
KPR:
0.64
DPR:
0.70
Russia Ilya 'Perfecto' Zalutskiy
Ilya 'Perfecto' Zalutskiy
Age:
25
Team:
Rating 1.0:
0.99
Maps played:
990
KPR:
0.63
DPR:
0.60
Latvia Mareks 'YEKINDAR' Gaļinskis
Mareks 'YEKINDAR' Gaļinskis
Age:
25
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.05
Maps played:
1484
KPR:
0.73
DPR:
0.69
#1
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Hong Kong den1dea
ez for spirit academy
2025-02-26 11:33
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kyousuke
2025-02-26 11:34
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kyousuke on lan I ARENT THINK SO
2025-02-26 13:14
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2025-02-26 13:50
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tier 999
2025-02-26 21:31
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#2
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Yugoslavia lapace
nice
2025-02-26 11:33
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why no Imperial Valkyries?
2025-02-26 11:34
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ESC>>>>>>>>>
2025-02-26 11:37
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that is definetly true but this is based on ranking and they were ranked very much higher than ESC at the time so i guess they rejected the invite which is strange lmao
2025-02-26 11:44
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Farming esl impact more important
2025-02-26 12:10
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They are probably direct invite because of other teams boycotting. I guess Spirit Academy in qualifiers means Spirit again declined the invite
2025-02-26 13:24
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Russia KamaraD
No, because BIG and BetBoom Team are rated higher
2025-02-26 13:30
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That is true. So 6 rejected, sadly probably all the big teams that skipped the last event also skip this
2025-02-26 13:52
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#53
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Finland RiQing
Probably because their Male team will be in SA Qualifier
2025-02-26 14:26
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oh yeah true didnt think about that
2025-02-26 14:29
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#5
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Poland d_M_b
why no Johnny Speeds?
2025-02-26 11:35
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Why no Akuma?
2025-02-26 11:35
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NAVI Junior are replacing them
2025-02-26 12:16
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#7
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Romania cala07
heroic , nexus and more were in the ranking when the invites were given why are they not here cuz for sure they would not reject such tournament with this prize pool
2025-02-26 11:36
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Heroic rejected probably cuz these quals clashed with EPL Play-in
2025-02-26 11:39
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Yeah but nexus? The only Romanian roster in the VRS ranking, and actually capable of accepting an invite to one of the biggest events in the home country... i doubt they got a direct invite, BIG were ahead of them in VRS.
2025-02-26 14:44
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#56
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Romania Nickname90
because Nexus are trash and they are only that high up in VRS because of IESF, realistically nexus should play in open quals and CCT closed quals maybe CCT groups but that's about it
2025-02-26 15:01
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BIG takes this
2025-02-26 11:37
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IDK Big vs 31 Teams the chance is very small !!!
2025-02-26 11:54
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BIG will win their opening match for sure, but lose against oxygeN online talent. They are also lucky to avoid GTZ and Chimera, two titans for a team like BIG who loves to struggle
2025-02-26 16:36
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Finland KOVAJANO
Maybe fantasy game???
2025-02-26 11:38
1
32 teams with only one slot is ridiculous
2025-02-26 11:40
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and bo5 final xD
2025-02-26 11:42
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Faceit plus user Faceit level 10  | 
NiKo | 
United Kingdom AcElegit
cinema if you ask me
2025-02-26 12:18
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Extremely big qualifier for just one spot.. they should have like 4 spots coming from the europe qualifier
2025-02-26 11:42
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They likely didn't anticipate the boycott so they would have all top teams. Instead they have imperial fe direct invite
2025-02-26 13:29
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#17
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Ukraine Maxi_Mus
Did B8 just decline their spot in this qualifier? Who knows?
2025-02-26 11:46
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#18
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Taiwan Arkam47
Ez 4 NIP begining traing for the next event.
2025-02-26 11:50
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Brazil hugoooo
kyousuke
2025-02-26 12:00
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#23
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Lithuania Rulez15
Another tier2 pgl event
2025-02-26 12:03
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so many teams and only 1 spot. wtffff
2025-02-26 12:03
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#25
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World ItsReaSz
Cemen_baking
2025-02-26 12:07
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#27
gabs | 
Romania cala07
Teams that are not here: Heroic ( which I guess they focused on epl play-in) Nexus Imperial Valkyries Nemiga B8 Bc.game ( with the core of unpaid- ex bleed) So why have those teams declined on a possibility of a very big event in terms of prizepool too?
2025-02-26 12:13
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Invites are based on ranking from 3rd February. BC.game were 68th at that time. Heroic, Saw and Nemiga play at EPL Play-in, imperial Valkyries wont play so they dont lose more points, unless it is LAN to collect easy prize money for last place. And who knows about B8 and Nexus. If I had to guess Nexus are skipping for same reason as Imperial Valkyries, so they dont lose points.
2025-02-26 13:27
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gabs | 
Romania cala07
ur right but still why would b8 and nexus decline
2025-02-26 13:28
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Imperial fe are probably directly invited because of all boycotting teams Edit: no, nevermind
2025-02-26 13:53
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t2 event
2025-02-26 12:15
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This is a fucking joke. Shit ton of BO3 matches and a BO5 final for just one spot to a tier2 event? You need less games than this to win a major.
2025-02-26 12:26
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level may be tier 2 field but the prize pool and VRS is higher than any other tournament beside major ... loads of points to grab and skipping this PGL events may have big consequences in VRS ranking for second major .
2025-02-26 21:35
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#63
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Germany MarioC
Or it's because the male Imperial squad is already playing a CQ for the same tourney, anyones guess :)
2025-02-27 16:26
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So, If Navi Junior and Spirit Academy are here... Does it mean that the main teams have already declined the invite for the main tournament? 🤔
2025-02-26 12:17
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I think they had since both are attending EPL and BLAST Open, and those teams seem to like having a break after each pair of events they play. But anyway, playing officials of this level against good opposition is good for academies, they can still forfeit the spot if they win.
2025-02-26 12:25
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#34
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Romania aLeeeeex
wtf is nexus doing denying this invite?
2025-02-26 12:24
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#35
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Estonia rYm
radar500 for the win
2025-02-26 12:39
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#36
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Cayman Islands LasMedicinas
1 spot for 32 teams? PGL is evil
2025-02-26 12:41
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where imperial fe
2025-02-26 12:47
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they probably declined the invite , why ?! because its ranked tournament and they know they have zero chances and considering the field they are more likely to lose points than win ... cause if they get a match against team from 140th place and they would 100% lose it then they would drop big time in ranking ... same as Nexus , they try to keep their spot in ranking to farm more money with direct invites for small tournaments
2025-02-26 12:54
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Italy Virtus80
No italian teams, no party
2025-02-26 12:52
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Portugal diogohj
BetBoom will beat the hell out of everyone
2025-02-26 13:11
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32 teams for 1 spot is wild, anyway is online so the final will be Big vs any team
2025-02-26 13:12
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allat just for the team that qualifies to go 0-6 in maps at the actual event
2025-02-26 13:22
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#52
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Finland gerodt
ez for Roler Coaster
2025-02-26 13:55
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Where is the best female team? Have you heard they took Furia to OT??
2025-02-26 16:54
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#59
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Lithuania K0RNe
free win for roler coaster
2025-02-26 18:48
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Every team that declined the invite to Bucharest Closed Qualifier in EU: Heroic Nexus Imperial FE SAW Nemiga B8 BC.Game (unpaid roster) Heroic, SAW, and Nemiga make sense, they are in EPL. but why did the others decline?
2025-02-26 23:35
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