Spirit Academy upset BetBoom, BC.Game eliminated on PGL Bucharest EU qualifier day two

Roler Coaster, a mix-team featuring Perfecto and YEKINDAR, also got knocked out.

The second day of the 32-team PGL Bucharest Europe closed qualifier has concluded with a handful of notable results, including the elimination of BC.Game and trips to the lower bracket for fnatic and BIG.

One spot at the Romanian event is up for grabs in the qualifier, which is now halfway through its double-elimination, all-best-of-three group stage.

The winning team from each group will advance to the four-team playoffs, which will culminate with a best-of-five grand final.

With plenty of matches still to go, we've put together a quick list of a few notable results after two days of play:

Highlights

Ninjas in Pyjamas beat fnatic 2-1 to score some much-needed VRS points and are through to the Group C upper bracket final. A 121.3 ADR, 1.79-rated effort from Benjamin "⁠blameF⁠" Bremer — 0.99 above his closest teammate — wasn't enough to make the difference for his side on the Ancient decider.

Spirit Academy reached the upper bracket final of Group D after impressive wins over Sashi and BetBoom, trading 13-11 maps against the latter before winning the Anubis decider in double overtime. Maxim "⁠kyousuke⁠" Lukin, enough said.

Date	Matches
PGL Bucharest 2025 Europe Closed Qualifier
08/03/2025	BetBoom Finished 1:2 Spirit Academy	Match
08/03/2025	Ninjas in Pyjamas Finished 2:1 fnatic	Match

Eliminations

NAVI Junior ended the run of Roler Coaster, a mix-team featuring Ilya "⁠Perfecto⁠" Zalutskiy, Mareks "⁠YEKINDAR⁠" Gaļinskis, and Artem "⁠ArtFr0st⁠" Kharitonov, in the lower bracket of Group A.

BC.Game were eliminated by ENCE, who came back from a map down to win the Anubis decider in overtime. The teams had been knocked down to the lower bracket following losses to OG and Passion UA in their openers.

Partizan reverse-swept Metizport in Group C to consign the Swedes to a last-place finish.

Date	Matches
PGL Bucharest 2025 Europe Closed Qualifier
08/03/2025	Metizport Finished 1:2 Partizan	Match
08/03/2025	BC.Game Finished 1:2 ENCE	Match
08/03/2025	NAVI Junior Finished 2:1 Roler Coaster	Match

Other notable results

OG are in the upper bracket final of Group A after scraping past ENCE in their opener and beating Passion UA 2-0.

GUN5 overcame Monte 2-1 and were a map up over HEROIC after stealing their Mirage pick in Group B, but couldn't complete the upset after Linus "⁠LNZ⁠" Holtäng's side came back with a vengeance with 10-2 halves on Ancient and Nuke.

BIG lost to SINNERS in Group A and will play for their tournament lives against ENCE in the lower bracket.

Date	Matches
PGL Bucharest 2025 Europe Closed Qualifier
09/03/2025	BIG 12:20 ENCE	Match
08/03/2025	Passion UA Finished 0:2 OG	Match
08/03/2025	SINNERS Finished 2:1 BIG	Match
08/03/2025	HEROIC Finished 2:1 GUN5	Match