PGL Bucharest 2025 South America Closed Qualifier

Legacy finalize PGL Bucharest list following unbeaten qualifier run

13-3-2025 12:05

The Brazilian team has qualified for its second international LAN in 2025.

After qualifying for Dallas, Legacy have punched their ticket to Bucharest

Legacy has locked up a spot at PGL Bucharest following an unbeaten run in the South American qualifier. The Brazilian side joins Complexity, Rare Atom and Betclic in qualifying for the $1.25 million event in Romania next month.

Legacy were one of the favorites heading into the qualifier, ranking second in the VRS among the participating teams behind Sharks. Lucas "⁠lux⁠" Meneghini's troops had a few scares throughout the tournament, ultimately finishing first after close series against Flamengo and 9z.

Date	Matches
PGL Bucharest 2025 South America Closed Qualifier
07/03/2025	Legacy Finished 2:1 Galorys	Match
09/03/2025	Legacy Finished 2:0 Elevate	Match
09/03/2025	RED Canids Finished 1:2 Legacy	Match
10/03/2025	Legacy Finished 1:0 RED Canids	Match
11/03/2025	Legacy Finished 2:1 Flamengo	Match
12/03/2025	Legacy Finished 3:2 9z	Match

But Legacy's qualifying run was not without controversy. They topped their group after a forfeit win over RED Canids, who could not play the match because of a scheduling conflict with CCT Series 8.

On X, Henrique "⁠HEN1⁠" Teles said Legacy "did not want to reschedule the match" despite every other team agreeing to make adjustments to avoid scheduling issues. In a statement, Legacy argued that they declined invites to other tournaments that would run parallel to the qualifier so they could focus on this event.

Currently ranked 39th in the world in the VRS, Legacy made two roster changes at the start of the year, bringing in lux (as IGL) and Vinicius "⁠n1ssim⁠" Pereira to replace Gabriel "⁠NEKIZ⁠" Schenato and Bruno "⁠b4rtiN⁠" Câmara.

Last month, Legacy qualified for IEM Dallas in May after beating Sharks and Fluxo (twice) in the South American closed qualifier.

NRG and Legacy qualify for IEM Dallas

PGL Bucharest will take place between April 6-13 in the Romanian company's studio. The event will begin with a 16-team Swiss stage, followed by a single-elimination bracket with the top eight sides.

The final team list for the Romanian event is the following:

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2025-03-13 12:05

deserved. Legacy is a scary team

2025-03-13 12:08

full polish roster and big lan, i will watch, so hype

2025-03-13 12:15

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XDD 0-3 and out just like 9INE at the major

2025-03-13 14:49

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Dont care still happy

2025-03-13 23:10

tier 1.5 event easy win for VP

2025-03-13 12:18

@LEGIJAtop1 Legija qualified for a big LAN :trollface:

2025-03-13 12:20

lets goooo

2025-03-13 13:28

there are three, yes three br teams present when in the current event there are zero br teams in the playoffs. this is scandalous and should be thoroughly investigated. there should be max 1 br team in any big event, and even 1 can be too many.

2025-03-13 12:22

NA has money but too weak. :br: takes them all

2025-03-13 12:27

it only took eternal fire to start winning for brazilians to once again become the biggest target for bait in hltv. i will start cheering against ef now, sorry turkbros

2025-03-13 12:37

GG deserved, but... I think this just shows why Legacy shouldn't be allowed to play in NA qualifiers. It's a solid SA team, taking away spots from NA teams where it could help develop the region. It's as if the 3rd best Mongolian team moved to Australia and started winning Australian qualifiers, but since it's all under Asia we'll all pretend it's okay.

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I'm a bit confused, are you talking about other qualifiers or this one? Cause this one was the SA CQ and Legacy already moved to south america due to lacking practice in NA (or wishes to, dont remember if they moved already)

2025-03-13 12:46

Other qualifiers, I remember Legacy qualifying to ESL Challenger through NA last year, and I think they played quite a lot more qualifiers there, too I know this one is SA, no issues there

2025-03-13 13:25

First of all, I agree they shouldn't be allowed to play in NA, it's not good for NA teams and not even good for Legacy anymore in 2025 as they can't improve their game. Just adding here, Legacy is playing only SA qualifiers this year until now, so they're not stealing NA spots anymore like last year. I don't even know if they can play NA qualifiers anymore.

2025-03-13 13:32