PGL Astana teams, format, schedule, prizes, talent, fantasy
Spirit fly to Kazakhstan as heavy favorites for the $400,000 first-place prize.

Teams
PGL Astana is set to begin on Saturday, May 10, with a host of challengers looking to deny clear favorites Spirit the trophy.
That bunch includes the likes of Natus Vincere, Aurora, and The MongolZ, who are looking to make the most of a tournament with three of the top-four absent.
We will see debuts for Olek "hades" Miskiewicz in G2, Rasmus "HooXi" Nielsen in Astralis, and Danil "molodoy" Golubenko and Mareks "YEKINDAR" Gaļinskis in FURIA.
Ninjas in Pyjamas also make their international LAN debut with their new roster.

Schedule and format
The tournament's format will be the same as PGL Cluj-Napoca and Bucharest, starting in an all-BO3 Swiss group stage using Major-style Bucholz seeding and 1vs9 initial matchups.
But unlike Bucharest, there will be a live audience in the 11,578-capacity Barys Arena for playoffs.
The eight advancing teams will all start their playoff run in the quarter-finals, with the two finalists set to meet in a best-of-five trophy clash after a third-place decider opens up proceedings on Championship Sunday.
The local timezone is four hours ahead of GMT, and matches will begin at 07:00 in days with three or four matches before more reasonable 12:00 and 16:00 kick-offs for the semis onwards.
| Date | Matches | |
|---|---|---|
| PGL Astana 2025 | ||
| 10/05/2025 |
07:00
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Match |
| 10/05/2025 |
07:00
|
Match |
| 10/05/2025 |
09:45
|
Match |
| 10/05/2025 |
10:20
|
Match |
| 10/05/2025 |
12:50
|
Match |
| 10/05/2025 |
13:10
|
Match |
| 10/05/2025 |
15:00
|
Match |
| 10/05/2025 |
16:15
|
Match |
Prizes
PGL's traditional top-heavy prize pool is in effect, with $1.25m on offer for the teams attending. 50% of the prize pool will go directly to organizations.
1. $400,000
2. $187,500
3. $150,000
4. $87,500
5-8. $62,500
9-11. $31,250
12-14. $18,750
15-16. $12,500
Talent
Richard "Richard Lewis" Lewis returns as host alongside Sam "Tech Girl" Wright with four top-tier commentary duos including the new Anders "Anders" Blume-Daniel "ddk" Kapadia pairing.

Hosts
James "BanKs" Banks (Stage)
Richard "Richard Lewis" Lewis (Desk)
Sam "Tech Girl" Wright (Desk)
Analysts
Dustin "dusT" Mouret
Alex "Mauisnake" Ellenberg
Sudhen "Bleh" Wahengbam
Janko "YNk" Paunović
Casters
Harry "JustHarry" Russell
Hugo "Hugo" Byron
Alex "Machine" Richardson
Chad "SPUNJ" Burchill
Adam "Dinko" Hawthorne
Jason "moses" O'Toole
Anders "Anders" Blume
Daniel "ddk" Kapadia
Fantasy
Fantasy is open for groups now, and $240,000 Danil "donk" Kryshkovets is the most-picked player.
The game is set to award the following skin prizes:
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Driver Gloves | Racing Green (Field-Tested)
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AWP | Hyper Beast (Field-Tested)
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M4A1-S | Hyper Beast (Field-Tested)
Alex 'Mauisnake' Ellenberg
PGL Astana 2025






















Myroslav 'zont1x' Plakhotia



Aidos 'kade0' Khairzhan
Michel 'ewjerkz' Pinto
Richard 'Xizt' Landström
Mareks 'YEKINDAR' Gaļinskis
Henrich 'sl3nd' Hevesi
Oldřich 'PR' Nový








Franco 'dgt' Garcia
David 'dav1deuS' Tapia Maldonado
Aleksi 'Aleksib' Virolainen
Mihai 'iM' Ivan
Justinas 'jL' Lekavicius




Nemanja 'huNter-' Kovač
Mario 'malbsMd' Samayoa
Nikita 'HeavyGod' Martynenko



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