{"id":19980,"date":"2025-01-29T14:39:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-29T14:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/?p=19980"},"modified":"2025-01-29T14:39:02","modified_gmt":"2025-01-29T14:39:02","slug":"pgl-cluj-napoca-reveals-invited-teams-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/news\/cs-2\/pgl-cluj-napoca-reveals-invited-teams-list\/","title":{"rendered":"PGL Cluj-Napoca Reveals Invited Teams List"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>PGL <\/strong>has revealed the sixteen teams that have received invitations to <strong>PGL Cluj-Napoca <\/strong>based on Valve&#8217;s Global Standings. The group stage of the<strong> $1,250,000 <\/strong>tournament will occur at the<strong> PGL Studio<\/strong> in Bucharest, beginning on <strong>February 14<\/strong>, before transitioning to the<strong> BT Arena <\/strong>for the playoffs from <strong>February 21-23<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The competition will showcase two teams ranked in the top 5 of Valve&#8217;s global standings, <strong>TheMongolZ <\/strong>and <strong>FaZe<\/strong>, in addition to <strong>MOUZ<\/strong>, <strong>Eternal Fire<\/strong>, and <strong>Falcons <\/strong>from the top 10.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fans in Brazil will see representation from three teams: <strong>FURIA<\/strong>, <strong>paiN<\/strong>, and <strong>MIBR<\/strong>, whereas North American supporters can cheer for <strong>Complexity <\/strong>and <strong>Wildcard<\/strong>. The lineup also includes teams such as <strong>Astralis<\/strong>, <strong>Virtus.pro<\/strong>, <strong>3DMAX<\/strong>, <strong>BIG<\/strong>, <strong>SAW<\/strong>, and Australia&#8217;s leading squad, <strong>FlyQuest<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A number of these teams have commenced their season at <strong>BLAST Bounty Season 1<\/strong>, with <strong>Eternal Fire<\/strong> being particularly thrilling as they advanced to the best-of-five <strong>Grand Final<\/strong>, although they were unable to match the performance of Danil <strong>&#8216;donk&#8217; <\/strong>Kryshkovets and <strong>Spirit<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">PGL Announcement<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/pglesports\/status\/1884164618484137986\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We won&#8217;t see top-tier teams like <strong>Spirit<\/strong>,<strong> Natus Vincere<\/strong>, <strong>Vitality<\/strong>, and <strong>G2 <\/strong>at this tournament with a huge prize pool, but it makes it better for both sides: us, people who will watch and cheer for our favorite teams, and for participating teams as well. It gives other teams more chances to win and get their prize and confidence to do better in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">PGL Cluj-Napoca Teams List<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh7-rt.googleusercontent.com\/docsz\/AD_4nXfH4xwOX2cUqEbmV9MPYykTsqZXQcHeB4ApmksD3Rar-h7_EOZNc3YxIAzwV4-YnbF_xvzCTdwJmGq3JX7ichdSL_Yk8vJ0RvYyx4qgNotgk1NOe_BKxrVDb_SfDMfsBtEKJphVUg?key=7UJSOFin97OvBCB-GU-xuVnI\" alt=\"\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">PGL Cluj-Napoca 2025 &#8211; Invited Teams<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>TheMongolZ<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>FaZe Clan<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MOUZ<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Team Falcons<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>FURIA<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>paiN Gaming<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Eternal Fire<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>3DMAX<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MIBR<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Complexity<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>SAW<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>BIG<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>FlyQuest<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Astralis<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Wildcard<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Virtus.pro<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Supporters eager to watch these teams before their trip to <strong>Romania <\/strong>will have the opportunity at <a href=\"https:\/\/blix.gg\/news\/cs-2\/iem-katowice-2025-overview-tournament-format-teams-prize-pool-and-schedule\/\"><strong>IEM Katowice<\/strong><\/a>, which kicks off on<strong> January 29<\/strong>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Keep up with our coverage for more insights on the latest esports news and updates.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PGL has revealed the sixteen teams that have received invitations to PGL Cluj-Napoca based on Valve&#8217;s Global Standings. The group stage of the $1,250,000 tournament will occur at the PGL Studio in Bucharest, beginning on February 14, before transitioning to the BT Arena for the playoffs from February 21-23. The competition will showcase two teams<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":19981,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[5,11,247],"class_list":{"0":"post-19980","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cs-2","8":"tag-cs2","9":"tag-cs2-news","10":"tag-cs2-tournaments"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19980","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/75"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19980"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19980\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19982,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19980\/revisions\/19982"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19981"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19980"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19980"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19980"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}