PGL Masters Bucharest Fantasy Game Goes Live: Full Team List and Format Revealed

Tournament overview

The PGL Masters Bucharest 2025 will take place October 26 – November 1, 2025 in Bucharest, Romania. 
The total prize pool is US$1,250,000, split evenly between player-share and club-share. 

Format

• Group stage: 16 teams compete in a Swiss-system format, best-of-three (BO3) matches.

• Playoffs: The top 8 teams from the Swiss stage advance to a single-elimination bracket. All matches are BO3 except the grand final, which is best-of-five (BO5).

• The third-place playoff will also be held.

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Fantasy game is live

The fantasy game covering both the group stage and the playoff stage is now active. Participants can build fantasy rosters ahead of and during the event, picking players from the participating teams to score points based on their performances. 
As noted, standout picks already include players like NAF who is heavily selected in the fantasy game due to his high Career Average Contribution (CAC) score of 1.17. 
Prizes for the fantasy game include special items from Skin.Club (such as Hydra Gloves | Mangrove, AWP | Hyper Beast, M4A1-S | Hyper Beast) for top performers.

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Participating teams

Here are the 16 teams invited to the event: 

1. Aurora Gaming (Turkey)

2. 3DMAX (France)

3. Astralis (Denmark)

4. HEROIC (Sweden)

5. GamerLegion (Europe)

6. paiN Gaming (Brazil)

7. Legacy (Brazil)

8. BetBoom Team (Russia)

9. fnatic (Ukraine)

10. SAW (Portugal)

11. B8 (Ukraine)

12. Ninjas in Pyjamas (Europe)

13. FlyQuest (Australia/ANZ)

14. Gentle Mates (Spain)

15. Team Liquid (USA)

16. MIBR (Brazil)

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Why this matters

With only one top-10 ranked team in attendance (Aurora), this event is shaping up to be unpredictable. 
That means for fantasy players: every match counts, and selecting undervalued players or teams might pay off big if they outperform expectations.
Plus: the Swiss format gives many matches to collect points, and the playoff stage boosts the stakes further.