Aurora Gaming has received PGL Masters Bucharest 2025, successful its first Counter-Strike 2 occasion since March 2025.
The Turkish roster defeated Brazilian esports organisation Legacy within the remaining map of the best-of-five sequence.
Aurora Gaming’s Street To Victory
Aurora Gaming’s journey to the Playoffs was removed from easy crusing, needing all 5 rounds of the Swiss Stage to qualify.
Early victories over Fnatic and Crew Liquid put the workforce on the verge of qualification earlier than defeats to HEROIC and SAW moved it to the brink of elimination.
A 2-1 victory over Astralis within the remaining Swiss Stage spherical secured Playoffs for a workforce that has proven glimpses of brilliance all through tier one occasions in 2025.
Aurora Gaming’s opening quarterfinal match in opposition to B8 wanted all three maps, with a 13-3 victory on Overpass securing a 2-1 win. A dominant 2-0 win over GamerLegion within the semifinal stored the momentum rolling into the Grand Closing, the place CS Asia Championship 2025 winners Legacy can be ready.
The Turkish facet opened the Grand Closing with a convincing defensive showcase on Mud II and Mirage to ascertain a two-map lead. A double additional time on Prepare went in favour of Legacy, giving the Brazilians a approach again into the ultimate.
Some supreme attacking firepower from Legacy secured a 13-8 victory on Inferno to degree the sequence and to ship the sequence to a deciding Nuke.
With cash within the financial institution, Legacy established an 11-8 lead within the second half, transferring nearer to a different championship win. Aurora Gaming managed to dig deep, overturning the deficit to win 13-11 and safe the 3-2 sequence victory.
A Turning Level For Aurora
Victory at PGL Masters Bucharest 2025 is Aurora Gaming’s first notable CS2 trophy. The win follows a second-place end on the Esports World Cup, the place it misplaced to The MongolZ within the Grand Finals.
The timing of the win can lay the muse for a robust end to the 12 months, with Aurora Gaming one in every of 32 groups competing on the StarLadder Budapest Main, which begins on November twenty fourth.
With no clear favorite heading into the ultimate occasion of 2025, Aurora Gaming’s just lately found type might end in a deep run on the Main.
