PGL Cluj-Napoca 2026 workforce invitations revealed

PGL has revealed the 16 groups competing in its first Counter-Strike 2 match of the 2026 season.

Defending PGL Cluj-Napoca champion MOUZ has accepted its invitation to return on the occasion, together with the likes of Group Vitality, FURIA, and FaZe Clan. Notably, Group Spirit and Group Liquid have declined their invites.

On account of Group Spirit’s and Group Liquid’s absence , paiN Gaming and HEROIC have accomplished the line-up for the Tier 1 match, because of their seventeenth and 18th place rankings in January’s leadboard.

Listed here are all of the groups taking part at PGL Cluj-Napoca 2026:

The record of organisations competing on the match has a improved considerably from final yr, which attracted solely 5 of the highest ten groups. The earlier version started simply 5 days after IEM Katowice 2025, forcing groups to decide on between the 2 occasions.

PGL Cluj-Napoca is one in every of 5 Counter-Strike match the organiser will host all year long. Along with its occasions going down in Romania and Kazakhstan between February and October, PGL will host the second Main of 2026 in Singapore.

In current months, PGL has adjusted its 2026 calendar to keep away from clashes with different match organisers. It cancelled an occasion deliberate to initially deliberate for October on account of a full overlap with one other match, changing it can a brand new match operating from October twenty second to November 2nd.

The 16 groups will compete in a Swiss stage, with all matches that includes a best-of-three collection. The highest eight groups from the Swiss stage advance to the Playoffs for an opportunity to be topped champion and take dwelling the lion’s share of the $1.25m (~£927,812) prize pool.