StarLadder has revealed the 4 groups which have obtained direct invites to the upcoming StarSeries 19 Counter-Strike 2 LAN occasion.
The 4 invited groups have been decided by July’s Valve Regional Standings (VRS), which have been topped by the French esports organisation Staff Vitality.
NAVI, ranked fifth in the July VRS, is the one crew from the highest ten attending the occasion, with Ninjas in Pyjamas (NiP) being the second-highest-ranked aspect at nineteenth.
The Swedish esports organisation initially competed as a part of the occasion’s qualifiers however obtained a direct invitation after an unnamed crew determined to withdraw from the event.
B8 and Ardour UA spherical out the invited groups. For Ardour UA, the occasion marks the debut of the organisation’s new roster after buying Complexity’s core because of the North American organisation departing Counter-Strike esports on August nineteenth.
StarLadder StarSeries 19 Groups
Nearly all of groups competing on the occasion are ranked in the direction of the underside or are simply outdoors of the highest 32. B8 has a chance to climb farther from its present twenty seventh place, whereas the likes of OG Esports (forty second) and 9INE (56th) may transfer nearer to the Main locations with a powerful efficiency.
With the invitations confirmed following the conclusion of the qualifiers, the crew checklist for StarLadder StarSeries 19 is as follows:
- NAVI
- Ninjas in Pyjamas
- B8
- Ardour UA
- OG Esports
- Iberian Soul
- PARIVISION
- 9INE
The eight-team LAN occasion takes place from September 18th to twenty first, 2025, in Budapest, Hungary, includes a $500,000 (~£370,570) prize pool, and VRS factors that may resolve the groups competing on the StarLadder Budapest Main in November.
StarLadder StarSeries 19 clashes with FISSURE Playground 2, one other CS2 occasion that’s utilizing the July VRS for invite distribution. The occasion operated by the Serbian event organiser will see the likes of Staff Liquid and FaZe Clan compete.
