FURIA Beat NEMIGA 3-2 to Win PGL Masters Bucharest 2026
GAME MODE Staff·Nov 2, 2026· 2m read
FURIA knocked out BetBoom Team and MOUZ before edging NEMIGA in a best-of-five final. First place pays $225,000 in prize money plus $225,000 in club rewards.
FURIA are the PGL Masters Bucharest 2026 champions. They beat NEMIGA 3-2 in a best-of-five Grand Final on Saturday, October 31, to win the 16-team Counter-Strike 2 event, and first place pays $225,000 in prize money plus $225,000 in club rewards.
PGL describes the tournament as Tier 1, with its Main Event played entirely on LAN in a studio setting at PGL Studio Bucharest.
FURIA’s road to the trophy
- Thursday, October 29, quarterfinal: beat BetBoom Team 2-0
- Friday, October 30, semifinal: beat MOUZ 2-1
- Saturday, October 31, Grand Final: beat NEMIGA 3-2
FURIA dropped one map before the final, against MOUZ, and the final itself went the full five. NEMIGA reached it with two 2-0 wins, over FUT Esports in the quarterfinals and Team Vitality in the semifinals. The other quarterfinals went to Team Vitality, 2-1 over Natus Vincere, and MOUZ, 2-0 over Aurora Gaming.
MOUZ and Team Vitality met again on October 31, before the final, and MOUZ won that best-of-three 2-0. PGL’s event page doesn’t label what the match was for.
How the event worked, and who played
All 16 teams started in a Swiss-format group stage from October 24 to 28, with every match best-of-three. The top eight went through to single-elimination playoffs from October 29 to 31, ending with the best-of-five Grand Final.
The field was 9Z Globant, Aurora Gaming, BetBoom Team, DENDELE, FURIA, FUT Esports, G2 Esports, Legacy, Team Liquid, MOUZ, Natus Vincere, NEMIGA, Team Spirit, The MongolZ, TYLOO and Team Vitality. These were the finalists’ listed rosters:
- FURIA: yuurih, KSCERATO, FalleN, molodoy and YEKINDAR, with coach sidde
- NEMIGA: khaN, SYPH0, robo, KaiR0N- and Xant3r, with coach boX
How the $1,250,000 is split
PGL lists $1,250,000 in total winnings: $625,000 of prize money and $625,000 of club rewards. Each of the two pools pays out the same way, so FURIA take $225,000 from each and NEMIGA $100,000 from each.
| Place | Per pool |
|---|---|
| 1st | $225,000 |
| 2nd | $100,000 |
| 3rd | $68,750 |
| 4th | $43,750 |
| 5th–8th | $25,000 |
| 9th–11th | $15,625 |
| 12th–14th | $9,375 |
| 15th–16th | $6,250 |
The four quarterfinal losers, BetBoom Team, FUT Esports, Natus Vincere and Aurora Gaming, each receive the 5th–8th place amount of $25,000 per pool. PGL’s next event is the PGL CS2 Major Singapore, listed for November 24 to December 13.
