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Team Vitality and Team Falcons each secured wins on Monday in the Round 3 high matches to be the first two teams to qualify for the playoffs at the PGL Cluj-Napoca 2026 event in Romania.
The 16-team Counter-Strike: Global Offensive event begins with a Swiss style format with Saturday’s winners playing Sunday’s Round 2 high matches and the losers playing in the low matches. In Round 3 on Monday, the four 2-0 teams paired off, as did the four 0-2 teams in low matches, and the eight 1-1 teams made up the mid matches.
Two more rounds follow before the eight-team playoff field is set on Wednesday. All matches are best-of-three. The playoffs, which run Feb. 20-22, are single elimination and best-of-three except for the grand final, which is best-of-five.
The $625,000 prize pool awards $225,000 to the winner and $100,000 to the runner-up.
In Monday’s Round 3 high matches, Vitality swept MOUZ with a 13-5 victory on Dust II, followed by a 13-8 win on Inferno.
Falcons dropped the opener to FURIA, 16-14 on Mirage, but rebounded with 13-4 and 13-11 wins on Inferno and Anubis, respectively.
In Round 3 mid matches, Natus Vincere opened with a 13-9 win on Anubis against Aurora Gaming before falling 13-9 on Mirage and then taking the match with a 16-12 overtime victory on Inferno.
FaZe Clan dominated 13-2 on Mirage, but PARIVISION bounced back with a 13-11 win on Ancient and a 13-9 win on Inferno to take the match.
The Mongolz defeated B8 13-9 on Ainceint, then lost 13-7 on Mirage before closing out the match with a hard-fought 19-17 OT victory on Nuke.
FUT Esports swept Astralis with wins on Overpass (13-7) and Mirage (13-4).
In Round 3 low matches, HEROIC earned a sweep of 3DMAX with a 13-5 win on Nuke and a 13-10 victory on Inferno, while G2 Esports also swept paiN Gaming with wins on Inferno (13-10) and Mirage (13-9).
Tuesday’s PGL Cluj-Napoca 2026 matches:
Round 4 high matches:
–FUT Esports vs. MOUZ
–Natus Vincere vs. The MongolZ
–FURIA vs. PARIVISION
Round 4 low matches:
–FaZe Clan vs. Astralis
–B8 vs. Aurora Gaming
–G2 Esports vs. HEROIC
PGL Cluj-Napoca 2026 prize pool
1. $225,000
2. $100,000
3. $68,750
4. $43,750
5-8. $25,000
9-11. $15,625
12-14: $9,375
15-16. $6,250 — 3DMAX, paiN Gaming
PGL Cluj-Napoca 2026 standings (match record and Buchholz score)
1. Team Vitality, 3-0, +1
2. Team Falcons, 3-0, -3
3. MOUZ, 2-1, +5
4. FURIA, 2-1, +3
5. Natus Vincere, 2-1, -1
6. The MongolZ, 2-1, -1
7. PARIVISION, 2-1, -1
8. FUT Esports, 2-1, -1
9. FaZe Clan, 1-2, +3
10. B8, 1-2, +1
11. G2 Esports, 1-2, +1
12. Aurora Gaming, 1-2, -1
13. Astralis, 1-2, -1
14. HEROIC, 1-2, -5
15. 3DMAX, 0-3, +1
16. paiN Gaming, 0-3, -1
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