PGL Astana 2025: Everything You Need To Know

PGL Astana 2025 is an upcoming premier Counter-Strike 2 tournament scheduled from May 10 to May 18, 2025, in Astana, Kazakhstan, featuring a $1,250,000 prize pool. This marks PGL’s first major event in Central Asia, signaling the continued global expansion of Counter-Strike esports.

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Event Details:

• Dates: May 10–18, 2025

• Location: Astana, Kazakhstan

• Venue: Barys Arena

• Prize Pool: $1,250,000

• Format:

• Group Stage:

  • 16-team Swiss System

  • All matches are Best-of-3 (Bo3)

  • Top 8 teams advance to Playoffs

    
    
    
    

• Playoffs:

  • Single-Elimination bracket

  • All matches are Bo3, except the Grand Final, which is Best-of-5 (Bo5)

Prize Distribution:

• 1st Place: $400,000

• 2nd Place: $187,500

• 3rd Place: $150,000

• 4th Place: $87,500

• 5th–8th Places: $62,500 each

• 9th–11th Places: $31,250 each

• 12th–14th Places: $18,750 each

• 15th–16th Places: $12,500 each

  
  
  
  

Participating Teams:

• Team Spirit

• Natus Vincere

• Eternal Fire

• G2 Esports

• The MongolZ

• Virtus.pro

• Astralis

• GamerLegion

• FURIA

• paiN

• MIBR

• BIG

• Ninjas in Pyjamas (European Qualifier)

• M80 (North American Qualifier)

• ODDIK (South American Qualifier)

• HOTU (Asian Qualifier)

The Brazilian organization qualified for a Tier 1 event for the first time, following previous appearances at the Americas RMR and ESL Challenger. 

After struggling in past seasons, NIP secured their first LAN event of 2025 through the European qualifier.

Notably, top teams such as Team Vitality, MOUZ, FaZe Clan, Falcons, 3DMAX, and Liquid declined invitations and will not participate in this event.

Where to Watch

Catch all the action from PGL Astana 2025 live on PGL's official streaming platforms.

• Twitch: twitch.tv/pgl

• YouTube: youtube.com/pgl

PGL Astana 2025 promises to deliver high-stakes competition among some of the world's best Counter-Strike teams, all vying for the prestigious title and a substantial prize pool.