PGL Masters Bucharest will return in 2026 from October 24-31, with $1,250,000 in prizes for the attending teams.
After the announcement was made regarding invites for the main event, with all of the top squads confirming their attendance except for Falcons, PGL has now revealed the teams invited to the closed qualifiers.
The confirmed teams at the tournament are:
- Spirit
- FURIA
- Vitality
- MOUZ
- FUT
- Legacy
- Natus Vincere
- G2
- Aurora
- 9z
- The MongolZ
- BETBOOM
- EU Closed Qualifier
- SA Closed Qualifier
- NA Closed Qualifier
- Asia Closed Qualifier
First, however, will come the open qualifiers, as they have not yet been played and will run from September 3-6, with four spots up for grabs in the European, South American, and North American closed qualifiers, as well as two in each of the Asian and Oceanic qualifiers.
The closed qualifiers will follow on September 9-12 in Europe and the Americas, while Asian and Oceanic regional closed qualifiers will run on September 9-10 and conclude with one final APAC closed qualifier on September 13.
One team from each of the four closed qualifiers for Europe, North America, South America, and APAC, will earn their berth for the tournament in Romania.
- The closed qualifier teams are:
- B8
- Ninjas in Pyjamas
- Nuclear TigeRES
- Inner Circle
- Open Qualifier
Europe
South America
North America
Oceania
FlyQuest LFO 8 Open Qualifier Open Qualifier
East Asia
TYLOO 5star Open Qualifier Open Qualifier
West Asia
DEPO Legion Open Qualifier Open Qualifier
Aurora
Ismailcan 'XANTARES' Dörtkardeş
Özgür 'woxic' Eker
Jimi 'Jimpphat' Salo
Damjan 'kyxsan' Stoilkovski
Ali 'Wicadia' Haydar Yalçın
Natus Vincere
Aleksi 'Aleksib' Virolainen
Mihai 'iM' Ivan
Valeriy 'b1t' Vakhovskiy
Ihor 'w0nderful' Zhdanov
Drin 'makazze' Shaqiri
DEPO
Timur 'buster' Tulepov
Vladislav 'Krad' Kravchenko
Amirbek 'wetfy' Timurov
Shoxjahon 'shoxs' Sultanbaev
Axmadjon 'sh1seido' Sattarov
Evgeny 'bullet' Batkin
9z
Maximiliano 'max' Gonzalez
Franco 'dgt' Garcia
Ignacio 'meyern' Meyer
Luciano 'luchov' Herrera
Matias 'HUASOPEEK' Ibañez Hernandez
BETBOOM
Kirill 'Boombl4' Mikhailov
Aleksandr 'zorte' Zagodyrenko
Pavel 'S1ren' Ogloblin
Daniil 'd1Ledez' Kustov
Kirill 'Magnojez' Rodnov
Liquid
Keith 'NAF' Markovic
Jonathan 'EliGE' Jablonowski
Mario 'malbsMd' Samayoa
Johnny 'JT' Theodosiou
Georgi 'Jorko' Mitev
Viktor 'flashie' Tamás Bea
ShindeN
Tomas 'tom1jed' Rivero
Matias 'abizz' Muñiz Cusi
Ivan 'ivz' Quintana
Nazareno 'naz' Romero
Lautaro 'guty' Gomez
Agustin 'ninro' Valenti
B8
Alexey 'alex666' Yarmoshchuk
Andrii 'npl' Kukharskyi
Artem 'kensizor' Kapran
Dmytro 'esenthial' Tsvir
Danylo 's1zzi' Vinnyk
Ivan 'maddened' Iordanidi
G2
Nemanja 'huNter-' Kovač
Guy 'NertZ' Iluz
Artem 'r1nkle' Moroz
Nikita 'HeavyGod' Martynenko
Matúš 'MATYS' Šimko
FUT
Yasin 'xfl0ud' Koç
Dmytro 'dem0n' Myroshnychenko
Aulon 'Krabeni' Fazlija
Nikita 'cmtry' Samolotov
Džiugas 'dziugss' Steponavičius
paiN
Vinicius 'vsm' Moreira
Rodrigo 'biguzera' Bittencourt
Guilherme 'piriajr' Barbosa
Rafael 'saffee' Costa
João 'snow' Vinicius
Henrique 'rikz' Waku
Chicken Coop
John 'mds' Marin
Evindar 'Drop' Isik
Alexander 'REKMEISTER' Flynn
Jared 'jared' Habib
Chad 'Crisp' Bredeson
Igor 'darkpsy' Zaniboni
MOUZ
Ádám 'torzsi' Torzsás
Lotan 'Spinx' Giladi
Dorian 'xertioN' Berman
Oldřich 'PR' Nový
Adrian 'xelex' Vincze
Legacy
Andrei 'arT' Piovezan
Eduardo 'dumau' Wolkmer
Bruno 'latto' Rebelatto
Vinicius 'n1ssim' Pereira
Santino 'try' Rigal
5star
Uuganbayar 'NEUZ' Nyam-Otgon
Tengis 'rate' Boldbaatar
Gerelt-Od 'clouden' Jargal
Ariunjargal 'ariucle' Yadam
Dulguun 'hoolig4n' Batsaikhan
Telmen 'shinobi' Batzorig
Galorys
Vinicios 'PKL' Coelho
Lucas 'destiny' Bullo
Patrick 'detr0ittJ' Carvalho
Gabriel 'gbb' Pereira
Moisés 'tomate' Lima
João 'turner' Tournier
The MongolZ
Garidmagnai 'bLitz' Byambasuren
Sodbayar 'Techno' Munkhbold
Usukhbayar '910' Banzragch
Zolbayar 'tikuak' Chimedtseren
Dugarsuren 'DarkMeister' Ireedui
TYLOO
Yi 'JamYoung' Yang
Dongkai 'Jee' Ji
Jingxiang 'Mercury' Wang
Qianhao 'Moseyuh' Chen
Su 'Zero' Jingshen
WeiJie 'zhokiNg' Zhong
DENDELE
Victor 'gafolo' Andrade
João 'koala' Pfeffer
Máximo 'maxxkor' Cortina
Daniel 'rdnzao' Monteiro
Danilo 'doc' Barros
Hélder 'coachi' Sancho
Inner Circle
Arseniy 'cptkurtka023' Derevinskiy
Daniil 'headtr1ck' Valitov
Eduard 'zeRRoFIX' Petrovskyi
Viktor 'onic' Babii
David 'Dawy' Bibik
Dmytro 'jR' Chervak
Spirit
Dmitry 'sh1ro' Sokolov
Boris 'magixx' Vorobiev
Andrey 'tN1R' Tatarinovich
Myroslav 'zont1x' Plakhotia
Danil 'donk' Kryshkovets
FURIA
Gabriel 'FalleN' Toledo
Yuri 'yuurih' Santos
Mareks 'YEKINDAR' Gaļinskis
Kaike 'KSCERATO' Cerato
Danil 'molodoy' Golubenko
Voca
Paytyn 'junior' Johnson
Carson 'nosraC' O'Reilly
Wyatt 'snav' Phillippi
Kory 'SEMPHIS' Friesen
Ninjas in Pyjamas
Martin 'stavn' Lund
Rasmus 'sjuush' Beck
Karim 'Krimbo' Moussa
Roman 'n0te' Hamze
Kacper 'xKacpersky' Gabara
Richard 'Xizt' Landström
NRG
Nick 'nitr0' Cannella
Aran 'Sonic' Groesbeek
Håkon 'hallzerk' Fjærli
Michael 'Grim' Wince
Jeorge 'Jeorge' Endicott
Damian 'daps' Steele
Nuclear TigeRES
Arseniy 'senka' Kozlovsky
Denis 'm1QUSE' Karpovich
Timur 'z1k4' Askhadulin
Ilya 'flouzer' Selifonov
Egor 'ayuki' Ershov
Vadim 'Polt' Tsyrov
Vitality
Dan 'apEX' Madesclaire
Robin 'ropz' Kool
Mathieu 'ZywOo' Herbaut
Shahar 'flameZ' Shushan
William 'mezii' Merriman
Falcons
Finn 'karrigan' Andersen
Nikola 'NiKo' Kovač
René 'TeSeS' Madsen
Ilya 'm0NESY' Osipov
Maksim 'kyousuke' Lukin
Danny 'zonic' Sørensen
Legion
Huzaifa 'HZI' Ahmed
Syed 'BulleT' Sameer Ul Hassan
Hamza 'hf' Abrar
Zain 'Bloody' Talha
Shahmeer 'pavast4r' Imran
LFO 8
FlyQuest
Justin 'jks' Savage
Alistair 'aliStair' Johnston
Joshua 'INS' Potter
Declan 'Vexite' Portelli
Corey 'nettik' Browne
Aaron 'AZR' Ward