Ninjas in Pyjamas, Aurora Gaming and MIBR won their respective Round 5 matches on Wednesday to advance to the playoffs at the PGL Astana 2025 tournament.
Ninjas in Pyjamas swept G2, courtesy of 13-10 wins on Dust II and Nuke. They will face Team Spirit in the last of four quarterfinals on Friday.
Aurora Gaming also swept ODDIK following a 13-4 victory on Dust II and 13-8 triumph on Anubis. They will square off against The MongolZ in the playoffs.
MIBR posted a 2-1 win over Virtus.pro after sandwiching 13-11 victories on both Mirage and Ancient around a 13-5 setback on Anubis.
The Counter-Strike 2 tournament features a $625,000 prize pool, with first place worth $200,000 and second place $93,750.
The group stage began Saturday featuring 16 teams in a Swiss system format. All matches are best-of-three and the top eight proceed to the playoffs that begin on Friday.
The playoffs will take place at Barys Arena in Astana, Kazakhstan, a single-elimination bracket with teams seeded by group stage rankings. All matches are best-of-three except for Sunday’s grand final, which is a best-of-five.
PGL Astana prize pool:
1. $200,000
2. $93,750
3. $75,000
4. $43,750
5-8. $31,250
9-11. $15,625 — ODDIK, Virtus.pro, G2
12-14. $9,375 — BIG, paiN Gaming, HOTU
15-16. $6,250 — GamerLegion, M80
–Field Level Media
