PGL Cluj-Napoca 2027 invites: all 14 teams confirmed

PGL Cluj-Napoca 2027 invites are confirmed: all 14 VRS teams accepted. Dates, the $1.3 million prize split and the closed qualifier schedule explained.

FireGhost

November 10, 2026, 02:30 PM4 min read

In brief

AI summary

PGL Cluj-Napoca 2027 will run from February 11–21 in Romania, with all 14 directly invited teams accepting their spots.
MOUZ, Vitality, FURIA, Spirit, Aurora, BETBOOM, Falcons, FUT Esports, Legacy, Nemiga, G2, 1win, NAVI and Astralis are invited, while two teams will qualify.
The event features a $1.3 million total reward package, with the champion earning up to $280,000 including the club share.

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The PGL Cluj-Napoca 2027 invites are locked in. HLTV's report on the PGL Cluj-Napoca invites confirms that all 14 directly invited teams have accepted, led by MOUZ, Vitality and FURIA.

According to PGL's official Cluj-Napoca 2027 event page, the event runs from February 11 to 21, 2027, in Romania. Invites followed Valve's global VRS from November 2, the same system used for the PGL Major Singapore 32-team invite list.

Official PGL Cluj-Napoca 2027 event key art — Official PGL Cluj-Napoca 2027 key art (Source: PGL)

Which teams are invited to PGL Cluj-Napoca 2027?

The list is simply the top 14 of the rankings. HLTV notes that Vitality and MOUZ have both won in Cluj-Napoca before. MOUZ arrive as the team to beat after MOUZ climbed to No. 1 on HLTV.

The 14 invited teams at a glance

Total: 14 direct invites, all accepted
Former Cluj-Napoca champions: Vitality and MOUZ
Other invitees: FURIA, Spirit, Aurora, BETBOOM, Falcons, FUT Esports, Legacy, Nemiga, G2, 1win, Natus Vincere, Astralis
Remaining spots: 2 teams from the closed qualifier

HLTV also points out that FURIA will start next season without Gabriel "FalleN" Toledo. Spirit, Falcons and NAVI round out a field full of big names. In short, February in Romania looks like one of the most stacked events of the early season.

How do the prize pool and format work?

PGL will hand out $1.3 million in total. That splits into a $1 million prize pool and $300,000 in VRS invite bonuses. The top five ranked teams that accept their invites get $60,000 each. The champion earns $180,000 in prize money plus a $100,000 club share, for $280,000 in total. Second place takes $155,000 and third place $115,000.

Place	Prize	Club share	Total
1st	$180,000	$100,000	$280,000
2nd	$80,000	$75,000	$155,000
3rd	$50,000	$65,000	$115,000
4th	$40,000	$50,000	$90,000

Sixteen teams will play the main event. Seeding will use the VRS snapshot from February 1, 2027. On top of that, PGL runs a $2.8 million annual viewership incentive for the most watched teams across its 2027 events.

A firefight on a stone village street in Counter-Strike 2 — A map scene from Counter-Strike 2 (Source: Valve / Steam)

When is the closed qualifier?

The last two spots go through a closed qualifier. European open qualifiers run from November 10 to 13 and send two teams forward. Six more teams are invited through the European VRS. The eight-team closed qualifier is played from November 15 to 18 as a double-elimination bracket. Every match is best of three, there is no grand final, and the top two reach Romania. The timing is tight for some of these teams, because the qualifier ends only days before the PGL Major Singapore. They will have to balance Major preparation with the chase for a February ticket in the same week.

pley.gg's breakdown of the Cluj-Napoca invites lists PARIVISION, HEROIC, FaZe, Eternal Fire and 100 Thieves among the closed qualifier invitees. So several well-known names still have a path to February.

What does it mean for the CS2 season?

Cluj-Napoca is one of the first big stops of 2027, so the invite list is a good snapshot of the current pecking order. FURIA head in as recent winners after FURIA won PGL Masters Bucharest 2026. FUT Esports also return to a PGL stage after their run at Bucharest, where FUT fell in the Bucharest quarter-finals.

One more note. BETBOOM and 1win appear under those names here, but fans may also see them under the new names from the PGL Major Singapore team name changes. PGL's rules also allow only one team per organization at the event.