Vitality and Falcons head to PGL Cluj-Napoca 2026 Playoffs

The PGL Cluj-Napoca 2026 Playoff teams have started to roll in, as the Swiss group stage enters its final few days. Vitality and Falcons are first to make it past the finish line, securing their spots on the stage later this week.

We’ve seen another eight matches of CS2 action on the server today – let’s recap the major headlines!

Vitality put MOUZ in misery AGAIN

At this point, you cannot in good faith describe Vitality vs. MOUZ as a rivalry. Vitality have MOUZ‘s number, and it feels as though everyone believes the result is a foregone conclusion before a bullet was fired.

This was another miserable match for MOUZ, who actually looked to stay competitive in the early stages of the Dust2 opener. A 7:5 half in favor of Vitality meant a MOUZ pistol would put them right back in contention, but it wasn’t to be. Vitality won every single round of their CT-side in the second half, with MOUZ jumping around without ideas in what proved to be a pitiful effort.

By the time we got to Inferno, a 2:0 felt pretty inevitable. But when ZywOo is in this kind of form, hitting every impossible shot, you’re left with nothing but to admire greatness. Ultimately, that’s probably not how MOUZ feel on the matter, but from the outside, that’s how it was watching this series. A 9:3 half put Inferno out of reach for MOUZ, and despite putting up a strong fight in the second half to claim eight rounds, Vitality found all the rounds they needed to see this one out and lock in the PGL Cluj-Napoca 2026 Playoffs.

Falcons outlast FURIA in reverse sweep

Following Falcons recent struggles, you’d have to have placed FURIA as the favorites in this series. They took an early map lead after a tense overtime win, but couldn’t see it through as Falcons completed a 2:1 reverse sweep.

For Falcons, the comeback had to start on Inferno after FURIA snatched Mirage. A truly dominant 11:1 half was a statement of intent, and a kyousuke masterclass allowed Falcons to quickly tie up the series.

A back-and-forth Anubis decider saw momentum swing both ways, and it seemed as though FURIA had a chance to take it. But in the end, another huge kyousuke showing made all the difference in a tight 13:11 game, even with KSCERATO going 28:15.

Elsewhere, 3DMAX were condemned to a last-place finish in Cluj-Napoca at the hands of HEROIC. It’s the most disappointing result for the French team in a while, and could lead to some soul-searching about the direction of this roster. Afterwards, G2 lived to fight another day by sending paiN Gaming packing. An 0:3 run here would’ve been disastrous for G2, and they’ll get at least one more shot to make it to the PGL Cluj-Napoca 2026 Playoffs.

The full standings for the PGL Cluj-Napoca 2026 Group Stage are as follows:

3:0 (Qualified)

• Vitality
• Falcons

2:1

• MOUZ vs. FUT
• NAVI vs. The MongolZ
• FURIA vs. PARIVISION

1:2

• FaZe vs. Astralis
• B8 vs. Aurora
• G2 vs. HEROIC

0:3 (Eliminated)

• 3DMAX
• paiN Gaming