FURIA Won PGL Bucharest From 1-2: Five Series Wins in a Row
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FURIA were one series loss from elimination after the third Swiss round at PGL Masters Bucharest 2026. They then won five series in a row and beat Nemiga 3-2 in the grand final on October 31. The title is worth $225,000 in player prize money, with the same amount going to the club, according to HLTV.
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From 1-2 to champions
| Date | Stage | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| October 24 | Swiss round 1 | DENDELE | Won 2-0 |
| October 25 | Swiss round 2 | Natus Vincere | Lost 0-2 |
| October 26 | Swiss round 3 | Spirit | Lost 1-2 |
| October 27 | Swiss round 4 | TYLOO | Won 2-0 |
| October 28 | Swiss round 5 | Liquid | Won 2-0 |
| October 29 | Quarterfinal | BetBoom | Won 2-0 |
| October 30 | Semifinal | MOUZ | Won 2-1 |
| October 31 | Grand final | Nemiga | Won 3-2 |
Over the event FURIA won six series, lost two and went 14-7 on maps. Before the final they stood at 11-5. Of the five series after the 1-2 start, three were sweeps and two went the distance: the 2-1 semifinal against MOUZ and the 3-2 final.
FURIA’s two defeats came on consecutive days, 0-2 to Natus Vincere on October 25 and 1-2 to Spirit on October 26. Nemiga finished the event 5-3 in series and 12-7 on maps, two map wins short of FURIA’s 14 and with the same seven map losses.
Nemiga’s matching run
Nemiga began the same way. After beating Legacy 2-0, they lost 0-2 to BetBoom and 0-2 to Aurora, which also left them at 1-2. Four straight 2-0 series followed, against DENDELE, The MongolZ, FUT and Vitality. Nemiga reached the final without dropping a map since the Aurora loss, then took the first map of the final 13-2.
The final map by map
| Map | Winner | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Ancient | Nemiga | 13-2 |
| Dust2 | FURIA | 13-5 |
| Cache | FURIA | 13-2 |
| Mirage | Nemiga | 13-11 |
| Nuke | FURIA | 13-6 |
FURIA won 52 rounds to Nemiga’s 39 across the five maps. Both teams won a map 13-2: Nemiga on Ancient to open the series, FURIA on Cache in the middle. Nemiga’s 13-11 on Mirage forced the decider. HLTV’s match page highlights yekindar, who posted a 1.56 Rating 3.0 and 99.6 ADR over the five maps.
Third place and prize money
MOUZ beat Vitality 2-0 for third place, 13-7 on Nuke and 13-7 on Inferno. HLTV lists an equal club share for each place below.
| Place | Team | Player prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | FURIA | $225,000 |
| 2nd | Nemiga | $100,000 |
| 3rd | MOUZ | $68,750 |
| 4th | Vitality | $43,750 |
Road ahead
IEM Beijing starts on November 2 and runs to November 8, and 11 of its 16 teams played in Bucharest, according to our preview. The invite cutoff for the PGL Major in Singapore is also November 2, and the Major starts on November 24. Every score from the event is on our Bucharest results tracker, and the dates are in the esports calendar. Our final preview has the pre-match numbers.
Image: fan overlooking the arena at PGL CS2 Major Copenhagen 2024 (archive image, not from Bucharest). Photo: European Parliament, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Sources: HLTV results, match pages and event page, checked November 1, 2026.
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