Over the weekend of February 21 to 23, 2025, some of the best Counter-Strike 2 (CS2) esports teams in the world competed in Romania at the PGL Cluj-Napoca 2025 Playoffs. Here's how things went down with our results report of the Grand Final and a highlights video showcasing the best plays.

The eight remaining teams battled in the single-elimination Playoffs bracket for their share of the massive $1.25 million prize pool, which is roughly R23 million. Continue reading to find out what happened, or watch the highlights video below...or both!

In the Quarterfinals, Team Falcons survived an onslaught from Turkish side Eternal Fire, winning 2-1. The squad then went on to smack FaZe Clan right out of the competition with a solid 2-0 win.

On the other side of the bracket, the MOUZ squad, now led by young Swedish star Ludvig "Brollan" Brolin, sent paiN Gaming packing and then eliminated Astralis to make it to the Grand Final of PGL Cluj-Napoca 2025.

In the Grand Final, MOUZ got off on the right foot, beating Team Falcons 13-6 on their map pick of Dust2. Team Falcons retaliated on Mirage for a very convincing 13-4 win, tying up the best-of-five Grand Final with a map score of 1-1.

Despite strong efforts from Team Falcons, MOUZ pulled ahead on Nuke to shut them down with a close 13-11 win and then closed out the series with a 13-9 on Ancient to win the PGL Cluj-Napoca 2025 Grand Final with a score of 3-1.

Congratulations to MOUZ on winning PGL Cluj-Napoca 2025 in dominating fashion. They will receive the $400,000 first-place prize, while Team Falcons will receive $187,500 for second place.

Despite MOUZ winning the event, it was Team Falcons' star rifler (previously from G2 Esports), Nikola "NiKo" Kovač, who put up an incredible performance throughout the event to claim the MVP award.

Header image via PGL.