FURIA outlast Nemiga Gaming, win PGL Masters Bucharest

FURIA recorded a 3-2 victory over Nemiga Gaming in Saturday's grand final at the PGL Masters Bucharest event in Romania.

Nemiga Gaming struck first by posting a 13-2 win on Ancient before FURIA responded with a flourish, claiming a 13-5 triumph on Dust II and 13-2 victory on Cache. Nemiga Gaming extended the match with a 13-11 win on Mirage before FURIA won the tournament with a 13-6 triumph on Nuke.

Latvia's Mareks "YEKINDAR" Galinskis paced FURIA with 82 kills against 57 deaths.

Kazakhstan's Beksultan "khaN" Ospan led Nemiga Gaming with 67 kills versus 54 deaths.

MOUZ captured the third-place match with a 2-0 victory over Team Vitality.

MOUZ collected 13-7 wins on both Nuke and Inferno.

Hungary's Adrian "xelex" Vincze powered MOUZ with 38 kills against 24 deaths.

Estonia's Robin "ropz" Kool had 31 kills and 27 deaths for Team Vitality.

The $1.25 million Counter Strike 2 event began with 16 teams in a Swiss-system format. The eight teams that reached three wins before taking three losses advanced to the single-elimination playoffs.

All matches are best-of-three until the best-of-five grand final on Saturday. The winning team will take home $450,000, with half going to the team and half to the players.

PGL Masters Bucharest prize pool with total prize money, player prize money and team share:

1. $450,000 ($225,000, $225,000) -- FURIA

2. $200,000 ($100,000, $100,000) -- Nemiga Gaming

3. $137,500 ($68,750, $68,750) -- MOUZ

4. $87,500 ($43,750, $43,750) -- Team Vitality

5-8. $50,000 ($25,000, $25,000) -- BetBoom Team, Aurora Gaming, Natus Vincere, FUT Esports

9-11. $31,250 ($15,625, $15,625) -- Team Liquid, Team Spirit, The MongolZ

12-14. $18,750 ($9,375, $9,375) -- TYLOO, Legacy, DENDELE CS

15-16. $12,500 ($6,250, $6,250) -- 9z Team, G2 Esports

--Field Level Media