Ninjas in Pyjamas, 2 others qualify for playoffs at PGL Astana 2025

Field Level Media|published: 05/14/2025, 12:02pm EDT

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Ninjas in Pyjamas, Aurora Gaming and MIBR won their respective Round 5 matches on Wednesday to advance to the playoffs at the PGL Astana 2025 tournament.

Ninjas in Pyjamas swept G2, courtesy of 13-10 wins on Dust II and Nuke. They will face Team Spirit in the last of four quarterfinals on Friday.

Aurora Gaming also swept ODDIK following a 13-4 victory on Dust II and 13-8 triumph on Anubis. They will square off against The MongolZ in the playoffs.

MIBR posted a 2-1 win over Virtus.pro after sandwiching 13-11 victories on both Mirage and Ancient around a 13-5 setback on Anubis.

The Counter-Strike 2 tournament features a $625,000 prize pool, with first place worth $200,000 and second place $93,750.

The group stage began Saturday featuring 16 teams in a Swiss system format. All matches are best-of-three and the top eight proceed to the playoffs that begin on Friday.

The playoffs will take place at Barys Arena in Astana, Kazakhstan, a single-elimination bracket with teams seeded by group stage rankings. All matches are best-of-three except for Sunday's grand final, which is a best-of-five.

PGL Astana prize pool:

1. $200,000

2. $93,750

3. $75,000

4. $43,750

5-8. $31,250

9-11. $15,625 -- ODDIK, Virtus.pro, G2

12-14. $9,375 -- BIG, paiN Gaming, HOTU

15-16. $6,250 -- GamerLegion, M80

--Field Level Media