PGL Cluj-Napoca 2027 invites revealed: 14 top teams accepted

All 14 highest-ranked teams in the global VRS have accepted their invitations to PGL Cluj-Napoca, a $1,000,000 Counter-Strike event in Romania set to be played from February 13-21. PGL has published the full team list for the tournament.

A stacked field

The event is set to feature a strong lineup. Vitality and MOUZ are both previous champions of the Cluj-Napoca event. FURIA will also attend, although the team is set to start next season without Gabriel 'FalleN' Toledo. Spirit, Falcons and Natus Vincere are also among the invited teams, along with Astralis, Legacy, G2, Nemiga, FUT and Aurora.

The event has 16 spots in total. Fourteen are taken by the highest-ranked teams, while the remaining two will be decided in a closed qualifier. Eight teams will compete for those places in Romania from November 15-18.

Rosters and qualifier

The published team list includes the players for each organisation. Vitality's lineup includes Dan 'apEX' Madesclaire, Robin 'ropz' Kool, Mathieu 'ZywOo' Herbaut, Shahar 'flameZ' Shushan, William 'mezii' Merriman and Rémy 'XTQZZZ' Quoniam. MOUZ is listed with Ádám 'torzsi' Torzsás, Lotan 'Spinx' Giladi, Dorian 'xertioN' Berman, Oldřich 'PR' Nový, Adrian 'xelex' Vincze and Dennis 'sycrone' Nielsen.

Falcons are listed with Finn 'karrigan' Andersen, Nikola 'NiKo' Kovač, René 'TeSeS' Madsen, Ilya 'm0NESY' Osipov, Maksim 'kyousuke' Lukin and Danny 'zonic' Sørensen. Spirit's roster includes Dmitry 'sh1ro' Sokolov, Boris 'magixx' Vorobiev and Danil 'donk' Kryshkovets, among others.

The closed qualifier will determine the last two invited teams. The full list of confirmed invitations, including the two open places, is available on PGL's event page.