Teams Discover Their First Opponents at StarLadder Budapest Major 2025

The organizers of the StarLadder Budapest Major 2025 revealed the match-ups for Counter-Strike 2 World Championship’s first stage of competition. The Stage 1 matches will take place on November 24 and will be played in a best of one format. The official schedule will be provided shortly in the meantime, it should be an amazing first day of the Major!

Stage 1 Opening Round Matchups at StarLadder Budapest Major 2025:

• FlyQuest — Legacy

• FaZe Clan — Lynn Vision Gaming

• B8 — M80

• GamerLegion — Fluxo

• Fnatic — RED Canids

• PARIVISION — The Huns

• Ninjas in Pyjamas — NRG

• Imperial — Rare Atom

Each match in the first phase is essential, and precious little room for errors because it is a single elimination match (bo1). An individual player’s clumsiness, or lack of a tactical div, can mean that one entired team has lost everything. As far as the stage you want to follow the Major format: the 8 teams that finish in the top 8 of Stage 1 will be granted advancement, and the 4 teams that finish out of points would be eliminated. 

The StarLadder Budapest Major 2025 will take place during Hungary's November 24 until December 14 2025 and consist of 32 teams from arguably some of the best teams in the world! The prize pool is $1,250,000, and will wrap up the final event at the MVM Dome, the largest indoor arena in Hungary.  

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