Matchups Announced for the Third Stage of StarLadder Budapest Major 2025

On the eve of the start of the third stage of the Counter-Strike 2 Major, team seeding was published by the organizers of StarLadder Budapest Major 2025. The upcoming stage promises many exciting and interesting matches.

The main confrontations will be the match of FaZe Clan versus Team Vitality - two teams showing stable form and counting on advancing to the next round. The second notable pairing will be that between PARIVISION and MOUZ, during which time the European organization will once again try to confirm the status of one of the favorites, while PARIVISION is going to try to surprise an opponent. Then, team Falcons will play against B8 Esports for whom this match will be an important test of strength.

Other matches will be very interesting, too: Team Liquid will play against Team Spirit, and Natus Vincere will play against the Brazilian roster FURIA. G2 Esports have been matched with the Ukrainian roster Passion UA, while The Mongolz and Team 3DMAX enter this stage playing against Imperial Esports and paiN Gaming respectively.

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The first three stages of all matches will be played in the Swiss system; only eight teams will reach the next final stage of the tournament, which will take place in a Single Elimination format. The greatest teams will compete against each other for the chance to become champions in a BO5 series — the Grand Final of StarLadder Budapest Major 2025 will be held in Hungary from November 24 to December 14 and will feature a prize pool of $1,250,000, which will be divided among the 32 participating teams!