Wildcard to Replace The Huns at PGL Bucharest 2026

Tournament operator PGL has officially announced a change to the participant list for PGL Bucharest 2026 in Counter-Strike 2. Instead of The Huns, the North American team Wildcard will compete at the tournament in Romania after changes to the event schedule.

The reason for the replacement is that The Huns withdrew from PGL Bucharest because the tournament dates overlap with their participation in the XSE GangKui Cup Season 2 Finals in Shanghai, which will take place from April 1 to 5. As a result, the organizers decided to give the vacant slot to Wildcard, the team that had previously finished second in the North American qualifier.

For Wildcard, this will be a good opportunity to prove themselves at a higher level following a recent roster change. In early March, the team signed Nemanja nEMANHA Đukić, and the first tournament for the updated lineup was Urban Riga Open Season 3. There, the squad finished in 5th-8th place, losing to the eventual champions, FOKUS.

Before traveling to Bucharest, Wildcard will also play another tier-2 tournament - Radio Popular Roman Imperium Cup VII in Portugal, where they will face BESTIA, Sangal, BetBoom Team, and NOMERCY in the group stage.

Updated participant list for PGL Bucharest 2026:

• PARIVISION

• The MongolZ

• Astralis

• FaZe

• FUT

• 3DMAX

• Legacy

• B8

• NRG

• BC.Game

• MIBR

• M80

• FOKUS

• Voca

• Inner Circle

• Wildcard

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