One NA team among PGL Bucharest invites

PGL invited the top twelve teams in the Valve Regional Standings, but Spirit, Vitality, Eternal Fire, and Falcons declined their respective invites.

This opened up four extra spots for the next highest-ranked teams, with Team Liquid, Eternal Fire, 3DMAX, and GamerLegion benefitting.

PGL are continuing their venture into tier one CS events with another event in their home country of Romania. There are four other spots aside from the twelve invites which closed qualifiers in NA, SA, EU, and Asia will decide.

In North America, there are 32 teams which will brawl for the one and only spot at PGL Bucharest. The qualifier runs from March 5th until March 10th, which is also in the middle of ESEA Advanced Playoffs in NA.

The team list thus far is: