Spirit are the champions of PGL Astana 2025
In the grand final of PGL Astana 2025, team Spirit defeated Astralis with a score of 3-1. The match was played in a best-of-5 format: Spirit confidently closed Dust2 (13:5) and Nuke (13:10), lost on Mirage (5:13), but sealed the victory on Train, winning it 16:13.
MVP of the Grand Final — Donk
The best player of the match was Danil " Donk " Kryshkovets. He finished the series with impressive stats — K-D: 86–58 and an average damage of 93.8. The second most effective player was Dmitry " sh1ro " Sokolov — K-D: 63–53 and an average damage of 85.8. Detailed match statistics can be explored via this link.
Best Match Highlights
Quad Kill by Donk
1v4 Clutch in the Decisive Round on Nuke
B Site Defense by HooXi
During Mirage, when Astralis managed to come back to a 5:5 score, stavn decided to type in the chat: "zz", implying that the players were asleep. This didn't sit well with Donk , who replied: "What is he writing? lol, guys, you're down 0-2. Remember, your coach isn't even smiling." Ultimately, the Mirage map went to Astralis .
Prize Pool Distribution
The PGL Astana 2025 concluded with a prize pool of $1,250,000, which was distributed among the sixteen participants as follows. Each amount is specified only for the players — an equivalent portion additionally goes to the team organizations.
1st place — Spirit : $200,000
2nd place — Astralis : $93,750
3rd place — aurora : $75,000
4th place — FURIA Esports : $43,750
5th–8th place — The MongolZ , Natus Vincere , MIBR , Ninjas in Pyjamas : $31,250
9th–11th place — ODDIK , Virtus.pro , G2: $15,625
12th–14th place — BIG , pain , HOTU : $9,375
15th–16th place — GamerLegion , M80 : $6,250
PGL Astana 2025 took place from May 10 to 18 in Astana, Kazakhstan , at the Barys Arena. Sixteen teams from around the world competed for a prize pool of $625,000, with the winner taking home $200,000.
