Team Vitality Win PGL Cluj-Napoca 2026 With Flawless 3-0 Final
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23 February 2026 09:50
TL;DR
- Team Vitality claimed the PGL Cluj-Napoca 2026 trophy with a dominant 3-0 victory over Parivision in the final, taking home $225,000 in prize money without dropping a single map across the entire tournament.
- The win follows a StarLadder Budapest Major 2025 title at the end of last year and an IEM Krakow 2026 victory in February, putting the French organisation in ominous form heading into the spring circuit.
If you had written off Team Vitality after their quieter spell in 2025, it is probably time to revisit that assessment. The French organisation has re-emerged as the most formidable force in CS2 with a run of form that is starting to look less like a hot streak and more like a return to dominance. The latest confirmation of that came over the weekend in Romania, where Vitality swept Parivision 3-0 in the PGL Cluj-Napoca 2026 final to claim the trophy without having dropped a single map throughout the entire event.
Three trophies in a short span. No maps dropped in the most recent one. A Grand Slam within touching distance.
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The Cluj-Napoca Win and What Made It Impressive
A 3-0 final scoreline in Counter-Strike looks clean on paper, but the weight of that result is in the broader context. Not dropping a map across a full tournament run,requires consistency across every format, every opponent, and every map pool matchup.
Parivision reaching the final is itself a testament to how competitive the upper tier of CS2 remains, which makes the clinical nature of Vitality's victory more meaningful rather than less. The French side did not scrape through. They worked through the bracket and closed the tournament out the way the best teams do, without leaving anything to chance in a deciding map.
The Bigger Picture: Three Titles and a Grand Slam Chase
To understand why this win matters beyond the immediate result, it helps to trace where Vitality has been over the past several months.
The organisation had an extraordinary period that included securing an Intel Grand Slam, Vitality closed 2025 by winning the StarLadder Budapest Major, a significant result that signalled the resurgence was real. They then opened 2026 with an IEM Krakow title in February, an ESL event that counted toward the Grand Slam tracker and put the target back within range. Now PGL Cluj-Napoca has been added to the list.
Three major titles in a relatively compressed window from a team that many had started to write off. The form is not a coincidence.
One ESL Win from History
The Grand Slam situation is where things get genuinely interesting from a historical perspective. Vitality are one ESL event victory away from completing a back-to-back Intel Grand Slam, a feat that has never been achieved before in the programme's history. The first team to do it would be cementing a legacy that goes beyond any individual trophy.
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23 February 2026 09:50
TL;DR
- Team Vitality claimed the PGL Cluj-Napoca 2026 trophy with a dominant 3-0 victory over Parivision in the final, taking home $225,000 in prize money without dropping a single map across the entire tournament.
- The win follows a StarLadder Budapest Major 2025 title at the end of last year and an IEM Krakow 2026 victory in February, putting the French organisation in ominous form heading into the spring circuit.
If you had written off Team Vitality after their quieter spell in 2025, it is probably time to revisit that assessment. The French organisation has re-emerged as the most formidable force in CS2 with a run of form that is starting to look less like a hot streak and more like a return to dominance. The latest confirmation of that came over the weekend in Romania, where Vitality swept Parivision 3-0 in the PGL Cluj-Napoca 2026 final to claim the trophy without having dropped a single map throughout the entire event.
Three trophies in a short span. No maps dropped in the most recent one. A Grand Slam within touching distance.
The Cluj-Napoca Win and What Made It Impressive
A 3-0 final scoreline in Counter-Strike looks clean on paper, but the weight of that result is in the broader context. Not dropping a map across a full tournament run,requires consistency across every format, every opponent, and every map pool matchup.
Parivision reaching the final is itself a testament to how competitive the upper tier of CS2 remains, which makes the clinical nature of Vitality's victory more meaningful rather than less. The French side did not scrape through. They worked through the bracket and closed the tournament out the way the best teams do, without leaving anything to chance in a deciding map.
The Bigger Picture: Three Titles and a Grand Slam Chase
To understand why this win matters beyond the immediate result, it helps to trace where Vitality has been over the past several months.
The organisation had an extraordinary period that included securing an Intel Grand Slam, Vitality closed 2025 by winning the StarLadder Budapest Major, a significant result that signalled the resurgence was real. They then opened 2026 with an IEM Krakow title in February, an ESL event that counted toward the Grand Slam tracker and put the target back within range. Now PGL Cluj-Napoca has been added to the list.
Three major titles in a relatively compressed window from a team that many had started to write off. The form is not a coincidence.
One ESL Win from History
The Grand Slam situation is where things get genuinely interesting from a historical perspective. Vitality are one ESL event victory away from completing a back-to-back Intel Grand Slam, a feat that has never been achieved before in the programme's history. The first team to do it would be cementing a legacy that goes beyond any individual trophy.
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