Two rematches at the PGL Cluj-Napoca 2026 semifinals, but the difference now is pressure. The comfort of the Swiss Stage is gone, and with a spot for the Grand Final on the line, there’s no room for mistakes anymore.

MOUZ vs PARIVISION

In the quarterfinals, MOUZ beat NAVI surprisingly easy (after dropping the first map), 13-4 and 13-6, with Spinx and torzsi boasting nice ratings. PARIVISION upset the favorite Falcons in tighter series, after an underwhelming performance of Falcons’ kyousuke and TeSeS. Jame’s troops showed perfect composure under pressure, with zweih being the standout player.

This clash already happened twice recently: MOUZ won at the StarLadder Budapest Major 2025 in overtime in a BO1, and the most recent being right here at Cluj – which MOUZ dominated again: 13-7 (Inferno), and 13-3 (Overpass) after dropping the opener 7-13 (Dust2). That pretty much tells us everything about this matchup: if MOUZ manages to avoid Dust2, they control the flow of the series.

The veto timeline proves it. PARIVISION first-picks Dust2 39% of the time, with a 80% win rate in 15 maps. MOUZ, meanwhile, first-bans Dust2 63%, and are on a 4 maps losing streak on it – they will most likely ban it this time, since it’s the semifinals, and the margins for error are much slimmer. Outside of Dust2, MOUZ have better map stats on pretty much every other map. Inferno is their go-to map (46% first-pick, 67% win rate), and they’re also strong on Overpass, having 83% win rate in 6 maps. PARIVISION are on 5-map lose streak on Mirage, which removes another fallback. Unless Dust2 survives the veto phase, MOUZ will dictate pace again.

Prediction: MOUZ 2-1 (or 2-0 if Dust2 disappears).

Vitality vs MongolZ

Vitality rolled past Aurora with ZywOo topping the charts as usual – nothing too out of the ordinary here. On the other end, The MongolZ are looking better as the series go on, with cobrazera topping the ratings in almost every game, proving the doubters wrong after Senzu’s departure. They dismantled FURIA (world’s No.2), and it wasn’t just aim – they showed decent composure and structure in the process.

The head-to-head between these two is pretty much one-sided. Besides the two wins at BLAST Bounty Fall 2025, and EWC 2025, MongolZ lost every other matchup they ever played. Vitality are the heavy favorites here – even in Round 2 at Cluj itself they already handled MongolZ 2-1 (10-13 Mirage, 13-4 Nuke, 13-4 Dust2).

The veto data makes it even worse for MongolZ. Vitality have 100% win rate on Dust2 and Overpass (10 and 7 maps, respectively), and pretty much better win percentage on every other map, except Mirage. That’s MongolZ’s best punch (75% win rate, first-pick 53%), and although Vitality lost Mirage in their previous clash, they are comfortable on it too with 50% win rate, and I think it’s highly unlikely Vitality will allow to be pushed around on the same map two times in a row. MongolZ’s second comfort map (Ancient) is basically gone against Vitality (91% first-ban).

For MongolZ to win, Mirage must land for them. Otherwise, over three maps, Vitality’s depth and recent dominance (9 games win streak) makes that very unlikely.

Prediction: Vitality 2-0.