StarLadder reveals opening Budapest Main Stage 1 matches

Esports event organiser StarLadder has revealed the opening spherical of Stage 1 matches going down on the StarLadder Budapest Main.

FaZe Clan, Fnatic, and Ninjas in Pyjamas are all in motion through the opening stage of the event, starting on November twenty fourth, 2025

Three-time Counter-Strike Main champions Fnatic start its Budapest marketing campaign in opposition to the Brazilian aspect of Purple Canids, a group that has continued to determine itself as one in every of South America’s rising rosters

In September, it scored a top-eight end at FERJEE Rush 2025 earlier than securing second place at Circuit X South America Season 1, narrowly lacking out on victory with a 3-2 defeat to MIBR within the Grand Finals.

Fnatic scraped into the Main due to victory at Fragadelphia Blocktober. Regardless of the victory, rifler Cai ‘CYPHER‘ Watson was moved to the bench in favour of Mykyta ‘jackasmo‘ Skyba to make a deep run within the event.

Elsewhere, Ninjas in Pyjamas seems to construct on a strong StarLadder StarSeries Fall 2025 efficiency with a powerful exhibiting within the Hungarian capital. The Swedish organisation hasn’t gained a Main since 2014, and goals to safe a Stage 2 place with victory over NRG in its opening match.

PGL Antwerp Main 2022 champions FaZe Clan has struggled to seek out consistency for the reason that return of Russel ‘Twistzz‘ Van Dulken to the beginning lineup. A top-eight on the CS Asia Championship 2025 adopted by early elimination at IEM Chengdu 2025, has left the crimson militia trying to find solutions forward of Counter-Strike’s largest event.

The previous Main winners start its event in opposition to Lynn Imaginative and prescient Gaming. The Chinese language aspect isn’t any stranger to the primary stage of a Main, managing to earn a spot in Stage 2 at the BLAST.television Austin Main with wins over Legacy, Chinggis Warriors, and NRG.

Beneath is a full record of the primary spherical of matches going down in Stage 1 of the StarLadder Budapest Main: