Natus Vincere Swept Aurora as Four Teams Reached Two Wins Without Defeat at PGL Wallachia in Bucharest
Xtreme Gaming needed a 70 minute third game to beat Conventus Stellarum, while LGD Gaming and Team Yandex also stayed perfect in the Swiss stage.
Natus Vincere beat Aurora Gaming 2-0 in the second round of the PGL Wallachia Season 9 Swiss stage in Bucharest on 20 September 2026, joining Xtreme Gaming, LGD Gaming and Team Yandex on two wins without defeat.
NAVI took the opening game in 43 and a half minutes and the second in 34 minutes. They had started the event with a 2-0 win over Hokori on 19 September, while Aurora, playing with new signing Skiter, had needed three games to get past Pipsqueak+4.
Xtreme Gaming had the longest day. They beat Conventus Stellarum 2-1, with the first two games lasting 36 minutes each and the decider running to 70 minutes. LGD Gaming swept GamerLegion 2-0 in games of 47 and 33 minutes, and Team Yandex beat Team Nemesis 2-0 in 27 and 29 minutes.
In the matches between teams who had lost in the first round, Team Cobra beat PlayTime 2-1, 1w Team beat Hokori 2-0, Pipsqueak+4 beat Yakult Brothers 2-1 and MOUZ beat Pibbles Corp 2-0. Yakult Brothers, PlayTime, Pibbles Corp and Hokori are all 0-2 and one more defeat will end their tournaments.
Teams need three wins to reach the playoffs. The third round on 21 September pairs LGD Gaming with Xtreme Gaming and Team Yandex with NAVI. The top eight of the 16 teams go through to double elimination playoffs, which begin on 24 September, and the event carries a prize pool of 1 million US dollars.