CS2 Starladder Budapest Major 2025: Countdown and where to watch

The StarLadder Budapest Major 2025 is the second CS2 Major of the year and will feature 32 teams from around the world who were qualified on the basis of their Valve Regional Standings. The tournament features a prize pool of $1.25 million and will be hosted at the MTK Sportpark and MVM Dome in Budapest. For the first time in Counter-Strike Major history, there will be a best-of-five grand finals match.

On that note, here is everything you need to know about the CS2 Starladder Budapest Major 2025.

CS2 StarLadder Budapest Major 2025: Start time, participants, and where to watch

The StarLadder Budapest Major 2025 Pick'Ems are live, and players can participate by purchasing the in-game Major Pass. For those unaware, this in-game event allows players to make predictions and unlock rare coins for their Steam profile.

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Start time and date

Starladder Budapest Major 2025 will be played across four phases: Stage 1, Stage 2, Stage 3, and Playoffs. The Major officially begins with the Stage 1 match between B8 and M80 on November 24, 2025, at 7 AM Eastern Time. Do note that the broadcast desk and pre-show content will begin roughly an hour before the match. Here's the start time of the event across major regions:

Timezone	Date and time
Pacific Standard Time (PST)	November 24, 2025, at 4 am
Mountain Standard Time (MST)	November 24, 2025, at 5 am
Central Standard Time (CST)	November 24, 2025, at 6 am
Eastern Standard Time (EST)	November 24, 2025, at 7 am
Coordinated Universal Time (UTC)	November 24, 2025, at 12 pm
Central European Time (CET)	November 24, 2025, at 1 pm
Moscow Standard Time (MSK)	November 24, 2025, at 3 pm
Indian Standard Time (IST)	November 24, 2025, at 5:30 pm
China Standard Time (CST)	November 24, 2025, at 8 pm
Japan Standard Time (JST)	November 24, 2025, at 9 pm
Australian Eastern Daylight Time (AEDT)	November 24, 2025, at 11 pm
New Zealand Daylight Time (NZDT)	November 25, 2025, at 1 am

Participants

Here's the full list of participants at the CS2 Starladder Budapest Major 2025:

Stage 1

FaZe Clan: broky, karrigan, frozen, jcobbb, Twistzz
GamerLegion: ztr, Tauson, PR, REZ, hypex
Ninjas in Pyjamas: r1nkle, ewjerkz, sjuush, Snappi, xKacpersky
Fnatic: KRIMZ, blameF, fear, jambo, CYPHER
NRG: nitr0, Jeroge, br0, XotiC, Sonic
M80: Swidher, slaxz-, s1n, Lake, HexT
B8: npl, essenthial, headtr1ck, alex666, kensizor
Legacy: latto, dumau, saadzin, n1ssim, lux
Imperial Esports: VINI, noway, chelo, skullz, try
FlyQuest: INS, Vexite, regali, nettik, jks
RED Canids: venomzera, drop, kauez, history, chayJESUS
Rare Atom: Summer, L1haNg, kaze, TiGeR, z8z
The Huns Esports: nin9, Bart4k, cobrazera, xerolte, sk0R
PARIVISION: BELCHONOKK, Jame, nota, xiELO, AW
Fluxo: zevy, arT, kye, decenty, Lucaozy
Lynn Vision: westmelon, z4kr, EmiliaQAQ, Starry, C4LLM3SU3

Stage 2

Aurora Gaming: XANTARES, MAJ3R, Wicadia, woxic, jottAAA
Team Liquid: NAF, ultimate, NertZ, siuhy, EliGE
Natus Vincere: b1t, AleksiB, iM, w0nderful, makazze
Astralis: dev1ce, Staehr, jabbi, HooXi, Magisk
3DMAX: Lucky, Ex3rcice, Maka, Graviti, bodyy
MIBR: exit, brnz4n, insani, kl1m, Qikert
Passion UA: Kvem, JT, Grim, hallzerk, nicx
Tyloo: Attacker, Moseyuh, Mercury, Jee, zhokiNg

Stage 3

Team Vitality: apEX, ZywOo, ropz, flameZ, mezii
Team Spirit: chopper, donk, sh1ro, zweih, tN1R
MOUZ: torzsi, xertioN, Jimpphat, Brollan, Spinx
Team Falcons: Niko, TeSeS, kyxsan, m0NESY, kyousuke
FURIA: yuurik, KSCERATO, FalleN, molodoy, YEKINDAR
The MongolZ: blitz, Techno4K, 910, Senzu, mzinho
G2 Esports: huNter-, malbsMd, HeavyGod, SunPayus, matys
paiN Gaming: biguzera, nqz, snow, dav1deuS, dgt

Where to watch

The Starladder Budapest Major 2025 will feature two English streams simultaneously during the early stages as two matches will run almost at the same time. Here are the official channel links: