Team Liquid crushes Astralis and storms into Stage 3 at Budapest Major

Team Liquid faced Astralis in a high-stakes best-of-3 (BO3) elimination match during Stage 2 of the StarLadder Budapest Major 2025 on Dec. 2, 2025.

The winner of this match, Team Liquid, advanced to Stage 3, while Astralis got eliminated. Both teams entered with a 2-2 record each, where Liquid defeated Tyloo 2-1, and Astralis beat Aurora 2-1. The map pool included Dust2, Mirage, Inferno, Nuke, Train, Overpass, and Ancient.