The MongolZ has didn’t qualify for the ESL Professional League Season 22 Playoffs after being knocked out by NAVI in its last Stage 2 match.
The Mongolian nationwide crew struggled to seek out type, bowing out of the Counter-Strike 2 match with a 2-3 win-loss report.
In the course of the match, the commentators cited a doable lack of apply as a purpose for the crew’s current downward flip in type. Earlier than the match, Ayush ‘mzinho‘ Batbold revealed the crew had spent every week with household after spending a number of weeks away competing in different occasions.
NAVI struck first with a dominant 13-3 victory on Nuke, nonetheless, the Mongolians bounced again within the early levels of Historic, taking a 6-1 lead.
The Ukrainian organisation managed to overturn the deficit, taking the map 16-12 and a 2-0 sweep to ship the world’s greatest Counter-Strike 2 crew packing.
The MongolZ just lately took the highest spot in October’s Valve Regional Standings (VRS) after profitable the Esports World Cup in August and recording second-place finishes at FISSURE Playground 2 and BLAST Bounty Season 2.
What Subsequent For The MongolZ?
Following elimination from ESL Professional League Season 22, the main focus of The MongolZ turns to the Thunderpick World Championship because it appears to seek out some type forward of November’s StarLadder Budapest Main.
Happening from October fifteenth to nineteenth, 2025, the Thunderpick World Championship options eight groups competing for a $340,000 (~£253,062) prize pool in Malta.
The occasion is likely one of the last Tier 1 tournaments going down earlier than the Main. The MongolZ is one among 4 groups receiving a direct invitation to the occasion primarily based on its place within the August VRS. It joins NAVI, FURIA, and Aurora Gaming.
