THE MONGOLZ CREATE COUNTER-STRIKE HISTORY; LOCKS IN MAJOR PLAYOFFS SPOT
Asian powerhouses The MongolZ created history as they became the first team from Asia to book their spot in the Playoffs stage of a Major. The MongolZ moved into the Playoffs of the Perfect World Shanghai Major 2024 with a 3-0 record through the Elimination Stage and reverse swept HEROIC in their 2-0 bracket game to move ahead.
The action kicked off on The MongolZ's pick on Mirage and even though they lost the opening pistol, a quick A hit saw them turn around a 3v5 on the force buy. The MongolZ went on a four-round streak before degster with a single Scout and four pistols saw HEROIC get back on the board and they quickly went on to tie up the score. HEROIC ended the half with seven in a row to take a four round lead with degster stepping up and a triple from HEROIC's AWPer saw them lock in both pistols.
HEROIC ran to a 11-4 lead before a couple of impactful rounds from bLitz and a Techno4k smoke ninja saw The MongolZ bring it to a three-round game. Eight though was all The MongolZ managed as HEROIC closed it at 13-8.
Source: PGL
The MongolZ kicked off HEROIC's pick of Anubis with finally taking a pistol in the series and ran away to a 6-0 lead on their T side. The MongolZ went on to take a six round lead at the end of the opening half and locked in both pistols on Anubis to further extend their lead. While HEROIC fought back with a couple of rounds on their T side, and it was degster and NertZ converting a 2v4 in the final round of regulation to push the map to overtime, pulling things back from 3-11.
A back and forth affair saw neither team give each other an inch and it was Senzu and 910's 32 and 30 kills each to see The MongolZ home at 19-17 with mzinho coming in with big impact late on in the map as well.
The decider on Ancient saw The MongolZ take the early advantage on the T side, going 5-0 up. A steal on the A site with a mixed buy and a Senzu 1v2 on the B site made sure The MongolZ won out the opening half at 8-4. A near-flawless CT half from The MongolZ close out Ancient at 13-6 as they reverse swept the series 2-1 to move into the Playoffs.
The MongolZ becomes the first-ever team from Asia in Counter-Strike history to make the Playoffs of a Major and the second team to make the Playoffs in Shanghai after Vitality. The Mongolian squad moves into the Playoffs stage with a stunning 3-0 record in the Elimination Stage.
The MongolZHEROIC| The MongolZ |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Munkhbold 'Senzu' Azbayar |
60 - 48 | +12 | 92.0 | 67.1% | 1.24 |
| Usukhbayar '910' Banzragch |
53 - 44 | +9 | 63.1 | 67.1% | 1.03 |
| Ayush 'mzinho' Batbold |
44 - 47 | -3 | 73.3 | 71.1% | 0.98 |
| Garidmagnai 'bLitz' Byambasuren |
46 - 49 | -3 | 72.9 | 67.1% | 0.97 |
| Sodbayar 'Techno' Munkhbold |
36 - 54 | -18 | 53.0 | 60.5% | 0.76 |
| HEROIC |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Guy 'NertZ' Iluz |
62 - 48 | +14 | 84.9 | 65.8% | 1.21 |
 Abdul 'degster' Gasanov |
61 - 43 | +18 | 78.6 | 75.0% | 1.19 |
 René 'TeSeS' Madsen |
42 - 49 | -7 | 66.6 | 65.8% | 0.88 |
 Damjan 'kyxsan' Stoilkovski |
38 - 51 | -13 | 68.8 | 65.8% | 0.85 |
| Rasmus 'sjuush' Beck |
38 - 50 | -12 | 56.9 | 73.7% | 0.83 |
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