The Mongolian team is competing without their head coach, Erdenedalai maaRaa Bayanbat. He will not be able to participate in the playoffs of ESL Pro League S23 and the BLAST Rotterdam tournament.
Coach Erdenedalai maaRaa Bayanbat
In the decisive match of the group stage of BLAST Open Rotterdam 2026, The MongolZ defeated Team Spirit with a score of 2:0, winning on the maps Nuke (13:11) and Overpass (13:9). This defeat marked the second for Spirit in two weeks at major tournaments — earlier, the team lost to Astralis in the quarterfinals of ESL Pro League Season 23, as reported by MiddleAsianNews.
Despite the impressive performances of Danila donk Kryshkovets and Dmitry sh1ro Sokolov, who showed excellent results, the team could not maintain a lead of 11:10 and lost when The MongolZ won a round with MP9.
Overpass was particularly interesting, where donk started with an incredible kill ratio of 17-1 and secured multi-kills in the first five rounds. However, the other Spirit players could not keep up with his pace. A 1-on-3 clutch by Ösukhbayar 910 Banzragch and a quad-kill by Anarbaigal cobrazera Uuganbayar helped The MongolZ come back from 1:7 to 5:7 by halftime. After the side switch, the Mongolian team won the force buy and claimed nine of the remaining rounds.
The MVP of the match was Ayush Mzinho Batbold, who led in kills with 47. This victory secured The MongolZ a spot in the final round of the tournament, with matches starting on March 27 at Ahoy Arena with an audience present. In the next stage, The MongolZ will face Aurora Gaming at 01:30 on the night of March 27-28.
Before this match, The MongolZ had already defeated Team Liquid 2:0 at BLAST Open Rotterdam, where Ancient ended in overtime and Mirage finished with a score of 13:10. This marked the end of the tournament for Liquid with their new player Mario malbsMd Samayoa.
