5E Arena Asia Cup Fall 2023 - BLAST Premier Qualifier

TheMongolz qualify for BLAST Premier Fall Showdown

28-8-2023 20:24

The Mongolian squad will slot into the Americas/rest of the world bracket at the BLAST Premier qualifier.

bLitz and co. have earned a shot at making the Fall Final

The MongolZ won the 5E Arena Asia Cup Fall qualifier and will play for a spot at the BLAST Premier Fall Final in the tournament's notoriously cut-throat qualifier, the BLAST Premier Fall Showdown.

The top Asian side completed the feat just days after failing to qualify for IEM Sydney when they lost to both 5yclone and Lynn Vision in the tournament's Asian qualifier. Their only loss this time around came to 5yclone, once again, in the group stage, but the initial blunder was mended in the playoffs.

It wasn't an easy run for the squad led by Garidmagnai "⁠bLitz⁠" Byambasuren, who had to make it past their ATOX country-men in the first round of the four-team playoff. They lost the opening map in the series and then went on to close it out with back-to-back overtime victories.

In the grand final, where they took revenge on 5yclone, The MongolZ stole their Chinese rival's pick, Inferno, in 30 rounds, before sweeping the floor on Overpass, 16-3.

Date	Matches
5E Arena Asia Cup Fall 2023 - BLAST Premier Qualifier
27/08/2023	The MongolZ Finished 16:13 NKT	Match
27/08/2023	5yclone Finished 19:17 The MongolZ	Match
27/08/2023	The MongolZ Finished 16:11 GEUD	Match
28/08/2023	ATOX Finished 1:2 The MongolZ	Match
28/08/2023	The MongolZ Finished 2:0 5yclone	Match

Interestingly, none of The MongolZ's players were among the highest rated, but bLitz, Sodbayar "⁠Techno⁠" Munkhbold and Usukhbayar "⁠910⁠" Banzragch all ended the online event with over 1.10 ratings.

The 16-team BLAST Premier Fall Final qualifier will be played on October 4-8, split into two eight-team brackets, and the winners of each one will earn a spot at the main event.

Luckily for the Mongolians, they will dodge the likes of G2 and Liquid, who will be seeded in the European playoff, and will instead play teams from the rest of the world — mainly the Americas.

The teams qualified for the Americas and rest of the world BLAST Premier Fall Showdown so far are:

Ace Masters qualifier

Invite

2023-08-28 20:24

1 reply

good

2023-08-29 00:53

nice

2023-08-28 20:25

I find it funny that this is supposed to be the Americas qualifier for the BLAST Final but slipped an Asian qualifier into the Americas qualifier. And unironically, the sole asian team here is far better than every other team also in this qualifier)))) An americas qualifier but yet the most likely to qualify isn't even going to be a team from the Americas LULZ

2023-08-28 20:27

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Do you suspect these rowdy Mongolians with trample American opposition with their fine riding skills?

2023-08-28 20:34

ofc men)

2023-08-28 20:38

"Americas and rest of the world BLAST Premier Fall Showdown"

2023-08-28 20:37

i hope it happens that way, mongolz only team that is interesting in quals

2023-08-29 00:57

ye this ngl. And I want more LAN experience for them and against consistent EU opposition. Unlike many other teams, They actually have the makings of a proper tier 1 team, just not there yet. And it'd be great if these guys can make it into the Legends stage to grant Asia another spot at Majors.

2023-08-29 01:18

Lets gooooooo

ASIA PRIDE

2023-08-28 20:30

make asia proud

2023-08-28 20:32

Let's go!

themongolz easiest win ever

2023-08-28 20:36

yes!

2023-08-28 20:47

LFG

2023-08-28 21:28

Let me guess c9 going to be invited

2023-08-28 20:59

Niiiiceee

Not qualifying would be shame after beating local ATOX

2023-08-28 21:02

Is tyloo a dead in the water org?

2023-08-28 21:08

2 replies

yes TYLOO is the past. Lynn Vision, TheMongolz, and ex-Rare Atom are the future :v

2023-08-28 21:22

yes with LETN1, emi + roga

2023-08-28 21:24

so they threw sydney qualies for blast

2023-08-28 21:18

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perfectly balanced, LV goes to Sydney and Mongolz goes to NA for BLAST)))

2023-08-28 21:48

id prefer mongolz at sydney

2023-08-29 04:01

I guess, but Lynn Vision is a good alternative since they have just as much potential as they do. The team just needs international LAN experience which they get to do so for the first time in Malta and then back to back at Sydney which provides them experience that they need.

2023-08-29 04:05