TheMongolz qualify for Esports World Cup 2024

bLitz's men narrowly prevailed in the Asia qualifier to secure a spot at the event in Saudi Arabia.

bLitz led the way in the qualifier, mustering a 1.33 rating over eight maps

The MongolZ have earned a spot at Esports World Cup through the Asia closed qualifier, barely scraping past Rare Atom in the four-team, double-elimination bracket's grand final with 13-5 and 16-12 wins on Ancient and Inferno, respectively, on either side of a 16-19 defeat on Mirage.

The No. 20-ranked team, fresh from their run at the Copenhagen Major where they earned Asia a third spot for Shanghai by making the Elimination Stage, continues to be the name to beat in the region.

Instead of being challenged by perennial rivals Lynn Vision, however, it was the recently-announced Rare Atom roster that offered the stiffest competition against Garidmagnai "⁠bLitz⁠" Byambasuren's troops.

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The MongolZ barely survived their opening match of the qualifier against the Chinese team, recovering from a blowout on Ancient with narrow 13-11 and 16-12 wins on Inferno to advance in the upper bracket.

The Mongolian team then reinstilled some confidence by battering TYLOO 13-0 on Nuke before securing a triple-overtime win on Mirage to make the grand final, where they again met Rare Atom after HaoWen "⁠somebody⁠" Xu and company tore past Lynn Vision and TYLOO in the lower bracket to earn a rematch.

The veto unfolded the exact same as the teams' earlier meeting in the qualifier, but this time The MongolZ drew first blood by stealing away Rare Atom's Ancient pick in dominant fashion, 13-5.

The Chinese team replied by narrowly snatching The MongolZ's pick of Mirage in overtime, 19-17, but couldn't convert multiple advantages on the Inferno decider as bLitz powered his team through a recovery effort from 6-9, 8-11, and 11-12 deficits to scrape together a win in overtime to earn their spot in Riyadh.

Esports World Cup 2024 Asia Closed QualifierBest of 3

The MongolZ

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1

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Rare Atom

13

Ancient

5

16

Mirage

19

16

Inferno

12

The MongolZ	K - D	Swing	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Garidmagnai 'bLitz' ByambasurenbLitz	71 - 46	+5.15%	93.0	77.8%	1.37
Azbayar 'Senzu' MunkhboldSenzu	61 - 52	+0.36%	87.8	70.4%	1.21
Sodbayar 'Techno' MunkhboldTechno	54 - 51	+1.30%	80.0	76.5%	1.20
Usukhbayar '910' Banzragch910	56 - 53	+0.61%	70.8	69.1%	1.08
Ayush 'mzinho' Batboldmzinho	47 - 53	-2.70%	64.6	72.8%	0.94

Rare Atom	K - D	Swing	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
HaoWen 'somebody' Xusomebody	66 - 58	+2.02%	90.3	75.3%	1.25
Yihang 'L1haNg' LiL1haNg	63 - 58	-0.84%	85.8	69.1%	1.13
YuLun 'Summer' CaiSummer	46 - 59	-1.59%	71.9	72.8%	0.96
Junhao 'ChildKing' PengChildKing	44 - 59	-1.00%	58.0	65.4%	0.82
Junqi 'Risk' ChenRisk	35 - 56	-3.30%	51.3	64.2%	0.76

The MongolZ are the first team to secure their spot at the event through a direct qualifier, with four more spots being determined by the end of Friday before the winner of the Europe qualifier rounds out the list on Saturday.

The team list for Esports World Cup 2024 currently looks as follows:

FaZe
Natus Vincere
MOUZ
Spirit
G2
MENA Qualifier
NA Qualifier
EU Qualifier

Vitality
Virtus.pro
Complexity
FURIA
The MongolZ
SA Qualifier
OCE Qualifier