Eternal Fire eliminate The MongolZ from EPL in final round of regulation

The Turkish squad marches on to the quarter-finals where they will face Vitality.

XANTARES displayed his star power in the series with a 1.42 rating

Eternal Fire punched their ticket to the ESL Pro League Season 20 quarter-finals after a drawn out three-map series against The MongolZ.

From the very beginning the two teams showed their parity as a 7-5 lead on Mirage by The MongolZ on the attack was matched with equal strength by Eternal Fire, who sent it to overtime after their own attack.

The MongolZ did well to take their pick in four rounds, however, denying Eternal Fire the chance of winning the series 2-0. Azbayar "⁠Senzu⁠" Munkhbold, who has been the engine behind much of his team's success was in fine form from the get-go.

Garidmagnai "⁠bLitz⁠" Byambasuren and company decided to start out Eternal Fire's Anubis pick on the CT side, despite its slight skew towards the T side, and after a slow start they brought it back to 6-6 at the half.

The great start quickly came to nothing, however, as The MongolZ lost the second pistol round and never got comfortable on the attack, tallying just three rounds in a map dominated by Eternal Fire's star rifler Ismailcan "⁠XANTARES⁠" Dörtkardeş.

Eternal Fire came in ready to take the Inferno decider home. "The veto I did with my coach was perfect, I knew the three maps, I just focused on these three maps," Engin "⁠MAJ3R⁠" Küpeli said after the match on the ESL broadcast.

It wasn't easy for the Turkish squad, who were met with fierce resistance from The MongolZ and even trailed after the CT side, 5-7, but MAJ3R's preparation paid off and they turned a 5-9 deficit after losing the pistol round into a 13-11 victory on the attack.

Date Matches
ESL Pro League Season 20
19/09/2024
19:30
Match

The MongolZ will return home to prepare for their next event, IEM Rio, but for Eternal Fire the action doesn't stop as they are now slated to play Vitality in the quarter-finals on Thursday.

Matchpage
2
1
18th September 2024
13
Mirage
16
13
Anubis
9
13
Inferno
11
 Eternal Fire K - D Swing ADR KAST Rating2.0
65 - 44 +6.43% 90.8 78.7% 1.43
49 - 47 -0.29% 77.9 80.0% 1.12
42 - 52 -0.05% 69.7 62.7% 0.99
45 - 52 -1.18% 65.9 70.7% 0.97
40 - 45 -2.63% 55.2 68.0% 0.87
 The MongolZ K - D Swing ADR KAST Rating2.0
60 - 47 -0.18% 83.5 73.3% 1.23
50 - 51 +0.47% 72.5 66.7% 1.03
39 - 46 -1.35% 73.2 72.0% 0.99
48 - 45 +1.86% 64.6 70.7% 0.99
41 - 54 -3.08% 64.7 73.3% 0.88
Turkey Ismailcan 'XANTARES' Dörtkardeş
Ismailcan 'XANTARES' Dörtkardeş
Age:
29
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.16
Maps played:
2174
KPR:
0.81
DPR:
0.67
Mongolia Garidmagnai 'bLitz' Byambasuren
Garidmagnai 'bLitz' Byambasuren
Age:
23
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.07
Maps played:
605
KPR:
0.73
DPR:
0.67
Turkey Engin 'MAJ3R' Küpeli
Engin 'MAJ3R' Küpeli
Age:
33
Team:
Rating 1.0:
0.94
Maps played:
1427
KPR:
0.63
DPR:
0.66
Mongolia Azbayar 'Senzu' Munkhbold
Azbayar 'Senzu' Munkhbold
Age:
18
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.06
Maps played:
296
KPR:
0.73
DPR:
0.68
Pog EF T1!!!
2024-09-18 17:02
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#2
Faceit level 10  | 
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Czech Republic hrozenbuzen
nt
2024-09-18 17:02
5
2 replies
But HLTV experts from turkey think otherwise
2024-09-18 17:03
1
We are making playoffs, need to go the next step.
2024-09-18 17:03
2
#7
Faceit level 8  | 
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Turkey Sendurmen
if we win vitality i can say t1 but too hard
2024-09-18 17:04
0
Mongolz got in their head, they shouldve won this match quite easily
2024-09-18 17:02
16
2 replies
910 were sleeping so it was fair match cuz Ef's woxic also sleeping. It was just diff of TerminatorTares
2024-09-18 17:05
5
This is becoming a trend, the final hurdle for them to become a title threat is to iron out their mental.
2024-09-18 18:15
1
rip my goats
2024-09-18 17:04
1
#9
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Thailand sssarcast1c
nt The MongolZ. A pretty solid result nevertheless but you could have easily go further
2024-09-18 17:06
3
i think the nerves got to them. once they get some more experience i think they will become a solid top 10 team
2024-09-18 17:11
0
#12
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Turkey opkatte
XANTARES my GOAT <333
2024-09-18 17:11
0
Mongolz deserved the win more. Eternal bots stealing the win just to flop again, again, and again. EF please disband
2024-09-18 17:45
5
7 replies
#14
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Bosnia and Herzegovina Har1
Cry more
2024-09-18 17:48
30
2 replies
Flag - Opinion rejected
2024-09-18 17:52
4
1 reply
#17
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Bosnia and Herzegovina Har1
Goated flag and country, wdym biaaaaatch?
2024-09-18 18:03
5
Cry, westerner.
2024-09-18 18:15
5
i would love to see The MongolZ advance further, but EF played very well today and deserved that win
2024-09-18 18:16
1
#30
Faceit level 7  | 
 | 
Europe PeaceT
haters will hate
2024-09-18 19:50
0
Whaha biggest hater ever seen on hltv. Cry baby hahahaahahahahahah
2024-09-19 00:31
0
#16
Faceit level 8  | 
DZ | 
Algeria SilverQuick
GODTARES on it again.
2024-09-18 18:01
1
XANTARES GOAT
2024-09-18 18:08
2
LETS F GOOOOOOOOOOO
2024-09-18 18:12
0
Same tournament, same spot. Im disappointed
2024-09-18 18:19
1
1 reply
Last time it was 11-2, now it was 9-5
2024-09-18 19:22
0
Lets gooo. What a beast play from MR. Xantares!
2024-09-18 18:28
0
noo :c
2024-09-18 18:37
0
Noooooo
2024-09-18 19:48
0
ggs, both good teams
2024-09-18 22:48
1
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