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.

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	Vitality 19:30 Eternal Fire	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.