Techno earns career-first MVP at EWC 2025

The Mongolian player excelled throughout the tournament ending it with a 1.39 Rating.

Sodbayar "⁠Techno⁠" Munkhbold has been named the Esports World Cup's MVP, earning him the highest individual accolade at a tournament for the first time in his career.

Known for his hard entrying and supportive play in the past, Techno has been shining bright on his own since moving to a role that puts him in trading and clutch situations.

The 20-year-old was the highest-rated player at the event in Saudi Arabia among players with more than one series played, with a 1.39 Rating, followed by Ismailcan "⁠XANTARES⁠" Dörtkardeş (1.30), Mathieu "⁠ZywOo⁠" Herbaut (1.29), and Ilya "⁠m0NESY⁠" Osipov (1.26).

On The MongolZ, it was Garidmagnai "⁠bLitz⁠" Byambasuren who came in second, with a 1.25, followed by Azbayar "⁠Senzu⁠" Munkhbold's 1.16.

Techno was the second-highest rated player in the 3-0 grand final victory over Aurora with a 1.33 Rating and +3.89% Swing, only behind Senzu's 1.40 and +5.02%.

Techno also led in KD difference (+51), total kills (193), and had the highest Swing (+3.98%) in the tournament among players with more than one series played. He was also second in assists, with 58, behind only bLitz's 62.

Mongolia Garidmagnai 'bLitz' Byambasuren
Garidmagnai 'bLitz' Byambasuren
Age:
24
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.05
Maps played:
780
KPR:
0.72
DPR:
0.67
Turkey Ismailcan 'XANTARES' Dörtkardeş
Ismailcan 'XANTARES' Dörtkardeş
Age:
30
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.16
Maps played:
2341
KPR:
0.80
DPR:
0.67
Mongolia Sodbayar 'Techno' Munkhbold
Sodbayar 'Techno' Munkhbold
Age:
20
Team:
Rating 1.0:
0.97
Maps played:
729
KPR:
0.66
DPR:
0.68
France Mathieu 'ZywOo' Herbaut
Mathieu 'ZywOo' Herbaut
Age:
24
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.27
Maps played:
1496
KPR:
0.84
DPR:
0.60
Mongolia Azbayar 'Senzu' Munkhbold
Azbayar 'Senzu' Munkhbold
Age:
19
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.07
Maps played:
471
KPR:
0.73
DPR:
0.67
Russia Ilya 'm0NESY' Osipov
Ilya 'm0NESY' Osipov
Age:
20
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.19
Maps played:
763
KPR:
0.79
DPR:
0.59
#1
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Russia Evil_DaviD1
Deserved, he really did a great job at this tournament.
2025-08-24 16:36
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bro was straight up cheating against vitality lol unreal how good those mongolians are 🔥 blitz and senzu evp ?
2025-08-24 17:03
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Xantares evp
2025-08-24 22:33
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obviously too
2025-08-24 22:37
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#75
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Australia hoangii
m0NESY robbed
2025-08-25 02:58
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Where was m0NESY when Falcons were playing vs Aurora?
2025-08-25 07:27
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#80
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Australia hoangii
celebrating a victory over vitality m0NESY 1.70 rating btw
2025-08-25 07:56
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1.02 in semis vs Aurora. Not saying he's a bad player, but he definitely underperforms lately in crucial matches.
2025-08-25 10:04
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#85
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Australia hoangii
He is a big game player they dont call him baby goat for no reason
2025-08-25 11:57
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I literally pointed out that he's missing in big games.
2025-08-25 16:12
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#93
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Australia hoangii
He is known as a big game player. Arenasy When his back against the wall he shines
2025-08-25 22:11
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How much you get paid for this bot bevavior
2025-08-28 13:55
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#98
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Australia hoangii
more than your yearly salary you jellly?
2025-08-29 00:29
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#2
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Mongolia rtq
GOAT4K
2025-08-24 16:36
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#3
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Europe Rasiak
well done Techno!
2025-08-24 16:36
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#4
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Australia kk9koala
Techno top 20 this year on god
2025-08-24 16:37
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At least 3 or 2 mongolz should be top 20 imo
2025-08-24 17:10
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France pheno71
all except mzinho, so far, I'd say could make it
2025-08-24 17:48
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#76
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China RADNIKEY
It's interesting how balanced the fragging on their roster is. Nobody has horrible stats, and even Senzu isn't miles ahead of everybody else
2025-08-25 03:22
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#90
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sh1ro | 
Russia bswoosah
910 is not top 20 either
2025-08-25 17:39
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#51
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Belarus Ginny)
techno top 20 , senzu top 15
2025-08-24 19:36
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#58
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JamYoung | 
Hong Kong kong3
senzu top 10
2025-08-24 19:50
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I hope you’re kidding
2025-08-24 18:52
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#5
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Finland AliSabid
GOAT
2025-08-24 16:37
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Holy pog
2025-08-24 16:37
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#7
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Malaysia roxxasrox
THE BEST IN ASIAN MY BOI!
2025-08-24 16:37
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GOAT
2025-08-24 16:37
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He destroyed Vit
2025-08-24 16:37
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#10
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Ukraine MagdaLena53X
When your former bottomfragger drops performance like this one, you know you are going for the next major win
2025-08-24 16:39
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Deserved. But why no big image hltv post ?
2025-08-24 16:39
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and mfers were calling for this guy's head a few months ago
2025-08-24 16:39
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Senzu goated for defending him
2025-08-25 20:10
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He's really stepped up this tournament. Happy for him.
2025-08-24 16:39
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That role change saved his career
2025-08-24 16:39
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there was no role change
2025-08-24 18:49
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Bro didnt read the article
2025-08-24 19:39
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Interview with Techno after the win: From the first half of the year compared to now, it seems there was a change in the way you're playing in your team. In the first half of the year it seemed like on T side you would go in first a lot, whereas now it feels like mzinho is going in first more often. Is that something you worked on in the break? No, there's nothing special, I think it's just that we're playing the same playstyle with a better performance. About mzinho and me, we have the same position, lurker and anchor, and sometimes he needs to go forward and sometimes I need to, but I do it often.
2025-08-24 19:43
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Not a role change
2025-08-24 20:42
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Dominican Republic modery
Bro didn't read the article
2025-08-24 21:39
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Best tournament to be mvp too
2025-08-24 16:40
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#16
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United States kamenator
Goat4k
2025-08-24 16:40
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Can't wait for HLTVs golden boy midnesy to get an undeserved EVP for farming a meaningless third place decider
2025-08-24 16:40
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Press X to doubt
2025-08-25 08:34
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Deserved
2025-08-24 16:46
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#21
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United States Kobeyachi
REZ IEM Oakland ahh
2025-08-24 16:52
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what a glowup, amazing to see
2025-08-24 16:53
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my goat clutcher
2025-08-24 16:53
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The event mongolz tweaks their roles on the team:
2025-08-24 16:55
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'...in tradition and clutch situations.' should be trade instead, no?
2025-08-24 17:17
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#25
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Mongolia TmJay
he really carried in EWC kudos to him
2025-08-24 16:56
1
my goat
2025-08-24 16:56
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Comeback of the year for real
2025-08-24 16:57
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Well deserved. Any one of the players on this team was up for an MVP
2025-08-24 17:00
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Good to see that. Not so long ago, Techno wasn't playing so well on PGL and everyone wanted to replace him. It's obvious that these guys don't know the game. Mongolz is a well-coordinated team and all it took was a little patience.
2025-08-24 17:01
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#33
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Latvia Al3xwh1t3
Great job! Well deserved!
2025-08-24 17:10
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He’s such an underrated beast mechanically. Glad he’s finally getting his flowers
2025-08-24 17:11
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Nice
2025-08-24 17:14
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#36
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France JBzOo
Thanks mongolz teaching to hltv users 1. You can win with national team 2. You can level up without player change 3. Your worst player can become your best one. All love for you <3 this is the beggin
2025-08-24 17:17
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#46
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Sweden iamnex
I can deny the 2. you dont know many changes were needed for Blitz Techno and Maaraa to reach this level.
2025-08-24 18:22
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#69
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France JBzOo
They stick 2 years with this five bro. Before that they were obviously searching their players
2025-08-24 22:40
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#96
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Mongolia Accelise
They valued character as well as skills, and eventually found the right people.
2025-08-27 12:34
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#38
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Ukraine ylexar
from worst to best
2025-08-24 17:19
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#39
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Algeria SilverQuick
MONGOAT
2025-08-24 17:20
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That is a level of perfomance greats like zywoo, s1mple, donk do/did in many of the tournament. Crazy for those numbers to come from support player. Historic day of CS2
2025-08-24 17:24
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#43
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Russia I_D_R_C
techno400k
2025-08-24 17:52
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#44
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Canada kinley377
Deserved! Wholesome MVP.
2025-08-24 18:02
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Sounds like we get more techno
2025-08-24 18:10
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love this guy very wholesome and proved wrong to these haters calling for his head when he was not doing that well around time of austin major. insane clutch player and aimer when he's on
2025-08-24 18:43
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Techgoat4k!!!!
2025-08-24 19:11
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Techno always been my goat. Never doubted him
2025-08-24 19:44
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#64
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Finland sway777
since when has his nickname been only techno and not techno4k?
2025-08-24 21:59
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Very nice insight, I was wondering how he did so fking good apparently changed roles
2025-08-24 22:04
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#66
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Finland teco
He sucked whole year but was on roids in ewc. :D
2025-08-24 22:28
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#72
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Malaysia Rich1eG0h
Techno has improved a lot, congrats
2025-08-24 23:03
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#73
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Switzerland Husey13
Congrats
2025-08-25 01:09
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techno was always the star rifler even when they are still in IHC. he sacrifice a lot when team got mzinho/senzu, giving way for both to adapt. now hes back with that title and that role, my bro now unleashed
2025-08-25 02:10
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insane support player 👏
2025-08-25 05:09
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senzu robbed wtf
2025-08-25 07:25
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#84
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Poland xbleyd
1.16 vs 1.39, are you kidding me? whole event counts, he wasn’t even close to Techno
2025-08-25 11:45
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because senzu was a beast in the finals doesnt mean he deserve it. techno way better whole tournament, he mogged vitality.
2025-08-25 16:17
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gj mongols
2025-08-25 11:01
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Well deserved. Very humble and good guy. Wish him the best.
2025-08-25 14:54
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goats!!!!!!
2025-08-25 20:05
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GOAT TECHNO4K
2025-08-26 06:52
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#95
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Fiji Henpai
Cringe, just like the whole team
2025-08-26 09:35
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u
2025-08-29 04:52
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