
The MongolZ are a team from Mongolia. The org was founded in August 2013, and their Counter-Strike roster launched in 2015.
For a long time, the team mostly played in the Asian region. But in the CS2 era, the boys leveled up hard and started regularly making it to big LANs. Their loudest breakout was the BLAST.tv Austin Major 2025 final and winning Esports World Cup 2025—one of those moments where a “regional” team suddenly shows up on the top tier and proves they’ve got the skill.
The MongolZ haven’t been stacking dozens of trophies every year, but they do have real big results. The most notable achievements are in the table below.
| Tournament name | City and dates | Placement | Prize money |
|---|---|---|---|
| IEM Taipei | Taipei, January 29 to February 2, 2016 | 1 | $30,000 |
| eXTREMESLAND 2023 | Shanghai, January 26 to January 28, 2024 | 1 | $25,000 |
| MESA Nomadic Masters Spring 2024 | Ulaanbaatar, May 28 to June 2, 2024 | 1 | $50,000 |
| YaLLa Compass 2024 | Abu Dhabi, June 5 to June 9, 2024 | 1 | $200,000 |
| Skyesports Championship 2024 | Mumbai, July 23 to July 28, 2024 | 2 | $70,000 |
| Elisa Masters Espoo 2024 | Espoo, October 16 to October 20, 2024 | 3 | $15,000 |
| Thunderpick World Championship 2024 | Berlin, November 2 to November 3, 2024 | 1 | $500,000 |
| Perfect World Shanghai Major 2024 | Shanghai, November 30 to December 15, 2024 | 5th–8th | $45,000 |
| IEM Katowice 2025 | Katowice, January 29 to February 9, 2025 | 3rd–4th | $108,000 |
| ESL Pro League Season 21 | Stockholm, March 1 to March 16, 2025 | 3rd–4th | $80,000 |
| IEM Melbourne 2025 | Melbourne, April 21 to April 27, 2025 | 3rd–4th | $25,000 |
| IEM Dallas 2025 | Dallas, May 19 to May 25, 2025 | 3rd–4th | $25,000 |
| BLAST.tv Austin Major 2025 | Austin, June 12 to June 22, 2025 | 2 | $170,000 |
| BLAST Bounty Fall 2025 | Malta, August 14 to August 17, 2025 | 2 | $68,438 |
| Esports World Cup 2025 | Riyadh, August 20 to August 24, 2025 | 1 | $500,000 |
| FISSURE Playground 2 | Belgrade, September 12 to September 21, 2025 | 2 | $100,000 |
| Thunderpick World Championship 2025 | Malta, October 15 to October 19, 2025 | 3 | $28,000 |
| IEM Chengdu 2025 | Chengdu, November 3 to November 9, 2025 | 5th–6th | $12,500 |
| StarLadder Budapest Major 2025 | Budapest, December 4 to December 14, 2025 | 5th–8th | $45,000 |
Below are the prize winnings The Mongolz have earned in recent years.
| Year | Earnings |
|---|---|
| 2023 | $59,838 |
| 2024 | $1,032,800 |
| 2025 | $1,261,812 |
| 2026 | $10,000 |
Over the years, The MongolZ have had a few different rosters. The team didn’t always stay stable on the world stage, but almost every reshuffle gave them a new shot—and in the end, it pushed the org to top results in CS2.
The first Counter-Strike roster appeared in 2015. It included: zilkenberg, maaRaa, fRost, nuka, and tsogoo. Right after the roster was formed, they tried to qualify for ESL One: Cologne 2015 through the Asian qualifier. But they didn’t pull off an upset, and finished only 5th–8th in the qualifiers. After that, the org decided to focus on local tournaments, which The Mongolz played for three years. Their best results in that period were wins at Intel Extreme Masters X - Taipei and ASUS ROG Masters 2016, plus a 7th–8th finish at ESL Pro League Season 7 - Asia-Pacific.
In early May 2019, The MongolZ decided to return to the global scene. They signed a lineup with Machinegun, maaRaa, neuz, temk4wow, and Annihilation, then headed into the qualifiers for StarLadder Berlin Major 2019. They didn’t make it through, which eventually led to the organization disbanding.
In 2022, there was another attempt to conquer Counter-Strike. This time the lineup included ncl, Tsogoo, Machinegun, MagnumZ, starDUST, with Noks as coach. After six months, the squad managed to win Perfect World Arena Premier League Season 2: Challenger Division, but the main tournament was a flop. That again ended in a breakup. After that, The MongolZ returned to the world stage in 2023, starting to compete in Counter-Strike 2.
| Player (first an last name) | Nick | Join date | Leave date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uuganbayar Nyam-Otgon | NEUZ | May 2, 2019 | June 4, 2019 |
| Enkhtaivan Lkhagva | Machinegun | January 17, 2022 | May 9, 2022 |
| Tsog Mashbat | Tsogoo | January 17, 2022 | October 17, 2022 |
| Azbayar Munkhbold | Senzu | September 7, 2023 | October 22, 2025 |