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 achievements
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
How much The Mongolz earned in a year
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
The Mongolz roster history
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.
First roster achievements
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.
2019–2022 roster
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.
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