Mongolian National Team, “The MongolZ,” won second place in the Counter-Strike 2 (CS2) world championship, held in Austin, USA, marking a monumental achievement in esports history not only for Mongolia but also Asia.
The tournament, which began on June 3, 2025, brought together five Asian, sixteen European, and eleven American teams. Two out of the six Asian teams were from Mongolia. The other team from Mongolia, “Chinggis Warriors,” concluded their competition by losing against the Chinese team, taking 28th to 30th place.
“The MongolZ” was the only team from Asia to advance into the quarter-finals, securing their right to compete in the single-elimination bracket. After defeating the team “FaZe Clan”, then the Brazilian National Team “paiN Gaming” in the semi-finals, “The Mongolz” qualified for the finals. They were to face the world’s leading team from the French Republic, “Team Vitality”, who had lost only 2 out of 39 games and had won 6 out of their last 7 tournaments. The final game of “The MongolZ”, highly anticipated by the team’s loyal fans as well as all of Mongolia, began at 03:30 AM, June 23, 2025.
Youth all across Mongolia gathered at Sukhbaatar Square, “Steppe Arena”, the amphitheater at the National Amusement Park, the Ard Ayush Square in Khovd aimag, and the football field in Darkhan-Uul aimag to watch and support the national team. “The MongolZ” lost the game with a score of 1:2. Although the first round was won by “The MongolZ” at 13:5, the French National Team won the second and third rounds at 4:13 and 6:13 respectively, becoming the champions of the biennial World Cup.
The Mongolian National Team “MongolZ” made history with a silver medal, as they became the first team from Asia to advance to the finals and set a record of injuring an opposing player 36 times in a single match. Team “The MongolZ” became the youngest roster to qualify for the final stage of the tournament, with an average age of 20.8. Moreover, “The MongolZ” set another record for playing the highest number of rounds in one match – 53 rounds. In the 20-year history of the game “Counter-Strike”, no other Asian team has ever achieved the level of success accomplished by “The MongolZ”. Despite falling short in the final, the Mongolian team left a lasting mark on the global esports stage.
The winner of the championship, with a total prize pool of USD 1,250,000, won a prize of USD 500,000, whereas the runner-up team “The MongolZ” won a prize of USD 170,000. The third and fourth places were awarded USD 80,000.

Published Date:2025-06-23