The MongolZ is the winner of the Esports World Cup 2025, dominating Aurora with a 3-0 scoreline and securing its first tier-1 trophy for the organisation and the region. Total domination across the series to secure their first trophy stunningly.
VETO
- The MongolZ removed Train
- Aurora removed Ancient
- The MongolZ picked Mirage
- Aurora picked Dust2
- The MongolZ picked Nuke
- Aurora picked Inferno
- Overpass was left over
Map 1: Mirage; Pick: MongolZ; Winner: MongolZ
A map that has served as the playground for MongolZ delivered once again as they picked apart the Aurora defense, as the Turks somehow salvaged the half, winning 5 rounds to their name. Despite lagging in performance, Aurora managed to level the scoreline, taking the game to overtime. Winning two rounds on either side of overtime, MongolZ edged out a tight victory in a match that could easily have gone either way. 28 kills from XANTARES summarised his valiant effort, but similar output was absent from his teammates, leading to an early lead for MongolZ with a 16-14 scoreline.
Map 2: Dust2; Pick: Aurora; Winner: MongolZ
Starting on the offense, Aurora managed to go 3-0 up before MongolZ could get on the board. While an early lead helped them get a respectable scoreline, MongolZ managed to keep Aurora on the back foot before switching sides. Started the second half on a poor note, Aurora managed to level the scoreline, but MongolZ put up a streak by the end of the second half to win the map and hit a series point with a 13-9 scoreline. BlitZ with the impact and mzhinio with the frags came together to secure Dust2 for MongolZ.
Map 3: Nuke; Pick: MongolZ; Winner: MongolZ
The map that could have sealed the series for MongolZ started the series with a bang as Aurora found themselves losing rounds that were almost bagged. Aurora was taken down piece by piece, and the Turks could not find a way to stop the stellar MongolZ offense. Winning 9 rounds on the offense, MongolZ managed to switch sides with a massive buffer to relax with. Aurora did start the pistol round with a win to gain some momentum, but MongolZ snatched it back to pull off a streak that saw them win the map and the tournament. Senzu, with 25 kills, pulled off a map for MongolZ that secured their first tier-1 trophy with a 13-4 dominant scoreline.
Many may argue that Aurora didn’t deserve to be here, with a shaky Falcons side being the only team that posed a serious challenge to them up until this point. While this may be a crushing defeat for them, the stark improvement in their game was readily apparent, and teams must watch out for them in the coming events.