One of the last confrontations of the Play-In stage at the Intel Extreme Masters Cologne 2024 is a match between Turkish club Eternal Fire and MongolZ. The winner will advance to the next stage of the tournament, while the loser will leave the competition. The format of the match is bo3. Will the Turks be able to rehabilitate themselves? We will find out very soon.
In this betting thread you will find out how the participants of this match have performed recently, how they did in their previous professional tournament and how this match will end.
Eternal Fire uniforms
The Turkish squad started the season with a 9th-12th place finish at the Intel Extreme Masters Katowice 2024, which earned the players $16,000 in prize money. EF made it to PGL Major Copenhagen 2024: European RMR A thanks to their second place at PGL Major Copenhagen 2024: European Qualifier B. They finished in the top 8. A place in the top 8 took the club to PGL Major Copenhagen 2024. The first Major tournament of the year ended with Eternal Fire in 5th-8th place in the standings, and the team earned $45,000 as a reward. A silver medal at the Esports World Cup 2024: European Qualifier left the players without an invitation to a major championship. Eternal Fire then failed to achieve the desired success at ESL Pro League Season 19, where they finished in 21st-28th place. The championship at CCT Season 1 Global Finals brought Eternal Fire a club record of $250,000. A 9th-10th place finish at YaLLa Compass 2024 allowed the Turks to earn an additional $8,000 in prize money.
The previous professional tournament in which Eternal Fire took part was the Skyesports Championship 2024. According to the results of the draw, the Turkish team was placed in Group B. There, the team won four consecutive games and guaranteed themselves a trip to the play-offs semi-finals. In the semi-finals Eternal Fire Ledge defeated MongolZ on two maps and left the tournament. The 3-4th places provided the players with $35,000 in prize money.
In the Intel Extreme Masters Cologne 2024, the Turkish club started with a Play-In where they beat Team Falcons in the first match in a full bo3 series (Vertigo - 13-5, Nuke - 8-13, Dust 2 - 13-11). A loss to Complexity Gaming on two maps sent Eternal Fire to the bottom of the grid.
Statistics of Eternal Fire's latest results:
- A 0-2 loss to Complexity Gaming
- 2:1 win over Team Falcons
- 0:2 loss to The MongolZ
- 16-14 win over 3DMAX
- 13-5 win over AMKAL ESPORTS
The MongolZ's uniform
The MongolZ started 2024 with a win in the PGL Major Copenhagen 2024: East Asian Qualifier, which will allow The MongolZ to participate in the PGL Major Copenhagen 2024: Asia-Pacific RMR. At the Intel Extreme Masters Chengdu 2024: Asian Qualifier, the team was one step away from travelling to the tournament in China. The Mongolian club also became the champions of the eXTREMESLAND 2023 tournament and earned $25,000 in prize money. At the Intel Extreme Masters Katowice 2024 The MongolZ did not perform well, finishing in 17th-20th place and receiving $4,500 in prize money. Winning the PGL Major Copenhagen 2024: Asia-Pacific RMR secured the MongolZ a trip to Denmark for the main tournament. At the Major tournament itself, The MongolZ secured 15th-16th place in the standings and earned $20,000. A win at ESL Challenger Jonköping 2024: Asian Closed Qualifier secured the MongolZ a trip to another LAN Championship. The championship at ESN National Championship 2024 brought the Mongolians $4,347.83 in prize money. The team also won the Esports World Cup 2024: Asian Qualifier, earning them an invitation to another major championship. A 9th-12th place finish at ESL Pro League Season 19 earned The MongolZ $23,500. A championship at MESA Nomadic Masters Spring 2024 earned them the $50,000 grand prize. The MongolZ then won the YaLLa Compass 2024, adding a record $200,000 in prize money to the club's coffers. The MongolZ then went on to place 5th-6th at the ESL Challenger at DreamHack Summer 2024 and 5E Arena Asia Cup Fall 2024. A trip to Esports World Cup 2024 resulted in a ninth place finish, which earned the players $25,000.
The MongolZ had previously participated in the Skyesports Championship 2024. According to the results of the group stage draw, the team made it to Group A, where they finished with a 3-2 result, which allowed the players to advance to the play-offs of the tournament. In the quarter-finals, The Mongols outplayed AMKAL ESPORTS on two maps in a row (Dust 2 - 13-7, Mirage - 13-11). In the semi-finals, The MongolZ faced the Turks from Eternal Fire, who were defeated with a similar result (Ancient - 13-8, Dust 2 - 13-4). But in the grand finals of the competition The MongolZ defeated 3DMAX 0:2 and took silver, which provided the team with $70,000 in prize money.
At the Intel Extreme Masters Cologne 2024, the Mongolian club lost the first match of the Play-In stage to Portuguese SAW in a full bo3 series and lost the right to make a mistake. The MongolZ won 2-0 (Anubis 13-8, Ancient 13-4) against Australia's FlyQuest to advance to the second round of the lower bracket.
The MongolZ's recent results stats:
- A 2-0 win over FlyQuest
- Defeat by SAW with the score 1:2
- 0:2 defeat to 3DMAX
- 2:0 win over Eternal Fire
- 2:0 win over AMKAL ESPORTS
Eternal Fire - The MongolZ Match History
Since the beginning of this year the participants of this confrontation have played against each other twice. Both teams have one victory each. The previous time the Turks met the Mongolians was at Skyesports Championship 2024, where The MongolZ defeated Eternal Fire 2-0 (Ancient - 13-8, Dust 2 - 13-4).
Predicted result of the match Eternal Fire - The MongolZ
The MongolZ club has recently shown that they can beat EF in a confident manner. Let's bet on the victory of The MongolZ.
