The MongolZ Sweep PARIVISION to Win 1win Private Club Season 2

The MongolZ won 1win Private Club Season 2 on Thursday, October 22, sweeping PARIVISION 3-0 in a best-of-five grand final in Belgrade, Serbia. It was the Mongolian team's first title in 14 months, according to the esports outlet Strafe, which also reported that the win came in the first event for Yesuntumur "nin9" Gantulga after he joined the roster.

The MongolZ lost only one series on the way, a 2-0 defeat to BIG in the upper bracket, and then won four in a row from the lower bracket, including a 2-1 rematch against BIG and the final against PARIVISION, for a 5-1 record in series.

Strafe, October 22, 2026, on the final, the prize pool and the title drought. Series results from HLTV reports of October 20 and 21.

The event and its field

1win Private Club Season 2 is a Counter-Strike 2 event played in Belgrade with a US$100,000 prize pool, of which US$25,000 goes to the champions, according to Strafe. The grand final was a best-of-five, according to Strafe, and the series reported earlier were best-of-three. A best-of-three means the first side to win two maps takes the series, and a best-of-five means the first to win three does. HLTV's reports describe an upper and a lower bracket: a team beaten in the upper bracket dropped into the lower bracket, and a loss there ended its event.

The prize money was shared across all eight places, according to HLTV's event page. After The MongolZ's US$25,000, PARIVISION received US$17,500, BIG US$13,500 and PRIVATE US$11,000. Fnatic and magic, who shared fifth and sixth place, took US$9,000 each, and Liquid and Alliance, who shared seventh and eighth, US$7,500 each. Together the amounts make up the US$100,000 pool.

The same page carries a note dated September 10 saying the event received an exception from Valve, the game's publisher, after it failed to follow the announcement deadline required for its event type. The page gives no further detail on what the exception covered.

The eight teams in the reports were The MongolZ, PARIVISION, BIG, PRIVATE, magic, fnatic, Alliance and Liquid. On each day, HLTV reported how its own projection of each team's chance of a Major invitation had moved.

How the bracket unfolded

On Tuesday, October 20, HLTV reported, PARIVISION beat fnatic 2-1 in the upper bracket. Fnatic won Cache 13-10, PARIVISION took Ancient 13-10 and then Inferno 16-14 in overtime. BIG beat The MongolZ 2-0, PRIVATE beat Alliance 2-0 and magic beat Liquid 2-0.

The same report listed the consequences for the Major race. In HLTV's projection, PARIVISION had nearly secured an invitation, fnatic's chance had fallen from 48.3% to 21.7%, BIG's had risen from 18% to 37%, and Alliance, who had lost four straight series, were below 1%. Liquid were eliminated after failing to win a map against fnatic or magic, though HLTV said they were still safe for an invitation. The report added that Liquid had lost a 10-3 lead on Dust2 against magic.

On Wednesday, October 21, HLTV reported that PARIVISION beat BIG 2-0 to reach the grand final, ending BIG's run in the upper bracket. Fnatic lost 0-2 to PRIVATE and magic lost 0-2 to The MongolZ, both elimination matches. The MongolZ then beat PRIVATE 2-0 to stay alive and reach the lower bracket final.

The lower bracket final and the grand final

On the final day, according to Strafe, The MongolZ beat BIG 2-1 in a rematch. BIG won Cache 13-4, then The MongolZ answered with Inferno 13-3 and Mirage 13-7. Usukhbayar "910" Banzragch had a 1.60 rating in the series, Strafe wrote.

In the grand final, The MongolZ beat PARIVISION 3-0: Ancient 13-6, Mirage 13-11 and Dust2 13-4. On Mirage they led 12-4 and reached match point before PARIVISION won seven rounds in a row, then The MongolZ won the map 13-11. Over the series, nin9 finished with 53 kills and 32 deaths and a 1.56 rating, the highest on his team in the final, and captain Garidmagnai "bLitz" Byambasuren had 51 kills and a 1.32 rating, Strafe reported.

The Mirage run is easier to follow with the map format in mind. A map in these scores goes to the first side to reach 13 rounds, so at 12-4 The MongolZ needed a single round to finish it. PARIVISION took seven in a row to make it 12-11, and The MongolZ then won the 13th round and the map. A 12-12 tie is played on in overtime, which is how the Inferno map between PARIVISION and fnatic on Tuesday reached 16-14.

Taken across the six series in the table below, The MongolZ won 11 maps and lost 3, and every one of the three lost maps came against BIG: two in the upper bracket on Tuesday and Cache in the rematch on Thursday. The other four series, against Alliance, magic, PRIVATE and PARIVISION, were all won without dropping a map.

PARIVISION's final

PARIVISION came into the grand final from the upper bracket without a defeat in the event, which left them waiting while The MongolZ and BIG played the lower bracket final earlier on Thursday.

The scoreline was lopsided on two maps. PARIVISION won six rounds on Ancient and four on Dust2, according to the scores Strafe printed, and across the three maps they took 21 rounds to The MongolZ's 39. On Mirage they came back from 4-12 down to 11-12 before The MongolZ closed it out.

nin9, cobrazera and a rebuilt lineup

Strafe reported that nin9 was signed from The Huns and had played for the organization before, in 2018, and that Anarbileg "cobrazera" Uuganbayar was back in the starting lineup. The outlet wrote that the reshuffle followed the departures of Azbayar "Senzu" Munkhbold and Ayush "mzinho" Batbold. HLTV had reported on September 15 that the team benched DarkMeister and tikuak, and on September 27 that tikuak joined Chinggis Warriors. cobrazera had returned to the starting five on September 3, according to HLTV. The title-winning five also included bLitz, 910 and Sodbayar "Techno" Munkhbold.

It was the first event for the new lineup, as Strafe described it, and the title came after four straight series wins from the lower bracket. For The MongolZ the previous title was the Esports World Cup in August 2025, which they won 3-0 over Aurora, the outlet said, so the sweep on Thursday matched their score in that earlier final.

What nin9 and BIG's coach said

HLTV spoke to nin9 after the final and published the interview on Thursday. It described him as 28 years old and playing his debut event for the team. He said, in HLTV's account, that he had adjusted his role because the team needed something different from its other players, that he was still adapting and expected the team to improve map after map, and that he felt little pressure, partly because he is older than most players and partly because his teammates helped him focus on his own game. HLTV noted the team's back-to-back appearances at PGL Masters Bucharest and IEM Beijing. Asked about preparation, nin9 said the team had little practice before the event and was fixing things on the spot, and that it did better on the other maps because it arrived about a week early.

BIG, who had beaten The MongolZ on Tuesday, were eliminated by the rematch and finished third, HLTV reported. Their coach, Sebastian "xenn" Hoch, told HLTV that the team had no answers against PARIVISION despite preparing for them. He put the defeat down largely to inconsistency against good teams, sloppy mistakes and poor communication, and he credited 910 for a strong performance.

HLTV wrote that BIG remained among the teams chasing one of the last invitations to the PGL Major Singapore, and that their hopes now rested on Stake Ranked Episode 5. Xenn said BIG would open against magic there and could then meet fnatic and Astralis, and that to qualify they would probably need to win the event, since a second-place finish would require other teams to fail.

What it changes for the Major race

The title came in the middle of the qualification race for the PGL Major Singapore. HLTV's projections moved sharply during the event: Alliance's chance of an invitation fell from 10% to below 1% on Tuesday, and its report said the only route left for Alliance was to win another event, RLG Tesla Cup, and even that might not be enough. For fnatic, HLTV pointed to lower-bracket chances in Belgrade and at a later event, Stake Ranked Episode 5.

On Wednesday, HLTV's projection put fnatic's chance of an invitation at 17% after their loss to PRIVATE, and magic's at 13% after their loss to The MongolZ. It also said BIG, the international side, could raise their chance to 40% by beating The MongolZ in the lower bracket final on Thursday. The MongolZ won that match 2-1.

Liquid, eliminated on Tuesday, were due to open PGL Masters Bucharest against MOUZ on October 24, HLTV said.

The MongolZ move from Belgrade to PGL Masters Bucharest, which runs from October 24 to 31 and was described in July by a North American Counter-Strike news site as the last significant in-person event before the November 2 cut-off for the PGL Major Singapore standings. The MongolZ were among the twelve teams PGL invited, the same site reported.

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