Teams Legacy and The MongolZ will determine the participant who will pass to the next stage of PGL Major Copenhagen 2024. The losing club will finish its participation in the tournament. The format of the match is bo3. Will the Brazilians be able to cope with the Mongolian club? We will find out very soon.
In this betting thread you will find out how the participants of this match performed in the previous year, how they did in their previous professional tournament and how this match will end.
Legacy uniforms
The Legacy team came into existence in the second half of 2023 and was first called Fake Natty. The team is built around the legendary coldzera. The debut of the new organisation took place at CCT East Europe Series #1, where the team took 9-16th place, Ledgeiv in the first match of play-offs to mix The Free on two maps in a row. The situation was repeated at CCT North Europe Series #7, where the players again finished in 9-16th place in the standings. 25-40th place in the Thunderpick World Championship 2023: European Series #2 did not allow to go to a major championship. Legacy failed to earn prize money at the above tournaments. A top-8 finish at BLAST Premier: Fall American Showdown 2023 earned the players $5,000. After that, Legacy participated in a series of online events, but did not achieve decent results. A win at CBCS 2023 Season 3 secured the team a $10,201.78 reward. In the final months of the year, Legacy only celebrated a silver medal at XL Games Clash 2023, but that performance did not earn the players any money. The new year began for Legacy with a run through PGL Major Copenhagen 2024: South American Open Qualifier #1, as well as an unsuccessful participation in the Open Qualifiers at Intel Extreme Masters Chengdu 2024. A top-two finish at PGL Major Copenhagen 2024: South American Qualifier secured the players place in the American RMR tournament. The players also failed to qualify for ESL Pro League Season 19.
The previous professional tournament for Legacy was PGL Major Copenhagen 2024: American RMR. In the Swiss system, the players of the Long Sogpeg team were defeated by paiN Gaming with a score of 2-13. In the second round, the team defeated nouns in a full bo3 series (Vertigo - 9-13, Overpass - 13-4, Inferno - 13-7). A win over RED Canids with a similar result (Nuke - 13-6, Overpass - 6-13, Anubis - 13-4) took Legacy to the next round, where NEKIZ and its teammates outplayed MIBR 2-0 (Anubis - 13-7, Vertigo - 13-7). In the deciding game the team defeated M80 in a full bo3 series (Overpass - 6-13, Ancient - 16-12, Inferno - 13-8). This is how Legacy made it to the PGL Major Copenhagen 2024.
PGL Major Copenhagen 2024 started for Legacy with a tense victory over FURIA Esports with the score 16-13 on the map Ancient. Next, the Ledge team defeated Cloud9 by a score of 10-13. And in the third round of the opening stage Legacy lost to GamerLegion with a score of 4-13, losing the right to make a mistake. The Brazilians confidently defeated Apeks on two maps in a row (Ancient - 13-7, Inferno - 13-7) and advanced to the fifth round.
Statistics of Legacy's latest results:
- A 2-0 victory over Apeks
- 4-13 loss to GamerLegion.
- 10-13 loss to Cloud9
- 16-13 win over FURIA Esports
- 2-1 win over M80
The MongolZ's form
The MongolZ had a great showing last year at the regional level and made it to several major championships. They started the season with a silver medal at BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023: Asia-Pacific RMR and a slot at BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023, where they finished in 20th-22nd place in the standings and earned a $10,000 consolation prize. The MongolZ then went on to win the IESF Asian Championship 2023: East Asian Qualifier, XSE Pro League 2023: Online Stage and ESN National Championship 2023. After making it to the top-16 of Intel Extreme Masters Cologne 2023, The MongolZ earned $10,000. However, the team failed to qualify for the Intel Extreme Masters Sydney 2023, finishing in third place in the Asian qualification. A win at the MESA Pro Series: Fall 2023 earned them $3,178.92. In November, The MongolZ were also able to qualify for tournaments such as the ESL Challenger at DreamHack Atlanta 2023 and eXTREMESLAND 2023. The championship at ESL Challenger League Season 46: Asia-Pacific earned bLitz and his teammates $15,000 in prize money. And at ESL Challenger at DreamHack Atlanta 2023, the team managed to finish in the top 4 and earn $10,000. The MongolZ started 2024 by winning 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 taking home $4,500 in prize money.
The previous event in which The MongolZ players took part was PGL Major Copenhagen 2024: Asia-Pacific RMR. There the MongolZ team found no equal and had no problems. In the quarter-finals The MongolZ defeated Myth Avenue Gaming with the score 13-4 on the map Ancient. The semi-final clash with Grayhound Gaming ended with the victory of bLitz and his teammates with the result 13-4 on the same Ancient map. In the decisive match The MongolZ defeated Lynn Vision Gaming on two maps in a row (Ancient - 13-8, Nuke - 13-3), which allowed them to go to Denmark for the Major championship.
At PGL Major Copenhagen 2024, The MongolZ made their debut with a 6-13 loss to Eternal Fire. In the second round also bLitz and Team Ledge or ECSTATIC with a score of 10-13. The MongolZ were saved from elimination by defeating AMKAL ESPORTS in a full bo3 series (Nuke - 13-2, Mirage - 8-13, Inferno - 13-10). The MongolZ followed that up with a 2-0 win over Chinese Lynn Vision Gaming (Ancient - 13-8, Anubis - 13-6).
Statistics of The MongolZ's last matches:
- Victory over Lynn Vision Gaming with a score of 2:0
- Victory over AMKAL ESPORTS with the score 2:1
- 10-13 defeat by ECSTATIC
- 6-13 defeat of Eternal Fire
- 13-2 win over Born In Far East
Match History of Legacy - The MongolZ
The participants of this confrontation have not played against each other on the professional scene before.
Predicted result of Legacy - The MongolZ matchup
Both teams are not very distinguished by their level of play, so it will be difficult to determine a clear favourite. Let's bet on the total of cards more than 2.5.
