{"id":91105,"date":"2025-02-17T04:39:28","date_gmt":"2025-02-17T04:39:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/17\/faze-clan-mongolz-clinch-playoff-spots-at-pgl-cluj-napoca\/"},"modified":"2025-02-17T04:39:28","modified_gmt":"2025-02-17T04:39:28","slug":"faze-clan-mongolz-clinch-playoff-spots-at-pgl-cluj-napoca","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/17\/faze-clan-mongolz-clinch-playoff-spots-at-pgl-cluj-napoca\/","title":{"rendered":"FaZe Clan, MongolZ clinch playoff spots at PGL Cluj-Napoca"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<section id=\"0\" class=\" w-full\">\n<div class=\"xl:container mx-0 !px-4 py-0 pb-4 !mx-0 !px-0\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.deadspin.com\/tr:w-900\/15372674.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.deadspin.com\/tr:w-900\/15372674.jpg\" alt=\"Syndication: Arizona Republic\" class=\"w-full\"\/><span class=\"text-0.8 leading-tight\">A backlit keyboard is part of the gear online video game streamer Jordan Woodruff uses in his Gilbert home.<\/p>\n<p>Jordan Woodruff<!-- --> <!-- --> <\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"section-1\">\n<p>FaZe Clan and The MongolZ were the first two teams to advance out of the group stage at the $1.25 million PGL Cluj-Napoca event when they won their Round 3 high matches on Sunday in Romania.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"section-2\">\n<p>FaZe took down MOUZ 2-0 and The MongolZ outlasted paiN Gaming 2-1. The losing teams will have another chance to move on in Monday&#8217;s Round 4 high matches.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"section-3\">\n<p>Rounds 2-5 of the event will be seeded using the Buchholz system and the teams&#8217; initial seeds. All matches in the group stage are best-of-three, with the top eight teams advancing to the single-elimination playoffs. The grand final will be best-of-five.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"section-4\">\n<p>On Sunday, FaZe swept MOUZ 13-11 on Ancient and 13-7 on Mirage. American Jonathan &#8220;EliGE&#8221; Jablonowski led the way for FaZe with 40 kills on a plus-5 kills-to-deaths differential, and Slovakia&#8217;s David &#8220;frozen&#8221; Cernansky had 34 kills on a plus-9.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"section-5\">\n<p>The MongolZ opened with a 16-13 overtime win on Inferno, but paiN drew even by eking out a 16-14 overtime win on Dust II. The final map was Mirage, where The MongolZ won 13-8. They were led by Munkhbold &#8220;Senzu&#8221; Azbayar of Mongolia (60 kills, plus-17).<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"section-6\">\n<p>In the two Round 3 low matches, Imperial Female and FlyQuest were the first two teams to be eliminated from the tournament. Complexity swept Imperial Female (13-5 on Ancient, 13-2 on Train) and SAW beat FlyQuest 2-1, sandwiching a 16-14 OT win on Inferno and a 13-9 victory on Ancient around a 13-7 loss on Dust II.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"section-7\">\n<p>There were four Round 3 mid matches: Eternal Fire swept BIG 2-0, 3DMAX beat MIBR 2-0, Team Falcons topped Astralis 2-1 and Virtus.pro defeated Wildcard 2-0. The victors moved on to the Round 4 high matches, and the losers will play in the Round 4 low matches.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"section-8\">\n<p>Six matches are scheduled for Monday:<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"section-9\">\n<p>Round 4 high matches<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"section-10\">\n<p>&#8211;MOUZ vs. Team Falcons<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"section-11\">\n<p>&#8211;3DMAX vs. Eternal Fire<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"section-12\">\n<p>&#8211;paiN Gaming vs. Virtus.pro<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/p>\n<section id=\"section-13\">\n<p>Round 4 low matches<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"section-14\">\n<p>&#8211;Wildcard vs. BIG<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"section-15\">\n<p>&#8211;Astralis vs. MIBR<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"section-16\">\n<p>&#8211;Complexity vs. SAW<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"section-17\">\n<p>PGL Cluj-Napoca prize pool:<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"section-18\">\n<p>1. $400,000<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"section-19\">\n<p>2. $187,500<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"section-20\">\n<p>3. $150,000<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"section-21\">\n<p>4. $87,500<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"section-22\">\n<p>5-8. $62,500<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"section-23\">\n<p>9-11. $31,250<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"section-24\">\n<p>12-14. $18,750<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"section-25\">\n<p>15-16. $12,500 &#8212; Imperial Female, FlyQuest<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/p>\n<section id=\"section-26\">\n<p>&#8211;Field Level Media<\/p>\n<\/section><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/deadspin.com\/faze-clan-mongolz-clinch-playoff-spots-at-pgl-cluj-napoca\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A backlit keyboard is part of the gear online video game streamer Jordan Woodruff uses in his Gilbert home. 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