FinalIEM Cologne Major 2026 · Stage 3

9z vs TheMongolz 2–0

Mon, Jun 15, 12:01 PM

Bo3

TheMongolz

9z won 2–0 at IEM Cologne Major 2026 · Stage 3.

Match recap

9z cruised past TheMongolz 2–0 at IEM Cologne Major 2026 · Stage 3. 9z claimed Inferno 13–8, before 9z won Overpass 13–8. 9z set the tone early, taking the pistol rounds 3–1. dgt top-fragged the match with a match-high 109 ADR. Full map-by-map breakdown, round timeline and player stats are below.

Player stats

MVP · ADR from Abios; rating ≈ HLTV 1.0 (no KAST)

Player	K	D	A	+/–	HS%	ADR	Rating
dgt	44	21	17	+23	45%	109	1.56
luchov	37	26	14	+11	41%	100	1.26
HUASOPEEK	29	25	7	+4	76%	68	1.12
meyern	23	20	7	+3	52%	52	1.15
max	22	26	14	-4	55%	66	0.95

TheMongolz

Player	K	D	A	+/–	HS%	ADR	Rating
mzinho	34	30	4	+4	74%	87	1.07
cobrazera	27	34	7	-7	52%	69	0.80
910	21	29	8	-8	29%	57	0.84
bLitz	21	34	13	-13	57%	75	0.68
Techno4k	15	28	9	-13	47%	44	0.74

Map veto

1TheMongolz banned Anubis
29z banned Mirage
3TheMongolz picked Inferno
49z picked Overpass
59z banned Ancient
6TheMongolz banned Nuke
7Dust2 was left over

Map-by-map breakdown

How 9z vs TheMongolz played out across the maps.

Map 1Inferno13–8

Halftime 6–6

9z 6 CT · 7 T · 1 pistolTheMongolz 2 CT · 6 T · 1 pistol

TheMongolz

CT round win T round win

Map 2Overpass13–8

Halftime 5–7

9z 8 CT · 5 T · 2 pistolsTheMongolz 7 CT · 1 T · 0 pistols

TheMongolz

CT round win T round win

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Our prediction

Odds: 9z 2.46 · The MongolZ 1.6 (Duel)

9z at this price is worth a look and the map pool is why. The MongolZ are ranked ninth in the world and carry two H2H wins, but MongolZ's Mirage is a known weak spot at 41% across 17 maps, their most-played surface. That is not variance over a small sample, that is a structural problem. 9z can exploit the veto by picking Overpass (73% win rate, 11 maps) or Inferno (65%, 17 maps), two maps where their numbers are significantly stronger than anything MongolZ show on their worst ground. MongolZ's best map is Inferno at 78% but they have only nine maps played there, making it a smaller sample than 9z's extensive Inferno record at the same win rate. MongolZ's recent form is wobblier than the ranking suggests. Their last five reads W-L-W-L-L, including losses to Legacy and BetBoom, teams 9z would be expected to beat. 9z meanwhile are 3-2 across their last five with wins over Vitality and PARIVISION. The public sees MongolZ rank nine versus 9z rank twenty-one and prices this as near-certain, but the actual performance data across recent matches paints a much tighter contest. The round swing data also points 9z's way with MongolZ versus 9z's 1.15, suggesting MongolZ generate big rounds but also give them up at a rate that suits 9z's controlled style. the book has this at roughly 59-41 in MongolZ's favour. We see it closer to 55-44. Not a massive gap, but the best available price on 9z is longer than the fair line and the map pool gives us a concrete mechanism for how 9z win. We take 9z as a secondary play.

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