A 3-0 final against The MongolZ capped a map-perfect IEM Beijing 2026 campaign for MOUZ. The title ends their long wait for an IEM trophy and makes them a leading contender for the PGL Singapore Major.
MOUZ won IEM Beijing 2026 on November 8 without losing a map at any point. Their series wins came against TYLOO, BETBOOM twice, PARIVISION and The MongolZ. The grand final ended 13-5 on Mirage, 13-6 on Dust2 and 13-4 on Inferno. It is the club’s first IEM title of the CS:GO/CS2 era.
The trophy is MOUZ’s second of 2026, after BLAST Bounty in August. The team arrived in Beijing ranked #1 in Valve’s regional rankings. The event was a Tier 1 ESL Grand Slam stop and one of the last big events before Singapore.
xertioN led from the front in a lopsided final
MOUZ removed Anubis in the final’s veto and picked Mirage and Inferno. The MongolZ removed Nuke and picked Dust2. In the final, xertioN posted a 1.44 rating with 47 kills, 32 deaths and 98.1 ADR, according to KeenGamer. Spinx, xelex, PR and torzsi were rated between 1.23 and 1.35.
HLTV’s award makes xertioN the first rifling in-game leader to win a Big Event MVP since Lukas “gla1ve” Rossander in 2019. The result puts MOUZ in a small group of teams to win a Big Event map-perfect. The team’s payout combined $125,000 in player prize money with a $235,000 team share. The MongolZ received $210,000, Natus Vincere $160,000 and BetBoom Team $120,000.
The MongolZ and NAVI also head to Singapore in form
The MongolZ reached the final from ninth in the rankings. They topped Group A and beat FURIA 2-1 in the upper final. They then eliminated NAVI in the semifinal without dropping a map. The run gave them their first top-tier grand final since FISSURE Playground 2 in September 2025.
Natus Vincere took third place with a 2-0 win over BETBOOM. Valeriy “b1t” Vakhovskiy was rated 1.57 for that series. NAVI will not play BLAST Rivals in Hong Kong. That makes Beijing their last event before the Major, where they will start in Stage 2.
Weeks before the Major, MOUZ now hold a map-perfect Tier 1 title. Strong Beijing runs from The MongolZ and NAVI mean MOUZ will not be the only team arriving in Singapore with momentum.
PGL says the Singapore event is the second Counter-Strike 2 Major of the year. Stage 1 runs on November 24–27. The playoffs, for a $1,250,000 prize pool, follow on December 10–13 at the Singapore Indoor Stadium.
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