Team Zone and Boostgate Esports have qualified for the M7 World Championship Swiss Stage after walking out victorious in the Wildcard Stage.
The two teams defeated Guangzhou Gaming and Virtus.pro 3-2, respectively, setting up Swiss Stage clashes against Yangon Galacticos and ONIC.
Entering M7 as Mongolia’s National Championship 2025 winner, Team Zone was on the verge of getting eliminated in the finals match-up without a single map win. However, the squad successfully pulled off an impressive reverse sweep against Guangzhou Gaming to secure the victory. Here are the MVPs from each map of the series:
- Map 1: Prince ‘Canoneo‘ Canoneo (Guangzhou Gaming) — 6/3/3 KDA
- Map 2: Zhou ‘Meii‘ Ri (Guangzhou Gaming) — 2/3/15 KDA
- Map 3: Zolboo ‘Kenni‘ Tsogtbaatar (Team Zone) — 4/1/17 KDA
- Map 4: Erkhembayar ‘Bankai‘ Batkhuu (Team Zone) — 2/1/5 KDA
- Map 5: Bagabandi ‘Zxaura‘ Tegshjargal (Team Zone) — 7/5/15 KDA
The second Wildcard matchup of the day was a back-and-forth affair, with Boostgate Esports snatching away the fifth map to continue its momentum from the MTC Turkiye Championship Season 6. The MVPs for each map of the series are listed below:
- Map 1: Denis ‘BadKot‘ Bogomolov (Virtus.pro) — 1/0/8 KDA
- Map 2: Mehmed ‘Kazue‘ Öztürk (Boostgate Esports) — 10/1/8 KDA
- Map 3: Zaur ‘zauregoist‘ Magomadov (Virtus.pro) — 8/0/6 KDA
- Map 4: Necdet ‘Rx‘ Arslan (Boostgate Esports) — 4/1/5 KDA
- Map 5: Mehmed ‘Kazue‘ Öztürk (Boostgate Esports) — 8/0/4 KDA
Both teams will now compete in best-of-one matches in the first round of the Swiss Stage on January 10th.
M7 World Championship Swiss Stage Round 1 Schedule
The Swiss Stage will feature a total of 16 teams, with opening matchups decided with the help of a random draw. Check out the full match schedule for January 10th below:
- Match 1: ONIC vs Boostgate Esports (7 AM GMT)
- Match 2: Black Sentence Esports vs CFU Gaming (8 AM GMT)
- Match 3: Team Zone vs Yangon Galacticos (9 AM GMT)
- Match 4: DianFengYaoGuai vs Team Falcons (10 AM GMT)
- Match 5: Evil vs Team Spirit (11 AM GMT)
- Match 6: Selangor Red Giants vs CG Esports (12 PM GMT)
- Match 7: Aurora Gaming PH vs Team Liquid PH (1 PM GMT)
- Match 8: Alter Ego vs Aurora Gaming (2 PM GMT)
