MOUZ Win IEM Beijing 2026 Without Dropping a Single Map
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| Author Competitive Scene
MOUZ beat The MongolZ 3-0 in the IEM Beijing 2026 grand final on November 8, taking Mirage 13-5, Dust2 13-6 and Inferno 13-4. The title ended an event in which MOUZ won five series and 11 maps and lost none.
Three maps, 15 rounds conceded
MOUZ removed Anubis and The MongolZ removed Nuke. MOUZ picked Mirage and Inferno, The MongolZ picked Dust2, and the best-of-five never needed a fourth map. Dust2 was the closest: the score sat at 6-6 at the half before MOUZ won the last seven rounds.
Dorian “xertioN” Berman was voted player of the match with 80.6% of the votes. He finished with 47 kills against 32 deaths, 98.1 ADR and a Rating 3.0 of 1.44 across the three maps. Lotan “Spinx” Giladi (1.35) and Adrian “xelex” Vincze (1.33) also finished well above 1.30, and all five MOUZ players ended the final above 1.20. For The MongolZ, Sodbayar “Techno” Munkhbold went 41-40 with a 1.13, while Anarbileg “cobrazera” Uuganbayar finished at 0.74.
MOUZ’ path through the bracket
| Date | Stage | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| November 2 | Group B | TYLOO | MOUZ 2-0 |
| November 3 | Group B | BetBoom | MOUZ 2-0 |
| November 4 | Group B | PARIVISION | MOUZ 2-0 |
| November 7 | Semifinal | BetBoom | MOUZ 2-0 |
| November 8 | Grand final | The MongolZ | MOUZ 3-0 |
Winning Group B sent MOUZ straight to the semifinals and meant five series in seven days.
The MongolZ won Group A, going to a third map against both Legacy and FURIA, 2-1 each time. They beat Natus Vincere 2-0 in the semifinal on November 7 and reached the final without losing a series.
HLTV ranked MOUZ fourth on November 8 and first in the Valve Regional Standings. The MongolZ were 15th and 9th. Natus Vincere took third place by beating BetBoom 2-0 on the same day.
Road ahead
The PGL Major Singapore opens on November 24. Full IEM Beijing results sit in the IEM Beijing 2026 tracker, and the remaining dates of the season are in the esports calendar 2026.
Featured image: archive photo of the stage at IEM Katowice 2018 by Portal PcModpl via Wikimedia Commons, licensed CC BY 3.0. Results, maps and player statistics from HLTV, read on November 8.