MOUZ and The MongolZ completed 2-0 sweeps in Round 2 high matches on Saturday at the $1.25 million PGL Cluj-Napoca event in Romania.
After prevailing 13-9 on Inferno, MOUZ took Nuke 13-8 to down 3DMAX, while The MongolZ defeated Wildcard with wins on Inferno (19-16) and Ancient (13-10). In other Round 2 high matches, FaZe Clan beat Eternal Fire 2-1 and paiN Gaming edged Team Falcons 2-1.
Adam “torzsi” Torzsas of Hungary headlined MOUZ’s sweep with 40 kills and a plus-22 kill-death differential. Mongolia’s Munkhbold “Senzu” Azbayar finished with 48 kills and 37 deaths for The MongolZ.
Rounds 2-5 of the event will be seeded using the Buchholz system and the teams’ 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.
Four Round 2 low matches were held on Saturday, with BIG, Virtus.pro, MIBR and Astralis coming away with victories.
Eight matches are scheduled for Sunday: Round 3 high matches –MOUZ vs. FaZe Clan –paiN Gaming vs. The MongolZ
Round 3 mid matches –Eternal Fire vs. BIG –3DMAX vs. MIBR –Team Falcons vs. Astralis –Wildcard vs. Virtus.pro
Round 3 low matches –Complexity vs. Imperial Female –SAW vs. FlyQuest
PGL Cluj-Napoca prize pool: 1. $400,000 2. $187,500 3. $150,000 4. $87,500 5-8. $62,500 9-11. $31,250 12-14. $18,750 15-16. $12,500
–Field Level Media
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