What to expect from Party Astronauts v. The MongolZ

There has recently been some talk that Asia is now the superior region to North America. Judging by the current HLTV rankings, that's still to be determined, but it's fun to speculate! We'll also be able to really look at the potential battles this weekend in Jonkoping as Party Astronauts and Complexity get a crack at one of the last events on the season.

It's a Party in the USA

It's a little sad that Ben "ben1337" Smith is the last surviving member of the original Party Astronauts, but he is here riding in style as his younger teammates are there to pick up the slack. Justin "FaNg" Coakley and Danny "cxzi" Strzelczyk are some of the more firey players that the squad has as they hope to provide an upset in this best-of-one.

Can WolfY provide consistency in his AWPing?
cxzi, FaNg, and Infinite need to be firing on all cylinders
ben1337 somehow has to out-call the best Asian team in years

Fear the Huns

The MongolZ are on an absolute tear right now. Since the Mongolian squad burst out onto the scene as IHC years ago, they have continuously been underrated. Now they are finally finding a groove and are taking advantage of whats in front of them. The squad have won back-to-back tournaments and hope to capture a third.

910 went from zero to absolute world beater
bLitz is the Mongolian Brawler that can't be stopped
mzinho is only 16, but plays like a veteran

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Previous Matchups

These two squad have literally never played one another.

Likely Vetoes

It's a best of one, where anything can happen. Neither squad plays Vertigo, so I'd expect Party Astronauts to float that and hope the Mongolians waste one of their bans.

The MongolZ ban Vertigo
Party Astronauts ban Ancient
Party Astronauts ban Mirage
The MongolZ ban Nuke
The MongolZ ban Dust2
Party Astronauts ban Inferno
Decider is Anubis

ESL Challenger Jönköping 2024

Nuke

The MongolZ

13 - 3

Party Astronauts

All maps

The MongolZ	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating 2.1
Sodbayar 'Techno' Munkhbold	17 - 8	+9	107.2	93.8%	1.77
Munkhbold 'Senzu' Azbayar	13 - 7	+6	89.6	87.5%	1.66
Garidmagnai 'bLitz' Byambasuren	12 - 7	+5	89.2	81.2%	1.59
Usukhbayar '910' Banzragch	13 - 7	+6	70.7	87.5%	1.45
Ayush 'mzinho' Batbold	12 - 6	+6	69.3	81.2%	1.33

Party Astronauts	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating 2.1
Adam 'WolfY' Andersson	11 - 13	-2	69.4	68.8%	0.80
Danny 'cxzi' Strzelczyk	7 - 14	-7	52.1	43.8%	0.54
Justin 'FaNg' Coakley	7 - 11	-4	47.7	56.2%	0.54
Ben 'ben1337' Smith	7 - 15	-8	54.1	25.0%	0.43
Gage 'Infinite' Green	3 - 14	-11	22.6	56.2%	0.31