AKIPRESS.COM - The MongolZ were crowned champions of YaLLa Compass 2024 with a 2-1 victory over Ninjas in Pyjamas on Sunday, winning their second international tournament in a row after hoisting the MESA Nomadic Masters Spring trophy at the start of the month, HLTV reportsjavascript:mctmp(0);.

The Mongolians capped off an impressive run in Abu Dhabi with another dominant showing against the tournament's surprise package, who started the match brightly but faltered as it went on.

The 2-1 scoreline doesn't quite capture how much better The MongolZ were in this final, which could have easily been a 2-0 series had Garidmagnai "⁠bLitz⁠" Byambasuren's troops not wasted a map point on Ancient after coming back from a 3-9 deficit.

The remaining two maps were fairly one-sided as The MongolZ ran all over their opponents, with Artem "⁠r1nkle⁠" Moroz — a tournament MVP candidate heading into the match — looking largely ineffective on the decider.

This title-winning campaign further solidifies the narrative that the MongolZ are one of the most in-form teams in the scene at the moment. They will be looking to make it three in a row next week at ESL Challenger Jönköping, though it is clear that they have bigger goals in sight.

"We will do our best and go forward," Sodbayar "⁠Techno⁠" Munkhbold said after the match. "The goal of course is the Major."