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The MongolZ vs NaVi: IEM Cologne playoffs betting odds, tips

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Publish Date: July 29, 2025

The MongolZ may not have gotten a direct spot in the semifinals of IEM Cologne, but the team is still looking strong heading into its match against NaVi.

Match	IEM Cologne 2025 Playoffs
Kick-off	August 1, 2025 at 1 pm ET
Top pick	The MongolZ wins
Best price	GG.BET live odds
Betting favorite	The MongolZ

Performing well in a major is no guarantee of success and there are already some clear demonstrations of that coming out of the BLAST Austin Major. The MongolZ performing well certainly wasn’t a surprise, but a disappointing grand finals loss could have been a tough setback for this young team. Instead, the squad has dusted themselves off and look to be a real threat in the playoffs.

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The MongolZ vs NaVi match overview

Tournament: IEM Cologne 2025
Stage: Playoffs quarterfinals
Game: Counter-Strike 2
Format: Best-of-three

Betting tip: The MongolZ lost to Vitality, but it doesn’t undermine the team’s strong form.

My The MongolZ vs NaVi pick: The MongolZ wins (1.58 at GG.BET)

The MongolZ vs NaVi in-depth team, match analysis

The MongolZ has been a very good Counter-Strike team for some time now. Consistency has been the name of the game for the team. Despite not actually winning many tournaments, it has been able to reliably reach the playoffs in Counter-Strike’s biggest tournaments. This has extended to the players too, with each one performing at about the same level throughout the year.

That’s changed slightly, only slightly, in the last couple of months though. Rather than just making the playoffs, the team placed in the top four of three of its four most recent tournaments. At the individual level, star AWPer Azbayar “Senzu” Munkhbold has been out-performing his usual self.

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Given how strong The MongolZ has looked throughout the year, there’s reason to believe that the team is set to hit another level, going from a solid top-10 team to a more legitimate top-five candidate. That’s bad news for NaVi.

NaVi made its first roster change in some time after the major, adding Drin “makazze” Shaqiri from its developmental roster. While there was reason to question how he would perform, he has looked generally solid so far despite playing against some tough competition. Still, this new NaVi is visibly a work in progress. The MongolZ is operating at a high level right now, and that doesn’t afford much wiggle room for NaVi to find its footing.

Rosters and roles

The MongolZ	NaVi
bLitz (IGL)	b1t
Techno4K	Aleksib (IGL)
910	iM
mzinho	w0nderful
Senzu	makazze

Map pool

The MongolZ’s best maps thus far in 2025 have been Ancient and Mirage, and the team has been able to reliably get those two maps through picks and bans. The team is even or better on all its other maps, save Anubis where it has gone 7-8.
NaVi’s “home turf” in 2025 so far have been Mirage and Inferno.The team is about even on Dust 2 and Ancient, but struggled on Nuke and Anubis.
The MongolZ has banned Train throughout 2025 while NaVi has been looking at the map more often in recent months after long avoiding it.
Anubis is out and Overpass is in for IEM Cologne and CS2 tournaments thus far. It’s unclear how this impacts these teams and it’s tough to approach for any CS2 betting picks.

Key stats

Metric	The MongolZ	NaVi	Edge
Pistol round win%	49.5%	48.1%	The MongolZ
Top-rated player	Senzu (1.12)	b1t (1.10)	The MongolZ
Map win-loss	64-44	46-35	The MongolZ

Stats includ all matches played by both teams in 2025, except for pistol rounds. Pistol rounds only includes matches played against top-50-ranked opponents per HLTV.

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The MongolZ vs NaVi head-to-head record

NaVi and The MongolZ played against each other regularly in the spring. The record in 2025 stands at 2-2 with The MongolZ taking a 2-0 win in their most recent match at PGL Astana in May.

The MongolZ and NaVi recent match history

The MongolZ took wins over Team Falcons and 3DMAX to earn a playoffs spot in IEM Cologne 2025, but missed out on the first-round bye after stumbling against Vitality.

Team Vitality: 2-0 loss
Team Falcons: 2-0 win
3DMAX: 2-0 win
Team Vitality: 2-1 loss
Pain Gaming: 2-0 win

NaVi lost to MOUZ in the upper bracket but punched its ticket to the playoffs with a pair of solid wins.

FaZe Clan: 2-0 win
Ninjas in Pyjamas: 2-1 win
MOUZ: 2-0 loss
FaZe Clan: 2-1 win
Team Vitality: 2-0 loss

The MongolZ vs NaVi betting odds snapshot

Market	Odds
The MongolZ to win	1.58
NaVi to win	2.33
Over 2.5 maps	1.97

Lines pulled from GG.BET at 12:55 pm MT on July 29, 2025.

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The MongolZ vs NaVi betting picks and predictions

The GG.BET live odds show that there’s both skepticism being directed at NaVi and confidence in The MongoLZ. Luckily, the Mongolian squad isn’t so heavily favored that the lines are unrewarding.

Best picks

The MongolZ @ 1.58 – Both teams here are very good on Mirage and the impact of Overpass remains unclear. That makes a moneyline pick on The MongolZ a better option than wading into map scores.
The MongolZ wins 2-1 @ 3.31- For those who just can’t resist higher-risk, higher-reward options, The MongolZ winning 2-1 is the most likely outcome to this match.
makazze under 14.5 kills on map 1/2 @ 2.58 – Betting sites have makazze pegged as the foremost fragger on NaVi but he’s actually been the least-productive rifler for the team in Cologne so far. That’s something to take advantage of.