maaRaa to Miss BLAST Bounty Finals and Esports World Cup

The MongolZ coach Erdenedalai maaRaa Bayanbat will not be able to attend BLAST Bounty Finals and the Esports World Cup with the team. The organization announced the news ahead of the upcoming major tournaments.

Despite not being behind the players on stage, the 36-year-old specialist will continue to help the roster remotely. maaRaa will stay in contact with the team and support the players from afar, but his absence on LAN could become a serious blow for The MongolZ.

This is not the first time this season that the team has been left without its coach at an important tournament. Earlier, maaRaa missed the playoffs of ESL Pro League Season 23 and BLAST Open Rotterdam. In both cases, The MongolZ finished their run in the quarterfinals.

The new situation looks especially unfortunate for the team because The MongolZ managed to reach the BLAST Bounty playoffs after a strong debut with Zolbayar tikuak Chimedtseren and Dugarsuren DarkMeister Ireedui. Now the roster will have to fight for results without the usual support of their head coach nearby.

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The MongolZ will also have to defend their Esports World Cup title, which they won in 2025. Doing so without maaRaa will be much more difficult, especially considering that he was voted the second-best coach in the world by his peers last year.