CS2 IEM Cologne Playoffs Prediction: TheMongolz vs NAVI (01-08-2025)

The second half of the 2025 season of Counter-Strike 2 has officially returned. The group stage of the IEM Cologne 2025 tournament has ended, leaving 6 teams fighting for the title.

Vitality and Team Spirit won their groups and advanced directly to the semifinals, while TheMongolz will face NAVI, and MOUZ will face FURIA in the quarterfinals. Can Natus Vincere, which made changes to its roster during the break, reach the semifinals?

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During the break, Natus Vincere was one of the teams that made changes. Justinas “jL” Lekavičius left the main lineup by mutual agreement and was replaced by Drin “makazze” Shaqiri. The team finished third in the group stage and will face TheMongolz in the quarterfinals.

NAVI played 4 matches, winning 2-1 and 2-0 against FaZe, 2-1 against Ninjas in Pyjamas, and losing 0-2 to MOUZ.

TheMongolz went into the break in high spirits – the team remained undefeated in the top-level tournament. Still, in the world championship in the US, they reached the final, where they put up an excellent fight against Vitality. In the group stage, TheMongolz defeated 3DMAX 2:0 and Falcons 2:0, but lost 0:2 to Vitality.

The last time TheMongolz and NAVI played each other was in the PGL Astana 2025 tournament, with TheMongolz winning 2-0. NAVI won in BLAST Open Lisbon 2025 2-1, while TheMongolz celebrated victory in ESL Pro League Season 21 with a 2-0 win.

Both teams know what it means to beat each other, and now it remains to be seen which one is playing better at the moment.

NAVI is certainly not playing the best game after the changes, but the team has more experience and can perform better in front of an audience. However, TheMongols have ended their losing streak in the arenas and should feel better with each match.

A 2-0 victory for TheMongolz would not be surprising, but this time we are going for a round advantage – both teams play similar maps so that they can win each other’s picks.