TheMongolz have won the Rising Stars SEA Promotional Cup as they beat nxl 2-0 in the grand final.

The first Rising Stars Promotional Cup brought eight teams from Asia together as they battled it out in the $5,000 online competition. After the group stage, which had a GSL format, The MongolZ, nxl, inchk1ng, and Signature managed to advance to the playoffs.

The Indonesian side nxl faced inchk1ng in their semi-final matchup and emerged victorious with a 2-0 score. The second semi-final was between The MongolZ and Signature and the former picked it up 2-0 to become nxl's opponents in the grand final.

The favorites delivered 

The MongolZ started out strong and won Dust2 16-10 after gaining a 13-2 advantage in the first half of the grand final. Although the map changed to Cache, one thing did not change and that was The MongolZ securing the map as they won the grand final 2-0 to become the champions without dropping a single map.

Rising Stars SEA Promotional CupBest of 3 The MongolZMatchpage 2 0 23rd April 2016 nxl 16Dust2 10 16Cache 6

The MongolZ	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Enkhtaivan 'Machinegun' LkhagvaMachinegun	54 - 30	+24	119.5	1.80
Temuulen 'Zilkenberg' BattulgaZilkenberg	41 - 25	+16	84.4	1.42
Bat-Enkh 'kabal' Batbayarkabal	41 - 20	+21	77.4	1.31
Erdenetsogt 'element' Tengiselement	34 - 26	+8	79.6	1.27
Tsog 'Tsogoo' MashbatTsogoo	34 - 30	+4	84.2	1.24

nxl	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Bagas 'Banteng' GunadiBanteng	44 - 35	+9	85.6	1.21
Vega 'soifong' Tanakasoifong	30 - 40	-10	71.4	0.89
Baskoro 'roseau' Dwi Putraroseau	24 - 41	-17	72.1	0.73
Richard 'frgd' Permanafrgd	16 - 43	-27	43.4	0.50
Albert 'FrostMisty' GiovanniFrostMisty	16 - 45	-29	53.4	0.41

Rising Stars SEA Promotional Cup final standings:

1. The MongolZ - $2,500
2. nxl - $1,500
3-4. inchk1ng - $500
3-4. Signature - $500
5-6. EDG
5-6. MVP.karnal
7-8. MOTV
7-8. LGD

E-frag.net will be hosting another Promotional Cup but this time it will feature South American teams. You can go here to learn all the details.

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