The MongolZ won MCT East Asia Split 2 in front of a home crowd at the M Bank Arena in Ulaanbaatar on 31 October, and with it a place on the M8 World Championship main stage. Runners-up DianFengYaoGuai and third-placed Guangzhou Gaming go to the M8 Wildcard stage in Bangkok.
How the playoffs went
The MongolZ did it the long way. They lost their upper bracket semifinal to DianFengYaoGuai 2–0 on 30 October, then won three series in a row in the lower bracket: Mio Ahp 2–0, Guangzhou Gaming 3–0 in the lower bracket final, and DianFengYaoGuai in the Bo7 grand final. DianFengYaoGuai had reached the final unbeaten and started it with the upper bracket team's advantage, so The MongolZ had to overturn that as well. Kei was MVP of the last two games of the final.
| Place | Team | M8 stage |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The MongolZ | Main stage |
| 2 | DianFengYaoGuai | Wildcard |
| 3 | Guangzhou Gaming | Wildcard |
The M8 field: 13 teams
| Team | Qualified as | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| Aurora Gaming PH | MPL PH S18 champion | Main stage |
| Team Falcons PH | MPL PH S18 runner-up | Main stage |
| Team Falcons | MPL MENA S10 champion | Main stage |
| Selangor Red Giants | MPL MY S18 champion | Main stage |
| Team Rey | MPL MY S18 runner-up | Main stage |
| Team Spirit | MCC S8 champion | Main stage |
| The MongolZ | MCT East Asia champion | Main stage |
| Leon Esports | MSL Thailand S2 champion | Wildcard |
| Titan Esports Club AR | MPL MENA S10 runner-up | Wildcard |
| Aurevia Team | MCC S8 runner-up | Wildcard |
| Team Yandex | MCC S8 third place | Wildcard |
| DianFengYaoGuai | MCT East Asia runner-up | Wildcard |
| Guangzhou Gaming | MCT East Asia third place | Wildcard |
Still to come: MPL Indonesia (playoffs from Wednesday 4 November, two main stage places), MTC Türkiye (grand final 7 November) and the MCT qualifiers for Southeast Asia and the Americas. More on the qualification picture in where every region stands on the road to M8.
Sources: results and MVPs from the Liquipedia MCT 2026 East Asia Split 2 knockout stage; M8 places from the Liquipedia M8 World Championship page (CC BY-SA 3.0).
