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Олександр КузьменкоGameDev Eng
5 February 2025, 11:16
2025-02-05
NAVI advanced to the semifinals of the IEM Katowice 2025 tournament, defeating the Russians from Team Spirit on the way.
Ukrainian esports team Natus Vincere confidently defeated The MongolZ in CS2 and reached the semifinals of IEM Katowice 2025. Before that, NAVI defeated the Serbian-Russian club Spirit.
Ukrainian esports team Natus Vincere confidently defeated The MongolZ in CS2 and reached the semifinals of IEM Katowice 2025. Before that, NAVI defeated the Serbian-Russian club Spirit.
NAVI met with Spirit in a match for the right to advance to the playoffs, reports Champion.
For the first game, the Ukrainian club chose the Mirage map. On it, NAVI confidently beat the Russians with a score of 13:8. The second round was held on the Dust2 map, where Spirit took the first half — 7:5. NAVI managed to equalize the score to 11:11, but still lost in the next two matches. On the decisive Nuke map, the Ukrainian club started with a 4:0 lead, but Spirit was able to recover and the game ended with a difficult victoryfor NAVI — 16:14.
The Ukrainians' next opponent was the Mongolian The MongolZ, who lost to NAVI in two rounds. The first match on Mirage NAVI took with a crushing score of 13:3. The MongolZ played better in the second match, but still lost to Ancient with a score of 13:9.
This victory already guaranteed NAVI a spot in the semifinals of IEM Katowice 2025 and $80,000 in prize money. If they manage to win the tournament, that amount will increase to $400,000.