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 victory for NAVI — 16:14.
Ancient starts with a cowboy triple by @w0nderfulof pic.twitter.com/z3JubPeN2P
— NAVI (@natusvincere) February 4, 2025
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.
