NAVI reaches final of prestigious BLAST Premier Fall Final 2024 esport tournament

Ukrainska Pravda — Sunday, 29 September 2024, 08:03

Ukrainian Natus Vincere (1) defeated European team FaZe (7) on 29 September in the semifinals of the prestigious Counter-Strike 2 tournament BLAST Premier Fall Final 2024 in Denmark.

Source: Champion, a sports news platform within Ukrainska Pravda’s holding company

The match ended with a score of 2-1.

On the first map, Inferno (FaZe's choice), the Ukrainian team completely dominated the first half of the game, not allowing their opponents to do anything. However, the "born to win" (Natus Vincere) team only stayed on top for two rounds and lost the map. Due to technical issues, the game was suspended for 30 minutes.

Then, the match moved to NAVI’s choice map, Ancient. On this level, the FaZe Clan got the upper hand over the Ukrainian team from the first minutes of the match but failed to finish off their opponent and allowed Natus Vincere an incredible comeback. NAVI took nine rounds in a row (13-11).

The decisive map was Anubis. Natus Vincere destroyed FaZe without a chance. (13-2)

NAVI will meet G2 in the tournament's final. The match will take place today, 29 September, starting at 17:00 Kyiv time.

The tournament's prize pool is US$425,000, and the champion will win US$200,000 and a place at the BLAST Premier World Final 2024.

The Natus Vincere roster includes two Ukrainians, a Lithuanian, a Romanian and a Finn:

Valerii "b1t" Vakhovskyi (Ukraine);
Justinas "jL" Lekavicius (Lithuania);
Alexi "Aleksib" Virolainen (Finland);
Mihai "iM" Ivan (Romania);
Ihor ‘w0nderful’ Zhdanov (Ukraine);
Andrii "B1ad3" Horodenskyi (coach, Ukraine).

Earlier, the Natus Vincere team won the prestigious ESL Pro League Season 20 tournament held in Malta and once again topped the HLTV rating.

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