NAVI has booked their spot in the Spodek arena beating Team Spirit in the qualifications of IEM Katowice. A solid performance from donk was not enough for Spirit as jL and iM delivered on crucial moments to take NAVI through.
Veto
- Natus Vincere removed Train
- Spirit removed Inferno
- Natus Vincere picked Mirage
- Spirit picked Dust2
- Natus Vincere removed Ancient
- Spirit removed Anubis
- Nuke was left over
Map 1: Mirage; Pick: NAVI; Winner: NAVI
Starting strong on the T side, NAVI went 3-0 up before Spirit could get on the board. Despite going 5-1 up and having full control of the game, NAVI lost hold as Spirit managed to recover from the deficit and end the half with a leveled scoreline of 6-6. Spirit got an early lead with a pistol round win on their offense but NAVI managed to convert the force buy and go 11-7 up before Spirit could get another round on board. Despite winning a 1v5. donk’s heroics could not motivate his team to make a comeback this deep into the map as NAVI closed the map with a 13-8 scoreline.
Map 2: Dust2; Pick: Spirit; Winner: Spirit
Starting their map pick with a 3-0 start, Spirit started strong sending NAVI on the backfoot right from the get-go. NAVI took charge of the game after the 3rd round and managed to 5-3 up but Spirit got hold of the game late into the half to edge NAVI out by 7-5. Spirit started the half with a pistol-round win and seemed to be running away with the game as NAVI managed to get back on the board. By the end of the second half, NAVI found them on the verge of winning the map after winning a streak of rounds but Team Spirit managed to win the final ones to close the map with a close 13-11 scoreline.
Map 3: Nuke; Pick: Decider; Winner: NAVI
Going 4-0 up early on, NAVI lost to a Spirit force giving Spirit the room to make a comeback thus leaving behind NAVI who managed one more round before closing the first half with a 5-7 scoreline. Spirit managed to get ahead in the second half but NAVI managed to hold themselves against donk and co. pushing the game to overtime. Continuing on the defense, NAVI managed to win 2 rounds of the defense but Spirit quickly leveled the scoreline in the 2nd half of OT. While winning the final two rounds on the T side, NAVI won the series, booking their spot in the Spodek.
