NAVI heads to Lisbon over The MongolZ
Natus Vincere (NAVI) held on against a spirited comeback attempt from The MongolZ, to secure a place in Lisbon for the Playoffs of BLAST Open Lisbon 2025 after a lop-sided start to their Group B upper bracket semi-final series.
NAVI's two youngsters, b1t and w0nderful powered their team to a 10-2 start on T side of Dust2, which set them up for a 13-7 win, holding on against a spirited T side from the Asian squad. After being hit hard in the opening map, Senzu and Techno's B shutdowns on Inferno saw The MongolZ answer back in style, dropping just a solitary CT round before wrapping it up on their pick at 13-1 to tie up the series.
Source: BLAST
Mirage was the first map of the series which kicked off in a competitive manner with a trade of rounds. NAVI had the chance to end the half with a lead but Senzu's Deagle made sure The MongolZ kept it a tied half. After a back-and-forth start to the final half, it was Senzu and bLitz putting The MongolZ match point but a jL quad kill saw NAVI push the map to overtime. NAVI made sure to not push the game any further as they closed the series with a 16-13 win on Mirage to take the series.
The win sees NAVI through to the Playoffs in Lisbon while The MongolZ drop to the lower-bracket, and they will battle for survival now against Team Liquid.
The MongolZNatus Vincere| The MongolZ |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Munkhbold 'Senzu' Azbayar |
51 - 39 | +12 | 93.7 | 76.2% | 1.33 |
| Garidmagnai 'bLitz' Byambasuren |
50 - 40 | +10 | 91.6 | 66.7% | 1.20 |
| Usukhbayar '910' Banzragch |
45 - 39 | +6 | 71.1 | 74.6% | 1.11 |
| Sodbayar 'Techno' Munkhbold |
33 - 39 | -6 | 56.2 | 71.4% | 0.94 |
| Ayush 'mzinho' Batbold |
41 - 42 | -1 | 64.1 | 66.7% | 0.93 |
| Natus Vincere |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Ihor 'w0nderful' Zhdanov |
40 - 37 | +3 | 78.7 | 65.1% | 1.09 |
 Mihai 'iM' Ivan |
47 - 48 | -1 | 82.9 | 68.3% | 1.09 |
| Valeriy 'b1t' Vakhovskiy |
40 - 44 | -4 | 66.4 | 69.8% | 0.92 |
 Justinas 'jL' Lekavicius |
37 - 48 | -11 | 69.7 | 71.4% | 0.88 |
 Aleksi 'Aleksib' Virolainen |
33 - 43 | -10 | 59.8 | 63.5% | 0.81 |
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