Team NAVI secured a spot in the IEM Katowice playoffs with a 2 : 0 victory over Brazil's FURIA. On the first map ( Mirage) the fight was almost equal, and Natus Vincere managed to keep it with a slight advantage, largely due to the successful actions of Alexander «s1mple» Kostylev. With three consecutive multi-kill performances, he gave his team the lead as early as the first half. After changing sides, the players FURIA first managed to equalize the score, but they could not keep the advantage: 16 – 13 in favor of the CIS team.
It was much easier for NAVI to maintain their advantage at Nuke: having taken the lead from the start, they shifted the balance in their favor and consolidated their success. After changing sides FURIA still could not make a difference and the match ended with a score of 16 – 8. The winners will now face a match against Liquid, which will take place on Sunday evening. And FURIA found themselves in the lower net of the tournament, where they will have to fight for the right to pass further with FaZe and Virtus.pro.
Among other teams that have already passed to the upper net of the tournament – Astralis and Spirit. But Vitality, NiP and OG have already left the competition.