NAVI eliminate world No. 1 Spirit to secure Bucharest's final playoff place

NAVI eliminate world No. 1 Spirit to secure Bucharest's final playoff place

Natus Vincere defeated Spirit 2–1 in the final Swiss- StAgE decider at PGL Masters Bucharest, winning Cache 13–2, losing Dust2 10–13, and closing Anubis 13–3.

The result sent NAVI into a quarterfinal against Vitality and eliminated Spirit with a 2–3 record.

Cache surprise gives NAVI the advantage

NAVI’s unexpected Cache pick paid off immediately. Their defense restricted Spirit to two first- Half ROUNDS , with makazze providing the firepower and winning a late- Half clutch before NAVI completed the opening Victory .

Spirit recovered on Dust2. After trailing 4–8 at halftime, they answered a second- Half pistol defeat with a force-buy win and rebuilt their defense to take the map.

w0nderful and makazze finish the job

Anubis brought another commanding NAVI performance. Their defensive pressure disrupted Spirit ’s attacks, while w0nderful supplied a memorable four-kill AWP round despite being reduced to one health.

makazze finished the series with 57 kills, 108.2 ADR and a 1.63 rating. w0nderful added 50 kills against 26 deaths.

It was NAVI’s first series Victory over Spirit since IEM Katowice 2025 and their first playoff qualification since winning IEM Atlanta.