NAVI secures third place at IEM Beijing with 2–0 Victory over BetBoom

NAVI secures third place at IEM Beijing with 2–0 Victory over BetBoom

Natus Vincere finished third at IEM Beijing after defeating BetBoom 2–0, winning Mirage 13–6 and Ancient 13–9.

b1t led NAVI with 37 kills, 19 deaths and a 1.57 rating, while w0nderful contributed 38 kills and a 1.41 rating. The Victory also reversed NAVI’s 2–0 loss to BetBoom at PGL Masters Bucharest.

Mirage gives NAVI an early advantage

NAVI established control on defence, building a 9–3 halftime lead before extending the score to 11–3.

BetBoom briefly resisted with three consecutive ROUNDS , but NAVI closed the map before the recovery became a serious THREAT . b1t and w0nderful combined for 39 kills on the opener.

Ancient requires a second recovery

NAVI again started strongly on Ancient, moving 6–1 ahead, but BetBoom reduced the deficit to 7–5 at halftime.

Three straight ROUNDS after the switch put BetBoom in Front . NAVI responded with four consecutive ROUNDS of its own, then conceded only one more before completing the series.

s1ren was BetBoom’s strongest individual performer, recording 32 kills and a 1.29 rating, but could not prevent the fourth-place finish.

NAVI closes its pre-Major schedule

Beijing marked NAVI’s first BIG Event Top -four finish since winning IEM Atlanta six months earlier.

The team will SKip BLAST Rivals in Hong Kong, making Beijing its final competition before the Singapore Major. w0nderful finishes the event with a 1.42 rating across 17 maps, providing a strong individual performance heading into NAVI’s StAgE 2 campaign.