NAVI secured their place at next week’s BLAST Bounty Season 1 Finals with a commanding 2-0 victory over Astralis late Saturday evening.
Both teams entered the match riding high on confident wins from the opening round. However, when the dust settled, NAVI proved too strong for Casper “cadiaN” Møller’s squad.
Valeriy “b1t” Vakhovskiy was the star of the show, delivering a stellar performance to guide NAVI to victories on Inferno (13-11) and Ancient (13-6), earning an impressive 1.53 rating overall.
The loss eliminates Astralis from contention, ending their hopes of making it to the BLAST Bounty Season 1 Finals. Meanwhile, NAVI join HEROIC, Spirit, and paiN as the first confirmed teams for the Copenhagen-based LAN event.
Match statistics
NAVI vs Astralis 2-0 | BLAST Bounty Season 1
- 13-11 (Inferno) – device | 1.81 rating
- 13-6 (Ancient) – b1t | 1.92 rating
Sunday schedule (CET)
- 12:00 – Eternal Fire vs Falcons
- 14:30 – FURIA vs BetBoom
- 17:00 – Virtus.pro vs Vitality
- 19:30 – BIG vs G2