Reigning Major champions ready to defend their title in Shanghai
One more for the trophy cabinet?
NAVI has secured their place at the upcoming Perfect World Shanghai Major after a commanding 2-0 victory over SAW in the European RMR A early Tuesday morning.
As reigning champions from Copenhagen, NAVI will now aim to defend their Major title in China.
In the decisive 2-1 matchup, Aleksi “Aleksib” Virolainen’s squad delivered a dominant performance, starting with a solid 13-10 win on Nuke before overwhelming SAW 13-2 on Ancient.
Valeriy 'b1t' Vakhovskiy stood out as the star of the series, boasting an incredible 1.63 rating and 41 total kills.
NAVI vs. SAW 2-0 | Europe RMR A:
13-10 (Nuke) – w0nderful | 1.58 rating
13-2 (Ancient) – b1t | 2.11 rating
Though NAVI has officially qualified, their seeding—whether in the Opening or Elimination Stage—depends on other Swiss stage results and their Buchholz score.
What’s for sure, is that SAW will have to play at least one more match at the European RMR. That will be tomorrow against another 2-2 team.
Overall standings | Europe RMR A
3-0: MOUZ, Vitality
3-1: Cloud9, NAVI
2-1: Fnatic, FaZe
2-2: Sinners, ECLOT, SAW, BetBoom
1-2: Falcons, GamerLegion
1-3: Sangal, Nemiga
0-3: Rebels, UNiTY