NAVI advanced to the semifinals of BLAST Premier: Fall Final 2024

NAVI are once again performing well already making their fifth consecutive tournament playoff appearance. Where in two of them they managed to win, but whether they can win the tournament again will be interesting to watch. This time around, they reached the semi-finals of BLAST Premier: Fall Final 2024, after beating G2.

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History of past meetings

Prior to the match, NAVI had a streak of 8 straight wins, starting as far back as BLAST Premier Fall Groups 2023 where they won 2-1. This was in CSGO, back then NAVI had s1mple in the lineup and G2 had HooXi and jks.

Match details

The first map was Dust 2, G2's choice, where they started very confidently and managed to take 8 rounds, to which NAVI responded with only one. But after that things turned around and NAVI made an incredible comeback, winning not only the first half but also the game with a score of 13-9.

The second was Ancient, NAVI's choice, where those also masterfully displayed a great game ending the half in their favor with a score of 9-3. In the second half G2 tried to come back, but could not do it completely and the map ended with the score 13-9 in favor of NAVI.

Fake by AleksiB

After the match, a clip went viral on Reddit where NAVI captain AleksiB shouted “YES” while jL made a fake bomb defuse, which NiKo reacted to, causing him to come out at jL, who was watching it with AWP.

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Next Matches

Despite the loss to G2, they qualified for the BLAST Premier: Fall Final 2024 playoffs, where they will face the winner of the Team Spirit/Astralis pairing in the quarterfinals. NAVI thanks to the victory reached the semifinals of the tournament, where they will play against the winner of FaZe or Team Liquid/Vitality.