In the YaLLa Compass Qatar 2025 tournament, the playoff stage continues with the semifinals featuring a clash between NAVI Junior and ECLOT. Both teams come into the match with a series of victories, and their head-to-head meetings throughout the season add to the excitement of the upcoming showdown.

Current Team Form

NAVI Junior

Over the past month, NAVI Junior has been showing stable and confident gameplay. Their average tournament rating is 6.4, as evidenced by successful performances: winning the Y-Games PRO Series 2025: Closed Qualifier and advancing to the main stage of the tournament, achieving a positive result at Galaxy Battle 2025 // Phase 1 with a 2-1 score in the group, and a flawless performance at YaLLa Compass Qatar 2025, where the team advanced to the playoffs with a 5-0 record.

A series of five consecutive victories over Partizan, ECLOT, SkyFury, Nemiga, and GUN5 speaks to the team's good form and confidence. The victory over ECLOT, which occurred just before the semifinals, is particularly significant.

ECLOT

ECLOT's average rating is 6.1, and the team's results over the past month show both a decline and signs of stabilization. A failure at the PGL Astana 2025: European Qualifier, where they finished only 25–32, contrasts with a 3–4 finish at the Galaxy Battle 2025 // STARTER and a lower bracket semifinal at the European Pro League Season 24.

At YaLLa Compass Qatar 2025, the team received an invite after other participants withdrew and managed to advance to the playoffs with a 3-2 record. In the quarterfinals, ECLOT showed character by securing an important victory. A series of five consecutive wins over Nexus, GUN5, and 9 Pandas confirms that the team has found its game. However, losses to NAVI Junior and 9 Pandas still indicate instability.

Team Map Pool

Considering the teams' priorities in bans and picks, it can be assumed that NAVI Junior will first remove Train, which is standard practice for them. Meanwhile, ECLOT, despite a high win rate on Dust II, will most likely ban this map, as they traditionally do not play it. In the pick phase, NAVI Junior will likely choose Ancient — their strongest map with a 73% win rate, especially considering ECLOT's inconsistent results on it. ECLOT, on the other hand, may prefer Mirage — a stable map for them with good statistics and extensive experience.

The second ban from NAVI Junior will likely be Inferno to prevent their opponent from playing on their most successful map (72% win rate). ECLOT, in turn, will probably remove Nuke, where NAVI Junior also shows confident play. This leaves Overpass as a potential deciding map — it is rarely used by both teams as a pick, but it is not among their priority bans either. This makes it a logical choice for a decider, where everything can be decided by individual player form and situational decisions.

Head-to-Head Meetings

In the past six months, NAVI Junior and ECLOT have faced each other three times: five months ago, ECLOT won 2-0, a month later NAVI Junior took revenge with the same 2-0 result, and in their most recent meeting just a day ago, ECLOT emerged victorious again — 1-0. Despite ECLOT's advantage in head-to-head matches, it's worth noting that their last victory was in a bo1 format, where much depends on the chosen map and starting conditions, whereas in a longer series, NAVI Junior has already shown they can outplay their opponent on all fronts.

Match Prediction

Both teams are in good form and are on a winning streak, but the key factor in the upcoming semifinal will be the depth of the map pool and adaptability to the opponent. NAVI Junior impresses with their versatility and ability to adapt to the weaknesses of opponents. Their group victory at YaLLa Compass Qatar 2025 with a 5-0 score and confident qualification performances make them the slight favorites for the match.

On the other hand, ECLOT has already shown they can defeat NAVI Junior — even just the day before, but the bo3 format allows more room for strategy, and in this component, NAVI Junior appears stronger.

Prediction: NAVI Junior wins 2-1

YaLLa Compass Qatar 2025 takes place from April 17 to 20 online. Twelve teams are competing for a prize pool of $300,000. You can follow the tournament here.