NAVI heads to Lisbon over The MongolZ

Natus Vincere (NAVI) held on against a spirited comeback attempt from The MongolZ, to secure a place in Lisbon for the Playoffs of BLAST Open Lisbon 2025 after a lop-sided start to their Group B upper bracket semi-final series.

NAVI's two youngsters, b1t and w0nderful powered their team to a 10-2 start on T side of Dust2, which set them up for a 13-7 win, holding on against a spirited T side from the Asian squad. After being hit hard in the opening map, Senzu and Techno's B shutdowns on Inferno saw The MongolZ answer back in style, dropping just a solitary CT round before wrapping it up on their pick at 13-1 to tie up the series.

Source: BLAST

Mirage was the first map of the series which kicked off in a competitive manner with a trade of rounds. NAVI had the chance to end the half with a lead but Senzu's Deagle made sure The MongolZ kept it a tied half. After a back-and-forth start to the final half, it was Senzu and bLitz putting The MongolZ match point but a jL quad kill saw NAVI push the map to overtime. NAVI made sure to not push the game any further as they closed the series with a 16-13 win on Mirage to take the series.

The win sees NAVI through to the Playoffs in Lisbon while The MongolZ drop to the lower-bracket, and they will battle for survival now against Team Liquid.

BLAST Open Lisbon 2025

Bo3

The MongolZ

1 - 2

Natus Vincere

All maps

The MongolZ	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating 2.1
Azbayar 'Senzu' Munkhbold	51 - 39	+12	93.7	76.2%	1.33
Garidmagnai 'bLitz' Byambasuren	50 - 40	+10	91.6	66.7%	1.20
Usukhbayar '910' Banzragch	45 - 39	+6	71.1	74.6%	1.11
Sodbayar 'Techno' Munkhbold	33 - 39	-6	56.2	71.4%	0.94
Ayush 'mzinho' Batbold	41 - 42	-1	64.1	66.7%	0.93

Natus Vincere	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating 2.1
Ihor 'w0nderful' Zhdanov	40 - 37	+3	78.7	65.1%	1.09
Mihai 'iM' Ivan	47 - 48	-1	82.9	68.3%	1.09
Valeriy 'b1t' Vakhovskiy	40 - 44	-4	66.4	69.8%	0.92
Justinas 'jL' Lekavicius	37 - 48	-11	69.7	71.4%	0.88
Aleksi 'Aleksib' Virolainen	33 - 43	-10	59.8	63.5%	0.81