NAVI enters ESL Grand Slam race

Following their win against Aurora in the grand-final ESL Pro League Season 23, NAVI has now entered the race for ESL Grand Slam Season 6. Vitality are currently in the lead with three event wins, needing just one more out of their next six to secure ESL Grand Slam Season 6. NAVI's entry comes a little late but they have ten chances remaining to complete the ESL Grand Slam by winning three more ESL Pro Tour events, including an IEM Cologne or Krakow win.

The frontrunners- Vitality can close things out once and for in ESL Grand Slam Season 6 by winning either IEM Rio 2026 or IEM Atlanta 2026. The French org would record their second ESL Grand Slam win if they do so and so would NAVI, who are chasing a second ESL Grand Slam win, following their win in Season 3 when the programme was still called Intel Grand Slam.

Winning a second Grand Slam would make NAVI the first ever team to do so but seems unlikely so, with Vitality's towering lead at three wins. Here's how the season has panned out so far:

• IEM Dallas 2025 - Vitality

• IEM Cologne 2025 - Spirit

• ESL Pro League S22 - Vitality

• IEM Chengdu 2025 - FURIA

• IEM Krakow 2026 - Vitality

• ESL Pro League S23 - NAVI

Next in the series:

• IEM Rio 2026

• IEM Atlanta 2026

• IEM Cologne Major 2026