Na`Vi enter Intel Grand Slam S3 race with IEM Katowice victory

Natus Vincere have joined the race for the $1 million Intel Grand Slam (IGS) Season 3 prize after beating G2 to the IEM Katowice title.

The CIS team became the sixth different champion in as many IGS-eligible events this season, joining Liquid, Evil Geniuses, fnatic, Astralis and MOUZ in the race for the $1 million prize.

Na`Vi are the first winners of a Masters Championship level competition, a higher tier of tournaments introduced by ESL for Season 3 after Liquid's incredible feat of winning Season 2 inside just 63 days. A team can win the Grand Slam with just four titles inside a span of ten events provided that one of them came from a Masters Championship (for 2020, this tier also includes the ESL One Rio Major and ESL One Cologne). Otherwise, they will need to win six tournaments out of ten to complete the Grand Slam.

Na`Vi won the first Masters Championship event

This means that Na`Vi could scoop the $1 million cheque as early as June, at DreamHack Masters Jönköping, if they carry this sort of form into the next three eligible tournaments, starting with the ESL Pro League Season 11 Finals, next month.

But with the Rio Major also being a Masters Championship event, any of the other five teams who have picked up IGS titles this season could walk away with the $1 million prize in Jönköping if they go on a dominant streak.

Below you can find a list of the Intel Grand Slam Season 3 events that have been played out and the ones that are already confirmed:

IEM Chicago - United States Liquid
ESL One New York - United States Evil Geniuses
DreamHack Masters Malmö - Sweden fnatic
IEM Beijing - Denmark Astralis
ESL Pro League Season 10 Finals - Europe MOUZ
IEM Katowice 2020 * - Russia Natus Vincere
ESL Pro League Season 11 Finals - April 10-12
ESL One Rio * - May 11-24
DreamHack Masters Jönköping - June 9-14
ESL One Cologne 2020 * - July 6-12
IEM Melbourne - August 17-23

*Represents a Masters Championship Event

#1
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Namibia clocktower
gz NaVi! well played.
2020-03-01 20:31
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31 replies
woah pog
2020-03-01 20:31
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12 replies
#18
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Albania NaviGuy
NAVI ERA SOON hoes mad
2020-03-01 20:34
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7 replies
#45
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Moldova flymans
Hope so!
2020-03-01 20:56
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1 reply
#76
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Russia SharpZzZ
+1
2020-03-02 02:14
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#83
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Russia formaldehyde
but navi fans aint mad
2020-03-02 08:10
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4 replies
#95
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Albania NaviGuy
fans of other teams are 😎
2020-03-02 13:11
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3 replies
#102
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North America 007DBR9
not fnatic because they beat navi 😎
2020-03-02 16:42
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2 replies
#106
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Albania NaviGuy
yes but now navi top2 fnatic top4 😎
2020-03-03 18:56
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#107
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Albania NaviGuy
but now navi top2 fnatic top4 😎
2020-03-03 18:57
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#19
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Peru TheJuan
EZ Grand Slam for Mouz!
2020-03-01 20:34
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3 replies
#42
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Netherlands n0b8m8
+1 PeruvianWidepeeker
2020-03-01 20:49
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2 replies
#65
OK | 
Peru TheJuan
I am NOT PeruvianWidepeeker!
2020-03-01 22:10
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1 reply
#96
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Albania NaviGuy
nt PeruvianWidekeeper
2020-03-02 13:12
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#23
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Europe potatomato
NAVI ruined the event
2020-03-01 20:35
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14 replies
#30
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United Kingdom 1C8
wht by shitting on astralis?
2020-03-01 20:44
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1 reply
+1
2020-03-01 21:03
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#35
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World hoobik
The salt is great, bandwagon astralis fans getting dealt reality To the stars xD
2020-03-01 20:46
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8 replies
Lul rekt
2020-03-01 21:28
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he has a danish flag dumbass, how can you call a danish astralis fan a bandwagon rofl
2020-03-01 22:00
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6 replies
#64
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World hoobik
Bitch please, where did all the north flairs go? Dumb Danish kids just hopped on the stars train they second they started winning. Expected from a salty Dane tho
2020-03-01 22:03
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5 replies
ROFL astralis been around way longer than north you dumbass the astralis core has always been the most popular in denmark, dates back to 2013 ffs i dont know what 3rd world no top 30 cs team having ass country you are from, but stop crying so fucking much
2020-03-01 23:17
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4 replies
#68
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World hoobik
Triggered Danish fan, enjoy the ride of the new Navi era nubcake xD
2020-03-01 23:19
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3 replies
navi era doesn't exist just because they won katowice rofl calling me triggered doesn't make me triggered btw
2020-03-01 23:24
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2 replies
sound triggered tho
2020-03-01 23:51
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navi era isn’t because they won one tournament, it’s because they absolutely fucking DESTROYED everybody in the playoffs
2020-03-02 00:28
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Lmao
2020-03-01 20:48
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#46
Faceit level 8  | 
Germany BlitzXD
HAHAHAAH dude Astralis era is going down. Zonic was to confident. MAYBE they'll come back who knows. PEACE #NAVINATION
2020-03-01 21:00
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#89
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Russia Heltscore
+1
2020-03-02 10:39
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#32
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Russia UndyBone
EZ GG , GOOD LUCK NAVI
2020-03-01 20:44
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Finally NAVI shows what they deserve and most importantly it is very important for Simple!
2020-03-02 11:18
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Cool name
2020-03-02 12:51
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#2
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United Kingdom diXo!
ggwp
2020-03-01 20:31
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Nice
2020-03-01 20:31
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#4
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World TS092
Let's fucking go Na'Vi
2020-03-01 20:31
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#5
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Germany lookymd
gg also called the Dismantling of g2
2020-03-01 20:32
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Good job
2020-03-01 20:31
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Ez
2020-03-01 20:31
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#9
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Ukraine s1mple_GOAT
ez for Best team and GOAT s1mple
2020-03-01 20:31
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#10
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Argentina zrmkr
Don't get boombla in a race his heart going explode))
2020-03-01 20:32
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#11
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Ukraine tscXvnx
great season. 6 events - 6 different winners
2020-03-01 20:32
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6 different teams lol
2020-03-01 20:32
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2 replies
Yeah this is what I like to watch without any team dominating for a long time.
2020-03-02 10:12
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1 reply
Same
2020-03-02 14:15
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#13
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Ukraine |s1mple
ezezez
2020-03-01 20:32
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6 replies
LOVE YOU BRO <3
2020-03-01 20:32
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3 replies
#17
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Ukraine |s1mple
<3
2020-03-01 20:33
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Bro its not the real s1mple. He has a "|" before his name. Cmon seriously, couldnt you check this yourself?
2020-03-02 23:50
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1 reply
i still love him
2020-03-03 00:24
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Ty nastoyashchiy? Are u real simple?
2020-03-01 21:06
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1 reply
ofc not.... check his replies, s1mple may be toxic, but not that toxic and also this user acts like a kid. Its probl biggest baiter alt account @sam2k
2020-03-02 14:44
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Deserved. Lets go NaVi. Lets get the Intel Grand Slam now. #NAVINATION #NAVIDAVI
2020-03-01 20:32
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1 reply
+1
2020-03-01 20:36
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Well played!
2020-03-01 20:32
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gg
2020-03-01 20:34
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Honestly, playoffs showed that Navi was kinda of a another level during this tournament, giving no chance to their rivals
2020-03-01 20:35
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The boombl4 team really managed very well. They were really great when one of the s1mple and electronic are shined and when supports did their job well. In both Astralis and g2 matches, not only both of them are incredible but also supporters made a lot of highlights. I don't even mention about the nuke performance of boombl4. That is the Na'Vi which we miss <3
2020-03-01 20:35
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First and last tournament they will win in 2020
2020-03-01 20:40
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7 replies
#28
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Romania aydr094
hahahaa dont be jealous bruh... your team had its time ... now its navi's
2020-03-01 20:42
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1 reply
#61
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Sweden wyv0
Well as long as fnatic is on the other side of the bracket
2020-03-01 21:47
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name checks out. astralis fans malding, 32-10. even liquid put up a better fight xaxaxaxaxa
2020-03-01 20:49
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Astralis winning all tournament, but suddenly lost one Their fans: uhh, faking somple, lucky vincere
2020-03-01 20:50
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3 replies
#57
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India c0sm1z
Change ur name s1mple hater. Npw he win 1 major & NAVI time began, so count 1, 2, 3, & maybe more than astralis & ur GOAT device Respect player who gve full of him s1mple is ever touched csgo player! r u hear from anchors?
2020-03-01 21:32
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2 replies
Bruuuuuh, i was troling an astralis fan,but you didn't catch the irony
2020-03-02 05:11
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1 reply
#85
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India c0sm1z
gj sorry for that hhaahhhahha xD
2020-03-02 08:44
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six different teams!
2020-03-01 20:41
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#27
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Peru Elkauza
NAVI top 1 2020?
2020-03-01 20:42
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Eu 4 - 2 Na checkmate burger
2020-03-01 20:42
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#31
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Spain akproxx
all different team this is great
2020-03-01 20:44
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yea didn't even realize until now, should be a pretty exciting 2020
2020-03-01 20:46
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amazing
2020-03-01 20:45
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#34
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Ukraine d3adLY
top 1 team
2020-03-01 20:45
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#37
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Bulgaria zhelyazkoG
For people, which talked shit about Perfecto for his stats 4-7 k/d 0.79 rating map 1 Grand final and he was "shit" - He won most clutches for tournament (8) and 5th from whole tournament most kills ( whole team Navi actually is top 5 most kills LOL). NaVI team was perfect, great job. Enjoy the moment.
2020-03-01 20:50
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1 reply
Nice info
2020-03-01 21:15
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#38
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Lithuania KingOfPing
NaVi was amazing in this event, but still need to wait a little bit more to say that they are best team, at this moment they are best but had to keep form like this to stay on top. If they win next big event they can prove it, coz until katowice they was crap and hope this is not gonna be 1 lucky event as happen for a lot of teams.
2020-03-01 20:47
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They were pretty good in blast premier series. Defeating astralis vitality and complexity 2-0 each. So they werent "crap" before this tournament as u said.
2020-03-01 23:30
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#97
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United States Shmikeb0b
NaVi good but not best..... jw best
2020-03-02 13:55
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#39
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Australia Beard43
Completely up for grabs! Moses was right, we've seen NaVi play like this before then drop off or be inconsistent. Time will tell, maybe they've changed and if they have they definitely mean business because they were insane at this tournament! The scene is so unpredictable right now though.
2020-03-01 20:47
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#43
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World hoobik
We have never seen Na'Vi play like this before. ESL one Cologne was a massive grind. This was just utter domination and they keep getting better.
2020-03-01 20:50
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#54
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Australia Beard43
This was indeed more dominant, but we have seen them at the top before multiple times for it to only be a fleeting performance.
2020-03-01 21:27
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we have never seen navi play like this in such a long time. wtf are you talking about?
2020-03-01 21:23
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#55
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Australia Beard43
I didn't say recently, don't get your knickers in a knot.
2020-03-01 21:28
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Ez
2020-03-01 21:02
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NAVI it is Ukrainian team.
2020-03-01 21:46
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4 replies
1 Ukrainian 4 Russians = Russian team
2020-03-01 23:01
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3 replies
2020-03-01 23:32
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But Russian CS:GO roster. In your terms, SK was European team with Brazilian lineup? Or Virtus.pro was Russian team with Polish roster?
2020-03-02 01:17
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1 reply
U r right
2020-03-02 10:33
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nice
2020-03-01 21:49
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#75
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Ukraine leg0_0leg
This is Ukrainian team, based in Ukraine, live and train in Kyiv (Ukraine), so stop saying Na'Vi are russians, cause they never were russian team, I watch cs since 2008 and I know the thing I'm talking about. Russians always hated Na'Vi cause they always destroyed russian teams) and actually, I think that e-sport team is not a national team, it's a club. Speaking of football for example if spanish football club has 7 italian players it doesn't make it italian at all) it's still spanish football club with 7 italians in squad. I think that same thing is about Na'Vi, I may agree them to be considered as CIS, but not as russian at all)
2020-03-02 01:18
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1 Ukrainian 4 Russians => Na'Vi Russian team /close Don't compare sports and eSports, it's a different things. In you terms, SK was European team with Brazilian lineup? Or VP was Russian team with Polish roster? I agree that Na'Vi - Ukrainian ORGANISATION, but CS:GO roster is Russian. P.S. Don’t think that I hate Na'Vi or Ukraine, I just don’t like such inaccuracies)
2020-03-02 03:47
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3 replies
#81
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Ukraine XFESTER
I think it doesn’t matter under which flag are team playing, because true fans cheers for players, not for a nation.
2020-03-02 07:21
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2 replies
Agree
2020-03-02 07:27
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#93
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Ukraine Chipaet
+1
2020-03-02 11:33
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Congrats to Na'vi fans. I know it's been a tough year for you. I mean that sincerely by the way not trolling. Although next time TL meets them I hope Simple and friends get crushed. Until then however enjoy the victory. Well earned in a stacked tourny.
2020-03-02 02:21
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#78
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Xyp9x | 
Denmark QBE_
Most competitive era EVER, 6 teams fighting for the grand slam and even G2 looks like they could be fighting for it at this point.
2020-03-02 02:38
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ez
2020-03-02 08:28
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Imo mibr still have chance to win this race
2020-03-02 09:51
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1 reply
#98
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United States Shmikeb0b
OmegaLUL
2020-03-02 13:57
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GEGE
2020-03-02 11:08
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Only FNATIC and FAZE fought the NAVI, others took 2-0 :P
2020-03-02 11:09
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Kinda sad that it came only after GuardiaN was benched, but it's nice to see S1mple on top again
2020-03-02 16:29
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Faze vs Navi Rio finals
2020-03-04 08:11
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3 replies
I would hope for it. But remember, there is the player break in between and this has destroyed teams many times. Liquid was steam rolling everyone last year, winning 6 consecutive tourneys and the IGS (with the first three). After the player break they didn't even look like the same team anymore and now they are barely #6 team. Hopefully, this won't happen to NaVi.
2020-03-04 13:13
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2 replies
All levity aside, Faze is growing in confidence and is pretty grounded. Same with Navi. Even if they're not playing in the finals, I hope to see them have a good outing and redeem their brand name after a disastrous 2019.
2020-03-04 18:43
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First four ofc*
2020-03-04 18:47
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#114
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Ukraine hukutka94
This is what I call a flashy victory! Good job, ma bois!
2020-03-05 15:48
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