NAVI lock in playoffs spot in Stockholm with 2-0 victory over NIP

31-10-2021 18:54

Natus Vincere become the second squad to secure a playoffs spot at the Major after beating Ninjas in Pyjamas and going 3-0 in the Legends Stage.

Oleksandr "⁠s1mple⁠" Kostyliev continues his march towards a Major trophy in Stockholm as Natus Vincere punch their ticket into the playoffs after beating Ninjas in Pyjamas. Yet to drop a map, Natus Vincere join G2 as the other squad to clear the Champions Stage 3-0 following wins over HEROIC, Virtus.pro and now Ninjas in Pyjamas.

The number one and two ranked squads went head-to-head as 2-0 teams but Ninjas in Pyjamas were outgunned and outclassed on Nuke and Overpass and will try again for a playoffs spot in the next round of the Legends Stage.

NAVI have their sights set on a Championship in Stockholm

Natus Vincere kicked off Nuke in a dominating fashion, quickly gaining a seven round lead. Nicolas "⁠Plopski⁠" Gonzalez Zamora gave his team some breathing room after snatching a round away from Natus Vincere and put the momentum in favour of the Swedish side. After managing to pull the economy back Ninjas in Pyjamas were able to put forward a respectable 7-8 half. While the Ninjas were able to take the second pistol round, s1mple continued his dominant form thus far in the event and with the help of Denis "⁠electroNic⁠" Sharipov closed out the map 16-9.

Overpass played out in a similar fashion as Natus Vincere rapidly gained a lead over the Swedish side as the recent addition of Valeriy "⁠b1t⁠" Vakhovskiy came alive alongside s1mple and electroNic. Ninjas in Pyjamas failed to capitalise on opportunities to claw back into the map as Natus Vincere turned up the heat once again going into the second half. b1t finished on top of the scoreboard as the 18-year-old also had the luxury of closing out the map with a knife kill.

PGL Major Stockholm 2021Best of 3

Natus Vincere

Matchpage

31st October 2021

Ninjas in Pyjamas

Nuke

Overpass

Natus Vincere	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Valeriy 'b1t' Vakhovskiy b1t	44 - 20	+24	96.2	86.0%	1.55
Denis 'electroNic' Sharipov electroNic	45 - 30	+15	97.7	82.0%	1.49
Oleksandr 's1mple' Kostyliev s1mple	43 - 29	+14	87.6	74.0%	1.29
Ilya 'Perfecto' Zalutskiy Perfecto	24 - 25	-1	53.8	76.0%	0.97
Kirill 'Boombl4' Mikhailov Boombl4	27 - 28	-1	55.2	76.0%	0.97

Ninjas in Pyjamas	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Hampus 'hampus' Poser hampus	38 - 34	+4	83.3	66.0%	1.10
Nicolai 'device' Reedtz device	33 - 36	-3	73.8	66.0%	0.99
Nicolas 'Plopski' Gonzalez Zamora Plopski	23 - 38	-15	56.1	62.0%	0.73
Linus 'LNZ' Holtäng LNZ	20 - 36	-16	45.4	56.0%	0.61
Fredrik 'REZ' Sterner REZ	18 - 40	-22	51.4	48.0%	0.55

Six more spots in the playoffs remain as the group is displayed below:

Group Legends Stage

3W - 0L

Natus Vincere

2W - 1L

Copenhagen Flames

FURIA

1W - 2L

0W - 2L

0W - 3L

NIP so unlucky!

2021-10-31 18:54

12 replies

i don't see how it's unluck

2021-10-31 18:55

9 replies

Navi is just simply better than nip. The team work is better, individually they’re better. If you look at the head by head: S1mple >= Device Electronic >= REZ Boombl4 =< Hampus B1t >>> LNZ Perfecto >>> plopski The only stand out player for nip is hampus, besides him navi are better individually on every position. It is like niko said, navi are a step ahead of everyone else, behind them it is close.

2021-10-31 19:02

8 replies

Pretty sure he just meant that NIP were unlucky to be drawn to play against NAVI

2021-10-31 19:15

3 replies

2021-10-31 19:46

Then he should have also said entropiq to be unlucky playing G2 Nip are #2 in the world they are the closest , if nip are unlucky then give the major already to navi Not a good argument

2021-10-31 21:47

2021-10-31 22:59

Its not unlucky for them having bad skill or something. Its unlucky cause they got navi as their opponent whereas they had better chance to win against G2 or Entropiq. Then we could see both navi and nip getting qualified for playoffs as first batch and then maybe lose to navi at playoffs or something... But sadge

2021-10-31 19:21

NIP still has 2 attempts to come out without playing against Navi. Let's see if it's not in vain that they are made the favorite of the tournament, after NAVI. as for me, in 2nd place I see G2😉

2021-10-31 23:08

2 replies

And now gambit 2-0ed NIP, gege xD haha

2021-11-01 18:19

1 reply

these "favorites" can leave the tournament tomorrow😎

2021-11-01 18:58

I suspect NiP would've won against G2. And hence, matchup against Navi was kinda unlucky. I was secretly hoping that Navi make a clean 3-0, but oh well.... GGWP both teams.

2021-10-31 18:58

They really played bad on their own map... it was clearly seen that they were never ready for NAVI's aggressive side

2021-10-31 19:05

SO EZ

B1T major mvp soon

What a beautiful last knife round

Too ez for hs god Valeriy 'B1T' Vakhovskiy

Let's go

s1mple should give b1t some lessons about knifing at 15. Rest was good, gg both teams.

Yeah, although I think even if REZ had snapped onto B1T, both his teammates would've gotten the refrag immediately, they were ready for the worst this time!

2021-10-31 19:04

+1 trading possibility was very high, and REZ already checked to his right, so there was no world in which he would turn around again

2021-10-31 19:18

2021-11-01 00:21

Ezzz

u started crying during first half on nuke plastic glor

2021-10-31 19:03

CLEAN performance by NAVI ....

too ez for future champions

Expected, no surprise so far...

2021-10-31 18:56

champiiiions

navi wont drop a map on this major

2021-10-31 18:57

People who laughed at NaVi rn🤡🤡

NaVi Pog

EZ4NAVI

2021-10-31 19:00

ez3navi

navi best team s1mple best player

How to check player hs% like I want to see every b1t hs% that guy is unreal

Go to the event click stats and click on him and see how full statistics, I’m not gonna spoiled it, but if u want to see his overall stats just search up his name

2021-10-31 21:19

B1T too good

ez pickem b1t 2 good

I LOVE YOU NAV11111111111 LET'S TAKE IT

2021-10-31 19:14

Lets goo!

2021-10-31 19:19

dat waz unepexted

bench plopski REZ and LNZ.

2021-10-31 19:20

Nip saving strats!! For the grand final vs Navi - again. That's why they don't want to show their whole entire register today. Regarding aim: they want to put Navi into comfort zone so they can surprise Navi at lager stage. Totally not copium at all!

2021-10-31 19:35

didn’t Navi run defaults the whole game?

2021-10-31 20:06

So I guess non of the team wanted to show their aces cards they hiding in their sleeves. Navi had better aim than Nip today though. We have to watch grand fjnal to see the full potential of the fight.

2021-10-31 21:45

For sure. NaVi vertigo in semifinal? Maybe!

2021-10-31 22:57

this time it has to be for S1mple

2021-10-31 19:45

Guys, if Navi/G2/Heroic/Gambit win this major who'll get blast global final slot? the winner would have 2 slots? or it goes to second place? or blast points leader?

2021-10-31 19:51