Esports World Cup 2024b1t powers NAVI past FaZe at EWC
Aleksib and company have made the last-four stage in Riyadh.
Natus Vincere have defeated FaZe in a two-map series (Mirage 13-10, Nuke 16-12) in the Esports World Cup 2024 quarter-finals.
FaZe will rue their slow starts, as they found themselves 5-10 down on both maps before they began their comebacks, but it proved too little too late on both occasions.
"We knew we might lose a few rounds here and there, but this result shows we have some depth to our game," said a joyous Aleksi "Aleksib" Virolainen in the post-match interview.
Andrey "B1ad3" Gorodenskiy's troops will now face off against MOUZ in the semi-finals on Saturday.
| Date | Matches | |
|---|---|---|
| Esports World Cup 2024 | ||
| 20/07/2024 |
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For FaZe, this is a disappointing start to the season. The European combine ended the year with quarter-final exits at ESL Pro League, IEM Dallas and BLAST Premier Spring Final, and Finn "karrigan" Andersen and company have now once again been eliminated in the same stage.
Valeriy "b1t" Vakhovskiy began the series in hot form to help Natus Vincere take an early lead, but karrigan answered with a high-fragging performance to return FaZe into contention. After a back-and-forth first half, Natus Vincere ran away to an 11-5 lead before FaZe started their comeback attempt.
They got up to ten rounds, but the map came down to a crucial 3k by Justinas "jL" Lekavicius, who was having a quiet game up to that point. The Lithuanian found two crisp Deagle headshots and ended the round by besting karrigan in a 1v1 to help Natus Vincere take the series lead.
Nuke began with a FaZe pistol before a 4k by Ihor "w0nderful" Zhdanov's saved AK-47 turned the tide and allowed them to take another 7-5 lead. They soon extended that lead to 10-5, but FaZe's resilience meant that the map moved to overtime.
Once there, Natus Vincere found a second wind to pick up four rounds in a row, during which b1t found seven kills to ensure Natus Vincere's victory.
 Natus Vincere |
K - D | Swing | ADR | KAST | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 46 - 34 | +6.37% | 86.9 | 86.3% | 1.36 | |
| 40 - 28 | +2.08% | 78.6 | 74.5% | 1.28 | |
| 32 - 34 | +1.11% | 78.1 | 74.5% | 1.06 | |
| 32 - 37 | +0.09% | 74.6 | 74.5% | 1.01 | |
| 29 - 33 | -1.68% | 57.2 | 56.9% | 0.83 |
 FaZe |
K - D | Swing | ADR | KAST | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 37 - 39 | -2.07% | 78.2 | 68.6% | 1.08 | |
| 30 - 34 | -1.62% | 71.8 | 74.5% | 1.03 | |
| 33 - 32 | -0.38% | 65.0 | 66.7% | 0.98 | |
| 33 - 38 | +1.80% | 71.4 | 62.7% | 0.95 | |
| 30 - 37 | -5.70% | 58.0 | 60.8% | 0.76 |
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