NAVI tie FaZe in Grand Slam race with IEM Rio win

Aleksib's troops have eight chances to complete the Grand Slam run.

NAVI have won two EPT Masters events in a row

Natus Vincere have joined the front of the race for the Intel Grand Slam Season 5 prize after winning IEM Rio on Sunday. They now have two titles to their name, just as many as FaZe, though they have six more chances than their rivals to complete the run.

To win a Grand Slam, a team must win four ESL Pro Tour trophies inside a window of ten events, as long as one of those titles came from a Championship-level tournament (IEM Katowice, IEM Cologne, or an ESL-operated Major),

NAVI added the IEM Rio title to the ESL Pro League Season 20 trophy they had claimed at the end of last month, becoming the first team to win back-to-back ESL Pro Tour tournaments in 2024. They now have eight chances to pick up two more trophies, though one of them must be from a Championship tournament.

FaZe entered the Grand Slam race by winning IEM Sydney 2023 and then added a second trophy six months later when they won IEM Chengdu 2024.

Finn "⁠karrigan⁠" Andersen's charges have no room for error remaining, however, as they must win the next two eligible events, and one of them must be a Championship tournament.

Having missed out on the Rio trophy, MOUZ see their Pro League 18 title fall out of consideration. They now have five chances to add to their Pro League 19 trophy, but they must win three tournaments — including a Championship event — to claim the $1 million prize.

IEM Rio was the last Grand Slam-eligible event of 2024. The tournament organizer has announced eight events for 2025 but no additional details about how its circuit will look next year.

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The IGS standings are:

Europe Natus Vincere (2 wins / No EPTC win / 8 chances)
Europe FaZe (2 wins / No / 2 chances)
Europe Vitality (1 win / Yes / 7 chances)
Europe G2 (1 win / No / 6 chances)
Europe MOUZ (1 win / No / 5 chances)
Russia Spirit (1 win / Yes / 3 chances)

Denmark Finn 'karrigan' Andersen
Finn 'karrigan' Andersen
Age:
34
Team:
Rating 1.0:
0.90
Maps played:
2411
KPR:
0.61
DPR:
0.69
Pog
2024-10-14 13:40
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NaVi chances look decent, but they need at least 1 Kato or Cologne wins to complete igs run.
2024-10-14 13:41
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Theoretically they don't, but it would be extremely difficult
2024-10-14 14:09
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#27
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Romania Arghi
You literally need kato or cologne for IGS. You can win 10 ESL events, it doesn't count as a GS if you don't have kato, cologne or an ESL major.
2024-10-14 14:35
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o man, i remember when they allowed you to win 6 non-kato/cologne events and they would allow it too
2024-10-14 20:48
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#52
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Canada Bucket0
Flair checks out
2024-10-15 07:06
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#29
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India Nujen
They do, It's written in parenthesis and small letters at the bottom of the image.
2024-10-14 14:36
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#33
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Jesus | 
Kazakhstan yTuHbIe_ucTopuu
bad grammar from #15 but i think by theoretically they don't he meant: "Don't look decent"
2024-10-14 15:03
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Thanks for the summary
2024-10-15 11:34
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#3
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Finland Sipunak
Might take a while for anyone to win a grandslam again
2024-10-14 13:42
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navi win igs next year
2024-10-14 13:55
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NAVI need only 2 out of 8, there are more chances of them winning grand slam than not
2024-10-14 22:26
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Problem will be cologne or kato. Choke there and bye IGS
2024-10-14 22:27
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wdym
2024-10-14 22:38
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#50
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Germany xSchons
you need 1 out of cologne, kato or esl major to win the grand slam
2024-10-14 23:00
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#51
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Ukraine zhvchnskiy
kato will be one of the first big LANs in 2025. Many current top teams are expected to make roster changes after major. Coming out of long bootcamp will be the best opportunity for navi to win IGS by taking Kato right away while other top teams are figuring out their new rosters.
2024-10-15 01:24
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Thats probably true. But never underestimate honeymoon teams. Fresh new team gaining momentum always dangerous.
2024-10-15 10:52
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Honeymoon period + Falcons making it 2022 Faze.
2024-10-15 14:19
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#57
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Pakistan hawrU
and faze needed 2 out of 7
2024-10-15 20:35
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#4
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Latvia riraie
Go navi!
2024-10-14 13:42
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#5
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United Kingdom Jonty04l32
Nice. Looking forward to seeing who will net the fourth one.
2024-10-14 13:45
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#32
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United States MrNorwood
2024-10-14 14:57
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Dude don't spoil it for him!
2024-10-14 16:39
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#42
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United Kingdom Jonty04l32
Yeah... autocorrect. :(
2024-10-14 19:55
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#46
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United States MrNorwood
Haha, no worries, it made for a fun comment. :)
2024-10-14 21:20
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Is it only one EPTC + 3 regular or can a team win by winning 6 regular without EPTC as well? I vaguely remember something like that being in a rulebook but I'm not sure if they changed it...
2024-10-14 13:46
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That was eventually changed, 1 Masters/ESL Major + 3 others.
2024-10-14 13:49
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I thought so. Nobody mentioned that possibility in a while.
2024-10-14 14:27
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#7
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Australia hoangii
Mouz already have a studio lan grand slam
2024-10-14 13:49
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Even then they don't lmao, only 3 trophies for that. EPL S18 EPL S19 BBD Belgrade S1
2024-10-14 13:50
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race of the snails
2024-10-14 13:57
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They're not really tied because faze have zero chance of winning anything with their current form
2024-10-14 14:00
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2 chances... What's the probability of FaZe winning both of them? About 0.000000000000000001%
2024-10-14 14:18
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Not only this, they would have to win Katowice 2025 and the consecutive esl tournament xDD
2024-10-14 14:25
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They have 8 chances remaining to win only 2 tournaments, so it seems pretty reasonable to me, but of course they have to win cologne or katowice
2024-10-14 14:03
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wait ... thats almost imposible to dont happen .. imagine if wounderfull didnt choked at calogne vs vit... 3 iem`s for navii and they had 8 chances ...
2024-10-14 14:10
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other teams might step up their game, though
2024-10-14 14:24
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If they had won Cologne, they 100% would win the grand slam. But still their odds are very high, as they are the best team in the world needing only win 2 tournaments
2024-10-14 14:24
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yeah... that woundefull ez shot on mirage at 12-10 to put navi 2-1 will hurt on the long run..also 500k big pricepool sadly...
2024-10-14 14:28
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*7 chances.
2024-10-14 14:41
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#17
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Sweden Vrede
Next IEM is Navi
2024-10-14 14:14
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Congratulations NAVI on winning Season 5 of the Intel Grand Slam!
2024-10-14 14:24
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Imagine they had won IEM Cologne as well ? 3 intel Tournaments in a row, how many have done that ?
2024-10-14 14:30
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How do grand slams work?
2024-10-14 14:32
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Read the post you lazy arse... "To win a Grand Slam, a team must win four ESL Pro Tour trophies inside a window of ten events, as long as one of those titles came from a Championship-level tournament (IEM Katowice, IEM Cologne, or an ESL-operated Major),"
2024-10-14 20:23
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All Majors should count
2024-10-14 17:03
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#39
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NiKo | 
Canada swagcrazy
Congrats Navi on finally reaching the status of FaZe Clan!
2024-10-14 18:06
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that's a nice compliment
2024-10-14 18:18
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#55
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Poland snejq
they deserve it top 1 team in this year
2024-10-15 11:38
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