NAVI take third at IEM Beijing after BETBOOM sweep

Natus Vincere opened the series with a 9-3 lead on the defensive side of Mirage and extended it to 11-3. BETBOOM won three straight rounds to reduce the deficit, but NAVI closed out the map 13-6. Valeriy “b1t” Vakhovskiy and Ihor “w0nderful” Zhdanov combined for 39 kills on the map.

BETBOOM made Ancient more competitive. NAVI took a 6-1 lead before BETBOOM cut it to 7-5 by halftime and won the first three rounds after switching sides. NAVI answered with four consecutive rounds and conceded one more before winning the map 13-9.

b1t led the series with a 1.57 rating, 37 kills and 19 deaths. w0nderful recorded 38 kills and a 1.41 rating, while Drin “makazze” Shqairi finished with 29 kills. Pavel “S1ren” Ogloblin led BETBOOM with 32 kills and a 1.29 rating.

The result came after BETBOOM defeated NAVI 2-0 in Bucharest. Six months after winning IEM Atlanta, NAVI reached the top four at another Big Event in Beijing.

NAVI will skip BLAST Rivals in Hong Kong. IEM Beijing is the team’s final tournament before the Singapore Major, where NAVI will start in Stage 2.

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Reviewed and fact-checked by Alex Panasenko on November 8.