In the final of the Esports World Cup NAVI defeated G2 Esports with the score of 2-1. The Ukrainian team received the championship’s main prize of 400 thousand dollars
NAVI lost to G2 Esports on the Ancient map with a score of 14-16, but won on Nuke (13-6) and Inferno (13-6).
IT’S @natusvincere WHO LIFT THE #EsportsWorldCup #CS2 TROPHY 🏆🏆
Congratulations, you’ve earned it! 🙌 pic.twitter.com/nvWa8Kg3GV
— Esports World Cup (@EWC_EN) July 21, 2024
The team was represented at the tournament by Valerii b1t Vakhovskyi (Ukraine), Justinas jL Lekavicius (Lithuania), Aleksi Aleksib Virolainen (Finland), Mihai iM Ivan (Romania) and Ihor w0nderful Zhdanov (Ukraine). Coach — Andrii B1ad3 Horodenskyi (Ukraine).
b1t also became the most valuable player of the championship according to the authoritative portal HLTV, which covers cybersport events. This is the first award for the player in his career.
About Esports World Cup
The Esports World Cup is a new multidisciplinary esports tournament to be held annually in Saudi Arabia. The current championship runs from July 3 to August 25 in Riyadh.
The competition is held in 21 disciplines and the total prize pool of the tournament is 60 million dollars.
In addition to the tournaments involving 21 games, the Esports World Cup has a separate club championship. In order to win it, an organization must get the highest number of points in the different disciplines.
The results of the club championship are summarized at the end of the game tournaments. The winning team receives a grand prize of seven million dollars. As of July 22, NAVI is in third place in the club championship.
