Natus Vincere achieved a sensational victory over Team Vitality in the playoffs of the LAN tournament IEM Atlanta 2026 for CS2. The match ended with a score of 2:1 in favor of NAVI.
The match was fiercely contested: on Dust2, the players of Vitality were stronger (13:11), however, on Anubis, the NAVI team managed to turn the tide of the series (13:11). The decisive map was Inferno, where Natus Vincere left their opponents with no chance, crushing them with a score of 13:3.
The best player (MVP) of the confrontation was NAVI's sniper Igor w0nderful Zhdanov. Over the course of three maps, he achieved an impressive rating of 1.45, making 59 kills with only 28 deaths. At the same time, Team Vitality's leader Mathieu ZywOo Herbaut had one of his worst matches of the season, finishing the series with a negative statistic (39-40) and a modest rating of 0.95. The worst player on the server was the captain of the French club Dan apEX Madeskler with a rating of 0.67.
This result ended several historical streaks. Team Vitality failed to reach the semifinals of a major tournament for the first time since IEM Katowice 2025, stopping their streak at 21 championships. Additionally, Vitality's winning streak on the Anubis map in the playoffs, which lasted 28 matches, was also broken. Meanwhile, NAVI managed to end their losing streak against Vitality, which had lasted nine matches in a row.
In the semifinals of IEM Atlanta 2026, Natus Vincere will face off against BetBoom Team.
Earlier, it became known that the Falcons CS2 team achieved a hard-fought victory over FURIA in the quarterfinals of the LAN tournament PGL Astana 2026. The match was memorable for the incredible showdown between snipers Ilya m0NESY Osipov and Danila molodoy Golubenko.