NAVI's new meeting with G2, which was their main rival at the major, ended in a victory for the CIS team. Despite all efforts, the team of Nikola «NiKo» Kovacs failed to take revenge after the defeat at the Grand Final in Stockholm, and the game ended with a score of 2 – 1 in favor of Natus Vincere.
At Nuke, NAVI, who chose it, managed to win by a small margin (16 – 14), but then lost to Inferno after a hard fought game and two overtime periods. Mirage was decisive for the fate of the match, and on it G2 failed, not being able to counter the actions of the CIS cybersportsmen with any convincing response. The card draw ended with an impressive margin of 16 – 4 in favor of Natus Vincere.
Thus, «born to win» continue to advance to the front in the lower set of the tournament. They will face Liquid on Saturday evening, and if successful, the last test on their way to the grand finals will be against either Gambit or Vitality.
G2, meanwhile, head home with just one win: they beat NIP in their opening match, but then dropped to the bottom of the grid after a loss to Vitality – a disappointing outcome for a team that may be playing their last tournament in their current lineup.