Natus Vincere was able to secure their spot in the majors with a win over Vitality on day three of Europe RMR. At the same time, thanks to the total number of victories, it will start its performance at PGL Major Antwerp with the Legends stage.
The outcome of the confrontation between Natus Vincere and Vitality was determined on two maps. The first of these was Inferno. The French won several rounds at the start, but were unable to hold that advantage, and by the middle of the card draw the advantage was on the NAVI side with a score of 10 – 6. Thanks to the effective actions of Valeriy «b1t» Vakhovskiy and Kirill «Boomb14» Mikhailov, Vitality failed to get back on track. The card stayed with NAVI with a score of 16 – 13. Mirage ended with the same result, which is not surprising considering that the French team has never won this map in 2022.
In addition, thanks to the victory over forZe, which Natus Vincere won the next day, the team will go straight to the Legends stage, where Herioic, BIG and FaZe had previously qualified. Thus, it will start its way to PGL Major Antwerp from a higher level without passing the Challengers stage.
Another CIS team that managed to make it to the Major was Outsiders. In her final match at Europe RMR, she defeated Portuguese SAW on three cards, with the last of them being decided only in overtime.