NAVI thrash NiP to secure IEM Cologne playoff spot

Natus Vincere are the first CS:GO team to qualify for the IEM Cologne playoffs at the LANXESS Arena after they made quick work of the Ninjas in Pyjamas in Group A’s upper bracket today.

The CIS powerhouse spearheaded by Oleksandr “s1mple” Kostyliev started the series by completely dismantling the Ninjas on Overpass (16-13), which was NiP’s map pick. NAVI displayed a nearly impenetrable defense on that map, having won 13 rounds as Counter-Terrorists, and effectively frustrating what the Swedish in-game leader Hampus Poser had prepared.