NAVI Defeat Astralis to Win BLAST Premier: Global Final 2020

Natus Vincere have become the champions of BLAST Premier: Global Final 2020 after defeating Astralis in the tournament’s grand finals with the 2-0 score. The winners have claimed $600,000 in prize money, which is by far the biggest prize figure in the team’s history.

After losing to Team Liquid (0-2) in their first match, NAVI managed to make it all the way through the lower bracket, where they defeated Complexity (2-1), G2 Esports (2-0), Liquid (2-0) and Team Vitality.

In the grand finals NAVI emerged victorious at both Nuke (16:12) and Inferno (16:5). As both teams currently have six players in their rosters, Astralis played with Bubzkji replacing Xyp9x on the first map, while NAVI replaced flamie with B1t on the second map.

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For Natus Vincere, this is the first victory at a premier event since last March, when they emerged victorious at IEM XIV – World Championship . In the previous two events – IEM XV – Global Challenge and BLAST Premier: Fall 2020 – they were eliminated by Astralis, placing 3rd – 4th and 4th respectively.

BLAST Premier: Global Final 2020 was played from January 19th to 24th, featuring eight teams competing for a $1,000,000 prize pool. The prize pool has been distributed among the participants as follows:

• 1st – $600,000 – Natus Vincere
• 2nd – $200,000 – Astralis
• 3rd– $80,000 – Team Vitality
• 4th – $50,000 – Team Liquid
• 5th-6th – $20,000 – EG, G2
• 7th-8th – $15,000 – FURIA, Complexity