NAVI won the IEM Atlanta 2026 CS2 championship
On the night of May 18, the Ukrainian esports team Natus Vincere (NAVI) won the grand final of the IEM Atlanta 2026 Counter-Strike 2 tournament. In the decisive match, the Ukrainians defeated GamerLegion and claimed the championship title.
This was reported on the official NAVI website.
It should be noted that Natus Vincere and the German organization GamerLegion had already faced off in the group stage. Back then, the Ukrainian team also secured a 2-1 victory. Specifically, the scores were:
- 13:4 on the Inferno map;
- 1:13 on the Ancient map;
- 13:11 on the Mirage map.
Tonight, during the grand final, NAVI won with a score of 3-0. Specifically, the esports players secured victories on the maps Mirage (13-3), Anubis (13-9), and Nuke (16-13).
Both teams were represented by the following players:
- NAVI - iM, b1t, w0nderful, Aleksib, makazze;
- GamerLegion - Snax, Tauson, hypex, RES, PR.
It should be noted that the total prize pool for the IEM Atlanta tournament was $1 million. With this victory, NAVI earned $125,000 and their second championship trophy of the year.
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