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Na`Vi escape into the semis

By Duncan 'Thorin' Shields
Aug 29, 2010 13:44


ImageNa`Vi escaped a three map battle with PartY to move into the semi-finals. k23, Oslo Lions.swe and forZe fill the other spots.



Natus Vincere have the best team in 2010 and are easily one of the top 2 elite sides in the world but when they faced PartY they narrowly escaped in the third map. They will now face the newly reformed k23 team in the semi-final.

Their Ukrainian rivals, formerly known as PinG, overcame adversity to win the second map, inferno, by an equally convincing margin as Na`Vi had won the first, tuscan. In the decider, dust2, Na`Vi went up 10:5 as terrorists but PartY showed resilience as they fought back and lost on the 29th round of the game.

Natus Vincere 16:8 PartY (tuscan - 12:3, 4:5)
Natus Vincere 8:16 PartY (inferno - 7:8, 1:8)
Natus Vincere 16:13 PartY (dust2 - 10:5, 6:8)

Elsewhere in the first round results went as expected. k23 took care of the underdogs Stockholm Angels and Lions swe handled GetHard to book semi-final spots. In the All-Russian affair forZe cruised past Iron Will , featuring three former Virtus.Pro players, with dominant terrorist play.

Semi-final matchups

Those results pit Natus Vincere against k23 in one semi-final while Lions swe face forZe in the other.

(Photograph copyright of Proplay.ru)


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