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December 15, 2021
CS:GO
Team Liquid upset Na’Vi in BLAST Premier World Final
The first day of the BLAST Premier World Finals began with an unexpected result, as Team Liquid took down Na’Vi. The CIS squad had crowned themselves the top team in CS:GO, winning the PGL Stockholm Major and earning the top spot in global rankings. In a tight three-game series however, the North American underdogs managed to usurp the kings and advance to the upper bracket semis.
Though certainly not out of the tournament yet, Na’Vi will have to redeem themselves against Heroic to continue its reign. While Team Liquid is now bound to face off against Gambit, here is how the NA hopefuls ended up here.
Is it already the end of the Na’Vi era?
Na’Vi made a clear claim for the CS:GO throne after winning the PGL Major and the BLAST Fall Final consecutively. Team Liquid may have closed the book on the Na’Vi era though after a 2-1 win. Liquid lead off the series with a strong opener on Overpass (16-11) as longtime members Stewie2K and NAF headed the team’s efforts.
Na’Vi bounced back with a decisive win over Dust2 (16-7). Though an effort from the whole team, B1T had an incredible game, finding a 1.43 overall rating in the relatively low kill game. Team Liquid did not stay down, as the NA squad had an equally dominant game to close the series on Inferno (16-7).
The core three of EliGe, NAF, and Stewie2K all performed at the top of their game. While NAF held the most kills (64), EliGe held the highest damage (86.8), and Stewie found an overall 1.17 rating. Though an incredibly unpredictable start for NA’s sole representative, they will have another challenge in Gambit ahead of them.
