NAVI fall to FURIA and face Falcons for an IEM Beijing playoff spot

NAVI went into day two of IEM Beijing in good form after sweeping Falcons in their opener, but FURIA stood in their way. The PGL Masters Bucharest champions won 2-1 in the Group A upper semi-final and sent NAVI to the lower bracket.

A rematch FURIA took

The match was a rematch of Bucharest, where NAVI had won 2-0 just ten days earlier. This time NAVI started ahead, taking Ancient 16-12 in overtime, but FURIA answered on Nuke and closed the series on Cache, 13-10.

With the win, FURIA qualified for the playoffs and on Wednesday play The MongolZ for a direct semi-final place.

A response against B8

NAVI didn't take long to recover. In the lower bracket they beat B8 2-0, 13-8 on Ancient and 13-11 on Dust2. Ihor "w0nderful" Zhdanov was again the team's best player, with a 1.45 rating and 40 kills to 26 deaths, and Aleksib followed with a 1.35.

w0nderful is having a huge event. In the opener against Falcons he posted a 2.24 rating on Ancient, his best map of the year.

All or nothing against Falcons

Wednesday's opponent is Falcons, whom NAVI already beat 2-0 in the first round (13-5 on Ancient and 13-11 on Mirage). Since then, karrigan's side have knocked out FaZe and HEROIC, with kyousuke in superb form.

The winner takes Group A's last playoff place, with the playoffs running from 6 to 8 November. The loser goes home.

Source: HLTV, Hotspawn, RG.org.