NAVI beat PARIVISION 2-1 to reach the semifinals of IEM Beijing

Natus Vincere reached the semifinals of IEM Beijing by beating PARIVISION 2-1. After losing Mirage 14-16, the team won Inferno 13-9 and Ancient 13-10 and advanced to the top four. The team's recent rise has turned a run of early tournament qualifiers into a series of consecutive playoff appearances.

The standout player of the series was Ihor "w0nderful" Zhdanov. The 21-year-old AWP player was consistent on all three maps. Although Mirage is NAVI's weakest map, the team made a risky veto there and fell 9-3 behind in the first half. Then w0nderful carried the match into extra rounds with many opening kills and multikills. Aleksi "Aleksib" Virolainen made two important contributions late in the match. In overtime, Ivan "zweih" Gogin prevented Natus Vincere's comeback.

On Inferno, PARIVISION started strong and took a 4-0 lead on the T side. However, w0nderful made the difference again, getting multikills in almost every CT round won by Natus Vincere. In the second half, Aleksib's called attacks and Drin "makazze" Shaqiri's opening kills allowed NAVI to comfortably level the series.

On Ancient, Natus Vincere took a proactive approach on the CT side. Finding angles in Middle, the team pushed through B and quickly built a clear early advantage. Evgenii "FL1T" Lebedev and Abay "HObbit" Khassenov each prevented the score from getting worse with a solo carry round.