After winning IEM Cologne, the Natus Vincere team again found itself in first place in the world rankings, displacing Gambit from this position. The latter remained at the top for fourteen weeks, but in Cologne it took only 5 – 6th place, and this was not enough to maintain the lead.
Natus Vincere rises to first place in the ranking for the fourth time in its history – Previously, the team managed to achieve this result in 2016, 2020 and at the beginning of 2021. However, she usually couldn’t stay at the top for long – in total, NAVI was considered the best CS GO team for nineteen weeks. Soon after the summer break, the “Born to Win” will have the opportunity to confirm your status in the ESL Pro League Season 14 tournament, which will take place in August-September.
In addition, the team has a chance to become the third team in history to win the Intel Grand Slam title. Previously, it was achieved by Astralis (in 2018) and Liquid (in 2019). To date, Natus Vincere has three victories at major tournaments of the IEM and DreamHack series, so it is one more tournament win away from the $1,000,000 prize. Gambit, who can also qualify for the Intel Grand Slam, will need to win major victories twice.
