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MOUZ, NAVI reach semifinal at BLAST Premier World Final

Nov 5, 2022; San Francisco, California, USA; Fans wave thunder sticks before the League of Legends World Championship at Chase Center. Mandatory Credit: Kelley L Cox-USA TODAY Sports

MOUZ and Natus Vincere punched their tickets to the BLAST Premier: World Final 2023 semifinals.

MOUZ swept Cloud9 and NAVI rallied for a 2-1 victory against G2 Esports in Friday’s quarterfinal action.

MOUZ will face FaZe Clan and NAVI will meet Team Vitality on Saturday, chasing the $500,000 first prize at the $1 million Counter-Strike 2 tournament in Abu Dhabi.

G2 opened with a 16-13 overtime victory on Anubis but NAVI responded with 13-11 and 13-6 wins on Inferno and Nuke, respectively. Ukraine’s Valeriy “b1t” Vakhovskiy led NAVI with 57 kills and a plus-15 kills-deaths differential.

MOUZ steamrolled Cloud9, winning 13-1 on Mirage and 13-7 on Ancient. Poland’s Kamil “siuhy” Szkaradek led MOUZ with 32 kills and a plus-16 kills-deaths differential.

–BLAST Premier: World Final 2023 prize pool:
1. $500,000 — TBD
2. $250,000 — TBD
3-4. $85,000 — TBD, TBD
5-6. $25,000 — G2 Esports, Cloud9
7-8. $15,000 — ENCE, Heroic

–Field Level Media

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