And the trophy was so close: NAVI managed to lose in the finals of Thunderpick World Championship 2025

Today, October 19, atnational e-sports team Natus Vincere failed to win the final of the prestigious Counter-Strike 2 tournament – ​​Thunderpick World Championship 2025.

NAVI lost to one of the best teams in the world Furia with a score of 2:3.

“Born to win” did not feel an opponent on their own Mirage map, taking it with a score of 13:6. Also, the Ukrainian team won the choice of opponents without any particular problems Inferno (13:9).

And when one victory remained before the trophy, the rivals woke up. First, the Brazilian organization responded with a win on Nuke (NAVI’s pick), taking the map in 8:13. Then they crushed NAVI on Dust2 (13:5) and declassified the Ukrainians on Train (13:1).

Thus, “born to win” won the second place at Thunderpick World Championship 2025 and received 150 thousand dollars in prize money. This is only the second NAVI final in 2025. The team previously won the StarLadder StarSeries Fall 2025.

Thunderpick World Championship 2025
Malta, final
October 19

Natus Vincere (Ukraine) – Furia (Brazil) 2:3 (Mirage 13:5, Inferno 13:9, Nuke 8:13, Dust2 5:13, Train 1:13)

The day before, the Natus Vincere Dota 2 team completed the group stage of the prestigious Blast Slam IV tournament and entered the play-in competition, the playoffs of which will be held in Singapore.