VCT 2023: LOCK//IN São Paulo: NAVI takes 3-4th place

NAVI finished their performance at VCT 2023: LOCK//IN São Paulo, the first major VALORANT tournament of the season. Our team lost to Fnatic in the semifinals and took 3-4th place earning $ 40,000.

This match was the first time when NAVI played in the best of 5 format, prior to this tournament the matches were played in the format of best of 3.

On the first map, the teams went head-to-head and NAVI almost reached overtime on Haven, but Fnatic maintained their dominance and earned the first point of the match, winning with a score of 13:11. Our team's pick — Lotus was played completely under the opponents' dictation, and ended 13. The decisive battle was on Fracture, where NAVI failed to keep the pace they set in the first rounds and lost to Fnatic this time with a score of 11 : 13.

On the way to the semi-finals, NAVI VALORANT beat KRÜ Esports 2 : 0 (Ascent 13 : 5, Lotus 13 : 10) in the first round, Team Secret 2 : 0 (Icebox 13 : 8, Pearl 13 : 4) in the second round and Leviatán 2 : 0 (Ascent 13 : 10, Fracture 13 : 2) in the quarterfinals.

The grand final of VCT 2023: LOCK//IN São Paulo will be held on March 4. LOUD (Group Alpha) and Fnatic (Group Omega) are set to face each other.

We are grateful to all our fans who supported NAVI online, in the pubstomps and at the stadium in São Paulo. The next championship for our team will be the VCT 2023: EMEA League LAN Tournament in Berlin, from March 27 to May 25. Our opponent will be Fnatic, we will have a great chance to take revenge!