VCT 2023: LOCK//IN São Paulo: vs Fnatic
The biggest VALORANT tournament in the world, VCT 2023: LOCK//IN São Paulo, is coming to an end. NAVI VALORANT will face Fnatic in the semifinals today. The match for the exit to the grand final of the tournament is scheduled to start at 18:00, the format is best of 5.
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.
Team Fnatic also haven't lost a single map to their opponents. The meeting with Sentinels in the first round ended 2 : 0 (Haven 13 : 6, Split 13 : 7), with FURIA Esports in the second round — 2 : 0 (Haven 18 : 16, Ascent 13 : 9) and with 100 Thieves in the quarterfinals — 2 : 0 (Fracture 13 : 1, Icebox 13 : 10).
With Fnatic, NAVI VALORANT, back then FPX, played 6 matches in 2022. The last time our players faced this opponent in VCT 2022: Stage 2 Masters — Copenhagen. After their defeat against Fnatic in the first round of the upper bracket (0 : 2), FPX faced Fnatic again in the lower bracket quarterfinals and won 2 : 1, later they beat OpTic Gaming and Paper Rex and became the champion of the tournament. After that, two new players joined Fnatic: Mistic and Enzo were replaced by Leo and Chronicle. In turn, FPX players became NAVI and are now playing with cNed instead of ardiis.
The history of matches against Fnatic shows the intense struggle between the teams, thus the match promises to be hot. Only two teams from the EMEA region are left in the tournament and they will face each other in the match for the grand final.
This is NAVI VALORANT's first best of 5 match and a great opportunity to show their skills. You can learn more about the expectations of the team from the players' post-match press-conference after the advance to the semifinals of the tournament.
Recall that the final round of VCT 2023: LOCK//IN São Paulo will be held from March 2 to 4. From Alpha group — LOUD made it to the grand final of the tournament, beating DRX 3 : 2. Their opponent from group Omega — NAVI or Fnatic will be determined in today's match. The tournament prize pool is $ 500,000.
