EPL Season 23 — vs Monte

Today at 11:30 NAVI will begin their campaign in the second stage of the ESL Pro League Season 23 online phase. Their opening opponent will be Monte, and the match will be played in a best-of-three format.

Thanks to a high VRS Global ranking, NAVI received a direct invitation to the second stage of EPL. Monte, meanwhile, fought their way through the Swiss stage, finishing it with a 3–1 record. After losing to Astralis (1 : 2), Monte confidently defeated NRG (2 : 0) and Heroic (2 : 0), and in the qualification match they pulled off a surprise win over PV (2 : 1), who, notably, later failed to advance from their group.

NAVI and Monte have already faced each other this year — on January 14 at the online tournament BLAST Bounty 2026 Season 1. On that occasion, the Born to Win squad lost 1 : 2.

We believe that today our team can take revenge and start ESL Pro League Season 23 with a victory! Join the broadcast!