NaVi: Org Overview

ORG HISTORY
-Natus Vincere, frequently abreviated to just NaVi, is a Ukranian esports organization founded in 2009. They currently host rosters in CSGO, Dota, R6, World of Tanks, Wild Rift, PUBG, and Valorant
-NaVi started in CS Source, and were the first team to win 3 premier tournaments in the same calendar year. Their success in CS continues to this day, with their current roster winning the 2021 Stockholm Major, and being home of CSGO Goat, s1mple
-NaVi also got in early to Dota, and assembled a roster in late 2010 that would go on to win The International in 2011. This win would make them the most successful esports org at the time
-The organization recently entered Valorant in July 2021
-NaVi does not have published revenues or equity, but their earnings are ranked in the top 10 of all esports orgs, with nearly 11 million dollars in earnings
-Lastly, NaVi used to be owned by parent company ESForce, a russian organization. With the start of the russia-ukraine conflict, the org cut ties with their parent company

ROSTER HISTORY
2021
-NaVi started as a free agent squad known as No Pressure, who would compete in the final open qualifier of the year in Stage 3 for the CIS region. This 5 was:

-7ssk7
-Cloud
-dinkzj
-arch
-duno

-They would make their way to the Grand Finals, but would get swept by Gambit
-Due to their high placement, No Pressure earned a spot in the EMEA playoffs, and were in contention to attend Masters 3 Berlin. It was also at this time that NaVi stepped in and signed the squad.
-At Challengers playoffs, they would upset Team Liquid in their opening match, before losing consecutive matches to Acend and Giants, ending their playoff journey early.
-Due to their late start in the VCT season, NaVi did not have enough circuit points to attend LCQ, ending their VCT season early. They would compete in Tier 2 and Moscow Esports online tournaments, collecting a few podium finishes.
-During the offseason, arch would depart the roster, and be replaced by Jady from NiP
-With their new roster assembled, NaVi would enter the 2022 VCT season with:

-7ssk7
-duno
-dinkzj
-Cloud
-Jady

2022
-NaVi would start the year with a bang, clawing their way through the first open qualifier and beating 3 teams through the lower bracket to have their qualification match for Challengers against 5MOKES, the roster that had sent them there. They would sweep them 3-0 in the finals and secure a spot in Challengers
-The squad would win their opener against OG LDN UTD, and lose their next matchup against Liquid. Ahead of week 3, Russia would invade Ukraine, putting the entire EMEA Challengers on hold. NaVi would wait nearly 3 weeks before playing their next match. The invasion also took its toll on the players
-All teams that had missed their matches would have a super week with all their matches played within days of each other, and NaVi would pick up a win against BIG before losing to M3C (Gambit) and eventual EMEA Champions, FPX.
-NaVi ended groups with a 2-3 record, but were invited back to the next challengers stage. Between splits, Jady would leave to eventually join M3C, and zeddy would take his spot
-Stage 2 went similar to stage 1, with NaVi starting 0-2 with losses to BBL and M3C, and a win against BIG put them at 1-2 going into their elimination match against Liquid.
-NaVi would lose to Liquid, eliminating them from playoff contention, and squeak out a week 5 win against Guild, giving them another 2-3 record
-NaVis performance throughout the year earned them a spot at LCQ, where they would win their opener against Guild, and lose back to back matches to Liquid and G2, ending their VCT season. The squad has not played a match since

ROSTER MOVES
-Before being accepted into partnership, NaVI released Duno, dinkzj, and zeddy, leaving just 7ssk7 and Cloud on the roster.
-After being accepted, Cloud and 7ssk7 were both moved to the bench
-FPX, who did not make it into partnership, have put their entire roster up for sale, and NaVi is allegedly interesting in acquiring them, with the exception of Ardiis
-Ardiis is set to join NRG as an import in North America. To replace him, NaVi are currently eyeing cNed.
-Should the acquisition go through, NaVi in 2022 could be:

-suygetsu
-shao
-ANGE1
-zyppan
-cNed

ADDITIONAL THREADS
-FNC: https://www.vlr.gg/151396/fnatic-org-overview
-TL: https://www.vlr.gg/151617/liquid-org-analysis
-Americas: https://www.vlr.gg/151389/americas-orgs-megathread
-My twitter: twitter.com/RyanG2B

I'm trying to make these articles a little shorter since they are starting to get lengthier than I anticipated.
I also am located in North America, so the majority of EMEA readers probably wouln't see this, so any and all bumps are appreciated! As much as it would help with visibility, I simply cannot get up at 8am and write about esports orgs.
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RATIO

W as always Keep it up!

NICE!!!!! cant wait for next, this series is so informative

but who is Natus Vincere....

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