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NAVI knock world No.1 Spirit out of PGL Masters Bucharest to set up Vitality quarter-final

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NAVI knock world No.1 Spirit out of PGL Masters Bucharest to set up Vitality quarter-final

Team Spirit are out of PGL Masters Bucharest 2026 before the playoffs. Natus Vincere, who knocked them out, now face a Vitality side using stand-in jL.

Team Spirit came into the deciding match as the HLTV.org world number one. The last 2-2 decider of the Swiss stage, against Natus Vincere, ended their event.

The match swung sharply. NAVI dominated the opening map on Cache. Spirit pulled level on Dust2, but it was NAVI who closed the series out on Anubis. HLTV reported that it was Spirit’s first defeat by NAVI since February 2025.

NAVI’s run to the playoffs was uneven. They opened with 2-0 wins over G2 and FURIA, and the second map against G2 went to three overtimes. Then the form dipped.

BetBoom beat them 2-0, on Dust II 10-13 and Nuke 9-13. Vitality followed, with NAVI losing Inferno 2-13 and Dust II 9-13. That second straight defeat dropped NAVI into the 2-2 pool, where one more loss would have ended their event.

Spirit took a similar route to the decider. They lost 1-2 to MOUZ on 27 October. Spirit won Nuke 13-2 but then lost Dust2 8-13 and Mirage 14-16.

Elimination at 2-3 has a clear financial cost. Teams finishing ninth to eleventh each receive US$31,250. Each losing quarter-finalist takes US$50,000. The winners’ share is split equally between players and organisation.

NAVI were not the only late qualifiers. Nemiga beat The MongolZ 2-0 and FURIA beat Liquid 2-0 on the final group-stage day. Those three teams took the last three playoff places.


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