
NaVi (Natus Vincere) is a Ukrainian esports organisation founded in 2009. The team originally played Counter-Strike 1.6, but its biggest success came after moving to CS:GO. That’s where NaVi won a bunch of major world-level tournaments, including the Major in Stockholm in 2021.
Below are NaVi’s most notable results (in both CS:GO and CS2) that people usually bring up when they talk about the tag.
| Tournament name | Host city and dates | Placement | Prize money |
|---|---|---|---|
| IEM IV World Championship Finals | Hanover, March 2–6, 2010 | 1 | $50000 |
| IEM San Jose 2015 | San Jose, November 23, 2015 | 1 | $56250 |
| MLG Columbus 2016 | Columbus, March 29–April 3, 2016 | 2 | $150000 |
| CS:GO Asia Championships 2018 | Shanghai, July 14–18, 2018 | 1 | $150000 |
| IEM Katowice 2020 | Katowice, February 24–March 1, 2020 | 1 | $250000 |
| PGL Major Stockholm 2021 | Stockholm, October 26–November 7, 2021 | 1 | $1000000 |
| PGL CS2 Major Copenhagen 2024 | Copenhagen, March 17–31, 2024 | 1 | $500000 |
| Esports World Cup 2024 | Riyadh, August 7–18, 2024 | 1 | $400000 |
| ESL Pro League Season 20 | St. Julian’s, September 3–22, 2024 | 1 | $170000 |
| Intel Extreme Masters Rio 2024 | Rio de Janeiro, October 7–13, 2024 | 1 | $100000 |
| Perfect World Shanghai Major 2024 | Shanghai, November 30–December 15, 2024 | 9-11 | $20000 |
| BLAST Bounty Spring 2025 | Copenhagen, January 23–26 | 3-4 | $22500 |
| IEM Katowice 2025 | Katowice, January 29–February 9, 2025 | 3-4 | $80000 |
| BLAST.tv Austin Major 2025 | Austin, June 12–22 | 5-8 | $45000 |
| IEM Cologne 2025 | Cologne, July 26–August 3, 2025 | 3-4 | $80000 |
| StarLadder StarSeries Fall 2025 | Budapest, September 18–21 | 1 | $200000 |
| Thunderpick World Championship 2025 | Malta, October 15–19, 2025 | 2 | $60000 |
| StarLadder Budapest Major 2025 | Budapest, December 4–14, 2025 | 3-4 | $80000 |
NaVi are one of the most successful Counter-Strike teams in terms of earnings. The organisation’s prize money over the last 3 years is shown in the table below.
| Year | Prize money |
|---|---|
| 2023 | $464000 |
| 2024 | $1642500 |
| 2025 | $790750 |
| 2026 | $16000 |
Since the division was created, NaVi have had plenty of memorable lineups. Some versions of NaVi won every trophy they could, other times were rough, but the team almost always stayed in the spotlight on the tier-1 scene — either because of results, or because of standout players.
When it all started, the current NaVi team was called Arbalet.UA. The first roster included: Daniil “Zeus” Teslenko, Ioann “Edward” Sukharev, Sergey “starix” Ishchuk, Arseniy “Ceh9” Trinozhenko, and Egor “markeloff” Markelov. With this five, they won gold at Arbalet Cup Asia 2010 and also became world champions in 2010 by winning the grand final of Season 4 of Intel Extreme Masters. In the deciding match, the Ukrainian squad beat the Swedish team Fnatic 2-0.
From 2019 to 2022, NaVi featured Kirill “BoombI4” Mikhailov, Ioann “Edward” Sukharev, Ladislav “GuardiaN” Kovacs, Ilya “Perfecto” Zalutskiy, Aleksandr “S1mple” Kostylev, Viktor Orudzhev “sdy”, and Denis “electronic” Sharipov. They picked up a strong number of wins, including silver at ICE Challenge 2020 and PGL Major Antwerp 2022, plus gold at IEM Katowice 2020 and PGL Major Stockholm 2021.
| Player (first an last name) | Nick | Join date | Leave date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aleksandr Kostylev | S1mple | August 4, 2016 | October 26, 2023 |
| Kirill Mikhailov | Boombl4 | May 29, 2019 | January 1, 2023 |
| Denis Sharipov | electronic | November 6, 2017 | June 30, 2023 |
| Ilya Zalutskiy | Perfecto | January 24, 2020 | June 30, 2023 |
| Ladislav Kovacs | GuardiaN | September 20, 2019 | January 24, 2020 |