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Natus Vincere are slated to play Liquid in Group B's upper bracket final, while G2 will take on Gambit in a do-or-die match in Group A's lower bracket final.

Natus Vincere have secured a spot in the IEM Katowice playoffs after beating FURIA 2-0 to send the Brazilian side to Group B's lower bracket, while G2 survived a tough series against Evil Geniuses to eliminate the North American side from the tournament in joint-ninth place.

Natus Vincere opened their series with a hard-earned victory on Mirage, where several key plays from Oleksandr "⁠s1mple⁠" Kostyliev made all the difference. The superstar's three multi-kills gave his team an early advantage after a forcebuy back-and-forth that lasted for five rounds, which led to a 9-6 CT half.

s1mple & co. march on to Group B's upper final unbeaten

NAVI extended their lead after sides switched with a pistol round win but struggled in the opening gunrounds, with FURIA equalizing the score at 12-12, before s1mple stepped up again with two triples to get NAVI out of the rut and close the map 16-13.

Nuke was a much simpler affair for Natus Vincere once they got ahead after another early blow-for-blow exchange in forcebuy rounds. With Deagles in hand in the tenth round, the Russian side managed to tilt the economy in their favor and stabilize, winning a few close scenarios to pick up another 9-6 half. FURIA secured the second pistol, but another forcebuy upset gave NAVI all the tools to close the series with ease at 16-8, 2-0.

Over in Group A's lower bracket, G2 secured Train and Dust2 in narrow fashion against Evil Geniuses despite Vincent "⁠Brehze⁠" Cayonte's best efforts, as the American went 33-16 and 29-20 only to see his team lose both maps by the smallest of margins, 14-16 and 14-16.

IEM Katowice 2021Best of 3 FURIAMatchpage 0 2 20th February 2021 Natus Vincere 13Mirage 16 8Nuke 16

FURIA	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Andrei 'arT' PiovezanarT	39 - 40	-1	83.8	1.11
Paytyn 'junior' Johnsonjunior	35 - 36	-1	63.7	0.94
Yuri 'yuurih' Santosyuurih	30 - 37	-7	67.0	0.89
Vinicius 'VINI' FigueiredoVINI	31 - 41	-10	64.8	0.81
Kaike 'KSCERATO' CeratoKSCERATO	25 - 37	-12	55.6	0.76

Natus Vincere	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Oleksandr 's1mple' Kostylievs1mple	60 - 28	+32	104.3	1.79
Ilya 'Perfecto' ZalutskiyPerfecto	39 - 29	+10	78.7	1.24
Denis 'electroNic' SharipovelectroNic	38 - 36	+2	87.5	1.19
Kirill 'Boombl4' MikhailovBoombl4	30 - 31	-1	61.6	0.91
Egor 'flamie' Vasilyevflamie	23 - 37	-14	59.4	0.85

IEM Katowice 2021Best of 3 Evil GeniusesMatchpage 0 2 20th February 2021 G2 14Train 16 14Dust2 16

Evil Geniuses	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Vincent 'Brehze' CayonteBrehze	62 - 36	+26	105.0	1.53
Tarik 'tarik' Celiktarik	36 - 42	-6	64.2	0.92
Tsvetelin 'CeRq' DimitrovCeRq	32 - 39	-7	60.5	0.86
Peter 'stanislaw' Jarguzstanislaw	30 - 44	-14	66.3	0.83
Ethan 'Ethan' ArnoldEthan	25 - 42	-17	50.0	0.75

G2	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Kenny 'kennyS' SchrubkennyS	46 - 32	+14	78.5	1.28
François 'amanek' Delaunayamanek	41 - 34	+7	72.4	1.13
Nikola 'NiKo' KovačNiKo	46 - 40	+6	81.9	1.13
Nemanja 'huNter-' KovačhuNter-	44 - 39	+5	72.8	1.12
Nemanja 'nexa' Isakovićnexa	26 - 40	-14	63.7	0.84

Vincent 'Brehze' Cayonte Age: 22 Team: Evil Geniuses Rating 1.0: 1.12 Maps played: 1035 KPR: 0.77 DPR: 0.66 Natus Vincere #1 Egor 'flamie' VasilyevOleksandr 's1mple' KostylievDenis 'electroNic' SharipovKirill 'Boombl4' MikhailovIlya 'Perfecto' Zalutskiy Evil Geniuses #9 Peter 'stanislaw' JarguzTarik 'tarik' CelikVincent 'Brehze' CayonteEthan 'Ethan' ArnoldTsvetelin 'CeRq' Dimitrov Gambit #19 Abay 'HObbit' KhassenovTimofey 'interz' YakushinSergey 'Ax1Le' RykhtorovDmitry 'sh1ro' SokolovVladislav 'nafany' Gorshkov G2 #10 Nikola 'NiKo' KovačNemanja 'huNter-' KovačKenny 'kennyS' SchrubFrançois 'amanek' DelaunayNemanja 'nexa' Isaković FURIA #11 Andrei 'arT' PiovezanYuri 'yuurih' SantosVinicius 'VINI' FigueiredoPaytyn 'junior' JohnsonKaike 'KSCERATO' Cerato Oleksandr 's1mple' Kostyliev Age: 23 Team: Natus Vincere Rating 1.0: 1.24 Maps played: 1311 KPR: 0.85 DPR: 0.64 Liquid #7 Gabriel 'FalleN' ToledoKeith 'NAF' MarkovicJonathan 'EliGE' JablonowskiJake 'Stewie2K' YipMichael 'Grim' Wince