In the final series of the tournament Natus Vincere had to go up against a strong Team Vitality, which has recently found its best form again. Things went down to the wire, as both teams went on to win their map picks, culminating in a best-of-five thriller on Mirage, which Natus Vincere eventually clutched out with a 16-14 scoreline. Navi had a great tournament overall, topping Group C and routing ENCE and Heroic on the way to the Grand Final.
CONGRATULATIONS TO @natusvincere!
THEY WIN THE #ESLProLeague Season 14 🥳🎉🎉
They secure FIRST place and WIN THE #IntelGrandSlam worth $1,000,000 😍😍 pic.twitter.com/d888saDLZE
— ESL Counter-Strike (@ESLCS) September 12, 2021
By winning the Intel Grand Slam Season 3, Natus Vincere takes home $1 million in prize money alongside the $195.000 prize offered by ESL Pro League. Natus Vincere joins the list of Grand Slam winners, which consists of Astralis and Liquid. The events they won to secure the Intel Grand Slam are IEM Katowice 2020, IEM Cologne 2021, DreamHack Masters Spring 2021 and now also ESL Pro League Season 14.
Thanks to tremendous impact and amazing consistency, @s1mpleO wins the HLTV x Skinbaron MVP award for #ESLProLeague S14 pic.twitter.com/16fuLc0ln4
— HLTVorg (@HLTVorg) September 12, 2021
The MVP of the series was Aleksandr “s1mple” Kostyliev, who had been consistent all tournament. It’s his third consecutive MVP award as well as being the 16th MVP award of his career.
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