NAVI has earned the chance to qualify for BLAST Slam VIII. To do so, the Ukrainian team will first have to compete in the RES Unchained 5 closed qualifier, which will determine the two teams that advance to the tournament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Eight teams will begin competing on August 29<\/strong>. The qualifier will follow a single-elimination format, with each series played to the best of three. NAVI\u2019s first opponent will be Summer Bear<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The format leaves no room for error: to advance to BLAST Slam VIII, a team must win two matches in a row. Four teams received direct invitations to the closed stage, while four others advanced through the open qualifiers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n NAVI heads into these decisive matches fresh off a triumph at the EPL Masters I in Dota 2<\/strong>. The Ukrainian team won the tournament without dropping a single map and earned $50,000 in prize money.<\/p>\n\n\n\n NAVI’s roster for the tryouts will be as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n If NAVI advances through both qualifying rounds, the team will secure a spot at BLAST Slam VIII. The main tournament will take place from September 29 to October 11 in both online and LAN formats. The prize pool will total $750,000.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" NAVI will compete in the RES Unchained 5 closed qualifiers. The Ukrainian team needs to win two matches in a row to qualify for BLAST Slam VIII.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":9307,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[529,535],"tags":[655,591,539,538],"class_list":{"0":"post-9304","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cybersport","8":"category-news","9":"tag-blast-slam-viii","10":"tag-dota-2-2","11":"tag-esports","12":"tag-navi"},"yoast_head":"\n\n