Natus Vincere

Ukraine-based esports organisation

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May 14 2025 NAVI signs two women's Mobile Legends rosters - one based in Malaysia and another in the Philippines. The Filipino roster is the former Smart Omega Empress roster that won the previous year's Women's Invitational.
February 8 2025 NAVI announces their return to Mobile Legends by acquiring Rebellion Esports, including franchise slots in the MLBB Professional League Indonesia and MLBB Development League Indonesia.
2024 Na'Vi donated US$125,000 of their prize money from winning the PGL Major Copenhagen 2024 to support unmanned ground vehicles for Ukrainian armed forces during the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
2024 NAVI achieved multiple grand final appearances, winning three major events: Esports World Cup 2024 (beating G2 2-1), ESL Pro League Season 20 (beating Eternal Fire 3-2), and IEM Rio 2024 (beating MOUZ 3-1).
2024 NAVI was named the HLTV Team of the Year for 2024.
March 31 2024 NAVI won the first CS2 Major Championship tournament, defeating FaZe Clan 2-1 in the PGL CS2 Major Copenhagen 2024 finals. Justinas 'jL' Lekavičius was named the Most Valuable Player.
February 19 2024 s1mple returned to professional Counter-Strike with a one-month loan to Team Falcons, a Saudi Arabian organization.
2023 NAVI qualified to the Legends Stage of the Blast Paris Major 2023, but was eliminated by FaZe Clan before reaching the playoffs.
October 31 2023 Ihor 'w0nderful' Zhdanov replaced s1mple on the active roster.
October 26 2023 S1mple announced his intention to take a break from competitive play.
July 14 2023 Cloud9 confirmed the signings of Perfecto and electronic.
July 9 2023 Npl transferred to the Ukrainian organization B8.
June 30 2023 NAVI announced a new international roster consisting of Aleksi 'Aleksib' Virolainen, Justinas 'jL' Lekavičius, Mihai 'iM' Ivan, s1mple, and b1t, following the benchings of npl, Perfecto, and electronic.
2022 The Mobile Legends team disbanded after failing to qualify for the M4 World Championship, with most players returning to their original Deus Vult team.
November 20 2022 Natus Vincere won the PUBG Global Championship 2022, earning $1,008,338.
September 2022 During Blast Premier Fall Groups 2022, headtr1ck stood in for s1mple in the group stage. Na'Vi lost their opening game to Complexity but successfully advanced through the lower bracket and qualified for the Blast Fall Final by defeating Vitality 2-0.
July 2022 Na'Vi reached the IEM Cologne 2022 final, ultimately losing to FaZe in a close 2-3 match after both teams dominated the semifinals.
June 2022 Na'Vi won the Blast Premier Spring Final in Lisbon, defeating Team Vitality 2-0, with sdy continuing as the fifth player for IEM Cologne.
May 28 2022 Boombl4 was removed from the active roster due to 'high reputational risks', with Viktor 'sdy' Orudzhev brought in as a replacement.
March 1 2022 Natus Vincere cut ties with Russian esports conglomerate ESForce in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, with CEO Yevhen Zolotarov hoping to relocate Russian-based players.
2021 Na'Vi collaborated with Hator, a producer of gaming computer equipment, to co-organize esport events in 22 cities across Ukraine.
November 2021 Na'Vi placed 1st at both BLAST Premier Fall Final 2021 and BLAST Premier World Final 2021.
November 7 2021 Na'Vi won their first CS:GO Major at PGL Stockholm 2021, defeating G2 Esports 2-0 in the final.
November 4 2021 Natus Vincere enters the Mobile Legends: Bang Bang esports scene by signing the CIS roster Deus Vult before the M3 World Championship. The team finished tied for 7th place, losing 2-3 to Malaysian team TODAK in the lower bracket.
September 12 2021 Na'Vi became the 3rd team ever to complete the Intel Grand Slam by winning multiple prestigious tournaments including IEM Katowice 2020, IEM Cologne 2021, DreamHack Masters Spring 2021, and ESL Pro League Season 14.
September 2 2021 Na'Vi announced a new roster managed and coached by ArtStyle, including Alexey 'Solo' Berezin, Ilya 'ALOHADANCE' Korobkin, Victor 'GeneRaL' Nigrini, Vladimir 'No[o]ne' Minenko, and Alik 'V-Tune' Vorobei.
July 16 2021 Natus Vincere officially entered the Valorant esports scene by signing the team No Pressure, expanding their competitive gaming portfolio into this popular tactical shooter.
March 25 2021 Na'Vi's DOTA 2 team withdrew from the One Esports' Singapore Major tournament due to COVID-19.
October 26 2020 Na'Vi won the PUBG Mobile EMEA League and advanced to the PUBG Mobile Global Championship.
October 5 2020 Received an invitation to Peace Elite Championship with a prize pool of $1.7 million.
October 1 2020 Natus Vincere signed a PUBG Mobile roster, entering the PUBG Mobile Competitive Esports scene.
March 21 2020 Dimitri 'Panix' de Longeaux joined the team as a permanent player.
March 13 2020 Byron 'Blurr' Murray was announced as a stand-in for the remainder of Doki's ban.
February 2020 Pie and CTZN left Na'Vi after the Six Invitational 2020.
December 18 2019 GiG left the roster, and Cyril 'jahk' Renoud became the acting coach.
November 9 2019 Na'Vi won the Pro League Season 10 Finals in Tokoname, Japan, earning $100,000.
October 15 2019 Ellis 'Pie' Pyart was announced as the stand-in for Doki.
October 11 2019 Doki was banned by Ubisoft for severe toxicity, requiring Na'Vi to sign a stand-in until 11 April 2020.
September 20 2019 Na'Vi acquired GuardiaN from FaZe Clan and Andrey 'B1ad3' Gorodenskiy joined as a coach. GuardiaN later stepped down and was replaced by Perfecto.
September 14 2019 Zeus officially retired from the Na'Vi Counter-Strike team.
September 9 2019 Na'Vi announced that Zeus would retire after BLAST Pro Series Moscow 2019.
June 1 2019 Na'Vi signed the British roster of MnM Gaming after they qualified for Pro League Season 10.
May 30 2019 Na'Vi announced that Korey would join another team, and the German roster was released.
April 2019 After a poor performance at the PUBG Europe League LAN-tournament in Berlin, where the team finished 14th out of 16 teams, Natus Vincere renewed the team. Only Vadim 'POKAMOLODOY' Ulshin remained, losing his captain status, while Alexander 'BatulinS' Batulin, Dmitry 'Recrent' Osintsev, and Artem 'Sadovnik' Danilyuk were moved to inactive status.
February 2019 Natus Vincere entered Rainbow Six Siege Pro League by acquiring the German roster from Mock-it E-sports.
November 19 2018 Natus Vincere announced a new PUBG team.
September 3 2018 Danil 'Dendi' Ishutin announced he was looking for a new team, signaling his departure as team captain of Na'Vi's DOTA 2 team.
July 8 2018 Natus Vincere (Na'Vi) won the ESL One Cologne 2018 Counter-Strike tournament, defeating BIG with a 3-1 score in the final match.
April 11 2018 Natus Vincere acquired a PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG) team consisting of four Russian players: Vadim 'POKAMOLODOY' Ulshin, Ivan 'Ubah' Kapustin, Dmitry 'Shade1' Roshchin, and Svyatoslav 'Drainys' Komissarov.

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