NAVI Junior earned their third victory at WePlay Academy League Season 1

The sixth game day has come to an end. Within its framework, the main favorite BIG Academy once again strengthened its positions, and NAVI Junior, Young Ninjas and mouz NXT fought their opponents Fnatic Rising, FURIA Academy and Astralis Talent, respectively.

How did everything go?

The first in line was the fight between NAVI Junior and Fnatic Rising. Born to Win youth squad battled Fnatic Rising on Vertigo. The teams showed an equal fight in the first half, which ended with a score of 8-7 in favor of Natus Vincere Junior. After m0NESY and his teammates showed good defense, the team went on the attack and played even better there. On the defensive side, Fnatic Rising managed to take only 2 rounds, while NAVI Junior took the victory with vigor and ended the meeting with a result of 16-9.

The game day was continued by Young Ninjas and FURIA Academy. The teams competed on Overpass. The first half was dictated by Young NInjas and ended with a score of 9-6. The Swedes, by the way, started out for defense. After the transition in the attack, they played even better and in the second half Overpass did not allow their Brazilian opponents to take a single round. Thus, the meeting between Young Ninjas and FURIA Academy ended with a score of 16-6.

The third in line were VP.Prodigy and the main favorites of this event, BIG Academy, who managed to establish themselves as a machine for victories. The teams played on the same Overpass, but followed a slightly different scenario, which was different from what we could observe in the duel between Young Ninjas and FURIA Academy. There, the first half ended with a score of 8-7 in favor of BIG Academy, where the Germans showed an excellent attack. After the transition, they played well for defense, which was quite expected. VP.Prodigy performed much worse in attack and managed to take only 4 rounds in the second half, and the Bo1 match ended with a score of 16-11.

Astralis Talent and mouz NXT were able to give the viewers what they were missing throughout the game day - a juicy and colorful match filled with the heat of passion and intrigue. The teams fought on Inferno, a map that did not exist until the last moment within the framework of the sixth day. Astralis Talent started on the attacking side and showed an excellent result, taking 8 rounds. After mouz NXT defended well, the Europeans went over to the attacking side and tested the strength of Astralis Talent's defense. There were not so many gaps in the defense, and as a result, the second half ended with a score of 15-15. To determine the winner, the teams had to use a series of additional rounds. After overtime started, mouz NXT immediately made it clear to Astralis Talent that they were not ready for defeat. They finished the first half of the additional rounds with a score of 2-1 in their favor, and, having switched to the defense side, finished off two more rounds, not losing a single one to the Danes. As a result, the meeting ended with a result of 19-16 in favor of mouz NXT, and the latter strengthened their positions and took second place in the group stage table.

Results of past matches

• NAVI Junior 16-9 Fnatic Rising
• Young Ninjas 16-6 FURIA Academy
• VP.Prodigy 11-16 BIG Academy
• Astralis Talent 16-19 mouz NXT

Current group stage table

Several interesting matches will take place as part of tomorrow's game day. They will be the last in the first week.

Couples on July 25

• Astralis vs Fnatic Rising
• VP.Prodigy vs mouz NXT
• NAVI Junior vs FURIA Academy
• Young Ninjas vs BIG Academy

We remind you that the top 3 teams of the group stage will advance to the final stage, where $ 88,000 will be awarded. Places 4-7 will go to Play-In, where they will compete for the fourth invite to the playoffs. The team that took the 8th place in the group stage will leave the competition. Now the teams are playing online, but the select four will go to the LAN final, which will be held in Kiev, the capital of Ukraine. The venue for the final fights will be WePlay Esports Arena.

The group stage is played in a double round robin system. The first round will end on July 25th. The second round matches will take place from 26 July to 1 August.

WePlay Academy League Season 1 runs from July 19 to August 29. The total prize pool of the championship is $ 100,000. In the online part, a fund of $ 12,000 will be drawn, and in the LAN event for the four best teams, the organizers will distribute $ 88,000 among the participants. The winner will earn $ 45,000, the vice-champion will receive $ 20,000, the bronze medalist will earn $ 15,000, and the fourth participant in the offline competition will earn $ 8,000.