B1ad3 vinder Esports Awards Årets træner
Maksym ShylovEsports Awards have announced the winner in the Esports Coach of the Year nomination. The Ukrainian specialist Andrii 'B1ad3' Horodenskyi became the winner . The coach of the NaVi team was previously nominated in this category, but won only this year. Earlier we wrote that s1mple became the player of the year .
The thirty-six-year-old coach began his collaboration with Natus Vincere at the beginning of 2019, and since September of the same year he has become the coach of the legendary tag team. As a player, B1ad3 played for teams such as FlipSid3 Tactics, KerchNET, DTS Gaming and others.
Together with their coach, NAVI won the third season of the Intel Grand Slam, for which they received $1,000,000. In addition, the team won a number of competitions, including PGL Major Stockholm 2021, BLAST Premier: Global Final 2020, BLAST Premier: World Final 2021 and many others. Under the guidance of B1ad3Natus Vincere played 583 maps with a 64% win rate.
The next big challenge for Natus Vincere will be BLAST Premier: World Final 2022, which starts today. The wards of B1ad3 ended up in group B according to the results of the draw. Their first opponent will be Team Vitality.
Natus Vincere roster is presented below:
- s1mple
- electroNic
- perfecto
- b1t
- sdy (replacement)
Recall that BLAST Premier: World Final 2022 will be held from December 14 to 18 of this year. The venue will be the Etihad Arena, which is located in Abu Dhabi, UAE. The top 8 teams from around the world will compete for a $1,000,000 prize pool. The winner of the tournament will receive the main prize of $500,000.
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