NaVi Tops CS2 Final
Natus Vincere beat Aurora to win ESL Pro League Season 23 CS2 finals — the event peaked at 754K viewers (up 19% from previous peaks) and the tournament totaled 26.2M hours watched, with top matches including NaVi vs Aurora and NaVi vs FUT Esports viewership breakdown. Those numbers confirm CS2’s high competitive pull this season.
Natus Vincere closed the grand final 3–1 (hltv.org) at Annexet Arena in Stockholm on March 15, 2026. (hltv.org) The series opened with NAVI taking Mirage 13–7, Aurora answering on Anubis 13–11, and NAVI then winning Nuke 13–8 and Dust2 13–9 to seal the title. (hltv.org) Drin “makazze” Shaqiri was named the event MVP (hltv.org), while Ihor “w0nderful” Zhdanov paced NAVI in the final with 82 kills and a 1.56 match rating. (newsbreak.com) NAVI took the $100,000 first-place prize plus a $150,000 club share, Aurora earned $55,000 plus its club share, and the player-facing prize pool for the event totaled $275,000. (hltv.org) NAVI reached the final by beating FUT Esports in the semifinals, while Aurora secured its spot by defeating Astralis in the other semifinal. (msn.com) The tournament combined online Swiss stages with an eight-team LAN finals weekend in Stockholm, running across March 1–15, 2026 with the LAN playoff bracket held March 13–15. (hltv.org) Astralis claimed third place by edging FUT Esports 2–1 and collected $37,500 for the podium finish. (newsbreak.com)
