Vitality sweeps NAVI
Team Vitality swept Natus Vincere 3-0 to lift the BLAST Open Rotterdam trophy, opening the finals with a 13-7 map and closing out cleanly (dotesports.com). The Rotterdam win is Vitality’s third major trophy of 2026 after PGL Cluj‑Napoca and IEM Kraków, extending a dominant run this season (shanethegamer.com).
Robin “ropz” Kool was voted player of the match after a 65–40 series showing that included a 99.4 ADR and a 1.56 rating, plus a 27‑kill performance on Inferno that set the tone for Vitality’s opening map. (hltv.org)) Vitality left Rotterdam having stretched their competitive run to a 22‑map winning streak and a 16‑series winning streak, figures flagged by event coverage as they closed out the tournament. (hltv.org)) The BLAST Open Rotterdam event carried a $1.1 million prize pool, with the tournament’s first‑place player share listed as $150,000 and an additional $100,000 club share awarded to Vitality’s organisation. (hltv.org)) BLAST scheduled the Open across March 18–29, 2026 with group‑stage matches staged before the Rotterdam finals in late March, marking the event as one of the early BLAST Premier stops in 2026. (blast.tv)) Mathieu “ZywOo” Herbaut was named MVP at PGL Cluj‑Napoca 2026 during Vitality’s earlier title run, a milestone report authors said completed his 30th career MVP award. (vitality.gg)) Vitality were listed among the invited teams for IEM Rio 2026, the next big ESL Pro Tour stop scheduled April 13–19 in Rio de Janeiro, where 16 teams will compete for the event prize and Grand Slam points. (hltv.org))
