Na`Vi have started their campaign at ESL One Cologne with a convincing 16-6 victory over Copenhagen Wolves on de_inferno.
Na`Vi were on the verge of losing the all-important opening pistol round, but a triple by Sergey "starix" Ischuk when retaking the A bombsite in a two-on-four saved the day.
Second round saw Ioann "Edward" Sukhariev score a quad-kill from the A pit as the Danes went for a CZ75 buy, and were then forced to save, going down 0-3.
Denis "seized" Kostin's double in B made it 4-0 before the Wolves took out Na`Vi's A defense to get onboard, and were then saved by Nicolaj "Nico" Jensen's AWP heroics in the next round.
Down 2-4, Lukas "gla1ve" Rossander's team lost to Na`Vi's force buy with Danylo "Zeus" Teslenko getting two key frags in a two-on-three, and the ex-CIS team never looked back.
starix showed good form throughout Na`Vi's win
Na`Vi won six straight rounds, including a scary anti-eco round and a two-on-two by Zeus and Ladislav "GuardiaN" Kovács in the B bombsite to go up 10-2.
Copenhagen Wolves slowly took B to make it 3-10, but starix's triple in the next round made it 11-3, and the Danes couldn't afford a proper buy for the final round.
Down 3-12, doubles by René "cajunb" Borg and gla1ve gave the Danes some hope as they went up 2-0 in the second half, but it didn't last very long.
Na`Vi took out B in a three-on-three situation, and although Nico's AWP saved the Danes once, Na`Vi cruised to a 16-6 win, with starix adding one more triple. ESL One Cologne 2014Best of 1 
Natus Vincere
Matchpage 16 6 14th August 2014 
CPH Wolves 16Inferno 6
| Natus Vincere | K - D | +/- | ADR | Rating 1.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sergey 'starix' Ischukstarix | 19 - 9 | +10 | - | 1.49 |
| Ioann 'Edward' SukharievEdward | 18 - 10 | +8 | - | 1.42 |
 Denis 'seized' Kostinseized | 19 - 14 | +5 | - | 1.15 |
| Danylo 'Zeus' TeslenkoZeus | 16 - 13 | +3 | - | 1.07 |
 Ladislav 'GuardiaN' KovácsGuardiaN | 16 - 13 | +3 | - | 1.02 |
| CPH Wolves | K - D | +/- | ADR | Rating 1.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| René 'cajunb' Borgcajunb | 18 - 18 | 0 | - | 0.99 |
| Nicolaj 'Nico' JensenNico | 12 - 15 | -3 | - | 0.85 |
| Jacob 'Pimp' WinnechePimp | 10 - 18 | -8 | - | 0.58 |
| Finn 'karrigan' Andersenkarrigan | 10 - 18 | -8 | - | 0.58 |
| Lukas 'gla1ve' Rossandergla1ve | 9 - 19 | -10 | - | 0.48 |
Na`Vi will face LDLC tomorrow morning at ESL One, while Copenhagen Wolves till take on London Conspiracy any minute in a must-win match, as the loser will be eliminated.
Denis 'seized' Kostin 
Age: 19 Team: Natus Vincere Rating 1.0: 1.08 Maps played: 233 KPR: 0.74 DPR: 0.67 Ioann 'Edward' Sukhariev 
Age: 26 Team: Natus Vincere Rating 1.0: 1.11 Maps played: 258 KPR: 0.77 DPR: 0.66 Danylo 'Zeus' Teslenko 
Age: 26 Team: Natus Vincere Rating 1.0: 1.01 Maps played: 264 KPR: 0.71 DPR: 0.69 Lukas 'gla1ve' Rossander 
Age: 19 Team: CPH Wolves Rating 1.0: 1.03 Maps played: 176 KPR: 0.71 DPR: 0.66 René 'cajunb' Borg 
Age: 24 Team: CPH Wolves Rating 1.0: 1.14 Maps played: 138 KPR: 0.78 DPR: 0.66 Ladislav 'GuardiaN' Kovács 
Age: 23 Team: Natus Vincere Rating 1.0: 1.18 Maps played: 238 KPR: 0.79 DPR: 0.62 Nicolaj 'Nico' Jensen 
Age: 22 Team: CPH Wolves Rating 1.0: 1.12 Maps played: 138 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.58 Sergey 'starix' Ischuk 
Age: 26 Team: Natus Vincere Rating 1.0: 0.99 Maps played: 267 KPR: 0.66 DPR: 0.65