After losing the Grand Finals of CS:GO IEM Cologne 2022, NAVI's Oleksandr "S1mple" Kostyliev got his runner-up medal threw the award towards the fans. One of the luckiest front row spectators took it, and the players then went to their dressing rooms.

Of course, placing second in the $1,000,000 tournament was something to be upset about, for NAVI roster. This was not only a race of bigger share of the prize pool, but the race for the top 1 team in the world title. 

The next important tournament for NAVI will be ESL Pro League Season 16. It will kick off late August and before that players might take a break from official matches for a while.

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