NAVI unveil new lineup for academy team that has produced stars like m0NESY & b1t

Natus Vincere have unveiled a new lineup set to compete under the NAVI Junior tag via a press release on their website today. This new academy team is the latest to come through the venerable talent development program that has produced a number of tier-one players including the likes of Ilya "m0NESY" Osipov and Valerii "b1t" Vakhovskyi.

NAVI began the process of assembling this new NAVI Junior lineup after the previous lineup peaked at 21st in the Valve Regional Standings (VRS) and was sold to FUT upon their entry into Counter-Strike 2.

The first two pieces of this new roster, Nazar "kodak" Buchma and Danil "Yoki" Istomin, join NAVI Junior after playing under the NAVI Youth banner from 2024 to 2025. They are joined by former NAVI Youth coach Michał "snatchie" Rudzki while the remaining players are newcomers to the NAVI organization.

Mihai-Andrei "satsu" Dobrin appears to have previously trialed with MOUZ's academy team MOUZ NXT while David "FAZERY" Procházka played for Slovak organization UNiTY's academy team Dark Tigers. Incoming Finnish player, Rene Robin "R3ZLOO" Raphael Valleniu, appears to be the least experienced of the bunch as he currently has no results on HLTV nor Liquipedia.

NAVI Academy are now:

• Nazar "kodak" Buchma

• Danil "Yoki" Istomin

• Mihai-Andrei "satsu" Dobrin

• Rene Robin "R3ZLOO" Raphael Vallenius

• David "FAZERY" Procházka

• Michał "snatchie" Rudzki (Coach)