Team NAVI Junior | ID: 35067

NAVI Junior is an academic Dota 2 roster of the Ukrainian cybersport club Natus Vincere. 

NAVI Junior roster was announced on 02.08.2022, coached by Ivan ArtStyle Antonov, who has previously played for Natus Vincere main roster as a coach and player. ArtStyle helped the organization with the selection of participants in the team for 3 months. As a result, the team was joined by young players 15-17 years old, who had never played on the pro scene before. Taras gotthejuice Linnikov started to play on carry, Richard Ri4man Kalninsh on mid, Yuri pma Protz on offlane, and Tamir Daze Tokpanov and team captain Stanislav Riddys Mitroshkin on sapports. 

NAVI Junior first appeared on the competitive scene in December 2022, participating in the open qualifiers for the DPC-League in Eastern Europe, but the guys failed to qualify even for the closed qualifiers. In April, the five played at Malta Vibes #1, where they were eliminated in the first round, losing to KZ Team. Also in April, NAVI Junior played at DPC EEU 2023 Tour 2: Division II, taking a slot in the main roster "born to win". At the league the boys showed good results - they won 3 main matches, as well as one on replay, thus securing the 4th position in the standings.

In 2023, Ri4man went inactive and was replaced by Askar toshiyb Zhumagulov, but after failing to qualify for The International 2023, he left the squad. In September of the same year, Artem Niku Bachkur joined the youth team on a permanent basis. Together with him the team tried their hand at qualifying for such tournaments as DreamLeague Season 22, ESL One Birmingham, PGL Wallachia Season 1 and DreamLeague Season 23, but failed to qualify for any of them. In addition, the squad participated in European Pro League 17: Division 1 and European Pro League 18, where they took 1st and 3rd place respectively. In addition, NAVI Junior placed 10th at the RES Regional Series: EU 2 and 6th at the Dota2 World Invitational.

In the summer of 2024, NAVI Junior participated in the qualifiers for Riyadh Masters 2024, The International 2024 and Elite League Season 2, where they placed 5th, 4th, and 3rd respectively. Although the team did not qualify for any tournament, Junior was remembered by the audience for their spectacular gameplay.