NiP win ELEAGUE Group B

NiP have won the ELEAGUE Group B final 2-0 over G2 (16-9 on Cache and 16-3 on Train) and advance to the playoffs of the $1.4 million tournament.

The second televised final of ELEAGUE pitted Group B's first seed G2 against the second seed Ninjas in Pyjamas, with the French-Belgian team having convincingly defeated the Swedes during the group stage matches a few days before.

With Cache being NiP's map pick, it was Alexandre "⁠bodyy⁠" Pianaro of G2 who got the ball rolling on the first pistolround with a triple kill. Off of this round, G2 kicked off a superb defense at first, shutting down NiP's attempts to gain mid control and the French-Belgian team went up 5-0 on the half after also winning the first gunround and the following round.

f0rest has been experiencing a return to form at ELEAGUE, including the final

NiP managed to execute onto the B site on the sixth round and successfully defend against a G2 retake to give themselves a round on the board. From here on out, the Swedes seemed to somehow gain a mental and strategic advantage over G2, which was exacerbated by Patrik "⁠f0rest⁠" Lindberg and Christopher "⁠GeT_RiGhT⁠" Alesund winning a two-versus-five on the eighth round.

With no defensive answer to NiP's newfound aggression, G2 were unable to pick up anymore rounds and the Ninjas finished the half up 10-5. The second half saw a sloppy A take by G2 fall apart and NiP thus went up 12-5 before a G2 forcebuy put another round on the board for Edouard "⁠SmithZz⁠" Dubourdeaux & co.

bodyy did his best for G2 on Cache but the team overall seemed dispirted

Although G2 had a late game renaissance and manged to string together a few more rounds where Richard "⁠shox⁠" Papillon finally seemed lively, the map ultimately went into NiP's hands, 16-9.

The second map got rolling on Train and NiP's Jacob "⁠pyth⁠" Mourujärvi picked up a triple kill for his team on their T-side to give NiP the first pistolround. Although G2 managed to win the first gunround afterwards, the Swedes suddenly turned on "Snus-mode" and pulled ahead to 10-1 on T-side before G2 answered back with a round that saw shox get three kills including with a grenade.

NiP's control of the first half economy near immaculate but the team finally took a slip on the fourteenth round where, despite a methodical entry, shox and Cédric "⁠RpK⁠" Guipouy scored three Five Seven kills to give G2 a third round in the half. NiP grabbed the final round of the half and ended up leading 12-3.

NiP then claimed the second pistolround of G2's map pick and things started to truly fall out of control for the latter team, including a team kill on the seventeenth round, and NiP cleanly walked away with a 16-3 win to close out the series.

ELEAGUE Season 1Best of 3 G2Matchpage 0 2 4th June 2016 Ninjas in Pyjamas 9Cache 16 3Train 16

Ninjas in Pyjamas	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Patrik 'f0rest' Lindbergf0rest	43 - 27	+16	94.7	1.53
Richard 'Xizt' LandströmXizt	33 - 28	+5	93.9	1.46
Adam 'friberg' Fribergfriberg	32 - 24	+8	87.8	1.39
Jacob 'pyth' Mourujärvipyth	35 - 22	+13	80.4	1.39
Christopher 'GeT_RiGhT' AlesundGeT_RiGhT	35 - 28	+7	76.8	1.18

G2	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Richard 'shox' Papillonshox	31 - 36	-5	71.3	0.91
Adil 'ScreaM' BenrlitomScreaM	28 - 36	-8	83.4	0.89
Alexandre 'bodyy' Pianarobodyy	33 - 37	-4	72.0	0.87
Edouard 'SmithZz' DubourdeauxSmithZz	18 - 36	-18	59.1	0.61
Cédric 'RpK' GuipouyRpK	19 - 34	-15	51.0	0.58

Group C action of ELEAGUE will commence next week and we will see SK, NRG, CLG, and Astralis all fly into Atlanta, Georgia in order to compete for a stake in the playoffs of the $1.4 million tournament.

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Cédric 'RpK' Guipouy Age: 26 Team: G2 Rating 1.0: 0.99 Maps played: 437 KPR: 0.69 DPR: 0.69 NRG #33 Fatih 'gob b' DayikNikola 'LEGIJA' NinićJohannes 'tabseN' WodarzJacob 'FugLy' MedinaPeter 'ptr' Gurney Edouard 'SmithZz' Dubourdeaux Age: 27 Team: G2 Rating 1.0: 0.99 Maps played: 938 KPR: 0.67 DPR: 0.67 CLG #20 Stephen 'reltuC' CutlerJosh 'jdm64' MarzanoJames 'hazed' CobbTarik 'tarik' Celik Alexandre 'bodyy' Pianaro Age: 19 Team: G2 Rating 1.0: 1.04 Maps played: 181 KPR: 0.71 DPR: 0.67 Ninjas in Pyjamas #4 Patrik 'f0rest' LindbergChristopher 'GeT_RiGhT' AlesundRichard 'Xizt' LandströmAdam 'friberg' FribergJacob 'pyth' Mourujärvi G2 #5 Richard 'shox' PapillonCédric 'RpK' GuipouyEdouard 'SmithZz' DubourdeauxAdil 'ScreaM' BenrlitomAlexandre 'bodyy' Pianaro Jacob 'pyth' Mourujärvi Age: 22 Team: Ninjas in Pyjamas Rating 1.0: 1.06 Maps played: 413 KPR: 0.73 DPR: 0.68 Christopher 'GeT_RiGhT' Alesund Age: 26 Team: Ninjas in Pyjamas Rating 1.0: 1.20 Maps played: 957 KPR: 0.81 DPR: 0.61 SK #19 Michael 'Friis' JørgensenAndreas 'MODDII' FridhJacob 'Pimp' WinnecheAsger 'AcilioN' LarsenEmil 'Magisk' Reif Richard 'shox' Papillon Age: 24 Team: G2 Rating 1.0: 1.13 Maps played: 885 KPR: 0.78 DPR: 0.66 Astralis #6 Finn 'karrigan' AndersenAndreas 'Xyp9x' HøjslethPeter 'dupreeh' RasmussenNicolai 'device' ReedtzMarkus 'Kjaerbye' Kjærbye Patrik 'f0rest' Lindberg Age: 27 Team: Ninjas in Pyjamas Rating 1.0: 1.18 Maps played: 934 KPR: 0.80 DPR: 0.63