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.
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| 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
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