NiP knock Vega Squadron out of FACEIT Major

Ninjas in Pyjamas are one victory away from the FACEIT Major's Champions Stage after defeating Vega Squadron 16-11 on Train.

Vega Squadron kicked off the match on the right foot, winning their Terrorist pistol in a B execution and then taking the subsequent anti-ecos without much effort. Ninjas in Pyjamas responded with a successful gun round, which they followed up with the next round as Jonas "⁠Lekr0⁠" Olofsson denied Dmytro "⁠jR⁠" Chervak from clutching a 1v4 post-plant situation. The Swedes then went on to take the lead at 4-3.

With their economy back on track, Vega Squadron calmly executed A to level up the score and force Ninjas in Pyjamas to eco. Down 5-4, the Swedish squad equalized the scoreline once again, but their opponents immediately countered them with a double and a triple-kill from jR and Leonid "⁠chopper⁠" Vishnyakov, respectively. Still, with nothing but pistols, Ninjas in Pyjamas won the following round and went on to only lose the final round of the half closing it 8-7.

NiP take revenge on Vega Squadron

Ninjas in Pyjamas further added to their lead in the second half after picking up a chaotic pistol round, 9-7, but Vega Squadron, with a scout triple-kill from Igor "⁠crush⁠" Shevchenko, responded well in their force-buy, inspiring the CIS team to eventually bag a narrow 10-9 lead. In the first gun round, Lekr0's men restored parity with a triple-kill by Fredrik "⁠REZ⁠" Sterner.

Surprisingly enough, Vega Squadron could not stop Ninjas in Pyjamas's strategies from there on out. The Russian side almost pulled off a win on the 25th round to deny Ninjas in Pyjamas from hitting match-point, but they could not defuse the bomb in time. Although crush and Pavel "⁠hutji⁠" Lashkov still found a lifeline for their team with a double and a triple-kill in the next round, making it 11-15, that was the best they could get from the clash which ended the following round, 16-11.

Matchpage
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15th September 2018
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Train
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 Vega Squadron K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating2.0
21 - 20 +1 87.1 55.6% 1.15
18 - 19 -1 85.3 59.3% 1.01
19 - 18 +1 64.3 63.0% 0.99
20 - 19 +1 68.6 59.3% 0.94
9 - 21 -12 44.0 59.3% 0.55
 Ninjas in Pyjamas K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating2.0
21 - 14 +7 68.0 66.7% 1.17
21 - 18 +3 85.2 74.1% 1.14
18 - 18 0 86.8 59.3% 1.11
19 - 19 0 71.7 66.7% 1.09
18 - 18 0 72.1 51.9% 0.97
The New Legends stage
3W - 0L
3W - 1L
1W - 2L
1W - 3L
0W - 3L
Ukraine Dmytro 'jR' Chervak
Dmytro 'jR' Chervak
Age:
24
Rating 1.0:
1.04
Maps played:
387
KPR:
0.70
DPR:
0.65
Ukraine Igor 'crush' Shevchenko
Igor 'crush' Shevchenko
Age:
23
Rating 1.0:
0.94
Maps played:
412
KPR:
0.65
DPR:
0.69
Russia Leonid 'chopper' Vishnyakov
Leonid 'chopper' Vishnyakov
Age:
21
Rating 1.0:
1.01
Maps played:
341
KPR:
0.70
DPR:
0.69
Russia Pavel 'hutji' Lashkov
Pavel 'hutji' Lashkov
Age:
23
Rating 1.0:
0.96
Maps played:
306
KPR:
0.66
DPR:
0.69
Sweden Jonas 'Lekr0' Olofsson
Jonas 'Lekr0' Olofsson
Age:
25
Rating 1.0:
1.05
Maps played:
618
KPR:
0.72
DPR:
0.66
Sweden Fredrik 'REZ' Sterner
Fredrik 'REZ' Sterner
Age:
20
Rating 1.0:
1.06
Maps played:
642
KPR:
0.72
DPR:
0.65
f5
2018-09-15 14:33
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#7
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
f0rest | 
Brazil flytwNiP
I’m so happy one more NiP let’s do this.
2018-09-15 14:33
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5 replies
i love editing my comments to get the top spot
2018-09-15 14:34
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3 replies
#31
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Austria shaak!
Expected
2018-09-15 14:36
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#40
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Sweden Timings
Expected
2018-09-15 14:39
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expected
2018-09-15 14:42
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+1
2018-09-15 14:35
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Noice
2018-09-15 14:42
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gg
2018-09-15 14:33
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#3
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Sweden FyrusCS
gg
2018-09-15 14:33
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*Great white shark found dead in net at bondi beach*
2018-09-15 14:35
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1 reply
#46
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Spain diegosupa
Lmao
2018-09-15 14:41
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#6
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Bosnia and Herzegovina @NiKo
NiP Magic
2018-09-15 14:33
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#7
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India pier3301
Please god give us a easy matchup now. Also man how good is Twitch chat. Forget therapist a day on twitch chat would cure depression
2018-09-15 14:33
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19 replies
#17
Xizt | 
New Zealand Rabb5t
Yeah NiP deserve an easy matchup now after everything that happened before. Fnatic perhaps?
2018-09-15 14:33
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2 replies
#42
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Peru cookiesA
I would love a match between these two, now especially because draken was benched from NiP and went to fnatic and Lekr0 got benched from fnatic and went NiP.
2018-09-15 14:40
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1 reply
Algo xizt and dennis Both departed from their team, played as a stand in in a big team (faze and astralis) and then went to the other team
2018-09-15 15:39
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#20
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Portugal beatje
You just know it will be NiP vs FaZe or some shit lol hopefully it's HellRaisers or C9/G2.
2018-09-15 14:34
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14 replies
#45
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Peru cookiesA
TYLOO will win against FaZe.
2018-09-15 14:40
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13 replies
HA! That one was funny
2018-09-15 14:42
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8 replies
#55
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Peru cookiesA
I have the feeling man :(.
2018-09-15 14:43
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7 replies
We will see, but i expect win from Faze
2018-09-15 14:53
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6 replies
#66
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Peru cookiesA
Yep, this will be probably atleast a close game.
2018-09-15 14:53
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#76
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Peru cookiesA
2018-09-15 15:40
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4 replies
Thanks i am glad that i met someone normal with Brain
2018-09-15 15:51
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3 replies
+1 finally found mature fans of different teams respecting other teams,so done with salty kids on hltv
2018-09-15 15:59
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2 replies
We do exist... only a few.... but we do exist.
2018-09-15 19:30
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1 reply
We are The little light of HLTV forums
2018-09-15 20:03
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-1
2018-09-15 14:42
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3 replies
#57
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Peru cookiesA
2018-09-15 14:43
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#75
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Peru cookiesA
Well my feelings were wrong. Good luck in the next match.
2018-09-15 15:40
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1 reply
2018-09-15 15:59
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#24
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
f0rest | 
Brazil flytwNiP
There is no easy match left, ya avoid mibr/ast/faze would be awesome.
2018-09-15 14:34
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#9
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Hungary Brandinyooo
EZ <3 #GONINJAS
2018-09-15 14:33
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#10
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
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Switzerland liyan
ns NIP
2018-09-15 14:33
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Goninja
2018-09-15 14:33
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Oh shit that was nerv-wrecking, I had 'nam flashbacks from two years ago, i can only imagine how F0rest and GeT_RiGhT felt. Paybacks' a bitch.
2018-09-15 14:33
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1 reply
#22
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Mexico ToNioVeGa
NaM *
2018-09-15 14:34
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#13
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Belgium 69Savage
don't be a loser buy a defuser
2018-09-15 14:33
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#14
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Portugal beatje
REVENGE MOTHERFUCKERS
2018-09-15 14:33
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PAYBack
2018-09-15 14:33
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luckers in pyjamas. what a shitty match
2018-09-15 14:33
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4 replies
EZ 28-26
2018-09-15 14:34
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2 replies
barely winning in a 5v4 and again with lucky timings lmao what a great team xD
2018-09-15 14:37
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1 reply
stay mad
2018-09-15 14:40
0
win=luckers loss=trash nice logic
2018-09-15 14:38
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GJ NINJASSSS
2018-09-15 14:34
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Vengeance
2018-09-15 14:34
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#25
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Denmark shaekbye
NIP NIP NIP <3
2018-09-15 14:34
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#27
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Indonesia RaginGR
Revenge!
2018-09-15 14:35
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#29
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
s1mple | 
Turkey solfex
revenge taken..
2018-09-15 14:35
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#30
Faceit premium user Faceit level 10 Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
f0rest | 
Sweden S3bluen
REVENGE
2018-09-15 14:36
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3 replies
I'm sorry, I'm not fully aware. What revenge are we talking about exactly?
2018-09-15 14:38
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2 replies
newfag
2018-09-15 14:40
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#77
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Turkmenistan coolguy3
Vega eliminated NiP out of the qualifiers for the eleague major in 2017
2018-09-15 15:43
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#32
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
Hungary lemusz
it was a nice run Vega, respect !!! i.imgur.com/kgMehom.jpg
2018-09-15 14:36
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2 replies
#48
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Peru cookiesA
+1
2018-09-15 14:41
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True
2018-09-15 19:32
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Vega could be a solid tier 2 team GGWP
2018-09-15 14:38
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#39
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Malaysia byaIi
"the biggest revenge in csgo history"
2018-09-15 14:39
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#41
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Bulgaria BlindBG11
Nip's wet dream lol
2018-09-15 14:39
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Ninjassssss <3
2018-09-15 14:42
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Ez upset
2018-09-15 14:43
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#58
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
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Turkey itsmeyaboi
Nip hr coming
2018-09-15 14:43
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omg lose this shit.... sooooooo saaaaaaaaaad ;(
2018-09-15 14:44
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Ence, Avangar, Heroic better than team bo1
2018-09-15 14:45
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FUCK NIP i hope you lose 2-3 idiots
2018-09-15 14:49
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6 replies
#67
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Brazil Elakk
GAMBOT not even in the major LUL eZ NiP
2018-09-15 14:56
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1 reply
who's talking about gambit retard? btw nip is boring shit team they aint gonna achieve nothing
2018-09-15 15:01
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#69
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
Europe BOT Troy
how much fegit?
2018-09-15 15:07
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1 reply
0 faggot
2018-09-15 15:14
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#87
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Peru cookiesA
how much???
2018-09-16 01:10
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1 reply
cant read?
2018-09-16 01:20
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#70
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
Sweden pjaayyz
LET'S GO NIP <3 <3
2018-09-15 15:11
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REVENGE PogChamp
2018-09-15 15:14
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just don't meet FaZe tmr, NiP. either G2 or Hellraisers
2018-09-15 15:17
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xD
2018-09-15 16:58
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PLS MEET HELLRAISERS PLS #GONINJAS
2018-09-15 17:08
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#86
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
Poland sajlent
revenge
2018-09-15 20:46
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#89
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
United States DrLejos
hey they actually beat them this time
2018-09-16 03:29
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