NIP clinch cs_summit 7 playoff spot over Dignitas

Ninjas in Pyjamas will rematch Virtus.pro in the quarter-finals after surviving the last chance stage.

Ninjas in Pyjamas were the only team in the last chance stage to have finished the group stage in fourth place, without a single win, after losing to Virtus.pro and Cloud9 in their Group C bouts. Despite the rocky start in the tournament, Björn "⁠THREAT⁠" Pers’s men impressed early on in their match against Dignitas, and although they weren’t able to close the series out in two maps after taking a big lead just one round away from match point, they were able to wrap it up in the decider, meaning Patrik "⁠f0rest⁠" Lindberg and company, who had shown promise in the group stage with two very close 1-2 losses to OG and a 2-0 victory over Complexity, will now have to watch the remainder of the event from the sidelines.

The series started out on Dignitas’ map pick, Train, but was a blowout from the start as Ninjas in Pyjamas dominated the CT side and closed it out quickly on the attack, 16-4. Vertigo didn’t fare much better for the Swedish-Norwegian squad early on, going down 6-9 on the CT side, but they were able to bring it back to a 16-14 victory on the attack. Fredrik "⁠REZ⁠" Sterner and company then went on to secure the Inferno comfortably, 16-8, to take the series and assure their presence in the cs_summit 7 playoffs, where they will have a chance at exacting revenge on Virtus.pro in the quarter-final.

nawwk dominated on Train with the AWP

Ninjas in Pyjamas kicked the series off with a four round streak on the CT side of Train before giving up a single round, after which they continued to hold the line on the defense giving up just two more rounds on the way to a dominating 13-2 half. Dignitas secured the second pistol round with a B retake, but weren’t able to follow it up against the forcebuy, after which Ninjas in Pyjamas closed out the first map 16-4.

The Ninjas once again got off to a leading start on Vertigo winning the pistol round on the attacking side, after which Tim "⁠nawwk⁠" Jonasson won a 1vs3 in the anti-eco to continue charging ahead. After a 9-6 half, Ninjas in Pyjamas secured the second pistol round and nawwk won another clutch, a 1vs2, to bag the first buy round, going up 12-6. Dignitas then started to come to life, putting together a comeback attempt which they were able to convert in the last round of regulation, winning it 16-14 to force a decider map.

Dignitas carried their momentum into Inferno, going up 4-0 on the attack before Ninjas in Pyjamas managed to win a pistol buy to get on the board. Nicolas "⁠Plopski⁠" Gonzalez Zamora and company then went on a tear, turning the scoreboard on its head before switching sides with a 10-5 lead. Dignitas managed to do some damage early on in the second half by linking two rounds in a row, but couldn't keep it up as Ninjas in Pyjamas turned up the heat and secured the map and series to advance to the cs_summit 7 playoffs.

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Ninjas in Pyjamas

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29th January 2021

Dignitas

16

Train

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14

Vertigo

16

16

Inferno

8

Ninjas in Pyjamas	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Tim 'nawwk' Jonassonnawwk	60 - 40	+20	74.4	73.0%	1.26
Hampus 'hampus' Poserhampus	56 - 43	+13	87.6	73.0%	1.25
Simon 'twist' Eliassontwist	59 - 43	+16	79.2	74.3%	1.21
Fredrik 'REZ' SternerREZ	54 - 47	+7	84.9	78.4%	1.21
Nicolas 'Plopski' Gonzalez ZamoraPlopski	44 - 42	+2	71.0	82.4%	1.13

Dignitas	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Håkon 'hallzerk' Fjærlihallzerk	59 - 53	+6	77.5	67.6%	1.10
Ludvig 'HEAP' AlonsoHEAP	43 - 59	-16	65.6	59.5%	0.92
Haris 'H4RR3' HadzicH4RR3	37 - 51	-14	64.0	64.9%	0.86
Adam 'friberg' Fribergfriberg	43 - 56	-13	65.9	60.8%	0.82
Patrik 'f0rest' Lindbergf0rest	33 - 54	-21	51.2	60.8%	0.66