NIP defeat ENCE 3-1 to win IEM Fall Europe

10-10-2021 21:49

The Swedes showed impressive form throughout the final Regional Major Ranking tournament in Stockholm on the eve of their hometown Major.

Ninjas in Pyjamas have been crowned the IEM Fall Europe champions after defeating ENCE in a best-of-five match that was inconsequential in regards to the Major — where they will be the only Swedish team in contention —, but gave the victor a larger portion of the $105,000 prize pool.

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Ninjas in Pyjamas’s final victory was the cherry on top of a perfect tournament as they went undefeated in all stages, bagging five best-of-ones in the group stage followed by two best-of-threes in the playoffs and the best-of-five grand final while showing an absolutely stunning form just weeks away from the PGL Major in Stockholm, for which they qualified as Legends topping the European Regional Major Ranking.

NIP have shown to be in great shape ahead of the Major

Thoughts are already very much on the Major in the Ninjas in Pyjamas camp, as coach Björn "⁠THREAT⁠" Pers showed in the post-match interview on the broadcast by stating that "we're going into a hardcore bootcamp before the Major and hopefully we can bring the crown back to Sweden."

Ninjas in Pyjamas will have a couple of days of rest first to savor their victory ahead of their bootcamp, though, so the team can reset mentally while Linus "⁠LNZ⁠" Holtäng's maiden victory at an event of this caliber sinks in as the youngster stated that he "never felt this happiness before."

Despite the final loss, ENCE also showed great form of their own at the RMR event, losing only once before the final, to OG in a multiple overtime affair in the group stage while leaving behind teams of the calibre of Vitality, Astralis and G2.

The tournament hasn’t come to an end just yet, however, as last but not least is the Astralis vs. Vitality match, which went live at the conclusion of the final and will decide the two other semi-finalist teams’ placings in the tournament, be it third or fourth.

ENCE have much to be proud of in their run at IEM Fall

The final series started off on Overpass, where LNZ made a splash early on to give Ninjas in Pyjamas an early T-side lead. ENCE put forth a bit of resistance but were eventually overrun by the Swedes, who went on to take the map 16-8. Roles were reversed on Mirage, where there were all smiles on the ENCE side as they glided to an 11-4 lead on the attack before closing things out 16-7 to tie things up and keep the series exciting.

ENCE then started out with a strong defense on Ancient in an incredibly showing by Lotan "⁠Spinx⁠" Giladi, but Ninjas in Pyjamas came alive on the defense, taking the reins late in the game to win in the very last round, 16-14, and take the lead in the series 2-1.

The Swedes finally dominated on Nuke, starting on the CT side and running away with an 11-4 half-time lead as Nicolai "⁠device⁠" Reedtz kept things in check with his AWP to round out a great final series and tournament showing, individually. After switching sides Ninjas in Pyjamas didn’t lay off the gas pedal, cruising to a 16-6 victory to add the IEM Fall Europe trophy to their cabinet.

IEM Fall 2021 EuropeBest of 5

Ninjas in Pyjamas

Matchpage

10th October 2021

ENCE

Overpass

Mirage

Ancient

Nuke

Ninjas in Pyjamas	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Nicolai 'device' Reedtz device	88 - 61	+27	90.7	73.7%	1.36
Hampus 'hampus' Poser hampus	71 - 73	-2	82.2	67.7%	1.10
Fredrik 'REZ' Sterner REZ	69 - 62	+7	79.7	68.7%	1.08
Nicolas 'Plopski' Gonzalez Zamora Plopski	68 - 58	+10	70.5	74.7%	1.05
Linus 'LNZ' Holtäng LNZ	48 - 70	-22	59.8	61.6%	0.76

ENCE	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Lotan 'Spinx' Giladi Spinx	78 - 71	+7	84.4	68.7%	1.14
Paweł 'dycha' Dycha dycha	74 - 73	+1	74.7	66.7%	1.03
Olek 'hades' Miskiewicz hades	64 - 65	-1	66.9	68.7%	0.97
Joonas 'doto' Forss doto	54 - 69	-15	73.6	65.7%	0.95
Marco 'Snappi' Pfeiffer Snappi	54 - 68	-14	67.8	66.7%	0.93

The IEM Fall Europe standings are:

1. Ninjas in Pyjamas - $27,500 + 2500 RMR Points
2. ENCE - $17,500 + 2344 RMR Points
3. Vitality - $12,000 + 2188 RMR Points
4. Astralis - $9,000 + 2031 RMR Points
5. Movistar Riders - $7,500 + 1875 RMR Points
6. G2 - $6,500 + 1719 RMR Points
7. Copenhagen Flames - $5,500 + 1563 RMR Points
8. Fiend - $4,500 + 1406 RMR Points
9. FaZe - $3,000 + 1250 RMR Points
10. BIG - $2,500 + 1094 RMR Points
11. OG - $2,000 + 938 RMR Points
12. HEROIC - $1,500
13-16. MOUZ - $1,000
13-16. SINNERS - $1,000
13-16. Dignitas - $1,000
13-16. DBL PONEY - $1,000
17-20. FunPlus Phoenix - $500
17-20. Complexity - $500
17-20. MAD Lions - $500
17-20. SKADE - $500
21-24. AURA
21-24. Endpoint
21-24. Sprout
21-24. fnatic

19 mvps insane

2021-10-10 21:49

13 replies

yeah

2021-10-10 21:50

3 replies

most limpdick tournament win ever

2021-10-10 21:52

2 replies

thats brave coming from NA

2021-10-10 21:55

NA 1 major dev1ce 4 majors)))

2021-10-11 02:20

and 29 total tournament wins. more than insane.

Easy for the goat after stockholm 20 MVPs + 30 tournaments + 5 Majors

2021-10-10 21:54

5 replies

Flair says it all

2021-10-10 21:56

wyd? My flair is astralis. Afaik devvek1ng doesn't play for astralis

dont you mean flag?

2021-10-11 01:12

That would be insane

2021-10-11 00:19

1 reply

Something only a true GOAT would be able to do )))

2021-10-11 17:22

Fluke ecovice

2021-10-10 22:09

Stay mad encefan

2021-10-10 22:50

Device GOAT

Deserved! GGWP

but ence nt.Ancient was close

device goat?

Device goat.

Yes

2021-10-10 22:13

Of course

2021-10-10 22:22

#GONINJAS

+1 What a great time to love CS! Ton of new super competitive teams are hitting the scene and it looks like the Ninjas are back in a big way. EU and CIS are looking better than ever... Let's hope America and Asia gets competitive again.

2021-10-11 07:55

nip might win the major? what?

wp ence #GONINJAS!

i believe in devveking supremacy

Sunpayus supremacy better

2021-10-10 22:02

ez 4 GOAT

nice, hope they have something left for the major

rip "4 years without trophy" meme

2021-10-10 21:51

4 replies

this is just a qualifier isnt it

still gives a trophy and a MVP.

group stage i'd say yes, but playoffs absolutely not, its still a real tournament if not even more challenging because all the teams are desperately trying to get into the major

2021-10-11 18:58

Now G2 and OG

2021-10-10 21:59

cool

lets goo

they fucking did it

Undoubtedly the best team in the world! Device the goat of CS! EZ

Well played NIP! Ancient was really exciting to watch - and this is coming from someone who despises that map

EZ 4 Device

So every idiot saying that Device was mediocre player and he only got great team around him, he carried those NIP noobs big time and if anything you can see how much he contributes to team. Astralis are not bad , but we all know that they will need more time to challenge again, Device allready done it. Let this be a lesson for you, if team dominates for secveral years/months, there are no weak links in it.

+1 smart polish

Only LNZ bad rating tho

2021-10-10 22:01

By calling them noobs i meant unproven, which other than Rez they are. Now they are proving themselfs and they might grow into strong team. Also rating does not matter, if he does his job well its fine.

2021-10-10 22:05

No way a polish guy with a brain

2021-10-10 22:51

ez 19th mvp for GOATVICE

EZ FOR E- I mean NIP

Not really, ENCE choked hard in ancient and there was multiple rounds that NIP won in nuke which could have gone either way.

2021-10-10 21:58

All in all this tournament was a huge win for ENCE though. No one expected them to get this far. So it kinda was EZ4ENCE

2021-10-10 22:14

yup, exceeded the expectations.

2021-10-10 22:16

Great showing by NiP , Device seems to be back in his usual form when it matters the most :) Good performance by ENCE too , making it into the finals was a big achievement as well. Good Luck for the Major! EZ FOR DEVVVE

2021-10-10 21:53

not so EZ for ENCE :(( nt though

EASY MVP FOR DEVICE

GG NT ENCE great performace on big stage

Movistar poggers

2021-10-10 21:57

gg wp great tournament from both teams!

GG! Proud of this ENCE performance at IEM Fall overall :) And NIP played really well the whole tournament, deserved win!

2021-10-11 05:08

EZ4ENCE

Yes bro! Ez4ence!!!!! 3:1.

2021-10-11 00:16

EZ Clap

GODEV1CE!

lmao

2021-10-10 22:24

Nip fans hyped After a win over ence

2021-10-10 22:25

??? Literally undefeated in the tourney, dumb fettuccine.

2021-10-10 23:09

Give him a break... You must be aware of "pasta" relevance on CS GO scene...

2021-10-11 02:56

LOL it’s hilarious. Nip would’ve lost to literally any other team

2021-10-11 07:21

That is why they are on a 11 game winning streak ye? "Would've lost to any other team" Brainfart

2021-10-14 16:25

against bots!

2021-10-14 17:34

Jesus mr devve

2021-10-10 22:29

gg ez

2021-10-10 22:41

Dycha is really good

2021-10-10 22:56

EU making themselves a solid tier 2 scene =/ look at this pathetic top 10 =/ cis is the last remaining place to play a tier 1 cs go sad

2021-10-10 23:11

6 replies

xd clown

2021-10-10 23:34

Absolutely true, look at these people praising NIP for beating ENCE LMAO. NIP would’ve lost to literally any other team

2021-10-11 07:25

Welp they beat Vitality and the remaining top tier european teams were beat by ence ENCE on path to reach the final lol, what the hell are you talking about?

2021-10-11 17:53

vitality is dogshit, you think that's an accomplishment?

2021-10-11 20:48

he is brainwashed by being sweden, NIP can only win bought matches

2021-10-13 02:42

Its all because of damned covid, at the online era they all went to tier2.

2021-10-11 15:36

shame i couldn't watch it ggwp

2021-10-10 23:37

GG.

2021-10-10 23:39

Could you imagine with how well device and the rest are performing right now if they were headed into the next major with -LNZ +f0rest which along with Na`Vi I'm thinking would be right there as the favorites to win IMO.

2021-10-11 00:02

I think still they have a good shot

No chance in hell NIP will win this major with NAVI, ASTRALIS, FAZE, and LIQUID in contention

2021-10-11 07:26

Vitality*

2021-10-11 15:32

ggwp, well deserved lan trophy for NiP and MVP award for device !

2021-10-11 02:32

well played NIP!

2021-10-11 05:38

Time to replace snappi. Clear weakest link in ENCE

2021-10-11 07:20

Well deserved win for the NIP, but not bad at all from ENCE.

2021-10-11 08:16

What a shit match it was. Both teams did not care one bit about winning or losing.

2021-10-11 10:18

GGWP

2021-10-11 11:21

dev1ce great addition

2021-10-11 14:32

easy for SHEEP

2021-10-11 19:22

fnatic with UK players makes me sick dude,

2021-10-11 20:36

Who is Fnatic, I looked at the top rank list 20, there they were not, then I looked at the rank list top 50, there were not them either, so I found them to the last ,,, they are No. 73 in the world, what are they finally doing live stream?

2021-10-14 21:49