NIP cruise to victory at Svenska Cupen

The No. 10 team in the world comfortably claimed the trophy at the Swedish LAN.

Ninjas in Pyjamas fulfilled their duties as favourites by marching to victory at the Svenska Cupen, overcoming a field featuring mostly Swedish players to take home $23,600.

In the final the Aleksi "⁠Aleksib⁠" Virolainen-led Ninjas defeated two legends of the Swedish scene, Robin "⁠flusha⁠" Rönnquist and Jesper "⁠JW⁠" Wecksell, crushing EYEBALLERS 2-0 on Inferno and Vertigo to seal the event victory.

Ninjas in Pyjamas outclassed their opposition comfortably throughout the series, thoroughly demonstrating the difference between a top-10 side and one currently sat outside the top 100.

Whilst this result continues Ninjas in Pyjamas's promising showings since adding Finn Aleksib as their IGL, particularly the dominance with which they sauntered through the event, the weak field meant that anything less than a victory would have been a severe disappointment.

Ninjas in Pyjamas only had to play one game to make the final, being seeded directly into the semi-finals; there they defeated Lilmix 16-3 on Ancient and 16-4 on Vertigo.

EYEBALLERS had to overcome ex-Finest in a closely fought semi-final, both maps going the full 30 rounds, consigning another Swedish legend Patrik "⁠f0rest⁠" Lindberg to defeat in the process. Before that, flusha and co. had squeaked past PROSPECTS in the quarter-finals, being forced to overtime on the first map.

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The two matches Ninjas in Pyjamas' played served as their final official games before the IEM Rio Major where the Swedes will begin their campaign on November 5, having qualified as Legends.

The final standings and prize distribution are as follows:

1st. Ninjas in Pyjamas ($23,600)
2nd. EYEBALLERS ($11,800)
3rd. ex-Finest ($7,000)
4th. Lilmix ($2,300)
5-6th. Kappa Bar ($1,100)
5-6th. PROSPECTS ($1,100)