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.

Aleksib has not had to wait long for his first event win with NIP

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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f0rest to stand in for ex-Finest at Swedish LAN

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.

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Inferno
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6
Vertigo
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 EYEBALLERS K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating2.0
27 - 36 -9 70.0 61.4% 0.81
23 - 38 -15 74.4 47.7% 0.69
23 - 37 -14 57.6 38.6% 0.58
17 - 34 -17 53.6 45.5% 0.55
18 - 41 -23 59.5 47.7% 0.54
 Ninjas in Pyjamas K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating2.0
49 - 20 +29 125.6 88.6% 1.92
41 - 19 +22 98.6 86.4% 1.62
37 - 24 +13 82.2 88.6% 1.36
29 - 20 +9 70.3 77.3% 1.20
29 - 26 +3 62.0 79.5% 1.07

The final standings and prize distribution are as follows:

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

Finland Aleksi 'Aleksib' Virolainen
Aleksi 'Aleksib' Virolainen
Age:
25
Rating 1.0:
0.96
Maps played:
1041
KPR:
0.64
DPR:
0.65
Sweden Jesper 'JW' Wecksell
Jesper 'JW' Wecksell
Age:
27
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.05
Maps played:
2007
KPR:
0.73
DPR:
0.68
Sweden Patrik 'f0rest' Lindberg
Patrik 'f0rest' Lindberg
Age:
34
Team:
No team
Rating 1.0:
1.10
Maps played:
2100
KPR:
0.75
DPR:
0.65
Sweden Robin 'flusha' Rönnquist
Robin 'flusha' Rönnquist
Age:
29
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.04
Maps played:
1945
KPR:
0.70
DPR:
0.65
#1
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Sweden Rainlost
Ez for my bois
2022-10-16 19:34
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15 replies
#9
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Russia YiLanMa
hard tournament so glad nip won it after tough fights
2022-10-16 19:36
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14 replies
G2 would have choked and lost
2022-10-16 19:36
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13 replies
#12
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Russia YiLanMa
maybe, maybe not anyway hooxi too gigachad to even consider playing here
2022-10-16 19:37
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12 replies
Agreed
2022-10-16 19:39
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3 replies
Aleksib first tournament won in his entire life
2022-10-16 20:33
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2 replies
No
2022-10-16 20:44
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stoopid
2022-10-17 15:43
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Even Rio is not enough for him.
2022-10-16 19:42
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3 replies
#25
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Russia YiLanMa
Rio major? lol international in 2021 had 40kk prize pool bold for you to assume he would participate on such a mickey mouse cash cup
2022-10-16 19:48
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2 replies
It was a joke about G2 not qualifying to The major, you dummy
2022-10-17 18:48
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1 reply
#109
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Russia YiLanMa
and what i did you think?
2022-10-17 18:51
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#39
Faceit level 10  | 
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Finland Hekee
+1 needs to be academy league or lower
2022-10-16 20:12
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1 reply
fplc?
2022-10-16 21:12
0
1-3 major quali gigachad
2022-10-16 22:40
0
#91
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Germany KimpaVita
Hooxi too gigachad for even considering throwing a major qualification
2022-10-17 05:54
0
I'm in tears
2022-10-16 19:35
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2 replies
#27
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Poland czan
me too. this is very romantic
2022-10-16 19:49
0
Was aleksi b carried?
2022-10-17 00:45
0
EZ ALEKSI
2022-10-16 19:35
0
ez
2022-10-16 19:35
0
sad for flusha and jw
2022-10-16 19:35
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Beast Brollan
2022-10-16 19:35
0
#7
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Germany AAArkaYYY
where are the aleksiB doubters now
2022-10-16 19:35
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7 replies
#44
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United States Zedsamcat
He won Sweden event agaijst #75 in the world lol, this proves nothing
2022-10-16 20:23
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6 replies
#70
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
Aleksib | 
Finland Kunumesh
1 tournament, 1 win. Now we all know Aleksib wasn't the problem. He's just that good =).
2022-10-16 22:02
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5 replies
cringe =)
2022-10-17 03:54
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4 replies
Hooxi 0 trophies
2022-10-17 04:10
0
#97
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
Aleksib | 
Finland Kunumesh
Why are you here? You should be killing innocent civilians. Cringe to your whole country =).
2022-10-17 09:29
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2 replies
ok! but why do u think if i am russian that i am killing people? =)
2022-10-17 11:29
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1 reply
#107
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
Aleksib | 
Finland Kunumesh
Sadly it's in your blood.
2022-10-17 18:25
0
#8
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Sweden AFCx
prospects??
2022-10-16 19:36
0
#10
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Uzbekistan iDead_asdd
nip era confirmed
2022-10-16 19:36
0
#13
ele | 
Finland krep
Aleksi goat igl confirmed
2022-10-16 19:38
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2 replies
#15
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Sweden Cveta
If nip does well at the major we can confidently say he wasn’t the problem.
2022-10-16 19:39
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1 reply
I guess we can already say that because G2 isnt there
2022-10-16 19:44
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#14
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Sweden Cveta
Aleksi wins tournament and qualifies for major. G2 xddddd
2022-10-16 19:38
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4 replies
NiP: 1 svenska cupper😎👌👌 G2: 0 svenska cups🤭🤭🤭
2022-10-16 19:41
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3 replies
#31
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Sweden Cveta
Ezzz
2022-10-16 20:03
0
#63
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Serbia Jnordz
REz
2022-10-16 21:21
0
+1 h00xi in shambles
2022-10-17 00:49
0
NIP ERA CONFIRMED
2022-10-16 19:40
0
#19
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Finland sway777
aleksi 100% winrate
2022-10-16 19:42
0
#22
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
donk | 
Finland donkan
Aleksib 1 svenska cupen 🏅Niko 0 svenska cupen ☠️
2022-10-16 19:44
0
4 replies
XDDD
2022-10-16 19:47
0
#26
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Denmark P0vTr
NiKo 1 Betway Cup 🏅AleksiB 0 Betway Cup ☠️
2022-10-16 19:48
0
2 replies
Niko 1 final lost Aleksi b 1 final lost
2022-10-16 20:53
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1 reply
#67
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Denmark P0vTr
NiKo 4 finals lost aleksibob 2 finals played Gigachad NiKo > aleksibob
2022-10-16 21:46
0
#24
B1ad3 | 
Finland n3iki
FINNISH TEAM WON A SWEDISH TOURNAMENT, TEEMU I'M CRYING TOO NIP one month with Aleksib and already winning LAN events, surely #1 team very soon!
2022-10-16 19:47
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3 replies
sweden dominated by denmark and finland on home soil, black day for them
2022-10-16 20:28
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2 replies
#61
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Sweden Joule
Ah yes of course, just ignoring the fact that NiP is majority Swedish, their coach and analysts too. With Brollan being the MVP
2022-10-16 21:15
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1 reply
Facts just speak for themselves
2022-10-17 19:04
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torille!
2022-10-16 19:55
0
#29
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Turkey Orion1d
woah what a great achievment
2022-10-16 19:57
0
Wait, that was NIP? I saw the score, and I genuinely just thought it was their academy team 💀
2022-10-16 19:59
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Tier Z Tournament
2022-10-16 20:08
0
JW and Flusha's fridge is full for the time being, feels good
2022-10-16 20:10
0
#42
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
World mukas17
nip 1 title g2 0 title
2022-10-16 20:21
0
Pog tier 99
2022-10-16 20:23
0
nip cant win any t1 tournament, but ppl saying 'nip god' when they win t10 tournament
2022-10-16 20:23
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2 replies
didnt see even one comment like that
2022-10-16 21:09
0
Nice bait 0/8 try again
2022-10-16 22:30
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Tier Aldi tournament
2022-10-16 20:24
0
wow nips fist trophy under aleksi..... oh wait
2022-10-16 20:24
0
#48
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Israel Xpicyy
NIP is coming for top 5
2022-10-16 20:24
0
ez money farmed
2022-10-16 20:26
0
Alexi 1 trophy in a month in Nip and legends in Major and in G2 umm .
2022-10-16 20:34
0
Damn hard tournament 💀 not free 25k at all
2022-10-16 20:35
0
#56
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Europe jigglep33k
eyeballers more like assballers
2022-10-16 20:54
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#57
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United Kingdom Jonty04l32
Well, I called this: hltv.org/matches/2359405/eyeballers-vs-n.. Great match and GG to NiP.
2022-10-16 21:07
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4 replies
Damn man, you are really good at CS if you predicted that NIP would win against some tier 100 swedish team. I wish i had the same talent...
2022-10-16 21:18
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1 reply
What do you mean? EYEBALLERS had major winners so its clearly tier 1
2022-10-17 09:28
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Sky is blue I called it
2022-10-17 17:23
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1 reply
Congratulations, friend.
2022-10-17 17:58
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#59
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
Portugal XhAmeR
gratters nip
2022-10-16 21:10
0
Damn it feels like yesterday when I heard about Brollan first time, when he was standing in for Krimz at WESC. hltv.org/news/21990/brollan-to-play-for-.. He was young talent who got to play with swedish legends who were top dogs and now he is destroying them in final top scoring whole series like nothing. Times have really changed
2022-10-16 21:38
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1 reply
+1
2022-10-16 22:32
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JW and flusha in 2022 KEKW
2022-10-16 21:45
0
Congratulations on a start of a new Era Ninjas in Pyjamas!
2022-10-16 21:50
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3 replies
+1
2022-10-16 22:32
0
2 replies
Bro on LAN!
2022-10-16 23:25
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1 reply
Haha
2022-10-16 23:27
0
#73
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Europe Maydiw
lets go boys ninjas in pyjamas
2022-10-16 22:13
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#82
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Argentina fribergoat
f0rest 2100 maps played 1.10 rating pog
2022-10-17 00:06
0
Insanely tough tournament. Good t1 win for nip.
2022-10-17 01:05
0
as good as seeing NiPples
2022-10-17 01:37
0
Aleksib God
2022-10-17 03:12
0
#92
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Europe richwilde
NIP ERA CONFIRMED
2022-10-17 06:13
0
#93
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Poland csRIOTgo
AleksiB winning B tier event. Maybe should change to AleksiA to start winning A grade tourney pepega
2022-10-17 06:19
0
aleksib won another event? he can't keep getting away with this!
2022-10-17 06:22
0
1 reply
#98
GIGA | 
Sweden murii
Dude is winning these stacked tournaments one after another. This man can't be stopped.
2022-10-17 10:37
0
#100
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Slovenia marcelyx1
Cruise to victory???? NIP SHIP CONFIRMED?!?!??!?!?!??!?!?!
2022-10-17 11:25
0
#101
Faceit level 10 Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
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Sweden Lindhan
ez
2022-10-17 11:55
0
#102
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
markeloff | 
Brazil diixon
Easiest $23,600 of their lives, NiP farmers
2022-10-17 14:38
0
EZ4ENCE
2022-10-17 15:25
0
#113
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
kinkybdsm | 
Other MissingN0
Nip won a LAN event, nice
2022-10-18 04:16
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