NAVI knock NIP out of BLAST Fall Final

The Ninjas bow out of the Danish event without winning a single map.

NAVI move on to the playoffs in Copenhagen

Natus Vincere are through to the quarter-final stage of the BLAST Premier Fall Final following a 2-0 win over Ninjas in Pyjamas. Alejandro "⁠alex⁠" Masanet's troops were on the back foot for the majority of the series, but they should still be commended for their valiant efforts on Overpass, where they fought back from a 10-2 deficit and almost took the map to overtime.

"We need practice, it shows on the server," Kristian "⁠k0nfig⁠" Wienecke said after the match. "We're not on the same page yet. That's what you get with four days of practice. Not a lot of good rounds, but at least we did some good things."

The series kicked off on Overpass, where Ninjas in Pyjamas overcame an early deficit to restore parity at 2-2. The rest of the half was a one-way street, however, as NAVI enjoyed a fantastic 10-0 run, with Valeriy "⁠b1t⁠" Vakhovskiy and Ihor "⁠w0nderful⁠" Zhdanov combining for 25 frags before the teams switched sides.

Ninjas in Pyjamas found a lifeline on the CT side and began to mount a comeback with a string of rounds, bringing the scoreline to 10-6. b1t finally put NAVI on the board with a 1v2 clutch, with his team following that up with another round to reach map point. NIP didn’t back down, however, and went on a dominant run, only to collapse in the final round against a weak NAVI buy.

NIP looked reinvigorated on Mirage as they jumped out to a 5-2 lead, courtesy of some great rounds by Fredrik "⁠REZ⁠" Sterner, but it all fell apart for them. Natus Vincere wreaked havoc in the NIP defense with a contact play with Tec-9s to get a foothold in the game, and Aleksi "⁠Aleksib⁠" Virolainen and w0nderful clutched a 2v5 situation a few rounds later, leaving their opponents shell-shocked for the remainder of the half.

Up 7-5, Natus Vincere carried that momentum into the second half, dropping only one round on the CT side en route to a comfortable victory.

 Ninjas in Pyjamas K - D Swing ADR KAST Rating2.0
31 - 32 -1.28% 77.5 67.4% 1.09
28 - 28 -0.89% 71.0 69.8% 0.97
22 - 29 -2.06% 59.2 65.1% 0.88
28 - 37 -5.37% 80.6 55.8% 0.83
19 - 29 +0.14% 46.9 74.4% 0.79
 Natus Vincere K - D Swing ADR KAST Rating2.0
32 - 22 +4.50% 74.0 81.4% 1.34
35 - 26 +2.16% 83.8 83.7% 1.34
34 - 27 +0.80% 84.2 74.4% 1.22
29 - 26 +2.27% 71.9 76.7% 1.15
25 - 28 -0.26% 69.9 67.4% 1.02
Spain Alejandro 'alex' Masanet
Alejandro 'alex' Masanet
Age:
27
Rating 1.0:
1.02
Maps played:
1505
KPR:
0.69
DPR:
0.65
Denmark Kristian 'k0nfig' Wienecke
Kristian 'k0nfig' Wienecke
Age:
26
Rating 1.0:
1.07
Maps played:
1752
KPR:
0.75
DPR:
0.69
Finland Aleksi 'Aleksib' Virolainen
Aleksi 'Aleksib' Virolainen
Age:
26
Rating 1.0:
0.95
Maps played:
1205
KPR:
0.63
DPR:
0.65
Ukraine Valeriy 'b1t' Vakhovskiy
Valeriy 'b1t' Vakhovskiy
Age:
20
Rating 1.0:
1.05
Maps played:
632
KPR:
0.69
DPR:
0.63
Sweden Fredrik 'REZ' Sterner
Fredrik 'REZ' Sterner
Age:
25
Rating 1.0:
1.03
Maps played:
1559
KPR:
0.70
DPR:
0.66
Ukraine Ihor 'w0nderful' Zhdanov
Ihor 'w0nderful' Zhdanov
Age:
18
Rating 1.0:
1.18
Maps played:
412
KPR:
0.78
DPR:
0.58
#1
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Finland ForsenLevel
lol
2023-11-23 12:43
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Playoffs are waiting. NaVi vs Complexity I guess.
2023-11-23 12:46
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1 reply
I think Complexity has a decent chance to beat Vitality here, they're looking strong in CS2 and we haven't seen much from Vitality yet.
2023-11-23 13:08
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#3
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Finland HARD4ENCE
Aleksib was the problem
2023-11-23 12:46
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#4
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Cape Verde Jeppeboy
noobs in pyjamas should disband
2023-11-23 12:46
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1 reply
#8
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Romania noxoNN
+1
2023-11-23 12:56
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#5
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United Kingdom jontyzera
Lol
2023-11-23 12:47
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How many month until nip find new igl?
2023-11-23 12:47
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4 replies
#9
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Europe BabyWizard
Ill give them 2 months or 2 events
2023-11-23 12:57
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He literally came 2 weeks ago
2023-11-23 14:01
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2 replies
Yes, but doesnt stop nip management from replacing him in 3 month
2023-11-23 14:42
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1 reply
You answered your question yourself ))
2023-11-23 22:29
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#7
Faceit level 8  | 
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Romania Coxmin
let's go!!
2023-11-23 12:48
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NIP management *skull*
2023-11-23 12:58
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alex you've made a mistake
2023-11-23 13:03
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3 replies
No he probably got very good salary.
2023-11-23 13:04
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2 replies
that is if they pay
2023-11-23 15:14
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1 reply
Lmao good one
2023-11-23 15:19
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iM with the green stats ain't no way
2023-11-23 13:05
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expected
2023-11-23 13:19
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When will REZ get booted? Every single iteration of NiP he was put in the best positions and still is getting away with average/poor performances with one or two breakthrough series... That's not how you're going to win anything.
2023-11-23 13:33
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4 replies
#SaveREZ
2023-11-23 15:21
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#32
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Belgium w4lt3r
he was definitely not put in the best positions every time, but i do still agree
2023-11-23 16:14
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WDYM? Rez upcoming talent 2017 IEM Oakland MVP??
2023-11-23 16:48
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1 reply
Hahaha, you're joking but some people still think about this :P
2023-11-23 16:53
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#19
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Antigua and Barbuda qezar
I hope Hampus finds a good team that he can lead and beat NIP with an ease
2023-11-23 13:50
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#27
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Russia brezyyy
get one more trash player instead of your young bloods
2023-11-23 15:40
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#30
Jee | 
Sweden 7emod
So sad to see that NIP nowadays just are nothing else than a money organization
2023-11-23 16:01
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1 reply
#44
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
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Hong Kong TROIIDA
They should drop the name. This is embarrassing.
2023-11-24 01:58
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NIP was just toilet paper for Aleksi so that he could whipe his ass clean.
2023-11-23 16:18
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1 reply
after taking a dump on G2 lmao
2023-11-23 17:53
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EZ
2023-11-23 16:43
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U can put dJL to play and he will do better that Rez
2023-11-23 17:44
0
NiP management learning from EG feels like
2023-11-23 18:50
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#41
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Brazil Sukoru
s0mple, good riddance, overrated trash
2023-11-23 21:42
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Almost flashbacks to a certain ovp game
2023-11-23 22:29
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