NIP send 9 Pandas packing from EU RMR

The European side narrowly overcame 9 Pandas to keep their RMR campaign alive.

MisteM's men may have just earned themselves a direct spot to the Major

Ninjas in Pyjamas have secured victory in the first match of Perfect World Shanghai Major Europe RMR B's 2-2 pool, taking down 9 Pandas in a hard-fought series thanks to heroic efforts from AWPer Artem "⁠r1nkle⁠" Moroz.

Gareth "⁠MisteM⁠" Ries and company will now be eagerly awaiting the results of the remaining 2-2 matches, as wins for Astralis and Spirit will allow Ninjas in Pyjamas to bypass the seventh-place decider, while a victory for either Passion UA or Sashi would guarantee them a place in the extra match.

Date Matches
Perfect World Shanghai Major 2024 Europe RMR B
24/11/2024
06:10
Match
24/11/2024
09:00
Match
24/11/2024
13:00
Match

The all-important series between Ninjas in Pyjamas and the Pandas kicked off on NIP's selection of Ancient, where the Russian squad quickly racked up a daunting 7-1 lead on their opponent's pick. Despite the significant deficit, r1nkle managed to put up a show-stopping 2.22 CT-side rating in the second half, allowing Ninjas in Pyjamas to claw back their pick to a 13-10 win.

9 Pandas's pick of Dust2 played out in a very similar fashion, as Aleksandr "⁠shalfey⁠" Marenov's troop racked up a dominant 10-2 lead that was soon whittled away by none other than r1nkle on the offense. This time around, Ninjas in Pyjamas were not able to complete the comeback, fumbling an anti-eco that gave 9 Pandas the fuel they needed to wrap up Dust2 13-10.

On the Mirage decider Ninjas in Pyjamas managed to produce a competitive first half for the first time in the series, in large part thanks to work from stand-in Jacob "⁠jocab⁠" Nerheden. Tied up 8-8 after a back-and-forth start to the map, a crucial 4k from Fredrik "⁠REZ⁠" Sterner allowed the Ninjas to pull away, closing the map out shortly thereafter 13-8 to take the series 2-1.

 Ninjas in Pyjamas K - D Swing ADR KAST Rating2.1
60 - 39 +4.01% 91.4 83.6% 1.47
47 - 43 +0.26% 84.1 70.1% 1.15
42 - 40 -0.65% 67.6 65.7% 0.99
31 - 37 +0.57% 60.9 77.6% 0.96
44 - 44 -0.80% 65.7 67.2% 0.92
 9 Pandas K - D Swing ADR KAST Rating2.1
47 - 41 +0.69% 75.2 74.6% 1.11
43 - 44 +1.20% 73.2 73.1% 1.06
36 - 45 +0.86% 62.8 67.2% 0.88
41 - 47 -3.82% 67.4 56.7% 0.85
36 - 47 -2.33% 64.0 62.7% 0.80
Russia Aleksandr 'shalfey' Marenov
Aleksandr 'shalfey' Marenov
Age:
22
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.05
Maps played:
1043
KPR:
0.71
DPR:
0.63
Sweden Jacob 'jocab' Nerheden
Jacob 'jocab' Nerheden
Age:
19
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.00
Maps played:
203
KPR:
0.71
DPR:
0.70
Ukraine Artem 'r1nkle' Moroz
Artem 'r1nkle' Moroz
Age:
20
Rating 1.0:
1.10
Maps played:
588
KPR:
0.74
DPR:
0.64
South Africa Gareth 'MisteM' Ries
Gareth 'MisteM' Ries
Age:
23
Rating 1.0:
0.98
Maps played:
754
KPR:
0.67
DPR:
0.69
Sweden Fredrik 'REZ' Sterner
Fredrik 'REZ' Sterner
Age:
26
Rating 1.0:
1.03
Maps played:
1703
KPR:
0.70
DPR:
0.66
ggwp nip
2024-11-24 06:33
6
Clearing Astralis, Aurora and getting close to beating some of the top teams just to lose to NIP feels like a divine comedy
2024-11-24 06:37
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#9
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India kilsw1ch
cant even defend them anymore
2024-11-24 07:28
1
2 replies
Even if they won they would've had to play a 7th place decider vs Spirit if PUA beat Asstralis (which they are) because of the Buchholz score
2024-11-24 07:42
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1 reply
#15
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India kilsw1ch
ya i know, but you would expect astralis to win
2024-11-24 08:42
0
Never doubted them, let's go r1nkle stickers
2024-11-24 06:38
5
1 reply
#8
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India kilsw1ch
not if astralis lose
2024-11-24 07:28
2
ez
2024-11-24 06:39
0
No shame losing to top 1 team by January 2025
2024-11-24 07:06
9
rez another 10 year contract comfirm
2024-11-24 07:10
14
#7
Senzu | 
Bosnia and Herzegovina dkyzx
r3salt congrats
2024-11-24 07:13
0
9Pandas whyyyyyyyyyyyy
2024-11-24 07:30
1
Wtfff NiP whata going on
2024-11-24 08:35
0
#27
NAF | 
Slovakia Frozwyy
NIP passed in a major?
2024-11-24 09:46
0
#39
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Europe RapidWater
Well that sucks. Hope 9Pandas can get in based on ranking next time even though they should have been in both this time and last time.
2024-11-24 10:16
0
unexpected NiP 3-2 lmao
2024-11-24 10:35
0
1 reply
#45
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
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Lithuania seneliz
XDDDDDDD
2024-11-24 11:09
0
#46
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Korea syjeon
r1nkle went fucking nuclear omg
2024-11-24 17:53
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