Ninjas in Pyjamas
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| Short name | NIP |
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| Based in | Stockholm |
| Location | Sweden |
| Owner | Hicham Chahine (CEO) |
| Partners | Betway, Samsung |
| Website | www |
Ninjas in Pyjamas (NIP) is a professional esports organisation based in Sweden that is best known for its Counter-Strike teams. In 2012, the team reformed with a Counter Strike: Global Offensive lineup upon the release of the game. Aside from Counter-Strike, the organisation has teams in Valorant, Rainbow Six Siege, and FIFA. They formerly had teams in Fortnite Battle Royale, Overwatch, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, Paladins and League of Legends.
History[]
| Head coach | Björn "THREAT" Pers |
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| General manager | Jonas Gundersen |
| Local media | ESL, Dreamhack |
Ninjas in Pyjamas were formed in June 2000.[1] Their biggest success was winning the 2001 Cyberathlete Professional League World Championships after an extremely close final with X3 (a forerunner to Team 3D). Ninjas in Pyjamas struggled to find a sponsor, and as a result, joined the prominent esports organization SK Gaming and were known by the names SK Scandinavia and later SK Sweden. At SK, they continued their success. The prize money from their tournament victories in 2003 totalled approximately US$170,000,[2][3][4][5] and every CPL event that year.
Feeling they could secure a larger share of sponsorship money, the team left SK in early 2005.[6] Later in the year, some members returned to SK Gaming, forcing NIP to replace them.
Emil Christensen with Tommy Ingemarsson, Managing Directors Peter Hedlund and Victor Lindqvist reformed NIP as a Swedish stock company[clarification needed] in 2005, due to problems with SK. NIP continued to participate in international tournaments, placing high in many events. They signed some of the biggest sponsorship deals in the scene at that time. The team received about 100,000 members on their website in Europe during their first two years and was also the first team outside of Asia to enter the Asian market. Within six months, they had about 90,000 members on their Asian website. The team was among the most outspoken opponents to the change from the original version of Counter-Strike to the newer Counter-Strike: Source.
On 13 November 2015, NIP's parted ways with its Dota 2 team, consisting of Elias 'Sealkid' Merta, Jonas 'Jonassomfan' Lindholm, Adrian 'Era' Kryeziu, Simon 'Handsken' Haag and Linus 'Limmp' Blomdin.[7] The cited reason was disappointment over recent performances, as the team had failed to qualify for both The International 2015 and Frankfurt Major.[8] Since then, NIP have had two Dota 2 teams, one formed in 2017 that disbanded later that year, as well as another formation in 2018.[9] Christopher "GeT RiGhT" Alesund, one of the original 2012 NIP roster, left after the StarLadder Major Berlin 2019, being replaced by Simon "twist" Eliasson, a former player for Fnatic, and leaving f0rest as the only remaining member of the original roster, until he left in 2020 to come back to the 2014 NIP roster on Dignitas.[10][11]
Rosters[]
Counter Strike: Global Offensive division[]
| Ninjas in Pyjamas Counter-Strike: Global Offensive roster | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Björn "THREAT" Pers
Roster updated June 1, 2021. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Injury / IllnessRainbow Six Siege division[]
| Ninjas in Pyjamas Rainbow Six Siege roster | |||||||||||||||||||
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Dyjair "Mity" Soares
Roster updated March 5, 2021. | ||||||||||||||||||
Valorant division[]
| Ninjas in Pyjamas Valorant roster | |||||||||||||||||||
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Emil "eMIL" Sandgren
Roster updated June 3, 2021. | ||||||||||||||||||
FIFA division[]
| Ninjas in Pyjamas FIFA roster | |||||||
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Roster updated February 29, 2020. | ||||||
Notable Tournament Results[]
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive[]
| Tournament | End Date | Location | Placement | Prize |
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| ESWC 2012 | 2012-11-04 | Paris, France | 1st | $12,000 |
| DreamHack Winter 2012 | 2012-11-24 | Jönköping, Sweden | 1st | $22,638 |
| AMD Sapphire Invitational | 2012-12-03 | Prague, Czech Republic | 1st | $10,000 |
| ESL Major Series One - Spring 2013 | 2013-04-14 | Katowice, Poland | 1st | $12,000 |
| ESEA Global Finals Season 13 | 2013-04-21 | Dallas, Texas, US | 1st | $17,500 |
| DreamHack Summer 2013 | 2013-06-18 | Jönköping, Sweden | 1st | $10,815 |
| ESL Major Series One - Summer 2013 | 2013-06-30 | Cologne, Germany | 3-4th | $4,000 |
| ESEA Global Finals Season 14 | 2013-08-14 | Dallas, Texas, US | 1st | $20,000 |
| Dreamhack Bucharest 2013 | 2013-09-13 | Bucharest, Romania | 1st | $7,500 |
| StarLadder StarSeries VII | 2013-10-13 | Kyiv, Ukraine | 3rd | $2,500 |
| DreamHack Winter 2013 | 2013-11-30 | Jönköping, Sweden | 2nd | $50,000 |
| Fragbite Masters Season 1 | 2013-12-13 | Sweden | 1st | $10,652 |
| Svecup 2013 Grand Finals | 2013-12-14 | Göteborg, Sweden | 1st | $22,807 |
| ESL Major Series One Katowice 2014 | 2014-03-16 | Katowice, Poland | 2nd | $50,000 |
| Copenhagen Games 2014 | 2014-04-20 | Copenhagen, Denmark | 1st | $19,341 |
| DreamHack Summer 2014 | 2014-06-17 | Jönköping, Sweden | 1st | $10,000 |
| ESL One Cologne 2014 | 2014-08-17 | Cologne, Germany | 1st | $100,000 |
| DreamHack Winter 2014 | 2014-11-29 | Jönköping, Sweden | 2nd | $50,000 |
| Gfinity Spring Masters 1 | 2015-03-22 | London, UK | 2nd | $15,000 |
| PGL CS:GO Championship Series Kick-off Season | 2015-04-25 | Bucharest, Romania | 3rd | $10,000 |
| Flashpoint Season 3 | 2021-05-30 | Online | 2nd | $10,000 |
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege[]
| Tournament | End Date | Location | Placement | Prize |
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| Dreamhack Valencia 2018 | 2018-07-14 | Valencia, Spain | 5-8th | $1,000 |
| Six Major Paris 2018 | 2018-08-17 | Paris, France | 5-8th | $12,250 |
| Pro League Season 8 LATAM | 2018-10-24 | South America | 6th | $4,500 |
| OGA PIT Season 2 | 2018-10-29 | Brazil | 2nd | $3,750 |
| Six Invitational 2019 | 2018-02-17 | Montreal, Canada | 13-16th | $20,000 |
| Pro League Season 9 LATAM | 2019-04-24 | South America | 4th | $6,000 |
| Allied Esports Vegas Minor | 2019-06-09 | Las Vegas, Nevada, US | 5-8th[12] | $4,000 |
| Brasileirão 2019 | 2019-07-28 | São Paulo, Brazil | 3rd | $13,242 |
| Six Major Raleigh 2019 | 2019-08-13 | Raleigh, North Carolina, US | 13-16th | $5,000 |
| Pro League Season 10 LATAM | 2019-10-26 | South America | 1st | Finals |
| Pro League Season 10 Finals | 2019-11-09 | Tokoname, Japan | 5-8th | $20,000 |
| Six Invitational 2020 | 2020-02-16 | Montreal, Canada | 2nd | $450,000 |
| Pro League Season 11 LATAM | 2020-04-14 | South America | 2nd | $22,500 |
| Brasileirão 2020 Stage 1 | 2020-08-02 | Brazil | 3rd | Major |
| Six Major August 2020 Brazil | 2020-08-09 | Brazil | 1st | $50,000 |
| Six Major November 2020 Brazil | 2020-10-31 | Brazil (Online) | 3rd | $15,000 |
| Brasileirão 2020 Finals | 2020-11-22 | Brazil | 3rd-4th | $12,000 |
| Six Invitational 2021[citation needed] | 2021-05-23 | Paris, France | 1st | $1,000,000 |
| Total Winnings: $1,648,742 | ||||
References[]
- ^ [1] Archived 14 April 2005 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ [2] Archived 15 June 2006 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "CYBERFIGHT.ORG / Coverages @ Cyberfight.ru". Archived from the original on 27 April 2006. Retrieved 21 November 2006.
- ^ "The CPL Pentium® 4 Processor Summer 2003 Championship - Review - UKTerrorist". Archived from the original on 23 February 2005. Retrieved 21 November 2006.
- ^ [3] Archived 27 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ [4] Archived 21 November 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "DOTA2 Announcement". Ninjas in Pyjamas. 13 November 2015. Archived from the original on 27 March 2016. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
- ^ Fischer, Annabelle (13 November 2015). "Ninjas in Pyjamas' Dota 2 team disbands". TheScore eSports. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
- ^ "A new era is coming". nip.gl. Archived from the original on 17 September 2018. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
- ^ "GeT_RiGhT steps down from NiP". HLTV.org. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
- ^ "NiP unveil twist". HLTV.org. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
- ^ "R6 Allied Esports Minor standings: PENTA and DarkZero slip up, Team Secret surprise". Dot Esports. 8 June 2019. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
External links[]
- 2000 establishments in Sweden
- Esports teams based in Sweden
- Esports teams established in 2000
- Esports teams disestablished in 2007
- Esports teams established in 2012
- Counter-Strike teams
- Privately held companies of Sweden
- Defunct and inactive Overwatch (video game) teams
- Dota teams
- Former European League of Legends Championship Series teams
- Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege teams
- 2007 disestablishments in Sweden
- Esports teams