NIP take down BNE, Cloud9 edge out G2 at Europe RMR

The Swedes and Russians are now one best-of-three away from securing a place at the Major in Brazil.

Ninjas in Pyjamas advanced to the 2-0 pool of the IEM Road to Rio Europe RMR with a comfortable 16-7 victory over Bad News Eagles. Hampus "⁠hampus⁠" Poser continues to look comfortable in his new-found role away from the captaincy, the 23-year-old boasting a 21-15 K-D and a 1.29 rating throughout the map.

Similarly, in what was arguably the biggest matchup of the RMR so far, the No. 6 ranked Cloud9 reigned supreme 16-13 against the No. 5 ranked G2 after a laborious map. Sergey "⁠Ax1Le⁠" Rykhtorov was by far Cloud9's highest-rated player, leading the scoreboard with 26 frags, seven more than his closest peer in Timofey "⁠interz⁠" Yakushin (19).

With these losses, Bad News Eagles and G2 now fall down to the 1-1 pool of the RMR, with their next matchups of the Major-qualifying event set to get started on Thursday.

Brollan was the deciding factor in his team's 16-7 win, averaging a 1.84 rating and 113 ADR

Ninjas in Pyjamas and Bad News Eagles paid a visit to Vertigo for their matchup, with the map immediately being a hard-fought skirmish to start as the Swedes led by just one round, 5-4. The hard-fought nature on display showed no signs of going away as the half carried on, with Aleksi "⁠Aleksib⁠" Virolainen and company only being able to muster an 8-7 lead by the end of their CT-side.

Ninjas in Pyjamas got off to a flying start once on the T-side, adding four rounds on the trot to consolidate their hold on the map and reach 12-7. By this point, Ninjas in Pyjamas had thoroughly taken full control of both the map and the economy, adding a further four rounds in quick succession to complete the flawless T-side and win the map 16-7.

IEM Road to Rio 2022 Europe RMR ABest of 1 Ninjas in PyjamasMatchpage 16 7 5th October 2022 Bad News Eagles 16Vertigo 7

Ninjas in Pyjamas	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Ludvig 'Brollan' BrolinBrollan	23 - 11	+12	112.8	1.84
Fredrik 'REZ' SternerREZ	22 - 9	+13	82.5	1.55
Hampus 'hampus' Poserhampus	21 - 15	+6	91.0	1.29
Patrick 'es3tag' Hansenes3tag	11 - 11	0	65.4	1.11
Aleksi 'Aleksib' VirolainenAleksib	9 - 17	-8	61.4	0.77

Bad News Eagles	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Sener 'SENER1' MahmutiSENER1	20 - 17	+3	93.0	1.22
Flatron 'juanflatroo' Halimijuanflatroo	16 - 17	-1	85.3	0.99
Genc 'gxx-' Kolgecigxx-	11 - 14	-3	31.5	0.71
Rigon 'rigoN' GashirigoN	12 - 19	-7	62.3	0.69
Dionis 'sinnopsyy' Budecisinnopsyy	4 - 19	-15	58.3	0.50

Cloud9 and G2 got their action underway on Mirage, with Rasmus "⁠HooXi⁠" Nielsen's troops looking to build on their 16-0 hammering of ECSTATIC on the opening day. The two teams were neck and neck to start things off, despite this, with Cloud9 barely sitting in the lead at 5-3 midway through their offensive effort. The Russian-majority roster's slender lead remained firmly in place as the half reached its end, with Vladislav "⁠nafany⁠" Gorshkov and company's solid T-side showing being enough to gift Cloud9 a three-round buffer by the side swap.

G2 looked far more composed at the onset of the second half, adding a four-round spree to their tally to take the lead, 10-9. Both sides continued to be near-inseparable as the game reached its dying stages, the two rosters exchanging a flurry of rounds back-and-forth to sit with 13 rounds apiece. When all was said and done, however, Cloud9 managed to pull ahead, adding the final three rounds they needed to clinch Mirage 16-13 and move to the 2-0 pool of the RMR.

IEM Road to Rio 2022 Europe RMR ABest of 1 Cloud9Matchpage 16 13 5th October 2022 G2 16Mirage 13

Cloud9	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Sergey 'Ax1Le' RykhtorovAx1Le	26 - 15	+11	81.4	1.33
Timofey 'interz' Yakushininterz	19 - 13	+6	66.5	1.22
Abay 'HObbit' KhassenovHObbit	17 - 18	-1	69.9	1.00
Dmitry 'sh1ro' Sokolovsh1ro	14 - 20	-6	61.2	0.92
Vladislav 'nafany' Gorshkovnafany	11 - 20	-9	52.4	0.72

G2	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Nemanja 'huNter-' KovačhuNter-	23 - 16	+7	74.2	1.21
Nikola 'NiKo' KovačNiKo	22 - 19	+3	83.5	1.14
Justin 'jks' Savagejks	14 - 15	-1	54.1	0.96
Ilya 'm0NESY' Osipovm0NESY	13 - 19	-6	52.8	0.92
Rasmus 'HooXi' NielsenHooXi	14 - 20	-6	60.3	0.75

Group Swiss 2W - 0L Ninjas in Pyjamas Cloud9 Sprout FaZe 1W - 1L G2 fnatic Spirit Astralis GamerLegion 1WIN Bad News Eagles B8 0W - 2L FORZE Eternal Fire Aurora ECSTATIC Rasmus 'HooXi' Nielsen Age: 27 Team: G2 Rating 1.0: 0.86 Maps played: 825 KPR: 0.58 DPR: 0.69 Ninjas in Pyjamas #11 Patrick 'es3tag' HansenFredrik 'REZ' SternerHampus 'hampus' PoserLudvig 'Brollan' BrolinAleksi 'Aleksib' Virolainen ECSTATIC #38 Jonas 'Queenix' DideriksenMarcus 'maNkz' KjeldsenCasper 'Cabbi' JensenBenjamin 'brzer' JensenTobias 'kraghen' Kragh Jensen Hampus 'hampus' Poser Age: 23 Team: Ninjas in Pyjamas Rating 1.0: 1.01 Maps played: 1387 KPR: 0.70 DPR: 0.70 Bad News Eagles #32 Sener 'SENER1' MahmutiFlatron 'juanflatroo' HalimiDionis 'sinnopsyy' BudeciGenc 'gxx-' KolgeciRigon 'rigoN' Gashi Aleksi 'Aleksib' Virolainen Age: 25 Team: Ninjas in Pyjamas Rating 1.0: 0.96 Maps played: 1034 KPR: 0.64 DPR: 0.65 Vladislav 'nafany' Gorshkov Age: 21 Team: Cloud9 Rating 1.0: 0.96 Maps played: 901 KPR: 0.66 DPR: 0.69 Sergey 'Ax1Le' Rykhtorov Age: 20 Team: Cloud9 Rating 1.0: 1.10 Maps played: 973 KPR: 0.73 DPR: 0.63 G2 #5 Nikola 'NiKo' KovačNemanja 'huNter-' KovačIlya 'm0NESY' OsipovRasmus 'HooXi' NielsenJustin 'jks' Savage Cloud9 #6 Timofey 'interz' YakushinSergey 'Ax1Le' RykhtorovDmitry 'sh1ro' SokolovVladislav 'nafany' GorshkovAbay 'HObbit' Khassenov Timofey 'interz' Yakushin Age: 22 Team: Cloud9 Rating 1.0: 0.94 Maps played: 883 KPR: 0.58 DPR: 0.58