Na`Vi, NiP through to BLAST grand final

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Ninjas in Pyjamas have advanced to the grand final at BLAST Pro Series Copenhagen after beating Cloud9, while Natus Vincere became their opponents by defeating MIBR in 30 rounds.

MIBR came into their game against Natus Vincere without a single point. The Brazilian-American team kicked off Overpass on the CT-side and got off to a good start, leading 3-1.

Natus Vincere responded with five rounds in a row to lead 6-3 but MIBR secured five of the following six to finish the half 8-7 ahead.

Natus Vincere's game against MIBR went to 30 rounds

MIBR extended their lead to 9-7 with the pistol round victory in the second half but Natus Vincere hit back with a seven round streak, reclaiming the lead and making the score 14-9. MIBR came back and tied the game at 14-14 but Natus Vincere picked up the last two rounds to win the map 16-14.

UPDATE:Natus Vincere have guaranteed their place in the grand final as neither Astralis, nor Cloud9 can finish the group higher than the CIS team due to the tiebreaker rules.

BLAST Pro Series Copenhagen 2018Best of 1 Natus VincereMatchpage 16 14 3rd November 2018 MIBR 16Overpass 14

Natus Vincere	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Denis 'electroNic' SharipovelectroNic	26 - 21	+5	106.0	1.40
Oleksandr 's1mple' Kostylievs1mple	29 - 21	+8	86.8	1.29
Ioann 'Edward' SukharievEdward	27 - 19	+8	72.9	1.18
Danylo 'Zeus' TeslenkoZeus	21 - 23	-2	73.8	1.02
Egor 'flamie' Vasilyevflamie	11 - 20	-9	59.0	0.92

MIBR	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Marcelo 'coldzera' Davidcoldzera	28 - 22	+6	99.1	1.34
Tarik 'tarik' Celiktarik	24 - 27	-3	92.3	1.13
Fernando 'fer' Alvarengafer	20 - 21	-1	77.3	1.09
Jake 'Stewie2K' YipStewie2K	18 - 24	-6	69.6	0.90
Gabriel 'FalleN' ToledoFalleN	14 - 20	-6	46.8	0.70

Cloud9 faced Ninjas in Pyjamas on Mirage and secured the first four rounds on the T-side. Ninjas in Pyjamas managed to come back from 6-2 to tie the game at 6-6. The Swedish squad added three more rounds to their streak prior to the halftime break (9-6). Ninjas in Pyjamas won the second pistol thanks to Patrik "⁠f0rest⁠" Lindberg's double kill and reached double digits.

NiP have secured their place in the grand final

Fredrik "⁠REZ⁠" Sterner got a triple kill in the 24th round which earned Ninjas in Pyjamas six match points. f0rest determined the final score with a quad kill and a 1vs2 clutch. With this result, Ninjas in Pyjamas have advanced to the grand final at BLAST Pro Series Copenhagen.

BLAST Pro Series Copenhagen 2018Best of 1 Cloud9Matchpage 9 16 3rd November 2018 Ninjas in Pyjamas 9Mirage 16

Cloud9	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Robin 'flusha' Rönnquistflusha	22 - 17	+5	102.1	1.42
Maikil 'Golden' SelimGolden	25 - 19	+6	90.8	1.28
Fabien 'kioShiMa' FieykioShiMa	12 - 17	-5	69.0	0.82
William 'RUSH' WierzbaRUSH	11 - 19	-8	56.4	0.76
Timothy 'autimatic' Taautimatic	11 - 19	-8	51.0	0.59

Ninjas in Pyjamas	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Patrik 'f0rest' Lindbergf0rest	22 - 15	+7	90.4	1.20
Christopher 'GeT_RiGhT' AlesundGeT_RiGhT	18 - 19	-1	99.2	1.12
Jonas 'Lekr0' OlofssonLekr0	17 - 16	+1	67.0	1.03
Dennis 'dennis' Edmandennis	18 - 15	+3	69.8	0.99
Fredrik 'REZ' SternerREZ	16 - 16	0	65.2	0.92

The current standings can be found below:

Group A TEAM M P Ninjas in Pyjamas 4 10 Natus Vincere 4 9 Astralis 4 6 Cloud9 4 6 FaZe 4 4 MIBR 4 0 Natus Vincere #2 Ioann 'Edward' SukharievDanylo 'Zeus' TeslenkoEgor 'flamie' VasilyevOleksandr 's1mple' KostylievDenis 'electroNic' Sharipov Mikhaylo 'Kane' Blagin MIBR #5 Gabriel 'FalleN' ToledoTarik 'tarik' CelikFernando 'fer' AlvarengaJake 'Stewie2K' YipMarcelo 'coldzera' David FaZe #4 Finn 'karrigan' AndersenOlof 'olofmeister' KajbjerLadislav 'GuardiaN' KovácsNikola 'NiKo' KovačHåvard 'rain' Nygaard Robert 'RobbaN' Dahlström Cloud9 #29 Robin 'flusha' RönnquistWilliam 'RUSH' WierzbaTimothy 'autimatic' TaMaikil 'Golden' SelimFabien 'kioShiMa' Fiey Soham 'valens' Chowdhury MIBR #5 Gabriel 'FalleN' ToledoTarik 'tarik' CelikFernando 'fer' AlvarengaJake 'Stewie2K' YipMarcelo 'coldzera' David Janko 'YNk' Paunović Astralis #1 Andreas 'Xyp9x' HøjslethPeter 'dupreeh' RasmussenLukas 'gla1ve' RossanderNicolai 'device' ReedtzEmil 'Magisk' Reif Danny 'zonic' Sørensen Cloud9 #29 Robin 'flusha' RönnquistWilliam 'RUSH' WierzbaTimothy 'autimatic' TaMaikil 'Golden' Selim Astralis #1 Andreas 'Xyp9x' HøjslethPeter 'dupreeh' RasmussenLukas 'gla1ve' RossanderNicolai 'device' ReedtzEmil 'Magisk' Reif Ninjas in Pyjamas #8 Patrik 'f0rest' LindbergChristopher 'GeT_RiGhT' AlesundDennis 'dennis' EdmanJonas 'Lekr0' OlofssonFredrik 'REZ' Sterner Patrik 'f0rest' Lindberg Age: 30 Team: Ninjas in Pyjamas Rating 1.0: 1.13 Maps played: 1432 KPR: 0.77 DPR: 0.65 Ninjas in Pyjamas #8 Patrik 'f0rest' LindbergChristopher 'GeT_RiGhT' AlesundDennis 'dennis' EdmanJonas 'Lekr0' OlofssonFredrik 'REZ' Sterner Faruk 'pita' Pita Fredrik 'REZ' Sterner Age: 20 Team: Ninjas in Pyjamas Rating 1.0: 1.05 Maps played: 696 KPR: 0.71 DPR: 0.66 Natus Vincere #2 Ioann 'Edward' SukharievDanylo 'Zeus' TeslenkoEgor 'flamie' VasilyevOleksandr 's1mple' KostylievDenis 'electroNic' Sharipov