G2 eliminate NiP in London

G2 sent NiP packing as the French team beat the Swedes 2-0 in Group A's elimination match in London (16-4 on Cache and 16-10 on Dust2).

The first elimination match at the ECS Season 1 Finals was between Ninjas in Pyjamas who lost to Luminosity in their opening match and G2 who got upset by Liquid to kick off their tournament.

Cache was the opening map of the best-of-three series and the Ninjas started on the CT-side. Richard "⁠shox⁠" Papillon showed up in the pistol round as he usually does as he clutched a 1vs2. G2 got a bomb plant in the first weapon round, securing it to extend their lead to 4-0.

RpK with a phenomenal performance on Cache

Ninjas in Pyjamas managed to secure the sixth round of the map but failed to string together more rounds. Cédric "⁠RpK⁠" Guipouy's ace was the breaking point of the half and the match as G2 got their 11th round and led 12-3 at halftime.

Alexandre "⁠bodyy⁠" Pianaro and Adil "⁠ScreaM⁠" Benrlitom found the first kills of the second half and G2 won their CT-side pistol round. Although they gave up one more round, the French team won the map 16-4.

The second map was Dust2 and the CT-sided Ninjas in Pyjamas grabbed the pistol round. the Ninjas failed to pick up the anti-eco and then gave the lead to G2 (3-1).

pyth's effort on Dust2 wasn't enough

As the score was 5-2 and G2 seemed to be running away with the series, Jacob "⁠pyth⁠" Mourujärvi clutched a 1vs4 to get the ace and kept his team alive. That didn't help the matter much though as G2 won six of the last seven rounds of the first half and were in front with a 11-4 as the half ended.

G2 defused the bomb to kick off the second half but the Ninjas retaliated and went on a six round streak to reach to double digits (12-10). RpK and Edouard "⁠SmithZz⁠" Dubourdeaux came on top of an after plant situation and defused the bomb to give their team their 13th round and G2 went on to win the match 16-10 and the series 2-0.

ECS Season 1 FinalsBest of 3 Ninjas in PyjamasMatchpage 0 2 25th June 2016 G2 4Cache 16 10Dust2 16

G2	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Adil 'ScreaM' BenrlitomScreaM	44 - 23	+21	94.3	1.55
Richard 'shox' Papillonshox	42 - 26	+16	102.7	1.51
Cédric 'RpK' GuipouyRpK	36 - 20	+16	79.1	1.45
Edouard 'SmithZz' DubourdeauxSmithZz	31 - 26	+5	65.4	1.12
Alexandre 'bodyy' Pianarobodyy	26 - 29	-3	66.8	1.06

Ninjas in Pyjamas	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Jacob 'pyth' Mourujärvipyth	31 - 34	-3	76.0	0.99
Richard 'Xizt' LandströmXizt	27 - 36	-9	69.3	0.83
Adam 'friberg' Fribergfriberg	26 - 37	-11	77.9	0.77
Patrik 'f0rest' Lindbergf0rest	22 - 34	-12	55.2	0.71
Christopher 'GeT_RiGhT' AlesundGeT_RiGhT	17 - 38	-21	61.5	0.61

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Cédric 'RpK' Guipouy Age: 26 Team: G2 Rating 1.0: 0.99 Maps played: 448 KPR: 0.69 DPR: 0.69 Edouard 'SmithZz' Dubourdeaux Age: 27 Team: G2 Rating 1.0: 0.99 Maps played: 949 KPR: 0.67 DPR: 0.67 Alexandre 'bodyy' Pianaro Age: 19 Team: G2 Rating 1.0: 1.03 Maps played: 192 KPR: 0.70 DPR: 0.67 G2 #6 Richard 'shox' PapillonCédric 'RpK' GuipouyEdouard 'SmithZz' DubourdeauxAdil 'ScreaM' BenrlitomAlexandre 'bodyy' Pianaro Ninjas in Pyjamas #3 Patrik 'f0rest' LindbergChristopher 'GeT_RiGhT' AlesundRichard 'Xizt' LandströmAdam 'friberg' FribergJacob 'pyth' Mourujärvi Cloud9 #17 Jordan 'n0thing' GilbertTyler 'Skadoodle' LathamMike 'shroud' GrzesiekAlec 'Slemmy' WhiteJake 'Stewie2K' Yip Jacob 'pyth' Mourujärvi Age: 22 Team: Ninjas in Pyjamas Rating 1.0: 1.06 Maps played: 425 KPR: 0.73 DPR: 0.68 Luminosity #1 Lincoln 'fnx' LauGabriel 'FalleN' ToledoFernando 'fer' AlvarengaMarcelo 'coldzera' DavidEpitacio 'TACO' de Melo Richard 'shox' Papillon Age: 24 Team: G2 Rating 1.0: 1.13 Maps played: 896 KPR: 0.78 DPR: 0.66 Astralis #5 Finn 'karrigan' AndersenAndreas 'Xyp9x' HøjslethPeter 'dupreeh' RasmussenNicolai 'device' ReedtzMarkus 'Kjaerbye' Kjærbye Liquid #14 Spencer 'Hiko' MartinNick 'nitr0' CannellaOleksandr 's1mple' KostylievJosh 'jdm64' MarzanoJonathan 'EliGE' Jablonowski Adil 'ScreaM' Benrlitom Age: 21 Team: G2 Rating 1.0: 1.11 Maps played: 739 KPR: 0.76 DPR: 0.65