NiP beat LGB to win Svecup Finals

Ninjas in Pyjamas came out on top of the Svecup 2013 finals with a 2-1 victory over LGB eSports.

For the second event in a row, Christopher "GeT_RiGhT" Alesund has stepped up as NiP's ingame leader, a clear sign that the Swedish team are trying out new things in wake of recent losses.

As such, it comes with little surprise that NiP continue to look a far cry from the side who dominated the scene for several months.

In what is one of the most iconic match-ups in the history of Counter-Strike, NiP tackled SK Gaming, who attended the eventh with Isak "cype" Rydman and Christian "Spitfire" Schiölde as stand-ins, in the first round of this four-team tournament. SK came out the brigther, winning the first map (de_inferno) 16-12, but then NiP responded and picked up wins on de_mirage (16-14) and de_dust2 (16-3) to reach the grand final.

In the tournament decider NiP were pitted against LGB eSports, who had come off a 2-0 win over AliGon. Once again, the DH Winter losing finalists got off to a slow start and found themselves on the backfoot after losing the first map (de_inferno) 14-16. But Alesund's men were able to pick themselves up, coming out on top on de_mirage (19-17) and de_dust2 (16-13) to run out 2-1 victors in this keenly-contested match.

Svecup Grand Finals 2013Best of 3 LGBMatchpage 1 2 14th December 2013 Ninjas in Pyjamas 16Inferno 14 17Mirage 19 13Dust2 16

Ninjas in Pyjamas	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 1.0
Christopher 'GeT_RiGhT' AlesundGeT_RiGhT	77 - 61	+16	-	1.16
Adam 'friberg' Fribergfriberg	69 - 66	+3	-	1.06
Richard 'Xizt' LandströmXizt	64 - 60	+4	-	0.99
Robin 'Fifflaren' JohanssonFifflaren	59 - 61	-2	-	0.95
Patrik 'f0rest' Lindbergf0rest	65 - 67	-2	-	0.93

LGB	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 1.0
Olof 'olofmeister' Kajbjerolofmeister	68 - 68	0	-	0.98
Alexander 'SKYTTEN' CarlssonSKYTTEN	64 - 67	-3	-	0.97
Freddy 'KRIMZ' JohanssonKRIMZ	61 - 67	-6	-	0.96
Dennis 'dennis' Edmandennis	63 - 67	-4	-	0.93
Mikail 'Maikelele' BillMaikelele	59 - 66	-7	-	0.90

Svecup 2013 Final standings:

1. NiP - €16,620
2. LGB eSports - €5,540
3. SK Gaming - €2,770
4. AliGon