Ninjas in Pyjamas

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TEAM INFORMATION
LOCATION:	Sweden
NO. OF PLAYERS:	7
TEAM STAFF
COACHES:	Nicholas "NicoThePico" Korsgard
MANAGERS:	Robin "Jed" Jedhammar
SPONSORS/PARTNERS
SOCIAL MEDIA LINKS
HISTORY
CREATED:	2000-??-?? Organization 2013-05-21 LoL Division
DISBANDED:	2014-10-04
REFORMED:	2017-05-23

Ninjas in Pyjamas, often abbreviated NiP, is a European esports organization that was formed in 2000. The organization started as a Counter-Strike team, and became a top contender in the competitive scene for seven years. In 2007, the organization decided it was time to disband and attempt new things. In 2012, with the long awaited release of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, the newly inspired NiP organization reformed and created a new roster to compete once again. In May 2013, as part of its reformation, they picked up the previous roster of Copenhagen Wolves to form their first League of Legends team.

History

2013
In May 2013, the Ninjas in Pyjamas organization created their first League of Legends team by acquiring the former roster of Copenhagen Wolves: Bjergsen, Deficio,TheTess, Svenskeren, and NeeGodbro.

NiP competed in the Summer Split of the Season 3 EU League Championship Series, since the roster had qualified for a spot at theearlier Promotion Tournament playing as the Copenhagen Wolves.

Due to an unsatisfactory 2-6 start after two weeks of the summer split, NiP underwent a major roster change by benching NeeGodbro,TheTess, and Svenskeren, while recruiting former Heimerdinger's Colossi teammates extinkt, Malunoo and Freeze as the starting top laner, jungler, and AD carry, respectively.

A month later, extinkt would announce his retirement from competitive League of Legends and leave the team. Three days later, his role in the top lane would be filled by Mimer. NiP finished the season strongly, going 13-7 throughout the final seven weeks and finishing in a four-way tie for second at 15-13. After a poor showing at the week 9 tiebreaker, Ninjas in Pyjamas was seeded fifth going into the summer playoffs.

In August, NiP quickly exited contention after a 0-2 first round loss to Gambit Gaming. In the fifth place match, Team ALTERNATE prevailed 2-1 over the Ninjas in Pyjamas, sending NiP to theSeason 4 Spring Promotion Tournament.

At the Spring Split Promotion Tournament in December 2013, Ninjas in Pyjamas announced their intent to face Kiedyś Miałem Team of Poland in their match. Although NiP were heavy favorites, Kiedyś Miałem won in a 3-0 sweep, and the Ninjas in Pyjamas were denied a spot in the Season 4 Spring Split of the European League Championship Series.

On May 1st, 2014, the organization announced that it will be parting ways with its entire roster..

2017
After almost 3 years of hiatus, it was then announced that the organization acquired the EU LCS spot of Fnatic Academy and will be participating in the Summer Split. The initial roster include Profit, Shook, Nagne, HeaQ, sprattel, Zhergoth and Hoon, with NicoThePico as the team's Head Coach. WhiteKnight was later on added to the lineup as substitute Top Laner.

The team finished the split at 5th place in Group A, dropping them to the Promotion Tournament where they lose against GIANTS! Gaming (1-3), won over Mysterious Monkeys (3-0) and lose against Schalke 04 (0-3), thus failing to re-qualify for the 2018 Season.

On October 17th, the team then announced the release of its current roster, allowing the players to become free agents and look for other opportunities during the off season.

Timeline

• May 23rd, Acquired the spot of Fnatic Academy for 2017 EU LCS Summer. Roster include Profit, Shook, Nagne, HeaQ, sprattel, Zhergoth and Hoon. NicoThePico joins as Head Coach.
• August 4th, WhiteKnight joins as sub Top Laner.
• October 12th, HeaQ announces free agency.
• October 17th, Roster is released. Profit, Shook, Nagne, sprattel and WhiteKnight are now free agents.

• January 11th, hyrqBot leaves.
• January 13th, Deficio retires. Amin joins.
• February 18th, Amin leaves.
• May 1st, Roster is released from organization. Zorozero, Hulberto, Nukeduck, Freeze, and Mithy leave.
• May 8th, Ninjas in Pyjamas reforms. Alex Ich, k0u, Nukeduck, Freeze, and Mithy join.
• June 2nd, Mithy and Nukeduck are released.
• June 12th, Exileh and Voidle join
• July 8th, Exileh leaves. Cabochard joins while Alex Ich moves to mid lane.
• August 4th, k0u leaves. loulex join.
• October 4th, Ninjas in Pyjamas have disbanded.

• May 22nd, Ninjas in Pyjamas acquires the previous roster of Copenhagen Wolves. Bjergsen, Deficio, TheTess, Svenskeren, and GodBro join.
• May/June, extinkt and Malunoo join as substitute.
• June 26th, extinkt and Malunoo become the starting top laner and jungler, Freeze joins as the starting AD carry, while NeeGodbro, TheTess and Svenskeren become substitutes.
• July 23rd, extinkt retires.
• July 26th, Mimer joins.
• September 13th, Mimer is released.
• September 18th, Kev1n and hyrqBot join. Malunoo becomes a sub.
• October 15th, MrRalleZ joins as a substitute.
• November 2nd, Svenskeren and Bjergsen leave.
• November 3rd, Mithy, Nukeduck and Zorozero join. TheTess, NeeGodbro and kev1n leave. Deficio moves to a manager/coach position.
• December 17th, MrRalleZ leaves.

Player Roster

		ID	Name	Role
		Profit	Kim Joon-hyung (김준형)	None
		Shook	Ilyas Hartsema	None
		Nagne	Kim Sang-moon (김상문)	None
		sprattel	Hampus Abrahamsson	None
		WhiteKnight	Matti Sormunen	None
		Zhergoth	Benjamin Sánchez	None
		M1RAGE	Kwon Noh-hoon	None
		HeaQ	Martin Kordmaa	None
		Cabochard	Lucas Simon-Meslet	Gambit Gaming
		ImSoFresh	Karim Bbahla	Team LDLC
		Alex Ich	Alexey Ichetovkin	Oritura Sum
		Freeze	Aleš Kněžínek	Copenhagen Wolves
		Voidle	Erih Sommermann	H2k-Gaming
		Loulex	Jean-Victor Burgevin	H2k-Gaming
		k0u	Tri Tin Lam	Gamers2
		Mithy	Alfonso Aguirre Rodriguez	Origen
		Exileh	Fabian Schubert	None
		Nukeduck	Erlend Holm	ROCCAT
		Zorozero	Morten Rosenquist	paiN Gaming
		Hulberto	Johan Johansson	None
		Amin	Amin Mezher	None
		hyrqBot	John Velly	Retired
		MrRalleZ	Rasmus Skinneholm	SUPA HOT CREW
		Malunoo	Tobias Magnusson	Retired
		TheTess	Kasper Poulsen	None
		NeeGodbro	Dan Van Vo	Intellectual Playground
		Deficio	Martin Lynge	Manager
		kev1n	Kevin Rubiszewski	Elements
		Bjergsen	Søren Bjerg	Team SoloMid
		Svenskeren	Dennis Johnsen	SK Gaming
		extinkt	Vytautas Melinauskas	Retired
		Mimer	Mimer Ahlström	SUPA HOT CREW

	ID	Name	Role	Replacing	Tournament
	Shacker	Mojtaba Aflaton	Jungle	Amin	2014 EU Challenger Spring Series #1
	PowerOfEvil	Tristan Schrage	Mid	Exileh	DreamHack Summer 2014
	Mozilla	Pavel Klaban	Top	Alex Ich	2014 EU Challenger Series Summer #1

Organization

	ID	Name	Position
	Jed	Robin Jedhammar	Team Manager

	ID	Name	Position	Next Team
	NicoThePico	Nicholas Korsgard	Head Coach	None
	HeatoN	Emil Christensen	Chief Executive Officer	None
	flabbert	Gustav M. Karto	Managing Director	None
	Deficio	Martin Lynge	Manager/Coach	Caster
	lucann	Stefan Nielsen	Manager	None
	Clement	Clement Chu	Analyst	None

Team Achievements

2017 Tournaments
Date		Place	Event	Result		Winnings
2017-08-25		NQ	2018 EU LCS Spring Promotion	0 : 3	Schalke 04
2017-08-13		5th	2017 EU LCS Summer Split - Group A	2 - 11	Group Stage/Round Robin (W-L)

2014 Tournaments
Date		Place	Event	Result		Winnings
2014-09-04		3rd	2014 Black Monster Cup EU Summer	2 : 1	Team SalsaLoL	€ 1,750
2014-08-17		2nd	FACEIT Gamescom Challenge	0 : 2	H2k-Gaming	$ 3,750
2014-08-07		4th	2014 EU Challenger Series Summer Playoffs	0 : 3	Unicorns of Love	$ 3,000
2014-07-30		2nd	2014 EU Challenger Series Summer #2	1 : 2	SK Gaming Prime	$ 4,000
2014-07-07		1st	FACEIT Challenger Invitational 3	2 : 0	Reason Gaming	$ 4,000
2014-06-21		2nd	2014 EU Challenger Series Summer #1	0 : 2	H2k-Gaming	$ 4,000
2014-06-17		1st	DreamHack Summer 2014	2 : 0	Reason Gaming	kr 70,000
2014-05-19		1st	SoloMid EU Invitational 6	3 : 0	G2 Esports	$ 1,200
2014-04-19		1st	Copenhagen Games 2014	2 : 0	Cloud 9 Eclipse	€ 9,000
2014-04-11		2nd	2014 EU Challenger Series Spring Playoffs	1 : 3	Cloud 9 Eclipse	$ 10,000
2014-03-28		1st	2014 EU Challenger Series Spring #2	2 : 0	Denial eSports EU	$ 6,000
2014-02-15		2nd	2014 EU Challenger Series Spring #1	0 : 2	Cloud 9 Eclipse	$ 4,000
2014-02-02		1st	FACEIT Challenger Invitational	2 : 0	SK Gaming Prime	$ 1,000
2014-01-28		1st	EUW Challenger Series #18	3 : 0	The Fox Sound	$ 350

2013 Tournaments
Date		Place	Event	Result		Winnings
2013-11-24		2nd	IEM Season VIII - Cologne Amateur Tournament	0 : 2	Copenhagen Wolves	$ 8,000
2013-08-25		6th	LCS Europe Season 3 Summer Playoffs	1 : 2	ALTERNATE aTTaX
2013-08-17		5th	LCS Europe Season 3 Summer Regular Season	15 : 13	Group Stage/Round Robin (W-L)

Interviews

• January 13th - We are Ninjas in Pyjamas - Ask us Anything with Reddit

• May 21st - Former Copenhagen Wolves LoL team becomes NiP.LoL with Gaming.dk

Other Contents

• May 30th - (VIDEO) Team Reactions | EU LCS Group Draft Summer 2017 by LoL Esports

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