FaZe and NiP advance to BLAST Pro Series grand final

FaZe came back from behind to beat Cloud9 16-14 on Inferno, while Ninjas in Pyjamas defeated Liquid 16-11 on Mirage, with the two winners now through to the grand final in Copenhagen before the round robin is finalized.

Having surprised Na`Vi with a tie on Train in the third round at the beginning of day two, Cloud9 continued their recovery from a poor start to the tournament while facing the dominant-looking FaZe side, who were just one win away from locking down a spot in the grand final.

The two teams met on Inferno, with the North American squad picking up an early 4-0 lead on the back of Damian "⁠daps⁠" Steele's 1v2 clutch, denying FaZe a second-round forcebuy that had been so effective for them up to that point at the event.

FaZe and NiP are through to the grand final

Although Nikola "⁠NiKo⁠" Kovač and company lowered the deficit to just one afterward, Cloud9 responded with a dominant B defense, followed by their adversaries running out time, en route to eight rounds. However, the streak stopped there, with FaZe pulling it back to just a one-round difference to end the half.

Once on the Terrorist side, Cloud9 were back in control early on with a 5-0 streak, denying another one of FaZe's post-pistol forcebuy attempts. However, NiKo's quad-kill on A set off a streak for his team, who went on to dominate in the late stages of the game, conceding just one round en route to a 16-14 win and a spot in the grand final.

BLAST Pro Series Copenhagen 2019Best of 1 Cloud9Matchpage 14 16 2nd November 2019 FaZe 14Inferno 16

Cloud9	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Timothy 'autimatic' Taautimatic	22 - 23	-1	82.8	1.01
Oscar 'mixwell' Cañellasmixwell	18 - 20	-2	62.5	0.98
Damian 'daps' Steeledaps	18 - 23	-5	68.3	0.90
Kenneth 'koosta' Suenkoosta	12 - 22	-10	54.1	0.73
Yassine 'Subroza' TaoufikSubroza	14 - 21	-7	55.6	0.73

FaZe	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Helvijs 'broky' Saukantsbroky	31 - 16	+15	100.3	1.64
Nikola 'NiKo' KovačNiKo	23 - 19	+4	88.2	1.26
Håvard 'rain' Nygaardrain	21 - 16	+5	74.6	1.13
Marcelo 'coldzera' Davidcoldzera	18 - 16	+2	62.5	1.05
Olof 'olofmeister' Kajbjerolofmeister	16 - 18	-2	52.4	0.87

Over on the C stream, Ninjas in Pyjamas and Liquid battled on Mirage, with the Swedes unable to capitalize on a pistol round win as they went down 1-5 from there on, with Russel "⁠Twistzz⁠" Van Dulken turning around a 1v4 afterplant scenario to give his team an edge on the offense.

Ninjas in Pyjamas began to recover thanks to Jonas "⁠Lekr0⁠" Olofsson's triple-kill and with Patrik "⁠f0rest⁠" Lindberg leading the way, they managed to claw back to a respectable seven rounds despite Jonathan "⁠EliGE⁠" Jablonowski's huge performance that saw him end up on 22 kills before switching over to the defense.

Plopski led NiP on Mirage

When the sides switched, Ninjas in Pyjamas took control of the proceedings courtesy of Fredrik "⁠REZ⁠" Sterner's and Nicolas "⁠Plopski⁠" Gonzalez Zamora's impact, reaching 13 rounds unanswered and soon a 14th when f0rest's triple-kill turned over a 2v4 afterplant scenario on B.

Although Liquid went on to claim double digits, the Swedes managed to close out the map before it got dangerous thanks to more multikills from f0rest and Plopski, securing a final appearance with their third victory in the round robin.

BLAST Pro Series Copenhagen 2019Best of 1 LiquidMatchpage 11 16 2nd November 2019 Ninjas in Pyjamas 11Mirage 16

Liquid	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Jonathan 'EliGE' JablonowskiEliGE	30 - 18	+12	112.0	1.64
Russel 'Twistzz' Van DulkenTwistzz	21 - 20	+1	81.4	1.10
Nick 'nitr0' Cannellanitr0	12 - 20	-8	49.7	0.77
Jake 'Stewie2K' YipStewie2K	15 - 25	-10	60.1	0.76
Keith 'NAF' MarkovicNAF	14 - 23	-9	74.6	0.75

Ninjas in Pyjamas	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Nicolas 'Plopski' Gonzalez ZamoraPlopski	26 - 20	+6	111.8	1.61
Fredrik 'REZ' SternerREZ	24 - 17	+7	98.3	1.36
Patrik 'f0rest' Lindbergf0rest	27 - 17	+10	91.1	1.27
Simon 'twist' Eliassontwist	12 - 18	-6	59.5	0.88
Jonas 'Lekr0' OlofssonLekr0	17 - 20	-3	70.1	0.85

With the fifth round yet to be played, the grand final matchup is already set as no one can catch up to FaZe and Ninjas in Pyjamas anymore. The standings currently look as follows:

Group A TEAM M P FaZe 4 12 Ninjas in Pyjamas 4 9 Natus Vincere 4 5 Astralis 4 4 Liquid 4 3 Cloud9 4 1 Natus Vincere #10 Ladislav 'GuardiaN' KovácsEgor 'flamie' VasilyevOleksandr 's1mple' KostylievDenis 'electroNic' SharipovKirill 'Boombl4' Mikhailov Andrey 'B1ad3' Gorodenskiy Jonathan 'EliGE' Jablonowski Age: 22 Team: Liquid Rating 1.0: 1.09 Maps played: 1182 KPR: 0.76 DPR: 0.68 Cloud9 #37 Oscar 'mixwell' CañellasDamian 'daps' SteeleTimothy 'autimatic' TaKenneth 'koosta' SuenYassine 'Subroza' Taoufik Damian 'daps' Steele Age: 26 Team: Cloud9 Rating 1.0: 0.87 Maps played: 906 KPR: 0.58 DPR: 0.66 Nicolas 'Plopski' Gonzalez Zamora Age: 17 Team: Ninjas in Pyjamas Rating 1.0: 1.06 Maps played: 555 KPR: 0.73 DPR: 0.66 FaZe #21 Olof 'olofmeister' KajbjerNikola 'NiKo' KovačHåvard 'rain' NygaardMarcelo 'coldzera' DavidHelvijs 'broky' Saukants Janko 'YNk' Paunović Jonas 'Lekr0' Olofsson Age: 26 Team: Ninjas in Pyjamas Rating 1.0: 1.02 Maps played: 860 KPR: 0.70 DPR: 0.67 Liquid #4 Nick 'nitr0' CannellaKeith 'NAF' MarkovicJonathan 'EliGE' JablonowskiJake 'Stewie2K' YipRussel 'Twistzz' Van Dulken Eric 'adreN' Hoag Ninjas in Pyjamas #12 Patrik 'f0rest' LindbergSimon 'twist' EliassonJonas 'Lekr0' OlofssonFredrik 'REZ' SternerNicolas 'Plopski' Gonzalez Zamora Faruk 'pita' Pita FaZe #21 Olof 'olofmeister' KajbjerNikola 'NiKo' KovačHåvard 'rain' NygaardMarcelo 'coldzera' DavidHelvijs 'broky' Saukants Astralis #2 Andreas 'Xyp9x' HøjslethPeter 'dupreeh' RasmussenLukas 'gla1ve' RossanderNicolai 'device' ReedtzEmil 'Magisk' Reif Danny 'zonic' Sørensen Liquid #4 Nick 'nitr0' CannellaKeith 'NAF' MarkovicJonathan 'EliGE' JablonowskiJake 'Stewie2K' YipRussel 'Twistzz' Van Dulken Cloud9 #37 Oscar 'mixwell' CañellasDamian 'daps' SteeleTimothy 'autimatic' TaKenneth 'koosta' SuenYassine 'Subroza' Taoufik James 'JamezIRL' Macaulay Russel 'Twistzz' Van Dulken Age: 19 Team: Liquid Rating 1.0: 1.14 Maps played: 929 KPR: 0.75 DPR: 0.62 Patrik 'f0rest' Lindberg Age: 31 Team: Ninjas in Pyjamas Rating 1.0: 1.12 Maps played: 1620 KPR: 0.77 DPR: 0.65 Nikola 'NiKo' Kovač Age: 22 Team: FaZe Rating 1.0: 1.17 Maps played: 1122 KPR: 0.81 DPR: 0.67 Fredrik 'REZ' Sterner Age: 21 Team: Ninjas in Pyjamas Rating 1.0: 1.04 Maps played: 884 KPR: 0.71 DPR: 0.66 Ninjas in Pyjamas #12 Patrik 'f0rest' LindbergSimon 'twist' EliassonJonas 'Lekr0' OlofssonFredrik 'REZ' SternerNicolas 'Plopski' Gonzalez Zamora