Ninjas in Pajamas advanced to the semi-finals of BLAST Premier Spring Showdown 2022 Europe

The Ninjas in Pajamas team got a strong-willed victory over the Bad News Eagles with a score of 2:1 and advanced to the semi-finals of the BLAST Premier Spring Showdown 2022 Europe. Here the Swedish team will play with the Astralis team, which previously outplayed Movistar Riders.

The meeting started on the Mirage map, which became the choice of the Kosovar team. At the same time, the Bad News Eagles immediately seized the initiative, managing to convert the starting advantage into a comfortable score before the switchover. Well, in the second half, the Swedes did not take a single round at all, thus allowing the Bad News Eagles to take the lead in the series - 16:6.

Then the teams moved to the Ancient map, where the first half turned out to be a complete failure for Ninjas in Pajamas. Nevertheless, after the change of sides, the Swedish team managed to return in defense, and after that they snatched the victory at their own peak — 16:12.

Everything was decided on the Inferno map, where Ninjas in Pajamas once again put herself in an uncomfortable position, taking only three rounds in defense. And yet, after the change of sides, the Swedes managed to recoup, moving the series to overtime. Here Ninjas in Pajamas did not let go, thus making it to the semi-finals of BLAST Premier Spring Showdown 2022 Europe — 19:17.

BLAST Premier Spring Showdown 2022 Europe runs from April 27 to May 1 online. As part of the championship, eight teams from Europe and Asia are competing for a prize pool of $67,500, rating points for the BLAST Premier table, and one slot for BLAST Premier: Spring Finals 2022.

Intermediate results of BLAST Premier Spring Showdown 2022 Europe

• 1st place: $20,000 + 1,600 points + slot to BLAST Premier: Spring Finals 2022.
• 2nd place: $12,500 + 800 points.
• 3rd-4th place: $7,500 + 500 points.
• 5th-8th place: Copenhagen Flames, Movistar Riders, Bad News Eagles and Team NKT - $5,000 + 150 points.