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We continue to explore the European RMR. The International is interested in the situation in PW Shanghai Major 2024: European RMR B, where the denouement is approaching and the names of future PW Shanghai Major 2024 slot holders are being determined.
Specifically, however, this one is a match of a lifetime. NiP and TSM will play each other in the 1-2 basket. The loser leaves the tournament, while the winner goes to the last chance basket.
Trying to figure out who goes where. Let's go.
NiP uniforms
Let's open the NiP vs TSM match with an analysis of NiP's form. In this match they play as favourites with odds to win at around 1.7.
In the first half of last year, NiP were remembered only for getting to Paris Major 2023 after finishing 7th at European RMR B, and then top 8-11 at the Paris tournament itself. It got better after coming out of the competition break.
NiP lost to Last Change Qualifiers at Gamers8 at the Long Crest of the second half of the year, but then played solidly at BLAST Premier: Fall Groups 2023. They managed to reach the Autumn Finals quite easily, beating grandees like Vitality.
NiP are approaching IEM Cologne 2023 in full readiness. Before the tournament, the team had no substitutions. This will clearly play to the Swedish club's advantage.
In the first round of the Play-In IEM Cologne 2023 Ninjas in Pyjamas met Into The Breach. The match ended in NiP's easiest outing at Ancient with a score of 16-5.
In the match to advance to the group stage of IEM Cologne 2023 NiP played against MOUZ. The mice beat the Swedes on class, giving them 19 rounds in two games. The tournament ended with NiP in the top 16.
In the 2024 season NiP seriously changed their roster, having actually carried out a complete renewal of the team.
- NiP roster: REZ, maxster, r1nkle, isak, MisteM.
In the 2024 season NiP failed in PGL Major Copenhagen 2024: European RMR A, finishing in the top 16. In the second half of the year the situation improved a bit: they were TOP-2 at YaLLa Compass 2024, TOP-4 at FiReLEAGUE Global Final 2023. From the TIR-S tournaments the best performance was at BLAST Premier: Fall Groups, where NiP managed to beat C9 and FaZe, but then Astralis happened and fell to the top 8.
Later NiP played at BLAST Premier: Fall Showdown 2024, where they failed to repeat the success of the previous BLAST Premier tournament and as a result at the Fall Showdown "ninjas" took TOP-16. Later on, they finished Top-28 at ESL Pro League Season 20 and Top-16 at CCT Season 2 European Series #13. They also played at Thunderpick World Championship 2024, where they took TOP-12, which is not a good result.
At the European RMR B, the Long team started with a match against G2 Esports, where they lost. They started with a loss against G2, then defeated PARI and then Heroic.
Ninjas in Pyjamas Mappool
The top 1 map Ninjas in Pyjamas has had in the last 3 months is Mirage. Ninjas in Pyjamas has a mind-blowing winrate of 92% with 13 games played.
They also played Inferno where they won 5 matches out of 7 games. Nuke is also in plus winrate, where the "ninjas" have 3 wins from 5 matches.
The most not favoured card for NiP will be Vertigo. NiP has 6 cards and only 1 win.
TSM Form.
Let's continue the analysis of the match TSM - NiP with the analysis of TSM's form. In this match they play Underpassdog with odds to win around 2.6.
Team SoloMid is one of the most The International heresy teams at Shanghai Major 2024: European RMR B. Interesting because of its formal affiliation to the North American region, as the club itself is from there, but the CS division is entirely Danish and consists of very recognisable players.
- TSM roster: valde, Zyphon, acoR, Altekz, niko.
TSM had a long stagnation in the Counter-Strike 2 competitive scene. The organisation went on pause in 2017 before returning to the competitive scene in 2023. Back then, the successes were, to put it mildly, so-so. From the victories - the championship at the TIR-C ESEA Cash Cup: Europe - Autumn 2023 #3. Got into the prize money at ESEA Season 47: Advanced Division and that was it.
In the season 2024 continued to play at TIR-C tournaments, such as European Pro League. At the European Pro League Season 13 we got TOP-3, but before that we failed all qualifiers for major tournaments, including PGL Major Copenhagen 2024 and IEM Chengdu 2024. They tried to qualify for the Elisa Invitational Spring 2024 and IEM Dallas, but failed: TOP-16 and TOP-8 respectively.
In the second half of the year, they finished TOP-1 at Skin.Club Summer Cup 2024, European Pro League Season 19: Division 2.
Just before PW Shanghai Major 2024: European RMR B, TSM competed at CCT Season 2 European Series #14, where they finished in the Top 17, ESL CHallenger League Season 48: Europe, where they finished in the Top 8, and CCT Season 2 European Series #14, where they finished in the Top 19.
At European RMR B, the team lost to 3DMax, followed by Ledgeila and VP, but managed to outlast PARI in the match of a lifetime.
TSM Mappool
The most successful map of Team SoloMid is Mirage, where the Danes have 11 wins and 5 losses. Next comes - Nuke, where they won 9 matches and lost 6. The last "plus" map is Inferno, where they won 10 matches and lost 8 times.
On Dust2 - 4 wins and 5 losses, and also play Ancient (3-7) and Vertigo (2-5).
History of head-to-head meetings between NiP and TSM
Previously, the teams have not played each other in official meetings.
Predicted result of the match TSM - NiP at PW Shanghai Major 2024: European RMR B
In this match my bet is on NiP. Unlike TSM, the "ninjas" have been flickering around the TIR-S tournaments all year and generally look more confident.
Bottom line: NiP win.
