NiP are through to the playoffs at DreamHack Masters Marseille after beating mousesports 2-1 (9-16 on Nuke, 16-10 on Overpass and 16-11 on Train).

The second series of the day kicked off on MOUZ' map pick, Nuke, with the European mixture securing a quick 3-0 lead as Terrorists. Ninjas in Pyjamas responded well in the first gun rounds to win two in a row, but their opponents regained control of proceedings with a successful Deagle buy.

Down 2-6, Ninjas in Pyjamas strung three rounds together without response from MOUZ. Chris "⁠chrisJ⁠" de Jong's men assured themselves of a half-time lead after winning the next two rounds (8-5), but then a great triple-kill from Patrik "⁠f0rest⁠" Lindberg inspired his team to reduce the deficit to a sole round.

In the second half, Ninjas in Pyjamas equalized the score with a fast and agressive T-side pistol, but MOUZ immediately countered the Swedes thanks to a Deagle triple-kill from Miikka "⁠suNny⁠" Kemppi.

After that, NiP were only able to get back on the board in the 22nd round following a crucial triple-kill from Christopher "⁠GeT_RiGhT⁠" Alesund, but it was simply too little, too late, for the Swedes to stop mouz from closing out their map pick, 16-9.

NiP came from behind to beat mousesports

On Overpass, MOUZ picked up their second pistol of the series, and followed that up with the subsequent anti-eco. In a third-round buy, Ninjas in Pyjamas started to prove why this map was their pick, winning six rounds in a row without much effort.

In the ninth round, MOUZ finally got back to winning ways thanks to a 2v3 post-plant clutch from suNny and Tomáš "⁠oskar⁠" Šťastný. From there, the half was nothing but a back-and-forth affair, in which Ninjas in Pyjamas won the final three rounds to switch sides with a 10-5 lead.

Fredrik "⁠REZ⁠" Sterner and William "⁠draken⁠" Sundin came up huge in the second half, clutching a 2v4 situation to secure their team's CT pistol. MOUZ won the first gun round, but Ninjas in Pyjamas responded with a three-round streak to hit match-point.

The European mixture still found a lifeline by stringing four rounds together, but it was all in vain as GeT_RiGhT sealed the deal with a quad-kill in the 26th round.

REZ led the way for NiP on Overpass

The decider map, Train, saw MOUZ swiftly grab a 3-0 lead following a chaotic, yet successful, CT pistol. Although Ninjas in Pyjamas responded with a successful gun round, oskar and co. further added to their lead in the next two rounds, 5-1.

From that round onward, however, Ninjas in Pyjamas constantly broke through their opponents' defence to go up 7-5. Still, MOUZ managed to win two of the final three rounds to reduce the deficit to a single round by half-time.

The Swedes looked set to increase their lead in the second half after winning the last pistol of the series, but MOUZ instantly replied with a near-flawless Deagle play. After building up their economy, Ninjas in Pyjamas won two rounds in a row to get back to the lead, 11-10.

Although MOUZ then equalized things off, Ninjas in Pyjamas responded well despite being on a shoddy buy. From that moment, thanks to a very tight defence, the Swedish team went on a five-round winning streak to wrap things up, 16-11, and book their spot in the DreamHack Masters Marseille playoffs.

DreamHack Masters Marseille 2018Best of 3 MOUZMatchpage 1 2 19th April 2018 Ninjas in Pyjamas 16Nuke 9 10Overpass 16 11Train 16

MOUZ	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Miikka 'suNny' KemppisuNny	69 - 58	+11	93.7	1.24
Chris 'chrisJ' de JongchrisJ	51 - 48	+3	77.4	1.12
Robin 'ropz' Koolropz	48 - 50	-2	75.3	1.02
Tomáš 'oskar' Šťastnýoskar	48 - 56	-8	67.9	0.90
Martin 'STYKO' StykSTYKO	42 - 49	-7	59.5	0.84

Ninjas in Pyjamas	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Christopher 'GeT_RiGhT' AlesundGeT_RiGhT	57 - 56	+1	78.2	1.09
Patrik 'f0rest' Lindbergf0rest	52 - 51	+1	75.6	1.08
Fredrik 'REZ' SternerREZ	50 - 47	+3	73.2	1.08
Dennis 'dennis' Edmandennis	57 - 52	+5	77.0	1.04
William 'draken' Sundindraken	45 - 52	-7	61.7	0.90