Ninjas in Pyjamas
Ninjas in Pyjamas is a professional esports organisation based in Sweden that are best known for their Counter-Strike teams. In 2012, the team reformed with a lineup upon the release of the game. Aside from Counter-Strike, the organisation has teams in Dota 2, Rainbow Six Siege, and Paladins. They formerly had teams in Fortnite Battle Royale, Overwatch, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, and League of Legends.
History
Ninjas in Pyjamas were formed in June 2000. Their biggest success was winning the 2001 Cyberathlete Professional League World Championships after an extremely close final with X3. Ninjas in Pyjamas struggled to find a sponsor, and as a result, joined the prominent esports organization SK Gaming and were known by the names SK Scandinavia and later SK Sweden. At SK, they continued their success. The prize money from their tournament victories in 2003 totalled approximately US$170,000, and every CPL event that year.Feeling they could secure a larger share of sponsorship money, the team left SK in early 2005. Later in the year, some members returned to SK Gaming, forcing NiP to replace them.
Emil Christensen with Tommy Ingemarsson, Managing Directors Peter Hedlund and Victor Lindqvist reformed NiP as a Swedish stock company in 2005, due to problems with SK. NiP continued to participate in international tournaments, placing high in many events. They signed some of the biggest sponsorship deals in the scene at that time. The team received about 100,000 members on their website in Europe during their first two years and was also the first team outside of Asia to enter the Asian market. Within six months, they had about 90,000 members on their Asian website. The team was among the most outspoken opponents to the change from the original version of Counter-Strike to the newer .
On 13 November 2015, NiP's parted ways with its Dota 2 team, consisting of Elias 'Sealkid' Merta, Jonas 'Jonassomfan' Lindholm, Adrian 'Era' Kryeziu, Simon 'Handsken' Haag and Linus 'Limmp' Blomdin. The cited reason was disappointment over recent performances, as the team had failed to qualify for both The International 2015 and Frankfurt Major. Since then, NiP have had two Dota 2 teams, one formed in 2017 that disbanded later that year, as well as another formation in 2018. Christopher "GeT RiGhT" Alesund, one of the original 2012 NiP roster, left after the, being replaced by Simon "twist" Eliasson, a former player for Fnatic, and leaving f0rest as the only remaining member of the original roster, until he left in 2020 to reunite with the 2014 NiP roster on Dignitas.
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Former Players
Notable Team Achievements
Total prize winnings: $549,242| Tournament | End Date | Location | Placement | Prize |
| Dreamhack Valencia 2018 | 2018-07-14 | Valencia, Spain | 5-8th | $1,000 |
| Six Major Paris 2018 | 2018-08-17 | Paris, France | 5-8th | $12,250 |
| Pro League Season 8 LATAM | 2018-10-24 | South America | 6th | $4,500 |
| OGA PIT Season 2 | 2018-10-29 | Brazil | 2nd | $3,750 |
| Six Invitational 2019 | 2018-02-17 | Montreal, Quebec, Canada | 13-16th | $20,000 |
| Pro League Season 9 LATAM | 2019-04-24 | South America | 4th | $6,000 |
| Allied Esports Vegas Minor | 2019-06-09 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA | 5-8th | $4,000 |
| Brasileirão 2019 | 2019-07-28 | São Paulo, Brazil | 3rd | $13,242 |
| Six Major Raleigh 2019 | 2019-08-13 | Raleigh, North Carolina | 13-16th | $5,000 |
| Pro League Season 10 LATAM | 2019-10-26 | South America | 1st | Finals |
| Pro League Season 10 Finals | 2019-11-09 | Tokoname, Japan | 5-8th | $20,000 |
| Six Invitational 2020 | 2020-02-16 | Montreal, Quebec, Canada | 2nd | $450,000 |