Ninjas in Pyjamas Invited to ESL One Cologne
By Max Mallow
Swedish Counter-Strike: Global Offensive team Ninjas in Pyjamas was invited to ESL One Cologne, the tournament organizer announced Thursday.
??⛪️ The first-ever #ESLOne Cologne champions are coming to the Cathedral of #CSGO to make some #NIPMAGIC happen. Give it up for @NiPGaming!
— ESL Counter-Strike (@ESLCS) April 18, 2019
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Ninjas in Pyjamas will return to the aptly named Cathedral of Counter-Strike when the fifth anniversary of ESL One Cologne takes place July 5-7 at the LANXESS Arena in Germany.
The tournament sports a $300,000 prize pool and will feature 16 of the best CS:GO teams in the world. NiP joins reigning champion Natus Vincere, last year's runner-up BIG, FaZe Clan and Astralis at the event. Seven more invite spots remain while the final four will be determined by two European qualifiers, one North American qualifier and an Asian qualifer.
Dennis "dennis" Edman returned to the NiP active roster April 11 after taking time off to recover from fatigue the organization described due to schedule and travel.
Photo courtesy of Adela Sznajder/DreamHack