NiP, fnatic with easy wins in London

Ninjas in Pyjamas and fnatic got off to perfect starts at the FACEIT League 2015 Stage 1 finals after beating Immunity and Team Liquid, respectively, on two maps.

Day one of the FACEIT League 2015 Stage 1 offline finals, taking place inside the company's studio, in London, began with two Swedish giants locking horns with teams from outside of Europe and who attended the event looking to prove themselves at a top level.

Immunity, who are making their first appearance with the new line-up, featuring Karlo "⁠USTILO⁠" Pivac instead of Yaman "⁠yam⁠" Ergenekon, were simply no match for NiP on de_inferno, where the Swedish side ran out 16-5 victors after picking up 10 rounds on the Terrorist side of the map.

fnatic and NiP move on to the group's Winner Bracket final 

On de_dust2, the Australian side gave a much better account of themselves and were close to overturning a 4-11 deficit, but NiP sealed the victory in the final round to advance to the next stage.

FACEIT League 2015 Stage 1 FinalsBest of 3 Ninjas in PyjamasMatchpage 2 0 1st May 2015 Immunity 16Inferno 5 16Dust2 14

Ninjas in Pyjamas	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 1.0
Patrik 'f0rest' Lindbergf0rest	47 - 29	+18	-	1.39
Christopher 'GeT_RiGhT' AlesundGeT_RiGhT	44 - 27	+17	-	1.37
Aleksi 'allu' Jalliallu	34 - 21	+13	-	1.18
Richard 'Xizt' LandströmXizt	38 - 29	+9	-	1.17
Adam 'friberg' Fribergfriberg	36 - 36	0	-	0.99

Immunity	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 1.0
Karlo 'USTILO' PivacUSTILO	31 - 40	-9	-	0.82
Ricardo 'Rickeh' MulhollandRickeh	31 - 41	-10	-	0.80
Iain 'SnypeR' TurnerSnypeR	30 - 37	-7	-	0.79
James 'James' QuinnJames	27 - 40	-13	-	0.69
Chris 'emagine' Rowlandsemagine	23 - 41	-18	-	0.59

Team Liquid, one of the few top North American sides that have not (yet) been affected by the region's shuffle, turned in an absolutely dismal performance during the series against fnatic, picking up just four rounds across the board as they were downed 1-16 on de_cobblestone and 3-16 on de_mirage.

FACEIT League 2015 Stage 1 FinalsBest of 3 fnaticMatchpage 2 0 1st May 2015 Liquid 16Cobblestone 1 16Mirage 3

fnatic	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 1.0
Freddy 'KRIMZ' JohanssonKRIMZ	49 - 14	+35	-	2.26
Robin 'flusha' Rönnquistflusha	31 - 12	+19	-	1.51
Olof 'olofmeister' Kajbjerolofmeister	35 - 21	+14	-	1.44
Jesper 'JW' WecksellJW	30 - 20	+10	-	1.27
Markus 'pronax' Wallstenpronax	22 - 17	+5	-	1.02

Liquid	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 1.0
Nick 'nitr0' Cannellanitr0	27 - 32	-5	-	0.88
Eric 'adreN' HoagadreN	19 - 34	-15	-	0.58
Damian 'daps' Steeledaps	14 - 33	-19	-	0.45
Jacob 'FugLy' MedinaFugLy	14 - 34	-20	-	0.40
Jonathan 'EliGE' JablonowskiEliGE	10 - 34	-24	-	0.31

Karlo 'USTILO' Pivac Age: 21 Team: Immunity Rating 1.0: 0.87 Maps played: 7 KPR: 0.66 DPR: 0.76 Yaman 'yam' Ergenekon Age: 26 Team: Vox Eminor Rating 1.0: 0.92 Maps played: 5 KPR: 0.70 DPR: 0.76