After making their way to the final through the lower-bracket, Ninjas in Pyjamas won the Europe Minor over OpTic with a 2-0 scoreline (16-8 Dust2, 16-7 Nuke).
Dust2 was the map that started off the grand final of the Europe Minor, with Ninjas in Pyjamas picking it unexpectedly. The opening of the map was back-and-forth, but OpTic was the team to establish dominance first, with Jakob "JUGi" Hansen leading the way for his team as they tied six rounds together, back-to-back (7-3).
In the following round, JUGi got a double entry, but Ninjas in Pyjamas found a way back in to stop the rot, eventually making a full T-side comeback to end the half 8-7 up. Jonas "Lekr0" Olofsson clutched a 1v2 in the pistol to continue his team's streak, with a B site lockdown in the first buy round seeing the Ninjas get on the home stretch, 13-7. OpTic stole away the next round, but Ninjas in Pyjamas struck back with a buy that consisted of three AWPs and a SCAR-20, closing out the game 16-8.
After a rocky tournament, NiP were convincing in the grand final
Despite the pistol round going OpTic's way, Ninjas in Pyjamas were the better-looking side early into Nuke, taking a 6-4 Terrorist-side lead by slowly working the map and finding picks. Ninjas in Pyjamas then hit the A site a couple of times in a row, Nicklas "gade" Gade won one of those rounds single-handedly by clutching a 1v3, but the Swedes still ended the half on the high, 9-6.
Christopher "GeT_RiGhT" Alesund had a slow first half, but he was the star of the pistol round, securing a hat-trick with the Dual Berettas as OpTic headed towards B. After cleaning up the anti-ecos, Patrik "f0rest" Lindberg and Dennis "dennis" Edman got doubles each to advance their lead to 12-6.
Similarly to the second half of Dust2, OpTic then won a round, but couldn't follow up on it and Ninjas in Pyjamas pounced. The score was soon 14-7, OpTic went for a force buy, affording an AWP to JUGi, but Ninjas in Pyjamas closed down their outside approach and finished the game 16-7.
Europe Minor - FACEIT Major 2018Best of 3 OpTicMatchpage 0 2 22nd July 2018 Ninjas in Pyjamas 8Dust2 16 7Nuke 16
OpTic
K - D
+/-
ADR
Rating 2.0
Jakob 'JUGi' HansenJUGi
34 - 31
+3
87.0
1.11
Marco 'Snappi' PfeifferSnappi
32 - 37
-5
68.5
0.89
René 'cajunb' Borgcajunb
26 - 37
-11
61.9
0.78
Nicklas 'gade' Gadegade
22 - 34
-12
57.4
0.74
Kristian 'k0nfig' Wieneckek0nfig
21 - 40
-19
60.8
0.60
Ninjas in Pyjamas
K - D
+/-
ADR
Rating 2.0
Jonas 'Lekr0' OlofssonLekr0
52 - 25
+27
114.1
1.81
Fredrik 'REZ' SternerREZ
36 - 27
+9
78.3
1.27
Christopher 'GeT_RiGhT' AlesundGeT_RiGhT
27 - 23
+4
73.7
1.23
Dennis 'dennis' Edmandennis
32 - 31
+1
68.2
1.11
Patrik 'f0rest' Lindbergf0rest
32 - 29
+3
68.1
1.02
Final standings for Europe Minor - FACEIT Major 2018:
OpTic
Matchpage 0 2 22nd July 2018 
Ninjas in Pyjamas 8Dust2 16 7Nuke 16 
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Kinguin
Age: 28 Team: Ninjas in Pyjamas Rating 1.0: 1.14 Maps played: 1392 KPR: 0.77 DPR: 0.63 
Age: 23 Team: OpTic Rating 1.0: 1.02 Maps played: 380 KPR: 0.69 DPR: 0.66 
Age: 25 Team: Ninjas in Pyjamas Rating 1.0: 1.05 Maps played: 603 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.66 
Age: 21 Team: OpTic Rating 1.0: 1.14 Maps played: 620 KPR: 0.76 DPR: 0.61 
Adil 'ScreaM' Benrlitom
Age: 27 Team: Ninjas in Pyjamas Rating 1.0: 1.05 Maps played: 826 KPR: 0.73 DPR: 0.68 
Age: 30 Team: Ninjas in Pyjamas Rating 1.0: 1.14 Maps played: 1363 KPR: 0.78 DPR: 0.65 
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