NiP, Wolves win THOR openers

Ninjas in Pyjamas and Copenhagen Wolves got off to great starts at THOR Open after defeating Curse and gosu, respectively.

Fresh from joining North American organisation Curse, the Finnish team formerly known as Wings fell short against NiP in their first match in Stockholm, with Patrik "f0rest" Lindberg stealing the plaudits as he amassed an immpressive 29 frags to inspire his team to a comfortable 16-6 victory.

NiP got off on the highly-favoured CT side on de_nuke, and they took control of proceedings right from the start, going into the break with a commanding 12-3 lead.

In the second half, Curse were able to stop NiP's pushes a few times, but the Swedish team eventually secured the four rounds they needed to take the full three points.

Ninjas in Pyjamas	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 1.0
Patrik 'f0rest' Lindbergf0rest	29 - 10	+19	-	2.13
Richard 'Xizt' LandströmXizt	25 - 13	+12	-	1.57
Christopher 'GeT_RiGhT' AlesundGeT_RiGhT	17 - 13	+4	-	1.16
Robin 'Fifflaren' JohanssonFifflaren	15 - 11	+4	-	1.08
Adam 'friberg' Fribergfriberg	10 - 16	-6	-	0.60

Curse	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 1.0
Niko 'naSu' KovanennaSu	15 - 17	-2	-	0.89
Jonas 'ScurK' FinniläScurK	14 - 19	-5	-	0.77
Timo 'REFLEX' RintalaREFLEX	10 - 19	-9	-	0.57
Joona 'natu' Leppänennatu	12 - 20	-8	-	0.57
Aleksi 'allu' Jalliallu	12 - 21	-9	-	0.55

In the other match of the group, Copenhagen Wolves cruised to a 16-7 victory over gosu on de_mirage_csgo after picking up an impressive 13 rounds while playing on the CT side.

CPH Wolves	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 1.0
Nicolaj 'Nico' JensenNico	30 - 8	+22	-	2.08
Nicolai 'HUNDEN' PetersenHUNDEN	18 - 14	+4	-	1.17
Danni 'smF' DygsmF	16 - 10	+6	-	1.17
Malte 'Herden' BoeltHerden	14 - 16	-2	-	0.88
Lukas 'gla1ve' Rossandergla1ve	12 - 14	-2	-	0.83

gosu	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 1.0
Markus 'snokz' Björklundsnokz	25 - 17	+8	-	1.52
Jimmy 'tinka' Johanssontinka	10 - 17	-7	-	0.65
Sebastian 'cayzer' Norbergcayzer	9 - 18	-9	-	0.53
Kristoffer 'hoddi' Huotarihoddi	10 - 20	-10	-	0.52
Andreas 'major' Majormajor	8 - 18	-10	-	0.49

NiP and Wolves are now sharing the top of Group A, with the two teams set to lock horns now, in the second round of matches.