Ninjas In Pyjamas Ninjas In Pyjamas Inactive have benched Benjamin "bnj" Rabinovich following their group stage exit in Masters 1: Reykjavik.

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[ES-PT-EN] Benched from NIP.

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bnj, formerly of KRÜ Esports KRÜ Esports Latin America South Unranked keznit Angelo Mori Mazino Roberto Rivas adverso Benjamín Poblete mta Nicolás González Shyy Fabian Usnayo Melser Marco Eliot Machuca Amaro , joined the Brazilian roster as a Controller after the organization ceased their operations in Europe. Joining alongside him were Alexandre "xand" Zizi and Walney "Jonn" Reis, former FURIA FURIA Brazil Unranked heat Olavo Marcelo raafa Rafael Lima mwzera Leonardo Serrati havoc Ilan Eloy Khalil Khalil Schmidt and Gamelanders Blue Gamelanders Blue Inactive stars respectively, as well as Gabriel "bezn1" Luiz da Costa and Cauan "cauanzin" Pereira from Tropinha do TIKTOK Tropinha do TIKTOK Inactive bezn1 Gabriel Luiz da Costa cauanzin Cauan Pereira vhz Vinicius Santana Less Felipe de Loyola Basso bld Victor Junqueira pepa Matheus Colleto fzkk Leonardo Puertas .

Ninjas in Pyjamas qualified for VCT BR Stage 1: Challengers, but got off to a rocky start after losing to FURIA in their opening group stage game. However, that would be their only loss as they finished with a 3-1 record and as the first seed out of Group B. NIP would face off against the Brazilian superteam LOUD LOUD Brazil Unranked dgzin Douglas Silva v1nny Vínicius Gonçalves pANcada Bryan Luna tuyz Arthur Andrade cauanzin Cauan Pereira in the upper semifinals and once again in the finals, missing out on automatic Masters qualification. They managed to qualify for Reykjavik after defeating LEVIATÁN LEVIATÁN Latin America South Unranked Demon1 Max Mazanov tex Ian Botsch kiNgg Francisco Aravena C0M Corbin Lee nataNk Nathan Bocqueho in BR/LATAM Stage 1: Last Chance Qualifier.

The Brazilian representatives were tasked with defeating FNATIC FNATIC Europe Unranked crashies Austin Roberts Boaster Jake Howlett kaajak Kajetan Haremski Chronicle Timofey Khromov Alfajer Emir Ali Beder , DRX DRX Korea Unranked Flashback Cho Min-hyuk (조민혁) MaKo Kim Myeong-gwan (김명관) Athan Na Ha-jun (나하준) freeing No Ha-jun (노하준) HYUNMIN Song Hyun-min (송현민) , and ZETA DIVISION ZETA DIVISION Japan Unranked Dep Yuma Hashimoto SugarZ3ro Shota Watanabe CLZ Hikaru Mizutani SyouTa Shota Aoki Xdll Yuto Mizomori in group A. They began their group with a win over FNATIC, but were sent to the lower bracket by the Korean representatives. Ninjas in Pyjamas were ultimately knocked out by ZETA DIVISION in a historic match.

NIP are set to play in the group stage of Stage 2: Challengers beginning May 14th, and have not yet revealed his replacement.

With the benching of bnj, Ninjas In Pyjamas Ninjas In Pyjamas Inactive are currently: