NIP and BC.Game Exit CS Asia Championships 2026 in Last Place

Ninjas in Pyjamas and BC.Game have ended their runs at CS Asia Championships 2026 after losing in the first round of the lower bracket. NIP’s Swedish-Danish roster fell to Lynn Vision, while BC.Game were unable to overcome paiN. Both teams left the tournament in last place.

For Ninjas in Pyjamas, a difficult season continued with a 1:2 loss to Lynn Vision. The series was chaotic and far from clean in terms of team play, but it still featured several impressive individual moments. On Dust2, NIP managed to recover from a poor start thanks to an ace clutch by Artem “cairne” Mushynskyi and a 1v3 from Marco “Snappi” Pfeiffer, but Lynn Vision still closed out the map 13:8.

NIP managed to tie the series on Nuke with a 13:9 victory. However, on the deciding map, Ancient, the European lineup was completely outplayed. Lynn Vision acted aggressively and quickly, giving their opponents no chance to build momentum. The map ended 13:3 in favor of the Chinese team. Lynn Vision’s best player was Qihao “C4LLM3SU3” Su, who finished with a 1.27 rating.

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BC.Game, featuring Oleksandr “s1mple” Kostyliev, also failed to advance. The team lost to paiN with a 0:2 score. On Dust2, the Brazilians quickly built an 11:3 lead, while individual rounds from s1mple only helped BC.Game slightly reduce the deficit. The second map, Anubis, was also controlled by paiN: after BC.Game led 4:3, the Brazilians won ten rounds in a row and closed the map 13:4.