FaZe Clan and Ninjas in Pajamas won opening matches at EPL S17

The best player of the match with a rating of 7.5 was Håvard rain Nygaard. The Norwegian esports athlete demonstrated a performance 32% better than his average for the last six months.

Detailed statistics for the FaZe - Rooster matchup are available at the link.

In the parallel match of group stage, Ninjas in Pyjamas defeated paiN Gaming. The result of the confrontation was 2-0 (16:13 on Nuke and 16:13 on Nuke).

The MVP of the match was Ludwig Brollan Brolin. The Swedish professional CS:GO player received a rating of 7. His gameplay was 15% better than his average performance over the past six months.

You can check the post-match statistics of the NiP vs paiN match here.

Thus, in the upper bracket semi-final of Group C, FaZe will face NiP. The match is scheduled for March 9 at 6:00 pm Moscow time. Rooster and paiN dropped to the middle bracket of the group, where they will compete against each other. Their match will take place on March 9 at 2:30 pm Moscow time.

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EPL S17 runs from February 22 to March 26 in Malta. Teams are competing for a prize pool of $850,000, as well as one slot each for IEM Cologne 2023 and BLAST World Final 2023. You can follow the schedule and results of the championship at the link.