Ninjas in Pyjamas's coach has contracted COVID ahead of the team's title decider against MOUZ.

Ninjas in Pyjamas has announced that their COO, Jonas "⁠calc⁠" Gundersen, will stand behind the team in the Global Esports Tour Dubai grand final after Daniel "⁠djL⁠" Narancic tested positive for COVID.

The news came just hours before the Swedish squad is scheduled to go up against MOUZ at 18:30 with hopes of securing their first title in 2022 without two key members.

djL will have to watch the team from the sidelines

On top of missing djL in the upcoming title decider, Ninjas in Pyjamas also had their in-game leader, Hampus "⁠hampus⁠" Poser, sit out the last two events due to having fallen ill, with academy player Erik "⁠ztr⁠" Gustafsson replacing him at IEM Dallas and in Dubai.

As for Gundersen, it won't be the first time that the COO and former professional CS 1.6 player will stand behind the team, as he previously fulfilled coaching duties in place of Björn "⁠THREAT⁠" Pers late last year.

Ninjas in Pyjamas will have the following team lock horns with MOUZ on the Dubai stage:

Fredrik "⁠REZ⁠" Sterner
Ludvig "⁠Brollan⁠" Brolin
Nicolas "⁠Plopski⁠" Gonzalez Zamora
Patrick "⁠es3tag⁠" Hansen
Erik "⁠ztr⁠" Gustafsson

Jonas "⁠calc⁠" Gundersen (coach)

Jonas 'calc' Gundersen Age: 39 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.45 Maps played: 2 KPR: 0.18 DPR: 0.67 Ludvig 'Brollan' Brolin Age: 19 Team: Ninjas in Pyjamas Rating 1.0: 1.07 Maps played: 988 KPR: 0.73 DPR: 0.67 Patrick 'es3tag' Hansen Age: 26 Team: Ninjas in Pyjamas Rating 1.0: 1.01 Maps played: 1315 KPR: 0.69 DPR: 0.66 Time is adjusted to your selected timezone Björn 'THREAT' Pers Age: 34 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.78 Maps played: 54 KPR: 0.52 DPR: 0.68 Erik 'ztr' Gustafsson Age: 18 Team: Young Ninjas Rating 1.0: 0.93 Maps played: 397 KPR: 0.64 DPR: 0.69 Hampus 'hampus' Poser Age: 23 Team: Ninjas in Pyjamas Rating 1.0: 1.01 Maps played: 1353 KPR: 0.70 DPR: 0.70 MOUZ #16 Christopher 'dexter' NongDavid 'frozen' ČerňanskýJon 'JDC' de CastroÁdám 'torzsi' TorzsásAurimas 'Bymas' Pipiras Nicolas 'Plopski' Gonzalez Zamora Age: 20 Team: Ninjas in Pyjamas Rating 1.0: 1.02 Maps played: 1013 KPR: 0.69 DPR: 0.66 Daniel 'djL' Narancic Age: 28 Team: Ninjas in PyjamasC Ninjas in Pyjamas #7 Patrick 'es3tag' HansenFredrik 'REZ' SternerHampus 'hampus' PoserLudvig 'Brollan' BrolinNicolas 'Plopski' Gonzalez Zamora Fredrik 'REZ' Sterner Age: 24 Team: Ninjas in Pyjamas Rating 1.0: 1.03 Maps played: 1342 KPR: 0.70 DPR: 0.67