Ninjas in Pyjamas have secured an invite to IEM Oakland, ESL has announced.

The Swedish team, who are currently ranked seventh in the world, have been granted the final invite to the tournament, in which they will be joining eight other invitees and three qualified sides.

NiP won the 2016 edition of IEM Oakland after beating SK in the final, at a time when Adam "⁠friberg⁠" Friberg and Jacob "⁠pyth⁠" Mourujärvi were both still on the roster.

NiP return to Oakland after winning last year's event

IEM Oakland will run from November 16-19 at the Oracle Arena, with $300,000 on the line. The final three spots in the tournament will be filled through qualifiers, held in Europe, North America and Southeast Asia.

With NiP's addition, the team list for IEM Oakland is now the following: