ESC, eSahara, NEXT & IGG move on

The rest of WCG 2011's first round playoff matchups have been completed with the favorites moving on in the tournament as we enter the quarter finals.

ESC Gaming started as counter-terrorists in their match against Portuguese defs on de_dust2 and played their signature aggressive half pushing especially the B tunnels a lot, not giving defs a chance. They finished off the half 13-2 and although Portugal's hope won their second half pistol, Jarosław "pasha" Jarząbkowski's one versus four situation sealed a 16-4 opening map victory for the Poles.

Second map was de_nuke where Filip "neo" Kubski continued being an absolute monster as he opened up their terrorist pistol round with four USP kills and led the team to a 11-4 first half with 23 kills in total. Defs managed a respectable second half, scoring six rounds before falling short to lose 10-16 overall.

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Defining Stars

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Dust2

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Nuke

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France's hope at this year's WCG took on the Indonesian eXecutioners and quickly beat them 16-9 on de_dust2. Second map was de_inferno but proved to be no different as Electronic Sahara scored ten rounds on the first half before closing the game out at 16-6 for a 2-0 series win.

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Executioners

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Dust2

9

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Inferno

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The Macedonian surprise group winner ENTiTY was paired up against Dauren "AdreN" Kystaubayev's NEXT. The first map was de_tuscan and ENTiTY managed to score a 16-9 win following a strong 11-4 opening half. In the second half the Kazakhs had a promising 4-0 lead but fell behind 6-9 at half before mounting a comeback for a 10-3 second half, 16-12 in total.

Last map was de_nuke where Kystaubayek's team had a monster terrorist half, scoring 13 rounds to combine with their three rounds as counter-terrorists for a 2-1 win overall.

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NEXT

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Tuscan

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FiRENATION from Azerbaijan surprised many in their match against Romanian IGG by winning the opening map, de_nuke, 16-11. Second map was de_inferno and IGG scored nine rounds on their terrorist half which was enough for a close 16-14 win.

The series was decided on de_train where FiRENATION started as counter-terrorists, winning the pistol round and scoring 10 rounds in the first half. Unfortunately that wasn't enough, as IGG mustered an eleven round comeback for a 16-11 win, 2-1 overall.

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Train

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This sets us up for the following quarter finals match ups:

DTS	vs. SK Gaming
mandic	vs. Moscow Five
eSahara	vs. ESC Gaming
NEXT	vs. IGG

The next round will begin soon with all matches being postponed a little and played simultaneously. Stay tuned to HLTV.org for continued coverage as the action at World Cyber Games 2011 in Busan, South Korea unfolds.