NiP top Group A, ESC fourth

1-12-2012 17:27

Ninjas in Pyjamas came out on top of Group A at the AMD Sapphire CS:GO Invitational with a perfect 12 points from four matches, while ESC Gaming came in fourth place.

The Polish side had to settle for fourth in Group A following losses to BuyKey and NiP, with their two victories coming against Brussels Guardians (16-13) and zNation (16-9).

ESC will still progress to the quarter-finals, but their fourth-place group finish means that they will have to tackle the team that tops Group B, quite possibly VeryGames.

ESWC and DreamHack Winter champions NiP breezed through their first matches in Prague and finished the group stage with an impressive +37 round record.

ESC through despite fourth-place finish

zNation and BuyKey finished second and third, respectively, while Brussels Guardians were rock bottom, without a single point.

Group B will kick off at 17:30 , featuring not only VeryGames, but also k1ck, eXtensive, MYDGB.NET and dAT Team.

go go esc!

2012-12-01 17:28

nice , brussels guardians maybe not so bad 13 rounds against esc

2012-12-01 17:29

Shame esc fourth... means they will proly meet verygames first at playoffs..

2012-12-01 17:30

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they will beat them

2012-12-01 17:49

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i believe in them too!

2012-12-01 17:58

I guess ESC are going to be out soon again, sad :(

2012-12-01 17:31

+1 100% out :D

2012-12-01 20:48

nice done NiP :) klin'n'izi

NiP > cs:go

2012-12-01 17:34

esc, i believe in you, you can do it! ; )) <3

2012-12-01 17:36

i like czech flag here !

pls dAT GO TOP 1

2012-12-01 17:38

Golden five?

were in 1.6

2012-12-01 17:50

go ESC!

ESC <3 <3 GL

2012-12-01 17:42

gl ninjas

wp ESC haha.

2012-12-01 17:43

ESC played quite well vs NiP though.

2012-12-01 17:44

2010 was a Bad year for Golden Five because of the changed lineup and 2011 in 2011 they were at their best. I hope they will be back on track but that might take some time.

4 of 5 teams progress to the quarter-finals? what???

2012-12-01 18:00

You need 8 teams to have quarter-finals. So yes, 8 teams out of 10 total will make it. :)

2012-12-01 18:04

kind of exhibition matches

2012-12-01 19:56

esc lucky this time hahah

2012-12-01 18:25

That's just a stupid thing to say! Three teams had 2-0-2 record and it was the round difference that decided the standings! So I'd say they were unlucky out of the 3!

2012-12-01 19:16