Yet another wonderful day was given to us by the ESL and Valve Corporation. More importantly the matches were played on the scene and there were few additions added to the broadcasting team. Nathan 'NBK' Schmitt from Titan eSports were co-commentating during the day and mousesports' leader Casper 'cadiaN' Møller joined up for analysis. We witnessed more action as well, due to the fact that the quarter finals were played in a best-of-three format.

Of course, we will start with the first match of the day and that was between HellRaisers and the Danish Team Dignitas . The match began on de_dust2, where Dignitas started on the slightly more favored T side and managed to win the all important pistol round, thanks to Rene 'cajunb' Borg, who scored four frags during that round. The Danish team won the followed two rounds as well without too much trouble. During the fourth and first gun round, we witnessed the Russian star player Mihail 'Dosia' Stolyarov taking down four opponents, but still was unable to win the round. The in-game leader of the CIS-based team Kiril 'ANGE1' Karasiow scored the fifth round for his team, together with the former Natus Vincere player Yegor 'markeloff' Markelov, who took the role of sniper and managed to win a duel. ANGE1 won one more round with two additional frags in the scoreboard. The seventh round went to Hellraisers too, thanks to markeloff once again winning a sniper duel versus cajunb. However, Peter 'dupreeh' Rasmussen and Andreas 'Xyp9x' Højsleth were able to clutch the eighth round and turn the tide in favor of Team Dignitas. Several AWP entries from cajunb kept Hellraisers away from taking the next few rounds. A crucial 3on3 situation was won by Xyp9x and company. Excellent play by Dosia managed to add the twelfth round to the score of Hellraisers. Emil 'kucher' Akhundov scored three impressive frags, but unfortunately was unable to clutch 1on1 against Xyp9x. Dosia once again came huge for the CIS-based team, as he performed a devastating rush and successfully infiltrated bombsite A from long and won the round. Nicolai 'device' Reedtz won the last round with three big kills.

During the second half, Team Dignitas again managed to secure the pistol round. The Danish duo dupreeh and cajunb won a very close round against the eco rounded Hellraisers. Henrik 'FeTiSh' Christensen and his troops won the first gun round as well, pushing ANGE1's team even further to the edge. HellRaisers kept their heads up and managed to win two more rounds, thanks to markeloff's destructive AWP, scoring a pack of four kills. Unfortunately for Hellraisers, a close round was clutched by device in a 1on2 situation, leaving ANGE1's squad low on funds. Team Digninas eventually won the needed round to win the map.

The second map was de_mirage, where the Danish team started on the more favored CT side. We witnessed the pistol round going once again directly in the hands of Team Dignitas, as device scored three excellent frags, including a grenade kill. Team Dignitas won the two next rounds as expected, but failed to secure the first gun round. ANGE1 and his team won the fifth round as well. Brilliant action by cajunb, scoring three frags on an eco round and leaving Dosia in a 1on1 situation, which was victorious by the Danish team. After two more rounds won by Team Dignitas, Dosia and markeloff won the ninth round in a 3on1 situation. Dauren 'AdreN' Kystaubayev kept his team in lead, as he managed to clutch a crucial 1on1 situation. Three more enemies taken down by AdreN scored the eleventh round as well. Another devastating round by the Kazakhstan star AdreN, once again adding three kills in the scoreboard. Hellraisers' duo markeloff and kucher won the last round of the first half.

The second half was extremely bad for Hellraisers, as once again the pistol round went to the Danish team, thanks to dupreeh and Xyp9x. Team Dignitas won the first gun round and took the lead. Xyp9x won an extremely close round, allowing his team to win total of six rounds in a row in the second half. Dosia won an important 1on1 situation versus device, but that was simply not enough for Hellraisers, as great individual performance by cajunb scored four frags and won the next round, leaving the CIS-based team low on supplies. Dosia was playing extremely well during the entire match, as we witnessed him again taking down three insane kills with AWP, but unfortunately the Danish team was simply better this time, as device won 1on3 situation and stole the round from Dosia's hands. Xyp9x won 1on2 in the end in order to win the match for his team and knock out Hellraisers.






Coming next is the match between the Polish pride Virtus.pro and the French team LDLC . The first map was de_mirage and LDLC started on the slightly favored CT side. Virtus.pro won the pistol round with an incredible fast rush on bombsite A and the next two rounds without much resistance. Jarosław 'pasha' Jarząbkowski and Paweł 'byali' Bieliński won the fourth and first gun round in a very tight situation. LDLC tried to outmatch the Polish team from range, but unfortunately that was not enough to prevent pasha from winning 1on1 situation. Great round by the Golden Five trio followed. The youngster byali won an important 1on1 situation with three additional frags. Furthermore, the fan favorite Filip 'NEO' Kubski won 1on2 situation. Nothing much to be said more, as Virtus.pro were absolutely dominant and embarrassed the French team. LDLC were unable to win a single round during the first half of the first map.

Luckily, the French team managed to score the pistol round, thanks to Vincent 'Happy' Cervoni 1on1 clutch against byali. Kevin 'Uzzziii' Vernel and Hovik 'KQLY' Tovmassian won a very close round against the eco rounded Virtus.pro. Another scary eco round was done by the Polish pride, but Dan 'apEX' Madesclaire was able to turn it around. Unfortunately, there was simply no chance for the French team to do anything against the Polish team this map. Janusz 'Snax' Pogorzelski clutched 1on1 situation to win the last round of the first map.

Moving forward to the second map, which was de_inferno. The Polish pride won the pistol round quite easy and the next two rounds, thanks to pasha's great individual performance. The rising Polish stars byali and snax won the first gun round for Virtus.pro. Surprisingly, team LDLC won the fifth round on save. Yet, Wiktor 'TaZ' Wojtas and pasha won the next, which of course significantly affected LDLC's funds. Few more rounds went in the hands of the Polish team, until apEX and KQLY managed to clutch 2on2 during the eleventh round. A lot of team kills were made by the French team LDLC, unfortunately. The Polish team Virtus.pro managed to win the remaining four rounds to start the second half with great lead over LDLC.

Flawless round from LDLC won them the all important pistol during the second half. However, that did not last long as pasha, who have been out of control during the entire tournament, won the critical second round on save. Surprisingly, LDLC also won the followed round on save. Mathieu 'Maniac' Quiquerez and apEX secured a close round for LDLC. The French player apEX did not gave up and won two more rounds, one in a close 1on1 situation versus TaZ. NEO won the match with three frags in the end, together with pasha in a 2on2 situation. The Polish team Virtus.pro was on fire in front of their home crowd.






Following up next is the final match of the second day of the $250,000 EMS One tournament at Spodek arena in Katowice, Poland. The legendary Swedish team Ninjas in Pyjamas versus the American team compLexity Gaming . Starting with the first map de_dust2, coL started on the more preferred T side and took the pistol round, thanks to Braxton 'swag' Pierce's three kills. Double AWP stack from coL won them the first gun round, but unfortunately was not enough to win the fifth, as Robin 'Fifflaren' Johansson and Christopher 'GeT_RiGhT' Alesund performed brilliantly there. Despite the lost round, Spencer 'Hiko' Martin managed to clutch 1on1 situation against GeT_RiGhT. A strong round win from swag was crucial for compLexity to continue rolling the Swedish giants during the first half. Excellent round by Jordan 'n0thing' Gilbert and swag made NiP shaking. Unusual for GeT_RiGhT, he picked AWP and helped his team to win the eleventh round. Team compLexity did not allowed the Swedish team to return, as the Canadian player Kory 'semphis' Friesen were crucial for coL to win the next round. Battle of the in-game leaders followed, as we witnessed Sean 'seang@res' Gares winning 1on1 situation against Fifflaren. Yet, Adam 'friberg' Friberg, together with Richard 'Xizt' Landström and Fifflaren won the last two rounds of the first half.

Moving to the second half of the first map, where we witnessed former SK Gaming stars Patrik 'f0rest' Lindberg and GeT_RiGhT taking the pistol round in style. Team compLexity continued to play solid and managed to win the first gun round. Hiko's two kills with MAG7 won another round for the Americans. Sick round for compLexity was won by swag, who scored four frags. Ninjas in Pyjamas managed to win a round, thanks to f0rest massive entry kills. A flawless round for the Swedish giants followed. An ace has been scored by the NiP star f0rest on a save round. Unfortunately for Emil 'HeatoN' Christensen's team, Hiko defeated GeT_RiGhT and won the first map for compLexity Gaming.

The second map was de_nuke, where we witnessed friberg scoring two frags in the beginning and leaving GeT_RiGhT to finish off the pistol round with three more kills. Ninjas in Pyjamas were in trouble during the third round, but fortunately for HeatoN's squad, f0rest and Fifflaren were able to clutch that terrifying 2on2 situation. The first gun round went directly to NiP too, big thanks to friberg. Xizt won 1on1 situation versus Hiko during the fifth round. Three enemies taken down by friberg won the Swedish team's sixth round. Yet another close situation followed, as we witnessed friberg clutching 1on1. Ninjas in Pyjamas won eight rounds in a row, but the former Evil Geniuses star n0thing was able to take down three targets during the ninth round. Despite the n0thing's strong round, Xizt and GeT_RiGhT were able to win 2on1 situation. GeT_RiGhT once again came huge for his team with three additional kills during the next round. Interesting flawless round went to Ninjas in Pyjamas, in which friberg managed to knife Hiko. Team compLexity's swag won the fourteenth round for his team by taking down three enemies. Xizt and company were able to clean the last round in favor of Ninjas in Pyjamas.

The second half was short. Very short. The pistol round went flawlessly to the Swedish giants. Beautiful action performed by friberg boosted his team to map point. Ninjas in Pyjamas won the last round of the second half without much trouble.

The third and final map was the very popular deciding map de_train. Ninjas in Pyjamas started on the heavily favored CT side. Regardless the devastating lost on de_inferno, coL despite playing on the weaker side managed to win the all important pistol round, thanks to n0thing's two entry kills. The former Evil Geniuses star managed to take three frags during the next round, but Xizt managed to clutch 1on1 situation versus swag with four additional frags in the scoreboard. NiP managed to get one more round, before Hiko and company to win the fourth round. GeT_RiGhT won an important 1on2 situation against swag and sgares. GeT_RiGhT and friberg continued to add rounds in the scoreboard for the Swedish team. Strong round came up from sgares, but unfortunately he failed to finish it. Fifflaren scored three frags with the AWP during the eleventh round, allowing his team to win one more round and make that seven won rounds in a row for Ninjas in Pyjamas. Massive round from Semphis, who managed to shoot down four opponents and win the thirteenth round for compLexity Gaming. The last round of the first half was won by coL.

Xizt and f0rest won the pistol round of the second half and as well as the following two. However, Semphis and swag won the first gun round, which pushed them even closer to NiP's score. Unfortunately for the American team, GeT_RiGhT and Xizt managed to win the next round. Once again the tide turned around, as we witnessed coL winning the next two rounds. Fifflaren won 1on1 situation and boosted Ninjas in Pyjamas to map point. Great individual play from n0thing and as well as sgares' 1on1 clutch versus GeT_RiGhT gave compLexity Gaming a little hope to survive. Unfortunately, the Swedish giant were more than enough prepared and managed to win the last round and to eventually eliminate coL.






The article for the third day should arrive after few hours, so stay tuned to SK Gaming for more hot news from the $250,000 EMS One tournament at Spodek arena in Katowice, Poland.