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Swedes NiP took down the French eXtensive 2-0, while the latter's countrymen BuyKey knocked out Portuguese k1ck 2-1 in the first two quarter finals at AMD Sapphire Invitational.

NiP started their quarter-final clash with eXtensive on de_inferno_se, where they managed win fairly convincingly 16-7, after a somewhat close start before the Frenchmen fell too far behind.

eXtensive actually looked promising on de_dust2_se, as they racked up a 7-2 lead as counter-terrorists before NiP went on a roll, winning fourteen of the next fifteen rounds to win 16-8 and 2-0 overall. AMD Sapphire CS:GO InvitationalBest of 2 Ninjas in PyjamasMatchpage 2 0 2nd December 2012 eXtensive 16Inferno_se 7 16Dust2_se 8

At the same time a much closer match took place. Belgian stand-in Adil "ScreaM" Benrlitom led his squad once again, as they started the series with a 16-10 win on de_inferno_se.

Next map saw k1ck win easily 16-4 on de_dust2_se, but the second placer at ESWC France 2012 ran away with map three, as they reversed the score for a 16-4 win on de_nuke_ve. AMD Sapphire CS:GO InvitationalBest of 3 k1ckMatchpage 1 2 2nd December 2012 BuyKey 10Inferno_se 16 16Dust2_se 4 4Nuke_se 16

The remaining quarter-finals where VeryGames faces ESC Gaming and myDGB.net takes on zNation, are currently live on the first map of each series. NiP will face BuyKey again at 15:00 , with the other semi-final scheduled for the same time.

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