The ESWC 2011 semi-final pairs have been decided, as SK Gaming and mouz quickly finished up their quarter-final matches with 2-0 wins and will play against eachother soon, while the second pair will expectedly be AGAiN vs Natus Vincere, although they both had trouble against their opponents, winning 2-1.

SK Gaming didn't have much problems against WinFakt, just like in their IEM6 GC New York final clash, as they disposed of the Finns after two maps, 16-9 on de_inferno and 16-4 on de_nuke

ESWC 2011Best of 0 WinFakt.fiMatchpage 0 2 23rd October 2011 SK Gaming 9Inferno 16 4Nuke 16

In a similar fashion, mousesports overcame Lions, winning de_dust2 16-5 and after that 16-12 on de_tuscan.

ESWC 2011Best of 0 LionsMatchpage 0 2 23rd October 2011 mousesports 5Dust2 16 12Tuscan 16

In one of the two tougher quarter-finals, the defending champions Natus Vincere had a lot of work against Moscow Five, as they found themselves down after the first map 16-9 on de_tuscan.

However, the Ukrainians were not disheartened and they came back from the deficit, winning 16-12 on de_dust2 and then 16-9 on de_mirage.

ESWC 2011Best of 0 Natus VincereMatchpage 2 1 23rd October 2011 Moscow Five 9Tuscan 16 16Dust2 12 16Mirage 9

In the last quarter-final, AGAiN met with the surprise of the tournament, Alternate. After expectedly, although not easily, taking the first map de_nuke 16-11, the Poles were outplayed on de_inferno 16-8. With the score standing at 1-1, the deciding map was de_dust2 in which AGAiN rose high above and cliched a 16-2 victory and a spot in the semi-finals.

ESWC 2011Best of 0 AGAiNMatchpage 2 1 23rd October 2011 Alternate 16Nuke 11 8Inferno 16 16Dust2 2

One of the semi-finals, SK Gaming vs mousesports will start soon, while the other one between Natus Vincere and AGAiN is scheduled to be played at 09:30 tomorrow on the stage.