Natus Vincere secured a playoff spot at ELS One Cologne after outlasting NiP on Cobblestone (16-12).

Natus Vincere and Ninjas in Pyjamas met in the third match of the second day in Cologne to determine the second quarter-finalist. Cobblestone was chosen after the veto phase and the Ninjas started on the T-side.

The double entry-kill by Christopher "⁠GeT_RiGhT⁠" Alesund gave the first round of the match to Ninjas in Pyjamas but Natus Vincere responded with both Ioann "⁠Edward⁠" Sukhariev and Danylo "⁠Zeus⁠" Teslenko picking up double-kills.

Edward & company advance to the playoffs

Egor "⁠flamie⁠" Vasilyev's triple kill stopped the force buy of the Ninjas and Natus Vincere made it 3-1 after winning the anti-eco. Ninjas in Pyjamas took back the lead thanks to GeT_RiGhT's entry kills. When the CIS team were trailing 3-7, they called for a timeout.Natus Vincere reacted after losing another round but were behing 6-9 at halftime.

The first two rounds of the first half got repeated in the second one as Ninjas in Pyjamas grabbed the pistol round but Natus Vincere answered with three rounds to trail 9-10.

The CIS team tied it at 10-10 with a weapon round win and Denis "⁠seized⁠" Kostin's 1vs2 clutch tied the game again, this time at 12-12. Natus Vincere's end game performance earned them the 16-12 victory as they retained their Legend status.

ESL One Cologne 2016Best of 1 Natus VincereMatchpage 16 12 6th July 2016 Ninjas in Pyjamas 16Cobblestone 12

Natus Vincere	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Denis 'seized' Kostinseized	23 - 18	+5	94.4	1.40
Egor 'flamie' Vasilyevflamie	24 - 18	+6	97.5	1.26
Ladislav 'GuardiaN' KovácsGuardiaN	19 - 16	+3	77.4	1.18
Ioann 'Edward' SukharievEdward	18 - 16	+2	60.0	1.10
Danylo 'Zeus' TeslenkoZeus	19 - 19	0	75.6	1.02

Ninjas in Pyjamas	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Christopher 'GeT_RiGhT' AlesundGeT_RiGhT	23 - 24	-1	97.4	1.17
Patrik 'f0rest' Lindbergf0rest	21 - 19	+2	77.0	1.11
Adam 'friberg' Fribergfriberg	18 - 19	-1	67.9	0.94
Richard 'Xizt' LandströmXizt	13 - 20	-7	66.6	0.88
Jacob 'pyth' Mourujärvipyth	11 - 21	-10	46.2	0.61

Another elimination match will be played in Cologne up next as FlipSid3 will fight OpTic to stay in the tournament. You can find the streams for the said match on our match page.

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OpTic #16 William 'RUSH' WierzbaOscar 'mixwell' CañellasPeter 'stanislaw' JarguzKeith 'NAF' MarkovicDamian 'daps' Steele Denis 'seized' Kostin Age: 21 Team: Natus Vincere Rating 1.0: 1.05 Maps played: 793 KPR: 0.71 DPR: 0.66 Ioann 'Edward' Sukhariev Age: 28 Team: Natus Vincere Rating 1.0: 1.05 Maps played: 797 KPR: 0.73 DPR: 0.67 Danylo 'Zeus' Teslenko Age: 28 Team: Natus Vincere Rating 1.0: 0.96 Maps played: 801 KPR: 0.67 DPR: 0.69 Natus Vincere #5 Ioann 'Edward' SukharievDanylo 'Zeus' TeslenkoLadislav 'GuardiaN' KovácsDenis 'seized' KostinEgor 'flamie' Vasilyev FlipSid3 #23 Yegor 'markeloff' MarkelovAndrey 'B1ad3' GorodenskiyOleksandr 'Shara' HordieyevGeorgi 'WorldEdit' YaskinJan 'wayLander' Rahkonen Christopher 'GeT_RiGhT' Alesund Age: 26 Team: Ninjas in Pyjamas Rating 1.0: 1.20 Maps played: 971 KPR: 0.81 DPR: 0.61 Egor 'flamie' Vasilyev Age: 19 Team: Natus Vincere Rating 1.0: 1.08 Maps played: 607 KPR: 0.75 DPR: 0.67 Ninjas in Pyjamas #4 Patrik 'f0rest' LindbergChristopher 'GeT_RiGhT' AlesundRichard 'Xizt' LandströmAdam 'friberg' FribergJacob 'pyth' Mourujärvi