9z team greeted the Intel Extreme Masters in Rio de Janeiro this Thursday evening to the widespread applause of the dishonest Brazilian and the emotion of the players. Despite the defeat against Fnatic, which left him without the possibility of a historical ranking a Legendary Phasethe Argentine team started with the recognition of the large Counter-Strike community in Brazil.
The defeat against the three-time European champions was also marked the most outstanding performance of an Argentine team in a CS: GO Major tournament, the equivalent of a world championship.
9z said goodbye to the Challengers Stage with a more than favorable toll for its young four-year history against Imperial (Brazil) and Evil Geniuses (United States)his first achievements in the Counter-Strike Major series.
The Brazilian public played in all his presentations in favor of the Argentine organization. They sang, cheered and even played drums more than ever in the falls BIG, GamerLegion and the final against Fnatic. Unlike what can be seen with football or other traditional sports, 9z Team and Counter have managed to bring both nations together.
Now the fervent cariocas will only have FURIA as their local and South American representative, who won three wins against Gamer Legion (16-9 and 16-11), OG (19-16), 00Nation (16-6) and lost to BIG (16-19).
FURIA will begin to define its future on Saturday when the decisive phase of the tournament begins: Champions phase. The top eight will meet at the Jeunesse Arena with a capacity of 18,000 spectators.
In addition to the title, the champion team will retain $ 500,000 and qualify for IEM Katowice 2023. In total, the tournament will distribute $ 1,250,000 million.
Rio Major: Fnatic travels to the legend stage
The victory of the European team against the quintet of the Uruguayans Max and Dgt, the Argentine Buda, the Chilean Dav1d and the Brazilian Nqz it was more than hard work. At first they managed to prevail on the Mirage map (16-11) and then they suffered to stay with Nuke (16-14), as they had to overcome a deficit of 5-13.
One of the candidates to remain with the Rio de Janeiro Major achieved the coveted ranking at the Legends Stage – the previous stage before fighting for the title – based on the work of William “mezii” Merriman and company. The quintet won without mitigating the matches against Cloud9 (19-17) and OG (16-13) which were defined as the best of a match.
Once the matches have been moved to the best of three series, the European team He must have suffered more than necessary in the falls against MOUZ and Outsiders, which deposited him in the group of teams with a record of 2 wins and 2 losses. There the matchup put him on the 9z Team path.
Rio Major: Match Schedule for Saturday 5th November
- 11.00 – MOUZ vs. Liquid Team.
- 11.00 – Spirit vs. Bad new eagles.
- 12.15 – Faze Clan vs Cloud 9.
- 12.15 – Sprout vs. GREAT.
- 13:30 – Vitality vs. SHIPS.
- 13:30 – Outsiders vs. heroic.
- 14.45 – Ninja in pajamas vs. fanatic.
- 14.45 – Fury vs. ENCE.
Source: Clarin
