{"id":24384,"date":"2022-10-08T10:47:50","date_gmt":"2022-10-08T14:47:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/?p=24384"},"modified":"2022-10-09T21:43:21","modified_gmt":"2022-10-10T01:43:21","slug":"9z-prides-itself-as-the-first-south-american-csgo-team-to-qualify-for-iem-rio-major","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/9z-prides-itself-as-the-first-south-american-csgo-team-to-qualify-for-iem-rio-major\/","title":{"rendered":"9z becomes first South American CS:GO team to qualify for IEM Rio Major"},"content":{"rendered":"

\nSouth American team 9z have secured their ticket to the 2022 IEM Rio Major<\/a> and will start their Major campaign at the tournament\u2019s Challengers Stage, set to kick off on October 30.<\/p>\n

They earned their Major qualification after bagging a 2-0 victory against ATK during the 2-2 pool of the Americas Regional Major Ranking (RMR).<\/p>\n

9z trounced ATK in both Inferno and Dust 2, with particular emphasis on the first map, which was the North American team\u2019s map pick. As a result of the team\u2019s strong defensive setup, 9z only lost two rounds to ATK. The defense enabled every player on the squad to record an impressive number of frags.<\/p>\n

By the first half of the Inferno map, the South American team were ahead by an incredible 13-2 score. ATK had no way to recover from the daunting lead, and 9z went on to close the map 16-2.<\/p>\n

ATK recorded more kills on Dust 2, but they did not fare much better than on Inferno. The first half of the map saw the South American team win 10 rounds.<\/p>\n

9z then displayed a dominant CT side performance and lost only two rounds to their opponents. 9z ended Dust 2 with an impressive 16-7 win and qualified for the Valve-sponsored CS:GO event.<\/p>\n

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ESTAMOS EN EL MAJOR AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA pic.twitter.com\/qNS6xLvMtK<\/a><\/p>\n

— 9z Team (@9zTeam) October 7, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n