9z have qualified for the BLAST Premier Spring Showdown after emerging victorious from the FiReLEAGUE Latin Power grand final, taking down Durany 2-1 to earn $25,000 and book a ticket to the 16-team tournament, where the likes of Astralis, Liquid, and Vitality will compete in a single-elimination, best-of-three bracket for two spots at the BLAST Premier Spring Finals. BIT and company received an invite to compete in the Latin Power qualifier, securing wins over Leviatan and fellow invitees Coscu Army in the group stage before booking a spot in the grand final following a semi-final victory over Malvinas. 9z are the twelfth team confirmed for the Showdown Durany, who earned a spot in the closed qualifier through the open stage, had a dream run as they took down Isurus, Malvinas, and Meta Academy en route to the grand final, which they kicked off in good form as they scored a 16-11 map win on Inferno against 9z. The all-Argentine squad were unable to convert their initial edge into a series victory however, with 9z answering back on their pick of Nuke, 16-10, before prevailing in a tense overtime affair on Dust2 to narrowly scrape a win and book their ticket to the Showdown. FiReLEAGUE Latin Power Spring 2021 - BLAST Premier QualifierBest of 3 Durany Matchpage 1 2 22nd March 2021   9z 16Inferno 11 10Nuke 16 17Dust2 19 Nicolas 'BK1' CespedesBK1 | 67 - 59 | +8 | 81.6 | 1.21 | Emanuel 'EmaDlz' LópezEmaDlz | 65 - 68 | -3 | 81.7 | 1.14 | Sergio 'Yokowow' MojicaYokowow | 60 - 61 | -1 | 75.0 | 1.08 | Thomas 'christo' Navaleschristo | 57 - 62 | -5 | 66.8 | 1.00 | Andres 'andizin' Yorioandizin | 46 - 60 | -14 | 51.5 | 0.79 |
Martin 'rox' Molinarox | 71 - 63 | +8 | 83.5 | 1.21 | Maximiliano 'max' Gonzalezmax | 70 - 56 | +14 | 78.1 | 1.14 | Bruno 'BIT' Fukuda LimaBIT | 64 - 57 | +7 | 76.8 | 1.12 | Santino 'try' Rigaltry | 58 - 62 | -4 | 74.0 | 1.07 | Franco 'dgt' Garciadgt | 47 - 58 | -11 | 64.0 | 0.92 |
The team list for the BLAST Premier Spring Showdown now looks as follows: Astralis
Liquid
Vitality
HEROIC
Gambit
Spirit
Nordic Masters
Fantasyexpo Cup G2
OG
MIBR
FURIA
NASR
9z
VENN Invitational
LVP Unity Cup  MIBR #33   Ricardo 'boltz' Prass Gustavo 'yel' Knittel Marcelo 'chelo' Cespedes Bruno 'shz' Martinelli Daniel 'danoco' Morgado  OG #17  Valdemar 'valde' Bjørn Vangså Aleksi 'Aleksib' Virolainen Nikolaj 'niko' Kristensen Mateusz 'mantuu' Wilczewski  Isurus #118  Nicolás 'Noktse' Dávila Roberto 'reversive' Themtham Nicolas 'NikoM' Miozzi Marcos 'deco' Amato Tomas 'tom1jed' Rivero   9z #93   Bruno 'BIT' Fukuda Lima Maximiliano 'max' Gonzalez Franco 'dgt' Garcia Martin 'rox' Molina Santino 'try' Rigal  G2 #11  Audric 'JACKZ' Jug Nikola 'NiKo' Kovač Nemanja 'huNter-' Kovač François 'amanek' Delaunay Nemanja 'nexa' Isaković   Coscu Army #168   Andrés 'Andrew' Clavijo Juan 'DILLION1' Reyes Gabriel '1962' Sinopoli Nahuel 'nhl' Herrera Franco 'FRANAR' Alvarado  Astralis #2  Andreas 'Xyp9x' Højsleth Peter 'dupreeh' Rasmussen Lukas 'gla1ve' Rossander Nicolai 'device' Reedtz Emil 'Magisk' Reif  Leviatan #165  Nicolás 'lenci' Lencinas Ignacio '182' Rius Verduna Willian 'LIN' Soares Barbosa Da Silva Rawan 'beg0d' Tavares Joaquin 'BEICOLASO' Baccola   Bruno 'BIT' Fukuda Lima Age: 30 Team: 9z Rating 1.0: 0.99 Maps played: 593 KPR: 0.66 DPR: 0.65  Meta Academy #156  Nabil 'nbl' Aleua Genaro 'restikk' Hokama Gabriel '648' Lemesi Ignacio 'elemeNt' Lagos Francisco 'rushardo' Massaro  Liquid #4  Gabriel 'FalleN' Toledo Keith 'NAF' Markovic Jonathan 'EliGE' Jablonowski Jake 'Stewie2K' Yip Michael 'Grim' Wince  Durany #131  Thomas 'christo' Navales Emanuel 'EmaDlz' López Sergio 'Yokowow' Mojica Nicolas 'BK1' Cespedes Andres 'andizin' Yorio   Spirit #7   Leonid 'chopper' Vishnyakov Nikolay 'mir' Bityukov Viktor 'sdy' Orudzhev Abdul 'degster' Gasanov Boris 'magixx' Vorobiev  NASR  Abd-Alrahman 'REAL1ZE' Arabiat Atif 'gejmzilla' Mustafa Bebu 'Bibu' Aadil Arbnor 'Dementor' Pacolli Mohammad 'BOROS' Malhas  Vitality #6  Richard 'shox' Papillon Cédric 'RpK' Guipouy Dan 'apEX' Madesclaire Mathieu 'ZywOo' Herbaut Kévin 'misutaaa' Rabier  Malvinas #183  Matias 'jotti' Kierzner Matias 'PREDI' Prediger Braian 'BerSeCkaZo' Franco Facundo 'fakzwall' Guzman Marcos 'bichop' Bianchi  Gambit #5  Abay 'HObbit' Khassenov Timofey 'interz' Yakushin Sergey 'Ax1Le' Rykhtorov Dmitry 'sh1ro' Sokolov Vladislav 'nafany' Gorshkov   HEROIC #10   Casper 'cadiaN' Møller Ismail 'refrezh' Ali Martin 'stavn' Lund René 'TeSeS' Madsen Rasmus 'sjuush' Beck  FURIA #12  Andrei 'arT' Piovezan Yuri 'yuurih' Santos Vinicius 'VINI' Figueiredo Paytyn 'junior' Johnson Kaike 'KSCERATO' Cerato |