TRIDENT win CGPL Season 9

After a long six-week of online groupstage matches, eight teams progressed to the single-elimination playoffs. Notable teams such as Athletico, Chiefs and Immunity decided to not partcipate this season due to more focus on international opportunities.

Parallax, the defending champions from the previous season, had a difficult quarter-final matchup against Exile5. Razmik "⁠RaZ⁠" Bastadjan, the team's star player was not present, forcing the Aussie-Kiwi squad to use a stand-in for the playoffs, just managing to win the three-map thriller in overtime.

Iain "⁠SnypeR⁠" Turner's plusvee was in a similar situation with the loss of Mohammed "⁠MoeycQ⁠" Tizani, but the 2-1 outcome favoured their opponent, Cypher in the end. The other quarter-final matches showcased two straight map wins for TRIDENT and onestop, where they took down Skyfire and a weakened AVANT respectively.

Heading into the semi-finals, the reigning champions were overthrown by Tom "⁠BlackouT⁠" Richmond's TRIDENT in two maps that went down to the wire, including a quadruple overtime. Despite Jordan "⁠Hatz⁠" Bajic stepping up his perfomance throughout the day with incredible fragging numbers, it was not enough to push Parallax over the line.

The second semi-final went in the way of Cypher, as Montheara "⁠prakM⁠" Prak destroyed onestop in the first map with 35-kills under his belt. prakM continued topping the scoreboard in the following map, securing the series win against Seth "⁠seth⁠" Leeson's side, who tried his best to keep onestop in the game. 

Reaching the final stage, the showdown between TRIDENT and Cypher was closely contested. Both teams traded map wins, allowing only single-digit scorelines for the opposing team. However, TRIDENT immediately took control of the third map at 7-8, preventing Aaron "⁠ajk⁠" Girton's men from gaining any Terrorist rounds in the remaining half. An MVP showing from Mitch "⁠m1tch⁠" Hastings helped TRIDENT grab the series.

CyberGamer Pro League Season 9Best of 3

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Cypher	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Andy 'Noobster' ZhangNoobster	53 - 52	+1	82.7	72.9%	1.10
Philip 'Kronos' SouthertonKronos	50 - 43	+7	67.4	67.1%	1.04
Edward 'eLUSIVE' KongeLUSIVE	50 - 48	+2	75.2	68.6%	1.01
Aaron 'ajk' Girtonajk	42 - 54	-12	81.2	60.0%	0.97
Montheara 'prakM' PrakprakM	33 - 57	-24	59.7	55.7%	0.68

TRIDENT	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Mitch 'm1tch' Hastingsm1tch	60 - 41	+19	89.6	80.0%	1.33
Daniel 'rbz' Urbanirbz	60 - 44	+16	86.9	75.7%	1.28
Daniel 'DANZ' WhitfieldDANZ	57 - 48	+9	85.9	70.0%	1.16
Tom 'BlackouT' RichmondBlackouT	41 - 50	-9	67.5	60.0%	0.92
Simon 'Sico' WilliamsSico	36 - 47	-11	57.5	61.4%	0.78

CyberGamer Pro League Season 9 final standings:

1. TRIDENT - $2,500 AUD (~$1,860)
2. Cypher - $1,250 AUD (~$930)
3-4. Parallax - $625 AUD (~$465)
3-4. onestop - $625 AUD (~$465)
5-8. Exile5
5-8. Skyfire
5-8. plusvee
5-8. AVANT
9-10. auRa
9-10. Grinny Bankers
11-12. SYF
11-12. Dark Sided