DETONA to ESL Pro League S9 Americas over Sharks

In the grand final of the ESL Pro League S9 LatAm South Closed Qualifier, DETONA defeated Sharks 3-1 (1-0, 12-16, Train, 16-11 Mirage, 16-10 Inferno) to qualify for ESL Pro League S9 Americas.

The ESL Pro League Season 9 LatAM South Closed qualifier featured four teams, DETONA, Sharks, paiN and All Knights. DETONA and Sharks met in the intial game of the BO3 double-elimination bracket, where DETONA was victorious 2-1, before going on to meet again the BO5 grand final, where DETONA had a 1-0 start.

Sharks will miss out from the tournament after attending EPL Finals in seasons 7 and 8

The series started on Train, where Sharks were down 12-5 after struggling to gain momentum on the T side and losing the CT pistol. However, when they got rifles in their hands, they were perfect, stringing together 11 rounds straight to win the map 16-12, Renato "⁠nak⁠" Nakano leading the way with 28 frags.

Moving onto Mirage, Sharks had a solid first half, 9-6 as CT, but only mustered two sporadic rounds on the offensive side, allowing DETONA to take the map 16-11. The action then moved to Inferno, where we saw a balanced CT-T side in the first half as DETONA finished the defensive side with a minimal, 8-7 lead. However, after the switch, they put pressure on Sharks, and with Vinicius "⁠vsm⁠" Moreira having an inspired performance, closed out the map, 16-10, and took the series.

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DETONA	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Wesley 'hardzao' Lopeshardzao	67 - 48	+19	81.0	75.3%	1.28
Vinicius 'vsm' Moreiravsm	63 - 50	+13	83.9	80.2%	1.23
Matheus 'prt' Scuveroprt	54 - 55	-1	73.4	77.8%	1.09
André 'tiburci0' Rossettotiburci0	51 - 48	+3	70.2	65.4%	1.01
Matheus 'Tuurtle' AnhaiaTuurtle	52 - 62	-10	67.8	70.4%	0.91

Sharks	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Renato 'nak' Nakanonak	61 - 56	+5	80.1	70.4%	1.08
Jhonatan 'jnt' Silvajnt	53 - 55	-2	70.0	77.8%	1.08
Leonardo 'leo_drk' Oliveiraleo_drk	54 - 61	-7	75.4	69.1%	0.98
Raphael 'exit' Lacerdaexit	47 - 54	-7	73.8	65.4%	0.93
Rodrigo 'RCF' FigueiredoRCF	46 - 61	-15	61.6	59.3%	0.86

With the 16 teams from the Americas found, the team list for the competition has been finalized. The 12 teams residing in North America will be split into three, yet-to-be-announced groups, while Isurus, FULL SEND, Jaguar, and DETONA will compete against each other in a separate round 1 group. Winners of each group will advance to the LAN Finals, while second and third-placed teams will advance to the second group stage, "round 2". For more details about the tournament format, check out our announcement article.

ESL Pro League Season 9 Americas team list is as follows:

Cloud9
Ghost
INTZ
Liquid
MIBR
NRG
Renegades
Complexity

eUnited
Swole Patrol
Envy
Rogue
Isurus
FULL SEND
Jaguar
DETONA