IEM Rio 2023 South America Closed Qualifier

9z secure IEM Rio spot

17-2-2023 04:28

Franco "⁠dgt⁠" Garcia starred as 9z made their way through the South American closed qualifier.

9z have secured the South American qualifying spot at IEM Rio after coming out on top of the closed qualifier. The Uruguayan-Argentine-Chilean side beat O PLANO, 00NATION, and Fluxo, recovering from an embarrassing loss on Overpass in a grand final rematch against the latter to lock their spot.

dgt was key to the entire run, as he was by far 9z's best player with a 1.25 average rating over 10 maps and put up crucial performances in all but one of their six map wins. The next-closest, Santino "⁠try⁠" Rigal, recorded a 1.01 rating, with the rest well in the red.

9z will return to Rio six months after participating at the Major there

In Rio, 9z will have another chance at facing off against tier-one opposition after playing in the Major iteration of IEM Rio last November, where they narrowly missed out on a spot in the Legends Stage.

The tournament will take place on April 17-23 and will have many of the world's best teams in attendance, including the likes of HEROIC, FaZe, Natus Vincere, and Vitality.

The team list is almost complete, missing just one name from the North American closed qualifier, where MIBR and Complexity are facing off for the final spot in Brazil.

NA closed qualifier

Nice

2023-02-17 04:28

EZ 4 DGT

Col next

2023-02-17 04:31

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Aged INSANI ly well

2023-02-17 18:49

1 reply

insani cracked

2023-02-17 19:37

Better support our hermanos than watching a bunch of pug masters failing, thanks 9z and ESL

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Support racists kekw

2023-02-17 05:18

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Mf, we live in the most racist country in the planet.

2023-02-17 12:02

Cope

2023-02-17 13:21

inferiority complex spotted

2023-02-17 12:21

Exactly the opposite. I'm supporting a bunch of guys from Uruguai with 1/10 of the structure Fluxo/MIBR/Imperial/00/FURIA have.

2023-02-17 17:51

I was talking to the other guy, who's still believing "the world vs us" thing.

2023-02-17 18:32

GG Mate

2023-02-17 05:54

why all brazilians hate fluxo bro? i don't understand tbh

2023-02-17 07:08

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Im not brazilian but i hate it bc its like a psg but of SA cs. They bought the roster with lot of money but they dont have history as a team

2023-02-17 09:24

i really dont care about fluxo, but what u've just said doesnt make any sense ma friend LUL

2023-02-17 11:56

So are you going to hate BESTIA organization then? because they don't have history but entered the esport scene also with a lot of money? Or are you just going to be a hypocrite?

2023-02-17 13:53

I don't hate them, but they should be playing for titles after all that money, not chocking at every qualify possible, I bet they gonna miss the major again.

2023-02-17 12:03

thank you brotha

2023-02-17 15:54

Vsm?

2023-02-17 04:38

DGT in the corner

2023-02-17 04:35

undeserved

Why???

2023-02-17 04:36

maybe because they only won against t2 teams

2023-02-17 18:56

Amazing day

2023-02-17 04:37

where is g2?

2023-02-17 04:42

They want to have a longer bootcamp for the major so can't attend it

2023-02-17 11:10

I love 9z

2023-02-17 04:44

gg dgtoro and friends

2023-02-17 04:47

gg fellow

BR CS is dead

2023-02-17 04:54

this & the major is the last chance for this furia as a lineup. no g2, no liquid, homecrowd advantage and being the only brazilian team in the event. if they dont win this tournament they NEED to change their roster

2023-02-17 05:01

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home crowd advantage doesnt exist also furia and winning in the same phrase doesnt make any sense too

2023-02-17 05:04

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ofc it exists, in the minimum home country advantage exists. csgo is alot about mentality and being surrounded by friends, family and people who are supporting and cheering is a advantage than playing in denmark where no one is cheering for you

2023-02-17 05:06

Depends who youre up against in denmark

2023-02-17 10:19

It's good and bad. Look at art tilting in that inferno and nuke after winning the first map. Fúria guys are too weak mentally.

2023-02-17 12:05

They need to change their roster anyways. But they don't need much. Just a star awper. Where do they find that? No idea.

2023-02-17 05:05

Zevy is a good one but hes kinda toxic, if they remove both drop and saffee maybe go international? they will still keep their 3 brazilian core, so they will still be a brazilian team

2023-02-17 05:07

well, i hate to break it to you, but this iem might not be the last chance for "this line up"; isn't oficial yet, but apparently rumours from good br sources already leaked that drop is going to be replaced (no idea if benched or out for good, but anyways...)

2023-02-17 06:33

Fuck that, they should be a BR team At most get some SA awper that's not BR

2023-02-17 14:19

Thanks for coming back Try

robbed!!!! the free fire org should have won this.....

2023-02-17 05:13

congratz

2023-02-17 05:14

9z really deserved this spot, now they have two months to fully prepare for the tournament and be ready to fight the best teams in rio

2023-02-17 05:15

dgt is back

2023-02-17 05:22

hell naww

2023-02-17 05:46

9z <3

2023-02-17 05:58

second last in first out

2023-02-17 06:22

They qualify after almost losing 2nd map 0:16…. man

2023-02-17 06:58

9eZ

2023-02-17 07:07

best SA team

2023-02-17 07:28

congrats manitos!! deserved! dgt god!!

2023-02-17 08:10

Maybe update NiP nationality?

2023-02-17 08:35

yeeey!! first time that 9z are in a same tournament with NaVi!! hope to see a try vs s1mple <3

2023-02-17 08:41

this just goes to show how bad 00nation is, try was their best player but couldn't do anything, dude came back to 9z and already is qualified for a good tournament

2023-02-17 08:47

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Try is trash, dgt carried his ass last night.

2023-02-17 12:06

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everyone was trash in 00nation but try was the least trash of them all. dgt carried his ass last night key words "last night" try is undoubtedly the best SA awper at least mechanic wise

2023-02-17 12:09

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Do you even watch 00/9z/SA CS? This guy's on saffee level, he's not close to HEN1 and probably not even top 5.

2023-02-17 12:22

i do watch it, seems like you don't since u still think hen1 is on the same lvl he was back in the imortals and furia days. it's just like thinking fallen is still a t1 awper when he clearly ain't

2023-02-17 12:36

HEN1 is playing at the same level he always played, you should watch MIBR, i would pick HEN1, zevy and history all before that choker try.

2023-02-17 17:54

HEN1 washed up AF, last time he played okay was with FURIA core.

2023-02-17 15:00

1.25 last 3 months 1.20 last 6 months Do you even watch HEN1 or try playing bro? Try is a choker, guy shitty games after shitty games than one great game then shitty again.

2023-02-17 17:53

HEN1? Does that guy still play cs? I don't see him in any tournament or anything... he doesn't exist

2023-02-17 16:17

Unfortunately now nqz (who imo is kind of on the same level than try) is gonna go through the same situation On the other hand playing with washed up players like taco and cold give you a lot of exposure, but idk if someone like nq needs that, since everyone who is into cs knows he is probably the biggest brazilian talent rn

2023-02-17 12:10