9z beat Durany to qualify for BLAST Premier Spring Showdown

Bruno "⁠BIT⁠" Fukuda Lima's troops topped the FiReLEAGUE Latin Power Spring qualifier to secure their berth.

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 DuranyMatchpage 1 2 22nd March 2021 9z 16Inferno 11 10Nuke 16 17Dust2 19

Durany	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
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

9z	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
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 CupG2
OG
MIBR
FURIA
NASR
9z
VENN Invitational
LVP Unity CupMIBR #33 Ricardo 'boltz' PrassGustavo 'yel' KnittelMarcelo 'chelo' CespedesBruno 'shz' MartinelliDaniel 'danoco' Morgado OG #17 Valdemar 'valde' Bjørn VangsåAleksi 'Aleksib' VirolainenNikolaj 'niko' KristensenMateusz 'mantuu' Wilczewski Isurus #118 Nicolás 'Noktse' DávilaRoberto 'reversive' ThemthamNicolas 'NikoM' MiozziMarcos 'deco' AmatoTomas 'tom1jed' Rivero 9z #93 Bruno 'BIT' Fukuda LimaMaximiliano 'max' GonzalezFranco 'dgt' GarciaMartin 'rox' MolinaSantino 'try' Rigal G2 #11 Audric 'JACKZ' JugNikola 'NiKo' KovačNemanja 'huNter-' KovačFrançois 'amanek' DelaunayNemanja 'nexa' Isaković Coscu Army #168 Andrés 'Andrew' ClavijoJuan 'DILLION1' ReyesGabriel '1962' SinopoliNahuel 'nhl' HerreraFranco 'FRANAR' Alvarado Astralis #2 Andreas 'Xyp9x' HøjslethPeter 'dupreeh' RasmussenLukas 'gla1ve' RossanderNicolai 'device' ReedtzEmil 'Magisk' Reif Leviatan #165 Nicolás 'lenci' LencinasIgnacio '182' Rius VerdunaWillian 'LIN' Soares Barbosa Da SilvaRawan 'beg0d' TavaresJoaquin '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' AleuaGenaro 'restikk' HokamaGabriel '648' LemesiIgnacio 'elemeNt' LagosFrancisco 'rushardo' Massaro Liquid #4 Gabriel 'FalleN' ToledoKeith 'NAF' MarkovicJonathan 'EliGE' JablonowskiJake 'Stewie2K' YipMichael 'Grim' Wince Durany #131 Thomas 'christo' NavalesEmanuel 'EmaDlz' LópezSergio 'Yokowow' MojicaNicolas 'BK1' CespedesAndres 'andizin' Yorio Spirit #7 Leonid 'chopper' VishnyakovNikolay 'mir' BityukovViktor 'sdy' OrudzhevAbdul 'degster' GasanovBoris 'magixx' Vorobiev NASR Abd-Alrahman 'REAL1ZE' ArabiatAtif 'gejmzilla' MustafaBebu 'Bibu' AadilArbnor 'Dementor' PacolliMohammad 'BOROS' Malhas Vitality #6 Richard 'shox' PapillonCédric 'RpK' GuipouyDan 'apEX' MadesclaireMathieu 'ZywOo' HerbautKévin 'misutaaa' Rabier Malvinas #183 Matias 'jotti' KierznerMatias 'PREDI' PredigerBraian 'BerSeCkaZo' FrancoFacundo 'fakzwall' GuzmanMarcos 'bichop' Bianchi Gambit #5 Abay 'HObbit' KhassenovTimofey 'interz' YakushinSergey 'Ax1Le' RykhtorovDmitry 'sh1ro' SokolovVladislav 'nafany' Gorshkov HEROIC #10 Casper 'cadiaN' MøllerIsmail 'refrezh' AliMartin 'stavn' LundRené 'TeSeS' MadsenRasmus 'sjuush' Beck FURIA #12 Andrei 'arT' PiovezanYuri 'yuurih' SantosVinicius 'VINI' FigueiredoPaytyn 'junior' JohnsonKaike 'KSCERATO' Cerato