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9z sweeps PARIVISION to win the XSE Pro League 2026
The wait is finally over for 9z. The Argentine roster swept PARIVISION 3-0 in the grand final of the 2026 XSE Pro League, closing out a wild run in Guangzhou and picking up the biggest LAN trophy of the team's history.
PARIVISION came in as tournament favorites after a strong playoff run, but 9z simply had an answer for everything they threw at them, closing the series 3-0 without dropping a single map.
From the Brink of Elimination to the Biggest Stage
Things didn't start smoothly for 9z. The South Americans stumbled early in the Swiss stage, dropping a tough opener to EYEBALLERS and then getting eliminated from the Upper Bracket path after Alliance handed them a 2-0 loss on July 4. But 9z wasn't going down without a fight, and they clawed back through the lower bracket, taking down 3DMAX 13-9 and Sinners along the way to keep their tournament alive.
That resilience carried straight into the playoffs. 9z knocked out TyLoo in the quarterfinal, then edged past Alliance 2-1 in a tense semifinal that came down to overtime on Inferno before 9z sealed it 13-7 on Ancient. It stings even more for Alliance, who had beaten 9z just days earlier during Swiss play, only to watch the Argentines return the favor when it mattered.
Sweet Revenge and a Fatter Wallet
The championship comes with a serious payday. As tournament winners, 9z pocket $200,000 in prize money plus a $60,000 club share, while PARIVISION settle for $80,000 and their own $60,000 share as runners-up.
It also marks 9z's second notable trophy of the year and their first international LAN title, a milestone that puts the South American scene back in the spotlight.
PARIVISION, for their part, leave Guangzhou with plenty to build on despite the lopsided final. This grand final actually marked the first LAN final for the Kazakh-Russian roster's newest lineup, after the org benched BELCHONOKK and nota in June in favor of Hobbit and slaxejezzz as part of a broader summer shake-up.
Making it all the way to a title match in their debut outing together is a promising sign, and it's worth keeping an eye on how PARIVISION's fresh core develops as the roster shuffling across CS2 continues into the second half of 2026, something our CS2 roster tracker has been keeping close tabs on all season.
Argentina's Flag Flies Higher than Ever
This isn't 9z's first brush with history either. Back in 2022, the Argentine org became the first non-Brazilian South American team to reach a CS major, and just last month they broke barriers again by becoming the first non-Brazilian LATAM squad to reach an IEM Cologne Major playoff.
Now, with a trophy in hand and $260,000 richer, La Violeta has finally turned years of near-misses into the crowning achievement of a roster built from Argentina, Uruguay, Chile, and Brazil, proving South American Counter-Strike has a lot more to say heading into the back half of 2026.
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