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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. The Kazakh-Russian roster had already turned heads earlier in 2026 by winning the BLAST Bounty Winter trophy, so this runner-up finish adds another deep playoff run to their resume rather than a step backward.
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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