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While Counter-Strike 2 is bringing back Train, the competitive scene continues to see battles in the qualifying tournaments for PW Shanghai Major 2024. Taking place in all Counter-Strike 2 regions, including America.
Here at PW Shanghai Major 2024: Americas there is not much left to play, i.e. 3 matches. The last one is 9z vs FURIA, which will determine another team at Perfect World Shanghai Major 2024.
We are trying to figure out who will be stronger in this confrontation of South American clubs and at the end of the match will be on Major e.
Let's go.
Form 9Z
Let's open the analysis of the match 9Z vs FURIA with the analysis of 9Z's form. In this match they will play as the minimum favourite with odds to win at 1.8.
The Argentine club spent the whole year at all sorts of championships. Most of them were regional tournaments like CCT South America, where at one of the championships 9Z Team took TOP-1.
They have also made appearances at prestigious international events. For example, in March this year they visited Intel Extreme Masters Dalls 2023, where they even managed to beat Fnatic, but still didn't make it past the group stage and finished in the top 12.
- 9Z Team: dgt, max, buda, HUASOPEEK, Martinez.
Prior to the ESL Pro League Season 18, the Argentinians played at a number of "medium" level championships. These were CCT North Europe Series 7, where 9Z Team finished in the top 16 and Thunderpick World Championship 2023: Europe, where the team finished in the top 8.
At ESL Pro League Season 18, 9Z managed to qualify for the play-offs by going the longest way possible - the last chance grid. 9Z got there by losing to FaZe in the beginning and then to Imperial. Then a very solid comeback at the bottom: a clean win against M80 and Apeks and a 2-1 win against 5cyclone. However, it failed to get any further than the top 12.
In the 2024 season, 9z never gave up trying to play wherever they could. This was the case at the qualifiers for Intel Extreme Masters Chengdu 2024: SA, PGL Major Copenhagen 2024: SA Qualifier and ESL Pro League Season 19: SA Qualifier.
Among the big tournaments where 9z made their mark were IEM Chengdu 2024, where they finished top-16, Global Esports TOur Rio de Janeiro 2024 with top-6. There were also smaller championships like RES Latin American Series #4 with TOP-2 and CBCS Season 4 with TOP-2.
9z Team unexpectedly showed their best side at IEM Dallas 2024. The Argentinians beat MOUZ in the first round and then beat Team Liquid to earn a slot in the play-offs. But even The International was more interesting: a clean win over Vitality guaranteed 9z Team a direct passage to the semi-finals of IEM Dallas 2024. However, it was not possible to pass further, G2 were stronger and at the end of the championship 9Z took the top 4.
Next they played at ESL Challenger League Season 47: SA, where they took the top 3 and visited the FiReLEAGUE Global Final 2023, where in the grand final, they were defeated by Fnatic, thus winning $100,000.
They got to IEM Cologne 2024 thanks to ESL World Ranking SA. However, they failed to rise above the top 16.
In addition to IEM Cologne 2024, 9z played at other TIR-S tournaments such as Dacha Belgrade 2024 and ESL Pro League Season 20. At the former they finished in the top 10, but at the Pro League it was much worse - top 28.
Before the Thunderpick World Championship 2024, Club 9z played Intel Extreme Masters Rio 2024, where they finished in the top 16. Thunderpick World Championship 2024 went badly for 9Z: the club finished in the top 16, and didn't reveal itself in the course of the championship.
At the PW Shanghai Major 2024: Americas RMR, 9Z are 2-2 in the Swiss.
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The best map of the Argentinians is Inferno. 9Z have played there 11 times and have a statistic of 8-3. Next comes Nuke (8-4) and Ancient (4-2).
Things are not much worse on Mirage and Overpass. On the former, which is true, only 3 games, but 2-1, but on Overpass it's already 5-3.
Neutral map is Anubis. 9Z has a score of 2-2 there.
They don't play on Vertigo.
Form FURIA
Let's continue the analysis of the match FURIA vs 9Z with the analysis of FURIA form. In this match they will play as outsiders with odds to win at 1.9. Basically, an even match.
Furia have attended more than 10 tournaments over the year, but the successes have been mediocre. Their most high-profile win was a Top 1 at BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023: American RMR, which gave them a spot at BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023.
Furia finished their only Major of the season on a Minor note. They failed to rise above the top 16 and were not given by G2 Esports. The misfortunes of the Brazilians did not end there.
Before the ESL Pro League Long Season, the team failed the following events: IEM Masters Dallas 2023 (TOP-12), Thunderpick World Championship 2023 (TOP-16), and Gamers8 2023 (TOP-16).
- FURIA line-up: yuurih, skullz, KSCERATO, FalleN, chelo.
Just before the ESL Pro League Season 18 Long Round, FURIA played at Pinnacle Cup V, where they managed to reach the Top 2. This was the most breakthrough result since the American RMR.
At ESL Pro League Season 18 FURIA played in Basket A. They got to the bottom net after the first round, and from there they went to the last chance net after the second round. There they cameback, defeating Grayhound and GamerLegion, thus getting their slot in the play-offs.
However, they didn't manage to play in the play-offs. In the first round FURIA ran into MOUZ, who became the champions of the prestigious event. As you have already guessed, FURIA lost and with a score of 0-2.
Next, the Brazilians played at a few more events. It was BLAST Premier: Fall American Showdown, with a top-4 for FURIA after losing to Complexity, and also BGS Esports 2023, with a win there.
FURIA entered the Roobet Cup 2023 play-offs pretty confident. They won Group A, ending their two matches with a win.
In the opening match of the Roobet Cup 2023 play-offs FURIA played against Apeks. The Europeans put up a fight, twice taking 11 rounds per card, but it wasn't enough: Furia won 2-0.
Next, FURIA faced Vp in the semi-finals, where they finished their journey to Roobet Cup 2023. After a top-4 finish there, they repeated the result at PARI, Please.
In their opening match at Elisa Masters Espoo 2023, FURIA started with a win over Complexity. Next was a play-offs match against Apeks, where the Brazilians failed to build on their success and lost 0-2.
In the final match of the group stage FURIA played against MOUZ. Being the underdog, the Brazilians managed to oust one of the main contenders to win the Elisa Masters Espoo and qualify for the play-offs. In the end, FURIA performed very well and took the tournament championship with a 3-1 win over Apeks in the grand final.
Next were BB Dacha, where FURIA finished Top 6, Top 24 at IEM Katowice 2024, Top 6 at RES Western European Masters: Spring 2024 and then the qualifiers for the top tournaments. And if at the qualifiers for IEM Dallas Furia was unlucky, they lost in the final 9z, but at PGL Major Copenhagen 2024: American RMR the team managed to win and qualify for the PGL CS2 Copenhagen Major from the American region.
At the tournament itself, FURIA are looking pretty bad so far. FalleN and company lost to their former teammate coldzera in Legacy, as well as Lynn Vision, and managed to win only against KOI, who have already left the championship.
In the next match at PGL CS 2 Copenhagen Major 2024 FURIA beat ENCE. And they beat ENCE 2-0, without much of a chance. In the match for the Elimination Stage they beat sAw, but then they failed to control: at the end of the Elimination Stage Furia lost with the score 2-3 and left the World Championship.
Before the ESL Pro League Season 19, FURIA played at IEM China 2024, where they finished in the Top 12. In the first round of ESL Pro League Season 19 FURIA opened with a match against Liquid and Ledge played the Americans with the score 1-2. Then - even more The International heresnier: match against forZe, where FURIA being the favourite went 0-2, and also lost their peak with the score 0-13. In the next match they met BNK and at least there they won on class. However, they failed to reach the top 20.
Before playing at EWC 2024, they played at several Minor CCT tournaments, where they didn't achieve much. At the Esports World Cup 2024 they performed very well, reaching the play-offs and taking the card from MOUZ.
IEM Cologne 2024 FURIA started from the Play-In stage, where they first beat Imperial, but then Ledge and Liquid in the match for the group stage. However, they managed to qualify at the second attempt after defeating Heroic. In the first match of the group stage Ledge and Vitality, and later they left the championship at the TOP-16, Ledge defeated Team Liquid in the decisive match.
ESL Pro League Season 20 FURIA started with a victory over Falcons (2-1), but then Ledge and Vitality (0-2). Then they went down the drain and lost to Spirit and left the championship at the TOP-16 stage.
Before playing at PW Shanghai Major 2024: Americas RMR, FURIA played at IEM Rio 2024, where they reached the TOP-4. At PW Shanghai Major 2024 itself, FURIA are 2-2 in the Swiss.
FURIA Mapple
The best map of FURIA remains Vertigo, the Brazilians have played there 5 times and won in 3 maps. Next comes Mirage, already with 7 games and 4-3 stats.
Neutral choice for Furia will be Nuke and Ancient. There the Brazilians have 6 maps and the score is 3-3 on each.
The worst is Overpass (2-3) and Inferno (1-2).
History of head-to-head meetings between FURIA and 9Z
FURIA and 9Z have played each other three times in the 2024 season. The advantage on the side of 9Z is 2-1.
Predicted result of FURIA vs 9Z at PW Shanghai Major 2024: Americas RMR
In this match I expect an even game from both sides. FURIA and 9Z know each other pretty well and can easily exchange spades, and everything will be decided on decider.
Bottom line: total +2.5.
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