History for South America: 9z sweep PARIVISION to win the XSE Pro League, their first major international title
What began as a strong run at the Cologne Major has ended in the greatest achievement in 9z's history. The South American side swept PARIVISION 3-0 (Mirage 13-9, Inferno 13-10, Dust2 13-4) in the grand final of the XSE Pro League Guangzhou 2026, taking the lion's share of the $1,000,000 prize pool and the organization's first international LAN trophy.
CAMPEONES DE LA XSE PRO LEAGUE 2026 🇨🇳
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Seguimos cumpliendo nuestros sueños, seguimos haciendo historia. Hoy nuestra vitrina suma su primer trofeo Tier-1 tras vencer a Parivision por 3-0 en la Grand Final
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A final beyond debate
9z were clearly the better side from start to finish. On Mirage, PARIVISION's own pick, the Russians sank to 2-6 on their T side, barely able to get bomb plants down; they closed the gap late in the half, but after the switch luchov found all the key frags to seal the 13-9.
On Inferno the script repeated: PARIVISION lost the opening force-buy battle and watched their B site fall again and again to dgt's multi-kills. Jame's men saved face late in their defense and even strung rounds together on their T side after a pistol win, but when the map tightened, it was HUASOPEEK and dgt who righted the ship for the 13-10 and the 2-0 lead.
Dust2 was outright one-way traffic (13-4), with an unexpected protagonist: meyern, who after two quiet maps came alive with rifle multi-kill after multi-kill to seal the title.
The series numbers tell the story: dgt finished as the final's best player with a 53-25 K-D, 86.6 ADR, and a 1.40 rating, followed by HUASOPEEK (1.36). On the other side, only xiELO (1.16) showed up, in a PARIVISION where marquee signing HObbit (0.67) and, even more surprisingly, the usually reliable Jame (0.69) sank. The tournament MVP, announced on the broadcast, went to Chile's HUASOPEEK.
From shaky groups to unbeaten playoff champions
The road wasn't smooth. 9z posted an uneven group stage, with losses to EYEBALLERS and Alliance, but grew game by game: they knocked out hometown favorites TYLOO in the quarters in front of their own crowd, avenged the Alliance loss in the semi-finals, and arrived at the final in peak form. All of this, remember, at the year's most troubled tournament, which survived massive delays, a power outage, and a malware scandal that cost the lead admin his job.
What it means for the region
It's hard to overstate the moment. The lineup of max, dgt, meyern, luchov, and HUASOPEEK — Uruguayans, Argentinians, and a Chilean — confirms the best stretch in their history: playoffs at PGL Astana in May with wins over Falcons and MOUZ, the organization's first Major playoffs appearance in Cologne, and now the title. 9z are no longer South America's plucky underdog: they arrived in Guangzhou ranked 11th in the world and leave with the trophy, Tier 1 VRS points, and a ticket of confidence heading toward November's Singapore Major.
For a region that had spent years searching for an international champion beyond Brazil, the night in Guangzhou now belongs to the history books of Spanish-speaking CS.
Source: HLTV.