9INE will play at their second Showdown of the year thanks to a victory at RES Western European Masters Fall.
The Polish team, who finished in the top four at Spring Showdown following impressive online form earlier in the year, will have a second crack at making a BLAST event this year following a dominant performance in the event in which they didn't drop a map.
The commentator Dweg's prediction to win the event was 9INE.
"9INE had two chances to qualify to IEM Sydney and they blew both of them vs Apeks and BetBoom. This time around they have to qualify. They won the RES Western European Masters Spring event back in March, so let’s see if they can go back to back." - Dweg
9INE began the event in a group with the UK's team Endpoint, the recently signed GenOne, and their eventual grand final opponents, Into the Breach.
Endpoint forfeited their opening game, giving 9INE a pass to the winners' game, where they dispatched GenOne with a comfortable 16-9 victory on Anubis.
The semi-final would see 9INE face off against Looking4org, a French team made up of the former HEET core and two players who lost their spots on Falcons thanks to the recent international rebuild. A 2-0 victory in which KEi was the star thanks to his 1.36 HLTV Rating in the series, a 16-13 on Vertigo and 16-9 on Ancient saw the Polish squadron through to the Grand Final.
Their opponents in the Grand Final were Into the Breach, a team recently revamped following the permanent addition of misutaaa and the signing of new IGL, Qikert.
Another 2-0 victory, 9INE claimed Ancient 16-12 and followed it up by winning Vertigo 16-14 to secure their spot at Fall Showdown.
With Fall Showdown set to begin on October 4th, 9INE will have to perform even better to qualify for Fall Final.
ENCE and Cloud9 are already confirmed, while G2, BIG, and OG all fell from Fall Groups.
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