TRIDENT win CGPL Season 9

TRIDENT have been crowned champions of Australia's CyberGamer Professional League for Season 9, taking home $2,500 AUD in cash after defeating Cypher 2-1 (16-8 de_mirage, 6-16 de_nuke, 16-8 de_overpass).

After a long six-week of online groupstage matches, eight teams progressed to the single-elimination playoffs. Notable teams such as Athletico, Chiefs and Immunity decided to not partcipate this season due to more focus on international opportunities.

Parallax, the defending champions from the previous season, had a difficult quarter-final matchup against Exile5. Razmik "⁠RaZ⁠" Bastadjan, the team's star player was not present, forcing the Aussie-Kiwi squad to use a stand-in for the playoffs, just managing to win the three-map thriller in overtime.

Iain "⁠SnypeR⁠" Turner's plusvee was in a similar situation with the loss of Mohammed "⁠MoeycQ⁠" Tizani, but the 2-1 outcome favoured their opponent, Cypher in the end. The other quarter-final matches showcased two straight map wins for TRIDENT and onestop, where they took down Skyfire and a weakened AVANT respectively.

BlackouT's TRIDENT claim their first CGPL title

Heading into the semi-finals, the reigning champions were overthrown by Tom "⁠BlackouT⁠" Richmond's TRIDENT in two maps that went down to the wire, including a quadruple overtime. Despite Jordan "⁠Hatz⁠" Bajic stepping up his perfomance throughout the day with incredible fragging numbers, it was not enough to push Parallax over the line.

The second semi-final went in the way of Cypher, as Montheara "⁠prakM⁠" Prak destroyed onestop in the first map with 35-kills under his belt. prakM continued topping the scoreboard in the following map, securing the series win against Seth "⁠seth⁠" Leeson's side, who tried his best to keep onestop in the game. 

Reaching the final stage, the showdown between TRIDENT and Cypher was closely contested. Both teams traded map wins, allowing only single-digit scorelines for the opposing team. However, TRIDENT immediately took control of the third map at 7-8, preventing Aaron "⁠ajk⁠" Girton's men from gaining any Terrorist rounds in the remaining half. An MVP showing from Mitch "⁠m1tch⁠" Hastings helped TRIDENT grab the series.

CyberGamer Pro League Season 9Best of 3 CypherMatchpage 1 2 10th December 2016 TRIDENT 8Mirage 16 16Nuke 6 8Overpass 16

Cypher	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Andy 'Noobster' ZhangNoobster	53 - 52	+1	82.7	1.10
Philip 'Kronos' SouthertonKronos	50 - 43	+7	67.4	1.04
Edward 'eLUSIVE' KongeLUSIVE	50 - 48	+2	75.2	1.01
Aaron 'ajk' Girtonajk	42 - 54	-12	81.2	0.97
Montheara 'prakM' PrakprakM	33 - 57	-24	59.7	0.68

TRIDENT	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Mitch 'm1tch' Hastingsm1tch	60 - 41	+19	89.6	1.33
Daniel 'rbz' Urbanirbz	60 - 44	+16	86.9	1.28
Daniel 'DANZ' WhitfieldDANZ	57 - 48	+9	85.9	1.16
Tom 'BlackouT' RichmondBlackouT	41 - 50	-9	67.5	0.92
Simon 'Sico' WilliamsSico	36 - 47	-11	57.5	0.78

CyberGamer Pro League Season 9 final standings:

1. TRIDENT - $2,500 AUD (~$1,860)
2. Cypher - $1,250 AUD (~$930)
3-4. Parallax - $625 AUD (~$465)
3-4. onestop - $625 AUD (~$465)
5-8. Exile5
5-8. Skyfire
5-8. plusvee
5-8. AVANT
9-10. auRa
9-10. Grinny Bankers
11-12. SYF
11-12. Dark Sided

plusvee Iain 'SnypeR' TurnerFergus 'ferg' StephensonZoran 'zorboT' SerovskiMark 'deStiny' KaganJosh 'Misfit' Hazell Mohammed 'MoeycQ' Tizani Age: 23 Team: Immunity Rating 1.0: 1.09 Maps played: 97 KPR: 0.76 DPR: 0.67 Immunity #99 James 'James' QuinnMohammed 'MoeycQ' TizaniCallum 'BURNRUOk' HendersonSean 'Gratisfaction' KaiwaiErdenetsogt 'erkaSt' Gantulga Mitch 'm1tch' Hastings Age: 21 Team: TRIDENT Rating 1.0: 1.21 Maps played: 25 KPR: 0.85 DPR: 0.66 Razmik 'RaZ' Bastadjan Age: 25 Team: Parallax Rating 1.0: 1.16 Maps played: 102 KPR: 0.78 DPR: 0.63 Aaron 'ajk' Girton Age: 22 Team: Cypher Rating 1.0: 0.89 Maps played: 34 KPR: 0.65 DPR: 0.77 Tom 'BlackouT' Richmond Age: 23 Team: TRIDENT Rating 1.0: 0.85 Maps played: 47 KPR: 0.58 DPR: 0.71 TRIDENT #171 Tom 'BlackouT' RichmondSimon 'Sico' WilliamsDaniel 'rbz' UrbaniDaniel 'DANZ' WhitfieldMitch 'm1tch' Hastings AVANT #85 Iyengaran 'IyeN' RajuAaron 'zen' CoxRaymond 'Dezibel' OdishoGeorgio 'sK' PoumpoulidisCameron 'disk0' Mac Dark Sided #220 Anthony 'Ar3syK' ChristouHarris 'HaZ' KrajisnikJames 'sibe' MartinSteve 'busta' BrewerJohn 'dimojR' Dimitropoulos Seth 'seth' Leeson Age: 16 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 1.04 Maps played: 50 KPR: 0.70 DPR: 0.66 Montheara 'prakM' Prak Age: 20 Team: Cypher Rating 1.0: 1.04 Maps played: 34 KPR: 0.74 DPR: 0.74 Cypher Philip 'Kronos' SouthertonAaron 'ajk' GirtonMontheara 'prakM' PrakAndy 'Noobster' ZhangEdward 'eLUSIVE' Kong onestop Sam 'mizu' RichardsonPeter 'pecks' NguyenSeth 'seth' LeesonDylan 'kyoto' BrownSam 'watti3' Ripley Iain 'SnypeR' Turner Age: 30 Team: Athletico Rating 1.0: 0.89 Maps played: 71 KPR: 0.60 DPR: 0.68 Grinny Bankers #184 Sebastian 'BASS' Bou-SamraSam 'flickz' JonesMitchell 'mswag' PritchardMatthew 'Texta' O'RourkeWillem 'badger' Clarke auRa Peter 'BL1TZ' AthanasatosMatthew 'ren' BeanTyler 'Steej' JosephMitchell 'pilski' PilipowskiDimitri 'FaSHo' Ferreira Jordan 'Hatz' Bajic Age: 18 Team: Parallax Rating 1.0: 1.10 Maps played: 78 KPR: 0.77 DPR: 0.67 onestop Sam 'mizu' RichardsonPeter 'pecks' NguyenSeth 'seth' LeesonDylan 'kyoto' BrownChris 'CHRiSOAOW' Forman Parallax #129 Egor 'LONSDALE' BaranovChris 'yellow' McGillivrayJordan 'Hatz' BajicSam 'jokes' MolanBeau 'TakaNd' Hughes Cypher Philip 'Kronos' SouthertonAaron 'ajk' GirtonMontheara 'prakM' PrakAndy 'Noobster' ZhangGary 'kalth' Howard SYF #197 Brady 'KStaar' KindtReece 'Squishy' LineyAndrew 'ino' FosterDaniel 'forge' FoxNick 'fluke' Pontil-Scala Chiefs #91 Michael 'Lightstep' HallTyler 'tucks' ReillyAlistair 'aliStair' JohnstonJoshua 'INS' PotterLiam 'malta' Schembri Exile5 #101 Nikhil 'NikkeZ' VictorJordan 'krudeN' HillWill 'animus' TurnerLaken 'Kaotik' DutcherSteve 'InJect' Honan Parallax #129 Razmik 'RaZ' BastadjanEgor 'LONSDALE' BaranovChris 'yellow' McGillivrayJordan 'Hatz' BajicSam 'jokes' Molan Athletico #49 Travis 'wizard' RichardsonConnor 'chuch' MorganStuart 'sonic' RaynerJesse 'InfrequeNt' BarkerJay 'Liazz' Tregillgas Skyfire #141 Kavian 'exzU' SafaeianAlex 'zudex' KarabatsosEric 'Exxy' DoDylan 'vibez' GargaroIsaac 'Ayrez' Ayre AVANT #85 Iyengaran 'IyeN' RajuRaymond 'Dezibel' OdishoGeorgio 'sK' PoumpoulidisBobby 'zedzke' JohnsonAlec 'Noisia' Gulabovski