QUINTESSÊNCIA won CCT 2026 Challengers South America Series 3 by defeating your end 2-0 in the grand final. The champions took Mirage 13-6 and Nuke 13-7, closing the online event without dropping a map across their four recorded playoff series. The title also carried the first-place share of $1,250 from the tournament’s $2,500 prize pool.
The final was played on September 21 after QUINTESSÊNCIA had already beaten RUSH 2-0 in the consolidation final. That earlier series ended 13-6 on Cache and 13-2 on Mirage. Returning for another best-of-three did not slow the team: QUINTESSÊNCIA controlled both halves of Mirage against your end, then produced an even stronger defensive finish on Nuke.
The veto gave each finalist one selected map. QUINTESSÊNCIA removed Anubis and chose Mirage after your end removed Cache. Your end answered with Nuke as its pick. Inferno and Dust2 were removed later, leaving Ancient as the unused decider. Because the match ended in two maps, QUINTESSÊNCIA won both its own selection and the opponent’s selection rather than relying on a favourable final map.
Mirage supplied the first clear advantage. QUINTESSÊNCIA led 8-4 at halftime and won five of the next seven rounds to finish 13-6. Nuke began more evenly, with a 7-5 first half, but the champions again improved after the switch. They conceded only two second-half rounds and completed the map 13-7, removing any need for Ancient.
A clean final follows a clean route through the bracket
The grand-final score was consistent with QUINTESSÊNCIA’s earlier results in the event. They beat Sementes do Mal 2-0 on September 19, defeated MEIA NOITE 2-0 on September 20, swept RUSH in the consolidation final and then repeated the score against your end. That sequence amounts to four series victories and eight consecutive map wins in the recorded run.
The short turnaround between the consolidation final and the grand final made the last two victories especially useful for judging the team’s stability. Against RUSH, QUINTESSÊNCIA allowed six rounds on Cache and only two on Mirage. Against your end, the maps were closer, but neither reached a decisive late phase. The champions repeatedly created halftime leads and converted them without opening a path to a third map.
prozinzsz produced the strongest individual numbers in the grand final. He finished with a 1.32 rating, 0.87 kills per round, 0.59 deaths per round, 86.5 average damage and a 76.9 percent KAST figure. Those figures reflect consistent involvement across both maps rather than one isolated round, and they accompanied a result in which your end never held the series lead.
- Sementes do Mal: QUINTESSÊNCIA won the series 2-0 on September 19.
- MEIA NOITE: QUINTESSÊNCIA advanced with another 2-0 on September 20.
- RUSH: the consolidation final ended 13-6 on Cache and 13-2 on Mirage.
- your end: the grand final ended 13-6 on Mirage and 13-7 on Nuke.
The map sequence also shows that the title was not built on repeating one comfortable battleground. The final two series alone covered Cache, Mirage and Nuke. Mirage appeared twice, but the other wins required QUINTESSÊNCIA to handle an opponent’s chosen map and a different starting rhythm. Nuke’s 7-5 half was the closest point of the grand final, and the response after the switch settled it.
your end reached the final with a chance to claim the same first prize, yet the match never moved beyond its two selections. Mirage punished the early deficit; Nuke punished the inability to carry a competitive first half into the second. Ancient remained available, but the decider was irrelevant once QUINTESSÊNCIA won six of the eight second-half rounds on Nuke.
The title delivers prize money and ranking progress
CCT Challengers South America Series 3 ran online from September 17 to September 20, with the final completing the bracket after midnight. The event used a double-elimination playoff format and a $2,500 prize pool. QUINTESSÊNCIA earned $1,250 for first place, your end received $750 as runner-up and the third-place allocation was $500.
The event’s finalized VRS table credited QUINTESSÊNCIA with 71 points, moving the team from 634 to 705 points and from number 244 to number 191. your end also gained across the full event: 95 points, rising from 531 to 626 and from number 329 to number 252. Those are tournament-wide changes rather than a measure of the grand final alone, and HLTV notes that placements can still shift as other events conclude.
For a regional online event, the clean route is the most significant part of the result. A single 2-0 can come from a favourable veto or one poor opponent performance. Four consecutive sweeps across several maps demonstrate that QUINTESSÊNCIA were consistently better over the bracket, while the final confirmed that form against the team playing for the same title.
| Grand-final map | First half | Second half | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mirage | 8-4 | 5-2 | QUINTESSÊNCIA 13-6 |
| Nuke | 7-5 | 6-2 | QUINTESSÊNCIA 13-7 |
QUINTESSÊNCIA completed the tournament with a 2-0 final, eight straight map wins in four series and the largest share of the prize pool. prozinzsz led the decisive match statistically, while the team converted advantages on both selected maps.
your end made Nuke competitive for one half, but the final never reached Ancient. QUINTESSÊNCIA’s stronger closing phases on Mirage and Nuke turned an unbeaten playoff run into the CCT South America Series 3 championship.
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