European RMR A — CS:GO IEM Rio Major 2022 qualifier. The RMR Tournament A will feature 16 teams that made it through the open qualifiers and entered the tournament based on the results of the previous Major. European RMR A matches will be held in Malta.
Following the results of the championship, 24 teams will be selected for the Autumn CSGO Major to compete for a $1 million prize pool. The list of participants is not at all surprising, because these names are always in the rankings of the best CSGO teams. 16 of them will start their performance from the Challengers stage. Eight more teams will start from the Legends stage.
The tournament was held from 4 to 9 October:
- One group, 16 teams.
- The teams play according to the Swiss system.
- Matches for qualifying to the Major and to the relegation — best-of-3.
- The rest of the matches are held in the best-of-1 format.
- Teams that take 1-4 places enter the Legend stage.
- Teams from 5th to 6th place enter the Challenger stage.
- Rosters in 7th-8th place enter the Contender stage.
Aurora Gaming Dropped Out of European RMR
Aurora Gaming lost to Eternal Fire in the third round. The result of the meeting is 1:2. The championship Viktor Lack1 Boldyrev’s team was completed. For Eternal Fire, this victory was the first in the tournament.
Mouz Defeated K23 at IEM Rio Major 2022: European RMR B
K23 lost to MOUZ. The result of the meeting on Ancient is 10:16. It was the second defeat in the championship of Bogdan xsepower Chernikov’s team.
Infinity Esports and Arctic Esports Are Out
Infinity Esports lost to Team oNe eSports, while Arctic eSports failed to cope with Isurus Gaming. The losing teams ended their performance in the tournament.
Forze Beat Ecstatic in the Third Round
The match resulted in a score of 2:0. Andrey Jerry Mekhryakov’s team obtained the first points in the Major. ECSTATIC left the championship.
Evil Geniuses Also Made It to IEM Rio Major 2022
Evil Geniuses defeated 9z Team. The meeting ended with a score of 2:1 — 16:5 on Overpass, 11:16 on Dust2, and 16:13 on Mirage. Tsvetelin’s team CeRq Dimitrov earned a slot at IEM Rio Major 2022. In the next game, Evil Geniuses will take on the best of the Team Liquid pair — Complexity Gaming. The winner will start the Major from the “legends” stage.
Team Liquid Earned a Slot
Team Liquid defeated Complexity Gaming. The confrontation ended with a score of 2:1 — 16:9 on Inferno, 14:16 on Overpass and 16:7 on Ancient. Kit NAF Markovic’s team managed to qualify for the match. In the decisive round, Team Liquid will play with Evil Geniuses. The winner will start the Major from the “legends” stage.
Faze Clan Earned a Quota
FaZe Clan defeated Sprout at the European RMR A of IEM Rio Major 2022. The meeting ended with a score of 2:1 (19:17 on Ancient, 16:19 on Nuke, 16:5 on Mirage). For Finn karrigan Andersen’s team, the victory was the third in the championship — the team managed to earn a slot at IEM Rio Major 2022. Now FaZe plays the Major in the “Legends”.
In the parallel match, Cloud9 and Ninjas in Pajamas also fought for the quota for the Major. At the time of publication of the material, the score in the match is 1:0 in favor of NiP. At RMR B, Natus Vincere and Virtus.pro competed for a ticket to Major 2022. The confrontation’s start was scheduled for October 6, 7:00 GMT. NAVI won 2:0.
Ninjas in Pajamas Defeated CLOUD9 and Advanced to IEM Rio Major 2022
Cloud9 was beaten by Ninjas in Pajamas in the round of a match resulting in 2:1 (16:9 on Mirage, 11:16 on Inferno, 16:14 on Vertigo). A slot in the Major was earned by Aleksi Aleksib Virolainen’s.
C9 will stay to compete in the Major. This defeat was the first in the championship of Vladislav nafany Gorshkov’s team. In parallel meetings, B8 Esports turned out to be stronger than Fnatic, and in the GamerLegion match — Team Spirit at the time of the news release, the score was 15:15.