The Rio Main is lastly occurring. After being delayed two years in the past, the IEM Rio Main 2022 will lastly convey Counter-Strike’s greatest stage to Brazil. Sustain with the motion right here with all of the pre-event particulars, together with the format, schedule, and certified groups.
Come to Brazil, they stated. Now Counter-Strike’s greatest is doing simply that. The IEM Rio Major 2022 brings the height of the sport’s competitors to the CS:GO-loving nation with a $1 million prize purse and the illustrious title on provide.
After being canceled in 2020, Valve and ESL have adopted by way of on their promise to convey the most important stage to Rio in 2022 as 24 of the world’s greatest Counter-Strike groups battle it out.
With motion simply across the nook, sustain with all of the IEM Rio Main 2022 pre-event information proper right here together with the format and who’s certified.
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IEM Rio Main 2022: Streams
Being an ESL-run occasion, the IEM Rio Main 2022 can be streamed on all ESL CSGO Twitch channels. In case you can’t discover the sport you need on the primary stream, remember to take a look at the B and C streams — all of which have been embedded under.
Miss a sport? Meet up with VODs on the ESL Archives YouTube channel.
Major stream
B stream
C stream
IEM Rio Main 2022: Format & schedule
The IEM Rio Main 2022 is deliberate to happen on October 31 to November 13, 2022. It is going to be break up into three completely different phases: Challengers, Legends, and Champions. That is akin to codecs used in past Majors.
Challengers and Legends work on a five-game Swiss format, the place groups must win three matches to qualify for the following stage. Lose three matches and also you’re eradicated.
The Champions Stage is do-or-die, although, as the highest eight groups battle by way of a single-elimination bracket to cement their place in Counter-Strike historical past. With $1.25 million on the road, the winner can be strolling away with a good chunk of change — and a slot at IEM Katowice 2023.
We are going to replace this part with the total IEM Rio Main 2022 schedule as soon as it’s confirmed.
FaZe Clan took house the final CS:GO Main in Antwerp earlier in 2022.
IEM Rio Main 2022: All certified groups
Twenty-four groups will qualify for the IEM Rio Main 2022 by way of the Regional Main Rating (RMR) occasions in Europe, the Americas, and Asia.
The eight-best groups from the qualifying occasions (seven from Europe and one from the Americas) will make it into the Legends Stage — straight into the Prime 16. The opposite 16 should battle their means by way of the Challengers Stage, which will even embrace two groups from Asia-Pacific.
You could find the total slot breakdown for the IEM Rio Main 2022 under, and we’ll hold you posted with up to date groups as they qualify.
Legends groups
Challengers groups
Contenders groups
IEM Rio Main 2022: prize cash distribution
The IEM Rio Main may have $1.25 million on the road. It’s a $250,000 enhance when in comparison with the earlier two CS:GO Majors, although it’s necessary to say that, due to this variation, the RMRs not have prize cash on provide. All in all, the prize cash for the whole Main cycle stays the identical.
