| 2022 | |
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| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Game | Counter-Strike: Global Offensive |
| Location | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Date | October 31 – November 13, 2022 |
| Administrator | Valve ESL |
| Tournament format(s) | Two 16 team Swiss-system group stages
8 team Single-elimination playoff |
| Venue | Challengers and Legends Stages: Riocentro Arena Champions Stage: Jeunesse Arena |
| Teams | 24 |
| Purse | US$1,250,000 |
| Website | pro |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Outsiders |
| 1st runners-up | Heroic |
| 2nd runners-up | |
| MVP | Dzhami "Jame" Ali |
| ← Antwerp 2022Paris 2023 → | |
The Intel Extreme Masters Season XVII – Rio Major 2022, also known as IEM Rio Major 2022 or Rio 2022, was the eighteenth Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Major Championship. It was held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, between October 31 and November 13, 2022. Outsiders won the Major, defeating Heroic in the grand final 2–0.
Background
The Major was originally scheduled to take place from May 11 to May 24, 2020. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Valve and ESL postponed the Major to November. Because Valve usually sponsors two Majors per year, the delayed Major was to have a US$2,000,000 prize pool, making it the largest prize pool in CS:GO Major history. In September 2020, Valve and ESL announced that the Major was canceled because of continued complications from the COVID-19 outbreak in Brazil. In January 2021, Valve announced that PGL Major Stockholm 2021 would be the next Major instead.
On September 15, 2021, ESL published the 2022 ESL Pro Tour Road Map, announcing its intention to host a Major in Rio. On January 25, 2022, Dexerto reported that ESL was planning to host the second major of 2022 in Rio de Janeiro. ESL announced the Intel Extreme Masters Rio Major 2022 on May 24, 2022. This was the first ever Major hosted in Brazil, and tickets sold out in less than an hour.
The defending Major Champions were FaZe Clan, who won their first major championship at PGL Major Antwerp 2022. They were eliminated in the Legends Stage after their loss to Bad News Eagles.
Format
Map Pool
Teams
- Legends
- Challengers
- OG
- Team Vitality
- Evil Geniuses
- Cloud9
- BIG Clan
- Bad News Eagles
- MOUZ
- 9z Team
- Contenders
- Team GamerLegion
- Outsiders
- 00 Nation
- Furia Esports
- Fnatic
- Imperial Esports
- IHC Esports
- Grayhound Gaming
Challengers Stage
| Pos | Team | W | L | RW | RL | RD | BH | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MOUZ | 3 | 0 | 73 | 49 | +24 | 1 | Qualification to Legends Stage |
| 2 | Bad News Eagles | 3 | 0 | 64 | 30 | +34 | -2 | |
| 3 | Outsiders | 3 | 1 | 70 | 55 | +15 | 3 | |
| 4 | BIG Clan | 3 | 1 | 81 | 57 | +24 | 2 | |
| 5 | Furia Esports | 3 | 1 | 83 | 61 | +22 | -3 | |
| 6 | Fnatic | 3 | 2 | 115 | 128 | -13 | 4 | |
| 7 | Team Vitality | 3 | 2 | 111 | 100 | +11 | -5 | |
| 8 | Cloud9 | 3 | 2 | 139 | 114 | +25 | -7 | |
| 9 | Team GamerLegion | 2 | 3 | 94 | 112 | -18 | 6 | Eliminated |
| 10 | OG | 2 | 3 | 118 | 106 | +12 | 0 | |
| 11 | 9z Team | 2 | 3 | 85 | 111 | -26 | -3 | |
| 12 | Grayhound Gaming | 1 | 3 | 48 | 81 | -33 | 3 | |
| 13 | Evil Geniuses | 1 | 3 | 59 | 76 | -17 | 1 | |
| 14 | IHC Esports | 1 | 3 | 98 | 112 | -14 | -4 | |
| 15 | 00 Nation | 0 | 3 | 57 | 84 | -27 | 3 | |
| 16 | Imperial Esports | 0 | 3 | 54 | 73 | -19 | 1 |
Legends Stage
| Pos | Team | W | L | RW | RL | RD | BH | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cloud9 | 3 | 0 | 64 | 46 | +18 | 0 | Qualification to Champions Stage |
| 2 | Furia Esports | 3 | 0 | 64 | 34 | +30 | -1 | |
| 3 | Heroic | 3 | 1 | 87 | 78 | +9 | 6 | |
| 4 | Outsiders | 3 | 1 | 73 | 62 | +11 | 1 | |
| 5 | Fnatic | 3 | 1 | 66 | 57 | +9 | -3 | |
| 6 | Team Spirit | 3 | 2 | 119 | 96 | +23 | 0 | |
| 7 | Natus Vincere | 3 | 2 | 117 | 88 | +29 | -3 | |
| 8 | MOUZ | 3 | 2 | 102 | 97 | +5 | -3 | |
| 9 | BIG Clan | 2 | 3 | 91 | 114 | -23 | 5 | Eliminated |
| 10 | Team Liquid | 2 | 3 | 108 | 116 | -8 | 3 | |
| 11 | ENCE | 2 | 3 | 94 | 106 | -8 | 2 | |
| 12 | Team Vitality | 1 | 3 | 81 | 85 | -4 | -2 | |
| 13 | Bad News Eagles | 1 | 3 | 76 | 116 | -40 | -2 | |
| 14 | Sprout | 1 | 3 | 65 | 89 | -24 | -4 | |
| 15 | Ninjas in Pyjamas | 0 | 3 | 50 | 64 | -14 | 2 | |
| 16 | FaZe Clan | 0 | 3 | 72 | 81 | -9 | -1 |
Champions Stage
With eight teams remaining, the final stage of the Major is a single-elimination bracket, with all matches played as best-of-3 maps.
Bracket
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Cloud9 | 16 | 13 | 9 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | MOUZ | 11 | 16 | 16 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| MOUZ | 10 | 16 | 7 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Outsiders | 16 | 14 | 16 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Fnatic | 11 | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Outsiders | 16 | 16 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Outsiders | 16 | 16 | – | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Heroic | 12 | 5 | – | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Heroic | 16 | 16 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Team Spirit | 8 | 14 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Heroic | 6 | 19 | 16 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Furia Esports | 16 | 17 | 5 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Furia Esports | 14 | 16 | 16 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Natus Vincere | 16 | 10 | 10 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
Final standings
The final placings are shown below. In addition, the prize distribution, seed for the next major, roster, and coaches are shown. Each team's in-game leader is shown first.
| Place | Prize Money | Team | Seed | Roster | Coach |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | US$500,000 | Outsiders | Blast.tv Paris Major 2023 RMR | Jame, FL1T, fame, n0rb3r7, Qikert | dastan |
| 2nd | US$170,000 | Heroic | cadiaN, TeSeS, jabbi, sjuush, stavn | Xizt | |
| 3rd – 4th | US$80,000 | FURIA Esports | arT, KSCERATO, drop, yuurih, saffee | André Akkari | |
| MOUZ | dexter, torzsi, JDC, xertioN, frozen | sycrone | |||
| 5th – 8th | US$45,000 | Team Spirit | chopper, S1ren, w0nderful, magixx, Patsi | hally | |
| Cloud9 | nafany, sh1ro, Ax1Le, interz, Hobbit | groove | |||
| Fnatic | mezii, FASHR, nicoodoz, roeJ, KRIMZ | keita | |||
| Natus Vincere | electroNic, Perfecto, s1mple, b1t, sdy | B1ad3 | |||
| 9th – 11th | US$20,000 | BIG | tabseN, syrsoN, s1n, Krimbo, k1to | gob b | |
| Team Liquid | nitr0, EliGE, oSee, NAF, YEKINDAR | daps | |||
| ENCE | Snappi, maden, SunPayus, valde, dycha | sAw | |||
| 12th – 14th | US$20,000 | Bad News Eagles | SENER1, gxx-, sinnopsyy, rigoN, juanflatroo | stikle- | |
| Team Vitality | apEX, ZywOo, dupreeh, Magisk, Spinx | zonic | |||
| Sprout | slaxz-, Staehr, lauNX, Zyphon, refrezh | BERRY | |||
| 15th – 16th | US$20,000 | FaZe Clan | karrigan, rain, Twistzz, broky, ropz | RobbaN | |
| Ninjas in Pyjamas | Aleksib, es3tag, REZ, hampus, Brollan | djL | |||
| 17th – 19th | US$10,000 | OG | – | nexa, degster, FlameZ, NEOFRAG, F1KU | ruggah |
| Team GamerLegion | siuhy, iM, isak, Keoz, acoR | ashhh | |||
| 9z Team | dgt, max, dav1deuS, nqz, buda | zakk | |||
| 20th – 22nd | US$10,000 | Grayhound Gaming | INS, Liazz, aliStair, Sico, vexite | Kingfisher | |
| IHC Esports | bLitz, Techno4K, kabal, sk0R, ANNIHILATION | maaRaa | |||
| Evil Geniuses | neaLaN, CeRq, HexT, autimatic, Brehze | Vorborg | |||
| 23rd – 24th | US$10,000 | 00 Nation | TACO, TRY, coldzera, latto, dumau | cky | |
| Imperial Esports | FalleN, fer, boltz, VINI, chelo | fnx |
Notes
- ^ Due to sanctions against Russia in response to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Virtus.pro competed under a neutral name.
References
- Stubbs, Mike. "Outsiders Win The IEM Rio 'CS:GO' Major". Forbes. Retrieved November 14, 2022.
- "ESL One Rio Major Moved to November". The Esports Observer. March 23, 2020. Retrieved March 23, 2020.
- Wolf, Jacob (September 10, 2020). "ESL One: Rio Major canceled due to coronavirus concerns". ESPN. Retrieved September 13, 2020.
- Švejda, Milan. "PGL to host next Major in Stockholm*". HLTV.org. Retrieved February 17, 2021.
- "Unveiling our 2022 ESL Pro Tour for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive". ESL. September 15, 2021. Retrieved May 27, 2022.
- Mira, Luís (January 25, 2022). "Sources: ESL aiming to host 2022 CSGO Fall Major in Rio de Janeiro". Dexerto. Retrieved May 27, 2022.
- "ESL announce IEM Rio 2022, the first CS:GO major in Brazil". Upcomer. May 24, 2022. Retrieved July 18, 2022.
- "The Rio Major is real!". ESL. May 24, 2022. Retrieved July 18, 2022.
- Benaim, Lucas. "In Brazil, Counter-Strike fans turn cheering into an over-the-top art form". Washington Post. Retrieved November 14, 2022.
- "FaZe Clan take PGL Antwerp Major after thrilling grand finals against NAVI". Dot Esports. May 22, 2022. Retrieved July 18, 2022.
- "FaZe Clan beats Natus Vincere to win PGL Antwerp". Reuters. May 23, 2022. Retrieved July 18, 2022.
- "Reigning Major champions FaZe eliminated from IEM Rio by Bad News Eagles". HLTV.org. Retrieved November 7, 2022.
External links
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