After one week, thousands of rounds, countless heart-in-mouth moments, and 24 teams leaving the competition in the dust to qualify for Rio, the Regional Major Ranking events have concluded, reminding us why we love the game and the opportunities its open circuit provides.
We have collected the best shots that HLTV.org’s photographers Josip “brcho” Brtan and Radosław “MAKKU” Makuch took throughout their stays in Sweden and Malta, capturing the euphoria of success and frustrations of defeat of the teams trying to book their ticket to Rio.
G2 started the tournament in high spirits, winning their opening game 16-0, not knowing how quickly their campaign would take a turn for the worse
Bad News Eagles made their second Major in a row
1WIN got an upset against G2, but ultimately failed to qualify after a tough draw
Sprout were the surprise package of the RMR, getting a Legends spot
FaZe were far from dominant in the tournament but still secured a Legends spot
ENCE were able to put behind their disappointing EPL campaign to qualify
TACO booked his ticket to Rio with 00NATION
Tears of happiness in the post-match interview
try was also overwhelmed with emotions after qualifying
G2’s tournament also ended in heartbreak, with the team not meeting expectations in a loss to GamerLegion
Astralis were eliminated after a loss to ForZe
MIBR missed out on the Rio Major
OG qualified for their first-ever Major
GamerLegion will be attending a Major just two months after putting together the new team
meyern was disappointed after his team lost to Complexity
MOUZ’s three Major debutants celebrated their qualification
In the Americas RMR, Complexity were distraught after falling at the final hurdle to Imperial
Meanwhile, FalleN was elated after qualifying for his home Major
His team quickly joined him for some raucous celebrations
fer couldn’t hold back his tears after the marathon win against Complexity
Likewise, newest recruit chelo was in disbelief
fnx stood behind Imperial during their campaign
Check out the full galleries from both regions:
- alpha metaverse
- battlebots
- blockchain
- blockchain conference esports
- coingenius
- crypto conference esports
- esport games
- esporta
- esporta app
- esporta fitness
- esports
- evil geniuses
- games with esports
- globo esporte
- HLTV
- loco esports games
- metaverse esport games
- national sports week
- plato
- plato ai
- Plato Data Intelligence
- Plato Game
- PlatoData
- platogaming
- simplicity esports
- spasm esports games
- steam esports games
- team solomid
- top esports games
- tundra esports
- twitch esports games
- zephyrnet
