![[LIVE] First European qualifier for IEM Rio begins shortly PlatoBlockchain Data Intelligence. Vertical Search. Ai.](http://platoblockchain.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/qr2xrl-97vlBGQiUxLgoCl.jpg "[LIVE] First European qualifier for IEM Rio begins shortly")
Five berths for the European RMRs are on the line in the first open qualifier.
Streams
Casters covering specific teams will have that team listed in brackets next to their name. Players streaming the qualifier will be listed with their team name and POV in brackets.
16:50 smooya and GeT_RiGhT enter mix-teams
Two high-profile mix-teams will be taking part in this qualifier, with Owen “smooya” Butterfield and Christopher “GeT_RiGhT” Alesund putting together squads. Both players will also be streaming their qualifying campaigns.
Benched Heroes:
Owen “smooya” Butterfield
Eugene “Aunkere” Karyat
Rodion “fear” Smyk
Michał “MICHU” Müller
Nicolas “Keoz” Dgus
d00m:
Christopher “GeT_RiGhT” Alesund
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GeT_RiGhT, f0rest, and friberg join forces for RMR qualifier
16:31 Check-in opens soon for the first European RMR qualifier
The long journey to qualify for the next Major begins today with the first round of the IEM Road to Rio 2022 Europe Open Qualifier 1 kicking off at 18:00 .
Teams will battle through a single-elimination, best-of-one bracket all the way to the quarter-finals, where best-of-three series play will take over.
![[LIVE] First European qualifier for IEM Rio begins shortly PlatoBlockchain Data Intelligence. Vertical Search. Ai.](https://platoblockchain.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/1ov-Lqo32I0BTsIRVcXR-j.jpg "[LIVE] First European qualifier for IEM Rio begins shortly")
Astralis are the highest ranked team participating
With five spots for the Europe RMRs on the line, losers of the quarter-final matches will enter a 5th-8th place decider bracket to determine who takes the final RMR berth. There will also be a third-place decider match, for seeding purposes.
Some of the bigger names fighting it out in this qualifier are:
The teams already qualified for the European RMRs are:
This live post will be covering the qualifier up until the round of 32, at which point coverage can be found here.
This article will be updated with more information as the qualifier develops, including links to streams and a list of noteworthy match results. Streamers are invited to link their streams in the comments with information regarding the broadcast language in order to have them added to the article.
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