The first Valve-sponsored event to be held outside of Europe and North America, the IEM Rio Major, gets started on Monday, October 31, and will run for two weeks before concluding with a best-of-three grand final on November 13.
The 24-team tournament will be split into three parts: the Challengers Stage, the Legends Stage, and the Champions Stage, with a live audience present for each of the different rounds. The first two portions will play out in Swiss-style group-stage formats, where three wins are needed for teams to advance to the next stage. The eight Legends status teams (see below) have a leg up in the competition, awaiting in the Legends Stage already for the eight best teams from the Challengers Stage.
The Major will then transition into a single-elimination best-of-three format for the playoffs. The winning team will take home the Major trophy, the $500,000 cash prize, as well as places at both the BLAST Premier World Final 2022 and IEM Katowice 2023 and a notch in the fourth season of Intel Grand Slam.
FaZe will attempt to secure back-to-back Major championships as well as the Intel Grand Slam while in Rio de Janeiro
扰 head into the Major in Brazil as the tournament’s favourites, even in spite of the fact that the European combine fell from atop the world ranking two weeks ago. The squad around 芬恩 “卡里根” 安德森 will be gunning to claim their second consecutive Major trophy after winning the PGL Antwerp Major back in May.
Hot on their heels are Natus Vincere and the newly-crowned world No. 1 team: Vitality - 肌肤精华。 该 担 “apEX” Madesclaire-led roster travel to Brazil fresh off of their first-place finish in ESL Pro League Season 16, and will begin their run through the Major from the opening stage with a first-round matchup versus the home team of 帝国.
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IEM Rio Major profile: Vitality
FURIA lead the charge for the Brazilian fans hoping to see a home team make a deep run. The South American squad currently reside within the top 10, though have missed out on playoff appearances at their past two Big Events — ESL Pro League Season 16 and IEM Cologne. Their newest recruit, 拉斐尔 “安全” 滨, put up a monstrous 1.48 rating throughout their fifth-place Regional Major Ranking run and will be a key component in FURIA‘s plans should his good form continue.
saffee will be making his second Major appearance at the $1,250,000 event in Brazil
Another team likely to evoke the roar of the Brazilian crowd is 帝国. The legendary roster with 加布里埃尔 “堕落N” 托莱多 掌舵 坦率地说 about what it means to play at the Major in their home country, with 费尔南多 “fer” 阿尔瓦伦加 甚至 being open about his desire to potentially retire prior to the RMR. The Brazilian quintet can be predicted to have a surge in motivation in front of the expectedly enigmatic Brazilian audience, as the side looks to repeat their surprisingly strong form seen back at the PGL Antwerp Major.
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液体肥产线 pay a trip to the Legends stage of the IEM Rio Major as a now fully-fledged quintet. 马雷克斯 “叶金达” 加因斯基斯 最近签署 with the American-Dutch organisation after standing in for the squad for the best part of three months. During that time, 液体肥产线 has seen a big upswing in form, going from No. 13 on the world ranking to their current No. 3 placing, as well as securing a runners-up finish at ESL Pro League Season 16 alongside a playoff finish at IEM Cologne.
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There are also considerable absences from the $1,250,000 competition, namely in the form of G2 和 Astralis, who were both unable to traverse the Europe RMR. For the Europeans, it marked their first Major missed since DreamHack Open Cluj-Napoca 2015, with world-famous players like 尼古拉 “NiKo” 科瓦奇 和 伊利亚 “m0NESY” 奥西波夫 set to watch the Brazilian spectacle from the sidelines. Similarly, Astralis also failed in their bid to qualify for the Major, with the organisation now absent from their first ever Major since its creation in 2016.
The team list for the IEM Rio Major is as follows:
传奇
挑战者
竞争者
The 24-team event will span two weeks, starting on October 31 and concluding on November 13, with each stage lasting four days. Below is a full schedule of the IEM Rio Major:
挑战者阶段
，十月31（星期一）
15:00穆兹 与
外人 （BO1）
15:009z （BO1）
16:15坏消息老鹰队 与
00国家 （BO1）
16:15图像灰度 （BO1）
17:30大 与
17:30邪恶的天才 与
IHC （BO1）
18:45
18:45
21:30 Swiss Round 2 #1 (BO1)
21:30 Swiss Round 2 #2 (BO1)
22:30 Swiss Round 2 #3 (BO1)
22:30 Swiss Round 2 #4 (BO1)
23:45 Swiss Round 2 #5 (BO1)
23:45 Swiss Round 2 #6 (BO1)
01:00 Swiss Round 2 #7 (BO1)
01:00 Swiss Round 2 #8 (BO1)
周二，十一月1
15:00 Swiss Round 3 #1 (BO1)
15:00 Swiss Round 3 #2 (BO1)
16:15 Swiss Round 3 #3 (BO1)
16:15 Swiss Round 3 #4 (BO1)
17:30 Swiss Round 3 #5 (BO3)
17:30 Swiss Round 3 #6 (BO3)
21:00 Swiss Round 3 #7 (BO3)
21:00 Swiss Round 3 #8 (BO3)
周三, 十一月2
15:00 Swiss Round 4 #1 (BO3)
15:00 Swiss Round 4 #2 (BO3)
18:30 Swiss Round 4 #3 (BO3)
18:30 Swiss Round 4 #4 (BO3)
22:00 Swiss Round 4 #5 (BO3)
22:00 Swiss Round 4 #6 (BO3)
星期四，十一月3
15:00 Swiss Round 5 #1 (BO3)
18:30 Swiss Round 5 #2 (BO3)
22:00 Swiss Round 5 #3 (BO3)
传奇舞台
星期六，十一月5
15:00 Swiss Round 1 #1 (BO1)
15:00 Swiss Round 1 #2 (BO1)
16:15 Swiss Round 1 #3 (BO1)
16:15 Swiss Round 1 #4 (BO1)
17:30 Swiss Round 1 #5 (BO1)
17:30 Swiss Round 1 #6 (BO1)
18:45 Swiss Round 1 #7 (BO1)
18:45 Swiss Round 1 #8 (BO1)
21:15 Swiss Round 2 #1 (BO1)
21:15 Swiss Round 2 #2 (BO1)
22:30 Swiss Round 2 #3 (BO1)
22:30 Swiss Round 2 #4 (BO1)
23:45 Swiss Round 2 #5 (BO1)
23:45 Swiss Round 2 #6 (BO1)
01:00 Swiss Round 2 #7 (BO1)
01:00 Swiss Round 2 #8 (BO1)
星期日，十一月6
15:00 Swiss Round 3 #1 (BO1)
15:00 Swiss Round 3 #2 (BO1)
16:15 Swiss Round 3 #3 (BO1)
16:15 Swiss Round 3 #4 (BO1)
17:30 Swiss Round 3 #5 (BO3)
17:30 Swiss Round 3 #6 (BO3)
18:45 Swiss Round 3 #7 (BO3)
18:45 Swiss Round 3 #8 (BO3)
星期一，十一月7
15:00 Swiss Round 4 #1 (BO3)
15:00 Swiss Round 4 #2 (BO3)
18:30 Swiss Round 4 #3 (BO3)
18:30 Swiss Round 4 #4 (BO3)
22:00 Swiss Round 4 #5 (BO3)
22:00 Swiss Round 4 #6 (BO3)
周二，十一月8
15:00 Swiss Round 5 #1 (BO3)
18:30 Swiss Round 5 #2 (BO3)
22:00 Swiss Round 5 #3 (BO3)
冠军舞台
星期四，十一月10
18:00 Quarter-final #1 (BO3)
21:30 Quarter-final #2 (BO3)
星期五，十一月11
18:00 Quarter-final #3 (BO3)
21:30 Quarter-final #4 (BO3)
星期六，十一月12
18:00 半决赛＃1（BO3）
21:30 半决赛＃2（BO3）
A total of 24 broadcast talent members will be bringing the action to life over the course of the fortnight. 特雷斯 “惊呆了” 山竹 will be one of four hosts heading up the desk, whilst Alex “机器” 理查德森 will return to casting duties, where he reunites with 查德 “SPUNJ” 布尔奇 on the microphone, alongside several other fan-favourite commentators.
The full talent lineup for the IEM Rio Major is:
办公桌主机
特雷斯 “惊呆了” 山竹
芙蕾雅 “芙蕾雅” 尖塔
脚轮
Mohan “洗钱” 戈文达萨米
分析师
马蒂厄 “疯子” 基奎雷斯
扬科 “YNk” 保诺维奇
苏登 “布莱赫” 瓦亨巴姆
深度分析师
场边
The Major in Brazil will boast a whopping $1,250,000 prize pool, a $250,000 increase compared to the previous Major in Antwerp thanks to the transfer of cash prizes in the Regional Major Ranking events to the Major itself. The prize pool distribution is as follows:
1. $500,000 + BLAST Premier World Final + IEM Katowice 2023
2。 $ 170,000
3-4。 $ 80,000
3-4。 $ 80,000
5-8。 $ 45,000
5-8。 $ 45,000
5-8。 $ 45,000
5-8。 $ 45,000
9-11。 $ 20,000
9-11。 $ 20,000
9-11。 $ 20,000
12-14。 $ 20,000
12-14。 $ 20,000
12-14。 $ 20,000
15-16。 $ 20,000
15-16。 $ 20,000
17-19。 $ 10,000
17-19。 $ 10,000
17-19。 $ 10,000
20-22。 $ 10,000
20-22。 $ 10,000
20-22。 $ 10,000
23-24。 $ 10,000
23-24。 $ 10,000
As always, HLTV.org will be in attendance at the IEM Rio Major from start to finish, so stay tuned as we’ll bring you full coverage of the Brazilian spectacle, including galleries, videos, interviews, social media updates, as well as several HLTV Confirmed episodes.
