Highlights of the first round of IEM Road to Rio 2022 European RMR A

The game day started with two tense confrontations, in which Bad News Eagles and Sprout proved to be stronger than Eternal Fire (16:14) and forZe (19:17), respectively. The next couple of matches were without intrigue, as here G2 Esports buried ECSTATIC (16:0), while Cloud9 confidently dealt with B8 (16:6).

Further, the Russian team Team Spirit entered the fight, which was stopped by 1WIN on the Nuke map (16:9). At the same time, FaZe Clan got an ambiguous victory over GamerLegion (28:25), practically playing two series on one map. In the final portion of the matches, fnatic confidently outplayed Aurora Gaming (16:4), while Ninjas in Pajamas managed to cope with the Danes from Astralis (16:12).

Results of the first round of IEM Road to Rio 2022 European RMR A:

• Bad News Eagles (16 - 14) Eternal Fire
  
• Sprout (19 - 17) forZe
• G2 Esports (16 - 0) ECSTATIC
  
• Cloud9 (16 - 6) B8
  
• Team Spirit (16 - 9) 1WIN
  
• FaZe Clan (28 - 25) GamerLegion
  
• fnatic (16 - 4) Aurora Gaming
• Ninjas in Pajamas (16 - 12) Astralis
  

Tournament table according to the results of the first round

Team

Result

Number of rounds

1st round

2nd round

3rd round

4th round

5th round

one

FaZe Clan

1-0

28-25

28:25

—

—

—

—

2

Team Spirit

1-0

16-9

16:9

—

—

—

—

3

Ninjas in pajamas

1-0

16-12

16:12

—

—

—

—

four

G2 Esports

1-0

16-0

16:0

—

—

—

—

5

Cloud9

1-0

16-6

16:6

—

—

—

—

6

Bad News Eagles

1-0

16-14

16:14

—

—

—

—

7

Sprout

1-0

19-17

19:17

—

—

—

—

eight

fnatic

1-0

16-4

16:4

—

—

—

—

9

Aurora Gaming

0-1

4-16

16:4

—

—

—

—

ten

forZe

0-1

17-19

17:19

—

—

—

—

eleven

Eternal Fire

0-1

14-16

14:16

—

—

—

—

12

B8

0-1

6-16

6:16

—

—

—

—

13

ECSTATIC

0-1

0-16

0:16

—

—

—

—

fourteen

Astralis

0-1

12-16

12:16

—

—

—

—

fifteen

1WIN

0-1

9-16

9:16

—

—

—

—

16

Gamer Legion

0-1

25-28

25:28

—

—

—

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