Team Liquid beats Evil Geniuses and goes to the "legends" of IEM Rio Major 2022
/Team Liquid defeated Evil Geniuses with a score of 2:0 and made it to the "legends" of IEM Rio Major 2022. At the same time, the North American team takes the first place according to the results of IEM Road to Rio 2022 American RMR, thereby establishing itself as the leader of its region.
The battle for the first place in the RMR tournament started on the map Ancient, which became the choice of Team Liquid. At the same time, the start was left for the "Evil Geniuses", who not only closed the half in defense with a comfortable advantage, but also ran ahead after switching sides. However, in the very end, the "liquid" managed to return to the game, and then snatch the victory in overtime - 25:23.
Next, the teams moved to the Overpass map, which turned out to be the choice of Evil Geniuses. However, here everything turned out in favor of the Team Liquid players, who not only played successfully on defense, but also started briskly after the switchover. Now Evil Geniuses had to make a comeback and transfer the map to overtime. And yet, the “liquid” turned out to be stronger here, who managed to hold back the opponent and got the final victory — 19:17.
IEM Road to Rio 2022 American RMR interim results
- 1st place: Team Liquid — a place in the Legends Stage
- 2nd place: Evil Geniuses - a place in the Challenger Stage
- 3rd place: 9z - place in the Challenger Stage
- 4th place: 00NATION - place in the Contenders Stage
- 5th place: FURIA - a place in the Contenders Stage
- 6th place: Complexity/Imperial Esports - place in the Contenders Stage
- 7th place: Complexity/Imperial Esports
- 8th place: paiN Gaming
- 9th-11th place: Isurus, ATK and Nouns Esports
- 12th-14th place: MIBR, Team oNe eSports and O PLANO
- 15th-16th place: Infinity and ARCTIC
IEM Rio Major 2022 will take place from October 31 to November 13 in Brazil at the Jeunesse Arena and at the Riocentro convention center. As part of the championship, 24 teams from the CIS, Europe, North and South America, and Asia will compete for a prize pool of $1,000,000, ranking points in the BLAST Premier table, as well as tickets to BLAST Premier: World Final 2022 and IEM Katowice 2023 for the winner.
Interim lineup of IEM Rio Major 2022 participants: FaZe Clan, NAVI, Ninjas in Pajamas, ENCE, Sprout, Team Liquid, Evil Geniuses, Team Spirit, Cloud9, Heroic, Vitality, OG, 9z, Bad News Eagles, GamerLegion, IHC Esports, FURIA, fnatic, Grayhound, BIG, MOUZ and 00NATION.