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What can be noted after the end of IEM Rio Major 2022 Challengers Stage

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The matches within the IEM Rio Major 2022 Challengers Stage have died down, as a result of which the teams MOUZ , Bad News Eagles , BIG , Outsiders , FURIA , Vitality , Cloud9 and fnatic made it to the "legends" of the Major. In turn, the teams 00NATION, Imperial Esports, IHC Esports, Evil Geniuses, Grayhound Gaming, 9z, GamerLegion and OG were left out of the championship. Well, we propose to briefly refresh the past matches, presenting the layouts that turned out after the end of the fifth round.

IEM Rio Major 2022 Challengers Stage

The first winner of the Challengers Stage was the MOUZ team, which overcame Outsiders (16:6), Evil Geniuses (16:10) and fnatic (2:1) on their way. Simultaneously with the mice, the Bad News Eagles team made its way further, beating 00NATION (16:3), BIG (16:11) and GamerLegion (2:0) on its way.

BIG, Outsiders and FURIA were next in the "legends" of the tournament. These teams needed one defeat at the start, as a result of which they coped with 9z (2:0), fnatic (2:0) and GamerLegion (2:0) respectively in their playoffs.

Well, according to the results of the fifth round of the Challengers Stage, the teams Vitality, Cloud9 and fnatic made their way to the next stage of the major, which turned out to be stronger than OG (2:1), GamerLegion (2:0) and 9z (2:0), respectively.

Results of the first round of IEM Rio Major 2022 Challengers Stage:

  • Gamer Legion (16 - 6) 9z
  • MOUZ (16 - 6) Outsiders
  • Bad News Eagles (16 - 3) 00NATION
  • OG (16 - 5) Grayhound Gaming
  • BIG (19 - 16) FURIA
  • Evil Geniuses (16 - 9) IHC Esports
  • Team Vitality (16 - 9) Imperial Esports
  • fnatic (19 - 17) Cloud9

Results of the second round of IEM Rio Major 2022 Challengers Stage:

  • FURIA (16 - 6) 00NATION
  • Outsiders (16 - 12) IHC Esports
  • MOUZ (16 - 10) Evil Geniuses
  • Bad News Eagles (16 - 11) BIG
  • 9z (16 - 11) Imperial Esports
  • Gamer Legion (16 - 10) Team Vitality
  • fnatic (16 - 13) OG
  • Grayhound Gaming (19 - 17) Cloud9

Results of the third round of IEM Rio Major 2022 Challengers Stage:

  • 9z (19 - 17) Evil Geniuses
  • Outsiders (16 - 12) Team Vitality
  • BIG (16 - 6) Grayhound Gaming
  • FURIA (19 - 16) OG
  • MOUZ (2 - 1) fnatic
  • IHC Esports (2 - 1) 00NATION
  • Bad News Eagles (2 - 0) GamerLegion
  • Cloud9 (2 - 0) Imperial Esports

Results of the fourth round of IEM Rio Major 2022 Challengers Stage:

  • OG (2 - 0) IHC Esports
  • BIG (2 - 0) 9z
  • Outsiders (2 - 0) fnatic
  • Team Vitality (2 - 0) Grayhound Gaming
  • Cloud9 (2 - 0) Evil Geniuses
  • FURIA (2 - 0) GamerLegion

Results of the fifth round of IEM Rio Major 2022 Challengers Stage:

  • Team Vitality (2 - 1) OG
  • Cloud9 (2 - 0)
  • fnatic (2 - 0) 9z

Final standings of IEM Rio Major 2022 Challengers Stage

Place

Team

Result

Number of rounds

1st round

2nd round

3rd round

4th round

5th round

one

MOUZ

3-0

73-49

16:6

16:10

2:1

2

Bad News Eagles

3-0

64-30

16:3

16:11

2:0

3

BIG

3-1

81-57

19:16

11:16

16:6

2:0

four

Outsiders

3-1

70-55

6:16

16:12

16:12

2:0

5

FURIA

3-1

83-61

16:19

16:6

19:16

2:0

6

fnatic

3-2

115-128

19:17

16:13

1:2

0:2

2:0

7

Team Vitality

3-2

111-100

16:9

10:16

12:16

2:0

2:0

eight

Cloud9

3-2

139-114

17:19

17:19

2:0

2:0

2:0

9

Gamer Legion

2-3

94-112

16:6

16:10

0:2

0:2

0:2

ten

OG

2-3

118-106

16:5

13:16

16:19

2:0

1:2

eleven

9z Team

2-3

85-111

6:16

16:11

19:17

0:2

0:2

12

Grayhound Gaming

1-3

48-81

5:16

19:17

6:16

0:2

13

Evil Geniuses

1-3

59-76

16:9

10:16

17:19

0:2

fourteen

IHC Esports

1-3

98-112

9:16

12:16

2:1

0:2

fifteen

00NATION

0-3

57-84

3:16

6:16

1:2

16

Imperial Esports

0-3

54-73

9:16

11:16

0:2

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IEM Rio Major 2022 takes 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 are fighting for a total prize pool of $1,250,000, ranking points in the BLAST Premier table, as well as tickets to BLAST Premier: World Final 2022 and IEM Katowice 2023 for the winner.

Intermediate results of IEM Rio Major 2022

  • 1st place: $500,000 + 4,000 points + tickets to BLAST Premier: World Final 2022 and IEM Katowice 2023
  • 2nd place: $170,000 + 2,000 points
  • 3rd-4th place: $80,000 + 1,250 points
  • 5th-8th place: $45,000 + 500 points
  • 9th-11th place: $20,000
  • 12th-14th place: $20,000
  • 15th-16th place: $20,000
  • 17th-19th place: 9z, GamerLegion and OG — $10,000
  • 20th-22nd place: IHC Esports, Evil Geniuses and Grayhound Gaming — $10,000
  • 23rd-24th place: 00NATION and Imperial Esports — $10,000
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