FaZe Clan and Ninjas in Pajamas are on the verge of elimination from IEM Rio Major 2022

The second round of IEM Rio Major 2022 Legends Stage has come to an end, according to the results of which four teams, including FaZe Clan and Ninjas in Pajamas , are close to relegation from the championship. At the same time, the teams Heroic, BIG, FURIA and Cloud9 continue to go undefeated, approaching one BO3 distance before reaching the playoffs. In this material, we propose to sum up the results of the second round and present an intermediate table, from which the seeding of the next matches will be formed.

Second round of IEM Rio Major 2022 Legends Stage

The second round of IEM Rio Major 2022 Legends Stage started with a confident victory of the North American team Team Liquid over Sprout (16:5). At the same time, the BIG team unexpectedly outplayed MOUZ (16:7) and made it to the top of the table. Then Cloud9 made a resounding victory over Natus Vincere (16:14), while Team Vitality sensationally slammed FaZe Clan (16:6) and sent the "stars" to the "0-3" basket.

Following this, ENCE extremely confidently outplayed Bad News Eagles (16:7) on the Ancient map, while FURIA made an incredible comeback and snatched victory from Team Spirit (16:13). At the very end of the game day, the Danish team Heroic defeated fnatic (16:2), and Outsiders proved to be stronger than the Swedes from Ninjas in Pajamas (16:12) on the Mirage map.

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

• Team Spirit (16 - 8) Bad News Eagles
• MOUZ (16 - 2) Team Liquid
• Cloud9 (16 - 14) FaZe Clan
• BIG (16 - 11) Sprout
• Heroic (16 - 9) Outsiders
• Natus Vincere (25 - 21) Team Vitality
• fnatic (16 - 13) Ninjas in Pajamas
• FURIA (16 - 6) ENCE

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

• Team Liquid (16 - 5) Sprout
  
• BIG (16 - 7) MOUZ
  
• Cloud9 (16 — 14) Natus Vincere
  
• Team Vitality (16 - 6) FaZe Clan
  
• ENCE (16 - 7) Bad News Eagles
  
• FURIA (16 - 13) Team Spirit
  
• Heroic (16 - 2) fnatic
  
• Outsiders (16 - 12) Ninjas in Pajamas

Intermediate table IEM Rio Major 2022 Legends Stage

Team

Result

Number of rounds

1st round

2nd round

3rd round

4th round

5th round

one

heroic

2-0

32-11

16:9

16:2

—

—

—

2

FURIA

2-0

32-19

16:6

16:13

—

—

—

3

BIG

2-0

32-18

16:11

16:7

—

—

—

four

Cloud9

2-0

32-28

16:14

16:14

—

—

—

5

Natus Vincere

1-1

39-37

25:21

14:16

—

—

—

6

MOUZ

1-1

23-18

16:2

7:16

—

—

—

7

ENCE

1-1

22-23

6:16

16:7

—

—

—

eight

Team Spirit

1-1

29-24

16:8

13:16

—

—

—

9

Outsiders

1-1

25-28

9:16

16:12

—

—

—

ten

fnatic

1-1

18-29

16:13

2:16

—

—

—

eleven

Team Liquid

1-1

18-21

2:16

16:5

—

—

—

12

Team Vitality

1-1

37-31

21:25

16:6

—

—

—

13

FaZe Clan

0-2

20-32

14:16

6:16

—

—

—

fourteen

Sprout

0-2

16-32

11:16

5:16

—

—

—

fifteen

Ninjas in pajamas

0-2

25-32

13:16

12:16

—

—

—

16

Bad News Eagles

0-1

15-32

8:16

7:16

—

—

—

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