ESL One Road to Rio 2020: event digest
Ihor MatusMost of the past matches ended not quite as expected by the audience, analysts and commentators. For this reason, watching ESL One Road to Rio 2020 was interesting both this weekend and it is so curious to watch what is happening now.
Oceania
In the countries of Oceania, the Renegades reached the grand finals, passing the semifinals, and beat ORDER with a score of 2-1. Having won the division for the countries of Oceania, RNG received the main cash prize of $ 6,000 and earned 1600 rating points. ORDER took away $ 3,000 and 1,500 points as a consolation prize.
Asia
Here, not TYLOO, but TIGER suddenly showed themselves best. The team took second place in the group stage, but in the playoffs they beat D13 with a score of 2-0 and overthrew TYLOO in the final with a score of 2-1. By taking first place in the standings, TIGER earned $ 4,000 and 1,600 rating points. TYLOO in turn received $ 2,000 and 1,500 points.
North America
There were some serious surprises in this division. Firstly, Evil Geniuses and MIBR could not even reach the playoff stage. 100 Thieves and Team Liquid, on which fans had their hopes, took 6th and 4th place in the standings, respectively. The 100T were defeated in the fight against Liquid, and Twistzz and his teammates failed to beat FURIA Esports in the semifinals. In the grand final, Gen.G Esports fought with FURIA Esports and not without difficulty took first place in the championship with a score of 2-1. The main cash prize was $ 18,000, and the number of rating points earned is equal to 1,600. FURIA Esports took with them $ 13,000 and 1,500 ESL Pro Tour points.
Europe
In the European division, the group stage has come to an end. According to its results, Astralis, G2 Esports, NiP and FaZe Clan reached the top of the playoffs, and Team Vitality, GODSENT, Team Heretics and North reached the bottom. mousesports and Fnatic were surprisingly unable to get out of the group stage.
CIS
Unlike the European division, in the CIS region, not 8 participants left the group stage, but 6. Team Spirit and Hard Legion Esports showed themselves best of all and immediately went to the semifinals. Virtus.pro, Nemiga Gaming, Winstrike and Syman reached the quarter-finals. Natus Vincere could not meet the expectations of their fans and completed their journey in the group stage. In the last match, with great effort, they almost managed to beat Hard Legion Esports, but the latter showed themselves better this time and in the end took first place in Group B.
Today is a day of break for all participants of ESL One Road to Rio 2020, and therefore we will also take a break from the matches of this championship.
Matches history: ESL One: Road to Rio - Europe
ESL One Road to Rio 2020 is a six-division tournament that will allow the best teams to secure a trip to Rio de Janeiro in order to take part in the Major Championship.