Indeed, it’s an incredibly special time for competitive CS:GO fans. Specifically, the IEM Rio Major 2022 is one of the most exciting events of the calendar year and it kicks off as soon as next week. Read on as we discuss how to watch this event in this upcoming featured article below!
Event Background
Organized by ESL, the Rio Major will set a prize pool of $1,250,000 on the line, earning the esteemed legacy of being a CS:GO Major.
For those unaware, this event is more historic considering that it had to be cancelled last year. Back and bigger than ever, the competition is boiling down from 31st October to 13th November.
Taking place offline at the Riocentre/Jeunesse Arena in Rio deo Janeiro, Brazil, the top 24 teams in the world are heading to try and write themselves into the history books.
Here is a look at the competition heading into this upcoming week:
Challengers Stage
- OG
- Team Vitality
- Evil Geniuses
- Cloud9
- BIG
- Bad News Eagles
- MOUZ
- 9z Team
- Team GermLegion
- Outsiders
- 00 Nation
- FURIA Esports
- Fnatic
- IHC Esports
- Imperial Esports
- Grayhound Gaming
Legends Stage
- FaZe Clan
- Natus Vincere
- Ninjas in Pyjamas
- ENCE
- Sprout
- Heroic
- Team Spirit
- Team Liquid
Apart from the prize pool, on the line are a bunch of BLAST Premier Points while 1st place earns a direct seed to IEM Katowice 2023 and BLAST Premier Final 2022. In addition, do note that this event forms part of the Intel Grand Slam – in this context, FaZe Clan will win the $1,000,000 Grand Slam if they win this event as this would be their 4th event win.
Format
In terms of format, we have three stages of competition to discuss.
Firstly, the Challengers Stage will feature Challengers teams, running from 31st October to 3rd November. Accordingly, the sixteen teams seeded to this stage will fight through a Swiss System Format.
For those unaware, this means that opening matches (BO1) will be followed by Elimination and Advancement matches being BO3.
From here, the top 8 teams proceed to the Legends Stage while the bottom 8 teams are eliminated – halving the competition.
Moving on to the Legends Stage, the 8 teams from the Challengers Stage will join the 8 teams already seeded in the Legends Stage. Running from 5th November to 8th November, another 16 team swiss system format will take place.
Once again, after opening matches, an elimination and advancement set of matches which are BO3 will take place to once again halve the competition. Bearing this in mind, only the top 8 will progress to the Champions Stage.
Finally, we’ll have our final 8 teams in the Champions Stage. Taking place from 10th November to 13th November, a single elimination bracket will take place with BO3 matches.
Schedule for the IEM Rio Major 2022
With regards to the schedule fo the event, we highly recommend visiting the schedule for the event here.
Watch the IEM Rio Major 2022 on esportsguide
You can also watch the event live stream via our very own website. Providing an extensive list of the biggest esports together with streams for each esports match live today or upcoming matches.
Predictions
Indeed, heading into this event, FaZe Clan are certainly the top team heading into this event. However, other contenders include Cloud9, Team Vitality and Natus Vincere.
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