They will be replaced by Movistar Riders in the group stages. They will instead be replaced by Movistar Riders in the group stages. They will be facing offBIGin their opening match later today.
For the two teams at the top, their journey to the playoffs could not have been different. Heroic started as one of the teams directly qualified to the group stage. While their duel against ENCE was a 2-1 match, they easily won against FURIA Esports. But NaVi won in the end, placing them in the semifinals of the competition. The other four teams also went through some hardship to reach the playoffs stage....
He pointed out that viewers around the world should be able to see the minimap and x-ray. -Gaules Freezing in the tropics The excitement doesnt stop there. In this case, it was the PCs that were crashing. In theOutsidersvsFnaticmatch on Overpass,roeJ,meziiandnicoodozwere in a 3v3 fight against Outsiders, when their PCs crashed.
For the first time, fans will be able to see Champions stage matches via a 360-degree stage. Gaules & Tribonera will be an integrated part of the in-arena experience. Designed specifically for the fans, ESL will host a massiveFan Festduring the Champions Stage final weekend.
Also, discover where to watch the matches. The IEM Rio Major 2022 is less than 24 hours away. Who will be playing? Twenty-four teams from all over the world are now in Rio to start their journey at IEM Rio Major. The teams are: How will the matches be played? The match will be a Bo5 but will not be counted as part of the main tournament. Where to watch the action?...
TheHigh Matchesfor Round 4 sawBIGgo against9z,OutsidersbattlingFnatic,andGamersLegionfightingFURIA. All three battles were clean sweeps, with one side dominating the other. Outsiders, meanwhile, decimated Fnatic in one of their matches, 16-1. They also won their second map which gave them the overall win. FURIA meanwhile easily cleaned house in their match against GamerLegion. Cloud9,meanwhile, defeatedEvil Geniusesin their Round 4 match. Cloud9 was the superior team as they trounced EG in two maps with little effort....
Day 5 at IEM Rio Major kicked off with the Legends Stage, the second of the three stages. 8 teams from the Challengers stage are now battling against 8 seeded teams in a 5-round Swiss System. A notable win fromRound 1wasNAVIbeatingTeam Vitalityin overtime 25-21. Other big names that also won include Team Spirit, Heroic, FURIA and Fnatic. In the High Matches, the top four teams are BIG, Cloud9, FURIA and Heroic....
MOUZvsENCE The first of the Round 5 matches sawMOUZgo head-to-head againstENCE. OnNuke, the tables were turned where it was ENCEs time to dominate the match. Miragesaw the two teams strategizing to keep themselves in the competition. Both teams played well in the first half, with ENCE leading by a single point. MOUZ won 16-9, and the series 2-1. BIGvsNatus Vincere BIGmeanwhile was matched withNAVI, one of the strongest teams in the world right now....
Team Vitality and Cloud9 also through, leaving OG and GamerLegion in the dust. The first match wasOGversusTeam Vitality. The first map played was Vertigo, where the two teams played all the way to overtime. Next, we sawGamerLegiongo up againstCloud9. Finally, we sawFnaticgo against9z Teamin the final match in Round 5. The first match will be betweenTeam LiquidandMOUZ, scheduled on 5 November.
Image Credit: ESL They defeated NAVI to book themselves in the next stage of the competition. Having representation and local support can make or break a team. With that backing, it is no wonder FURIA is raring to go from the gate in this series. The first map played was Nuke, and the atmosphere was quite tense throughout. They demolished NAVIs defences to gain a 5-point lead by the end of the first half....
Image credit: ESL The home team failed to reach the last round, ending their fairy-tale run. The two teams were fighting to see who the second finalist of the last Major of 2022 will be. The series kicked off on Inferno, where Heroic started off strong by winning the first three rounds. Heroic took advantage of this and went on the offensive to again lead the first half 10-5. FURIAs dream of reaching the finals was nuked with the win by Heroic....
Image Credit: ESL The former secured a semifinal spot at the Rio Major. The fun never ends in Rio. However, Heroic immediately retaliated by increasing the pressure on Team Spirit throughout the first half. That seemed to have worked as by the swap, Heroic was in front by 5 points. That pressure was enough to end the match by round 24, where Heroic won 16-8. Overpass saw Team Spirit trying their best to turn around the bad juju they experienced in the first map....
Smaller teams dominate the Challengers and big names languish at the bottom of the table. In Challengers, each of the sixteen teams is playing a Bo1 match: one per round. Speaking of which, Team Vitality stopped Imperial Esports in their tracks in Round 1. Round 2of Challengers is where the rubber meets the road for many teams. The two Brazillian teams are being left behind, not taking full advantage of playing on home soil....
