ESL One Road to Rio: All you need to know

2-4-2020 19:05

With Valve having revamped the qualifying system for the ESL One Rio Major, we have compiled all the information available about the first tournament that will award points towards the $2 million event.

The qualifying process for the sole Major of 2020 starts later this month with the Spring Series of the Regional Major Ranking (RMR), which will be hosted by ESL. The tournament, called ESL One: Road to Rio, will see 56 teams across six regions compete for ranking points and for their share of a $255,000 prize pool supported by Valve.

The vast majority of the teams competing in ESL One: Road to Rio were the ones that had either secured spots at the Rio Major after finishing top-14 at the StarLadder Major or had qualified for the Minors via the closed qualifiers. However, there are still 11 slots up for grabs, with details about how they will be filled expected to be released in the coming days.

The road to the ESL One Rio Major starts on April 22

Flashpoint partner c0ntact will be taking part in the North American competition as they are currently unable to travel back to Europe to defend their invitation because of the coronavirus outbreak. According to Valve, any points gained will be reset in case the team decide to switch their region to Europe in the future.

HLTV.org has reached out to ESL for comment about the reason why c0ntact will have to compete in North America while two other European Flashpoint contestants, Dignitas and Copenhagen Flames, will play in their own region.

Below you can find the details about all the ESL One: Road to Rio competitions:

Europe

Starting Date: April 22
Prize Pool: $105,000

TBD

North America

Starting Date: April 22
Prize Pool: $70,000

TBD

CIS

Starting Date: April 30
Prize Pool: $50,000

TBD

TBD

South America

Starting Date: April 22
Prize Pool: $10,000

RED Canids

TBD

BOOM

TBD

Oceania

Starting Date: April 23
Prize Pool: $10,000

Renegades

TBD

ORDER

TBD

Asia

Starting Date: April 22
Prize Pool: $10,000

TBD

TBD

This is just the first tournament that will award points towards the Regional Major Ranking. Future tournaments will be announced in the months leading up to the Rio Major and will feature an invite system based on the Regional Major Ranking competitions.

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2020-04-02 19:05

8 replies

wtf where are camel riders? this is an outrage

2020-04-02 19:07

7 replies

+1camel riders should be here

2020-04-02 19:17

2 replies

What will happen to them

2020-04-02 19:30

1 reply

Thanks hltv

2020-04-02 20:34

Wtf in deed, camel riders are my fav team after mustang crew

2020-04-02 20:22

Mustang crew major contenders

2020-04-03 03:29

+1 ESL racista

2020-04-02 20:47

+1 why aren't they here

2020-04-02 21:03

Exactly what i need to know 😎👌

thank mens)) edit: rip camel riders((

so sad :(

2020-04-02 19:06

Ez win dig

I’m confused though, how many teams will go to the actual major?

16/24

2020-04-02 19:08

probly 24 still, 8 will get seeded into the final group stage, the other 16 will get seeded in pre-stage

2020-04-02 19:11

24 Europe: 3 Legends, 5 Challengers, 2 Contenders North America: 3 Legends, 2 Challengers, 1 Contender CIS: 2 Legends, 1 Challenger, 2 Contenders South America: 1 Contender Asia: 1 Contender Oceania: 1 Contender

2020-04-02 19:10

4 replies

The legends will be from previous major or this new rmr system?

2020-04-03 02:12

3 replies

From this new RMR system

2020-04-03 02:36

Thanks for explain , finally a good fucking qualifier system for the major

2020-04-03 14:13

100% agreed

2020-04-03 22:40

mens)) This is all you need to know )))

EZ FOR RIDERS

nice mens))

omg bro eu qualifier stacked af. ence, movistar riders, copenhagen flames, godsent. all of them deserve to play in the champions stage

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2020-04-02 19:21

2020-04-02 19:22

and not even havu there

2020-04-02 20:53

havu just wanted to give other teams a chance. they already won 3 majors in a row.

2020-04-02 21:56

True but I’m happy there are more major-spots for EU

2020-04-03 22:41

thanks mensssss))))

good

2020-04-02 19:09

No OG or Endpoint but Heretics wtffff

Heretecs deserved their spot in minor closed quali and also they are way better than Endpoint

2020-04-03 11:12

MIRAA 🐐🐐

It's kinda funny seeing 100T finally considered an NA team for a Major.

Q. What determines what region a team competes in? Given the circumstances, teams’ regions are determined by their current location.

2020-04-02 20:18

Does this mean that teams which are not stated in the lest (especially from europe) will not have chance to qualify to major? Because i miss quite a few teams...

They will, in future tournaments. This is just the first.

2020-04-02 19:15

2020-04-03 22:42

if the major was held as originally planned, these would be the teams invited. 7 from last major (8 with c0ntact) and 8 teams that qualified for the minor. all the teams you are "missing" already got eliminated in the minor qualifier, why should they get invited? also, there's one "TBD" spot still open to qualify for.

2020-04-02 19:19

We are talking about tournament which will happen in 6 months from now. Few of the teams listed can be literally irrelevant at that time (or not, who knows). Therefore i wanna see more teams involved.

2020-04-02 19:23

i'm talking about the upcoming tournament this month, the one that's being held instead of the major. so of course it'll only feature the teams that would have been at that major. other than that, we only know that there will be at least 1 other tournament, perhaps more. and that the TOs have to invite the top RMR teams, meanting the top teams from the first tournament. i'm certain there are enough remaining spots for "new hot" teams.

2020-04-07 05:24

Oh, i see.

2020-04-07 08:32

Hopefully Sinners can qualify for and win the next major.

2020-04-02 19:28

NO VP STICKERS

c0ntact?

They r in na for some reason

2020-04-02 19:18

"Flashpoint partner c0ntact will be taking part in the North American competition as they are currently unable to travel back to Europe to defend their invitation because of the coronavirus outbreak. According to Valve, any points gained will be reset in case the team decide to switch their region to Europe in the future."

Rip

Actually a great deal for them tho, They ain't gonna pass the stacked EU teams XD

2020-04-02 19:51

#37

Rip camel riders , valve did them dirty

2020-04-02 19:12

Ez riders

Thanks, Faze can kick Olof :D

2020-04-02 19:14

OG has chance to play at the major

Look at Asian qualify, wtf all tier 5 teams

404 UK Flag not found.

who are u

2020-04-02 19:37

BREXIT here

2020-04-02 19:38

There is only one challenger spot available for Asia so that's fine. There was gonna be one available through the normal minor system anyways so no change

2020-04-02 23:24

One contender spot

2020-04-03 17:53

Who even are some of those teams?

Didn't camel riders qualify for the Asian minor, so where r they now?

Who are they tho xd

2020-04-02 23:57

they did work hard to qualify for the Asian minor so they do deserve to be there even if they are not a top tier team. To them, that may be their biggest achievement ever.

2020-04-03 04:36

Asia D13 cmon

I assume Astralis are already qualified? I mean, they did win the major

no they are not qualified but i think they will have more points than others teams because of the Major title

Huh, that's... Well, I think they make it with no problems, unlike ence and move lol

2020-04-02 19:25

no they aren't, no one is

Thanks

I feel like at least one of legends will get upset during this

ENCE))) Astralis, NaVi, Liquid, EG should 100% get through VP will get in simply because they still are the 2nd best CIS team Vitality and 100T could falter but should have it still ENCE will be it.

vp is the third best cis team...

2020-04-03 03:14

drops? :D

2020-04-02 19:29

Why has G2 still french flag? They are international roaster

2020-04-02 19:41

I think because they are still majority French, with 3/5 French players

2020-04-02 19:55

2020-04-02 20:21

On HLTV, the team gets the flag when 3+ players are from it

2020-04-02 20:24

so still ez4ago xD

2020-04-02 19:47

it should be called "ESL one road to Carantine". sadly

2020-04-02 19:53

c0ntact will participate in NA but both Dignitas and CPH will be in EU? How they manage to back in Europe with the Schengen border closed?

2020-04-02 19:59

TBD is my fav Team! good for them to be in all the qualifiers

2020-04-02 19:56

Ahhhhh failed sry

2020-04-02 19:58

1 major per year now. Bet

2020-04-02 20:03

I cant understand why CIS got so much love from valve, they literally have just one good team but 2 legends spots, major filled with this crap teams

2020-04-02 20:11

Exactly, a team like VP, Forze or Spirit Will be legends, but probably vitality, Fnatic, Faze, Mouse and NiP wont

2020-04-02 23:09

The results are taken from the last Major. Go stab someone to feel better.

2020-04-03 11:33

6 replies

First you are reported for racism, second you wrong.

2020-04-03 21:34

Explain me how your fckn brain works then, just check last Major results.

2020-04-04 12:01

Men, i think you are incapable of thinking, they get good results in old majors because they had a Challenger qualify that give them the same amount of vages of european and NA qualifiers.

2020-04-04 18:06

You don't seem to speak London fluently, what you say is not understandable.

2020-04-04 18:40

maybe you simple is a functional illiterate.

2020-04-04 20:09

i will help you understand my dumb french friend In Starladder Major there was 4 minors: 1 for europe, 1 for asia, 1 for cis and one for america, liquipedia.net/counterstrike/Minor_Champ.. each of they concede 2 challeger stages spots, if you think it is fair CIS be treated like a region and have the same number of spots of america and europe, your brain has serious damage.

2020-04-04 20:16

How is c0ntact in NA region ? explain pls ?

2020-04-02 20:13

cause they are stuck in na ffs

2020-04-02 20:14

ok thanks for the information

2020-04-02 20:15

It doesn't explain why Dignitas and CPH are in Europe pool... They are in USA right now too.

2020-04-03 07:41

So why is Dignitas and Cph is in EU LOL

2020-04-02 20:41

North America - MIBR and FURIA LMAO

2020-04-02 20:23

i dunno some might sneak into legend spots thanks to online but some what this might make pickem predictions even easier but yeah if we get over this Corona bs and make this point tournaments lans all of them would be awsome af

Rip Camel Riders 2020-2020

2020-04-02 20:26

PLS INVITE OG TO EU QUALIFIER

2020-04-02 20:45

Vamos Riders!!!

2020-04-02 20:49

Can anyone tell me if OG has a shot at this major or not?

2020-04-02 21:11

No swole patrol?

2020-04-02 21:37

They should be the TBD

2020-04-02 22:35

If you change a player before the start of the qualify, are you getting 20% point drop?

2020-04-02 21:44

With no roster lock, at this point, we can expect a lot of changes.

2020-04-02 22:26

Oh so the major has become just another ESL pro League..

2020-04-02 22:54

lol VP buyed avangar because of legend spot gg

2020-04-02 23:15

the guy who bought cr4zy for the spot is more fucked. VP has the money.

2020-04-03 00:10

2020-04-03 00:17

hard 4 navi

2020-04-02 23:23

Why is C0ntact playing in NA if they are an EU team but an NA org and why isn’t complexity doing the same because they still have NA players on a majority EU roster but an NA org.

2020-04-02 23:39

The region a te am plays in will be determined by the place they are currently residing in.

2020-04-03 11:35

Navi easiest GRID in History of their entire history. Why is Ence still there. With the last performances, they don't deserve any spot in high competition level. No matter if they had success with Aleksbi. The guy is gone and Ence is shit. ESL use your brain or how much money?

2020-04-03 00:12