Europe and Asia RMR groups revealed

29-8-2022 19:07

The opening matchups for both events were also announced.

ESL has announced the groups, seeding, and opening matchups for the upcoming IEM Road to Rio Europe and Asia RMRs. The unveiling of the groups comes after the fourth and final Europe open qualifier and Asia's four closed qualifiers concluded on August 28.

In Europe, the 32 teams have been split into two groups of 16, with each offering eight spots for the varioius stages of the upcoming IEM Major Rio. As for Asia, the four teams present will be battling for just two places that will reward IEM Major Rio Challenger Stage berths.

The groups for the Americas RMR will be unveiled when the two remaining North American open qualifiers conclude on September 5.

FaZe have been seeded into RMR A alongside the likes of Ninjas in Pyjamas and G2

The two groups for the Europe RMR were seeded based on the performance at PGL Major Antwerp and the four online qualifiers.

Group A features three of the top five teams in the world, with world No. 2 and reigning champions FaZe being the top seed. Group B, meanwhile, boasts the best team in the world in Natus Vincere, with No. 5 and No. 7 ranked MOUZ and Vitality not far behind.

The two Europe RMR groups will take place in the Mediterranean island-nation of Malta from October 4-9, with a total of eight spots available for IEM Major Rio, and a further eight for the Challengers Stage.

The groups for the IEM Road to Rio Europe RMR are:

Europe RMR A

Europe RMR B

The following opening matchups for the IEM Road to Rio Europe RMR will get started on October 4 at 11:00 :

Europe RMR A

FaZe vs. GamerLegion
Spirit vs. 1win
Ninjas in Pyjamas vs. Astralis
G2 vs. ECSTATIC
Cloud9 vs. B8
Bad News Eagles vs. Eternal Fire
FORZE vs. Sprout
fnatic vs. Aurora

Europe RMR B

Natus Vincere vs. Benched Heroes
ENCE vs. HEET
HEROIC vs. SAW
Vitality vs. FANTASY
BIG vs. Sangal
Outsiders vs. Monte
Falcons vs. K23
MOUZ vs. OG

shox's Major streak set to end as Apeks bomb out of qualifier

The IEM Road to Rio Asia RMR will be held in Melbourne, Australia from October 7-9, and offer two places in the IEM Major Rio Challengers Stage. Like Europe, the teams have been seeded based on their performance in their respective closed qualifiers.

The opening matches for IEM Road to Rio Asia RMR are:

IHC vs. JiJieHao International
Grayhound vs. Rare Atom

Visit our dedicated coverage hub to stay updated with all the news related to the IEM Rio Major 2022.

EZ4SMOOYA

2022-08-29 19:07

2 replies

smooya vs s1mple in a pro match will be sick

2022-08-30 00:43

Group A stacked

2022-08-30 05:26

ez 4 Rare atom and Grayhound

1 reply

lol

2022-08-30 13:41

Ez 4 Astralis

GO SAW!

2022-08-29 19:08

Lets go

2022-08-30 02:31

faze vs gl, navi vs bh, sprout vs forze, banger matches

2022-08-29 19:10

Lmao Smooya vs. S1mple, should be fun

3 replies

totally kekew

2022-08-29 20:27

absolutely lulw

2022-08-30 04:32

rofl

2022-08-30 16:16

EZ 4 (NOT GRAYHOUND)

you can remove the team list on the rmr event pages now mr. hltv

2022-08-29 19:13

Good Luck SAW!

NEED MORE ASIAN SLOTS!!!

6 replies

No needed

2022-08-29 19:19

Need more slot or all ppl switch to valulrant because it is more region balance

2022-08-30 03:44

2022-08-29 19:48

Not needed

2022-08-29 20:12

2022-08-30 13:55

That would be nice but Asian CS just doesnt deserve more places

2022-08-31 10:21

Navi v smooya ez for FPL god smooya

2022-08-29 19:17

Benched vs NAVI KEK

group A looking stacked

i think they are more balanced than last time

2022-08-29 19:30

No much of a standard honestly, last rmr was criminal

2022-08-29 20:11

When I first looked at it, I thought so too. But after further look they seem quite well balanced.

2022-08-30 02:13

4 teams only in the entirety of Asia + Oceania xdddd valve is a joke

2022-08-29 19:20

valve should merge their RMR with NA/SA and that way more slots potentially...

2022-08-29 21:52

Agree, SA+Oceania and NA+Asia may be a good option.

2022-08-30 14:01

Especially when theres so many good asian teams right now. Plus theres like 2-3 good oce teams. Sucks.

2022-08-30 00:35

2022-08-30 11:48

And one of them is a troll mix 2russians & 3 Israelis, TECHNICALLY Asian team cuz Israel can be Europe, Africa or Asia, whatever they choose to

2022-08-30 20:40

Yeah the MENA region is just full of region abusers

2022-08-30 20:43

Of course, we won't see a balance. What a surprise

7 replies

It is kinda balanced mate

2022-08-29 19:45

absolutely not

2022-08-29 20:00

5 replies

Dont worry to much mate it is NaVi we talking about :)

2022-08-29 20:01

4 replies

It's not even so much about Navi (besides fighting for a slot in legends), how much about the level of the teams that came out of A against the background of those who did not pass from B.

2022-08-29 20:17

Yeah its 40/60

2022-08-29 20:49

yeah but A has more Legends slots, so it’s balanced i think

2022-08-29 21:07

not for the tier2 teams, it's worse for them

2022-08-30 13:27

Ez 4 Smooya

2022-08-29 19:21

Grayhound wtf, where did that come from

2022-08-29 19:28

The whole team page is setup too, weird. Edit: Looks like the team is using the old Grayhound Twitter now.

2022-08-29 20:04

grayhound lol

2022-08-29 19:29

Hard4BIG

2022-08-29 19:34

Group A is basically CIS RMR

2022-08-29 19:38

#GONINJAS

2022-08-29 19:43

Nice! Ez start for NiP!

#NAVINATION

#FOREF

#VAMOUZ

#FAZEUP

2022-08-29 19:44

#VFORVICTORY

Reported

y:(

2022-08-29 20:09

Damn group B looks brutal

2022-08-29 19:47

No way. There is only one team out of top 6 in group B vs 4 in group A.

2022-08-30 02:21

Easy for Aurora

2022-08-29 19:58

Smooya is about to get outclassed by the GOAT.

2022-08-29 20:07

Interesting groups. Navi will have easy time in group B, but others will have bloody battle over the other slots In group A there is more room for all the favorites to make through, but the legend slots are more uncertain.

2022-08-29 20:13

Astralis out in groups KEKW

2022-08-29 20:24

Smooya vs Simple would be poggers. Also Order finished now ? Grayhound picked the team ?

2022-08-29 21:00

Imagine being a random israeli faceit stack and getting a free trip to Australia. Nice.

2022-08-29 21:09

Order is sold I guess... they're looking for buyers, so not surprising. Welcome back Grayhound...

2022-08-29 21:15

My sofa predictions Group A: Faze, Spirit, NIP, G2, Cloud9 = 99% qualification. Astralis, Forze, Fnatic = good chances. Hard for others, maybe Spout or new Ecstatic can surprise. Group B: Navi, Ence, Heroic, Vitality, OG = 99% qualification. Big, Outsiders, Mouz=good chances. Hard for others. Maybe SAW, HEET, k23 can surprise.

2022-08-29 21:47