Final IEM Rio Major Legends Stage matchups determined

8-11-2022 02:00

Three final spots in the playoffs are up for grabs heading into the last day of the Swiss stage.

The third day of the IEM Rio Major Legends Stage has concluded, a round of matches which resulted in HEROIC, Outsiders, and fnatic securing spots in the playoffs while Vitality, Bad News Eagles, and Sprout were eliminated from the competition.

Just three spots in the bracket stage remain heading into the round five matchups, which will kick off with MOUZ taking on ENCE. Marco "⁠Snappi⁠" Pfeiffer's side will have their first chance to qualify after recovering from a 1-2 start in the Legends Stage, while MOUZ are hoping to make good on their second attempt after faltering on their first try against Outsiders.

NAVI have one last chance to secure a spot in the Major playoffs

A match between Natus Vincere and BIG will follow, a must-win match for Oleksandr "⁠s1mple⁠" Kostyliev's side who are now one of the clear tournament favorites to take home the title following the elimination of FaZe and Vitality.

The final playoff spot will go to the winner of the match between Liquid and Spirit, the first time the two teams have met since IEM Cologne — a best-of-three series in which Leonid "⁠chopper⁠" Vishnyakov's men narrowly came out on top.

The schedule and match pages for the fifth round of the Legends Stage can be found below:

2-2 pool

Date	Matches
IEM Rio Major 2022
08/11/2022	MOUZ 15:00 ENCE	Match
08/11/2022	BIG 19:20 Natus Vincere	Match
08/11/2022	Liquid 22:05 Spirit	Match

ciao big

2022-11-08 02:00

12 replies

imagine the playoffs teams if Spirit, Ence and BIG win

2022-11-08 03:30

7 replies

If spirit ence and big win then the playoff teams will be spirit ence and big. I have a great imagination

2022-11-08 04:13

3 replies

such wow

2022-11-08 07:32

He meant all the teams aka furia c9 outsiders fnatic heroic ence big spirit

2022-11-08 08:30

1 reply

EZ4 C9

2022-11-08 08:37

lol xD

2022-11-08 09:42

Yeah crazy to have a playoff with the teams that actually performed.

2022-11-08 10:50

2022-11-08 14:02

Imagine thinking BIG bots actually going through after being 2-0 was never doubt they wouldn’t do it lol Back to the bedroom Syrsonlan

2022-11-08 06:32

ropz?

2022-11-08 09:25

2 replies

major winner, beckham?

2022-11-08 09:41

Mostly handsome soccer player

2022-11-08 13:46

Nice

13 replies

NAVI ENCE LIQUID

2022-11-08 02:10

yep

2022-11-08 02:21

mouz v ence = who cares big v navi = big if you want furia in the finals, navi if you enjoy good cs liquid v spirit = liquid for the americas 2nd legend spot in Paris, spirit if you want to see young impious new faces upsetting former legends

2022-11-08 02:33

10 replies

2022-11-08 08:09

very well put

2022-11-08 08:54

Why would you want Furia in finals? Never seen a major where ppl focus so much on the home teams.

2022-11-08 10:52

6 replies

Duh

2022-11-08 11:09

5 replies

Not this obsession over home team in the Stockholm major for example, here it sounds like it would be a disaster if BR teams don’t make it far. Pretty silly

2022-11-08 13:55

4 replies

imagine being this dumb

2022-11-08 13:59

Not at all, but why are random ppl wishing BR success from just having a major on home turf? Was no massive backing of Liquid in the US majors for example. Why the different treatment? Ppl think you guys will stop attending if there is no BR team? I have more belief in you than that.

2022-11-08 15:52

You'll never understand.

2022-11-08 18:17

So explain. Cuz they deserve it? Cuz ppl want good crowd atmosphere in finals? Not that hard to just give a proper reason.

2022-11-08 20:03

neat

my pickems are saved if mouz navi and liquid win cmon

Let's hope for no more upsets :D I'll be fine if Navi and Liquid win.

2022-11-08 07:24

same here. but i am very afraid of MOUZ chokings :-)

2022-11-08 08:11

Pls Navi, ence, TL win, for pick'ems

2022-11-08 02:01

8 replies

+1 agree

2022-11-08 02:23

+1 agreed

2022-11-08 02:46

why do ppl pick Ence? They have been consistently shit since spinx left

2022-11-08 10:54

did u watch ence vs vitality lol

2022-11-08 15:02

Tbh they are not doing that bad, plus since im spanish, i do believe in sunpayus :)

2022-11-08 15:41

Last part makes sense. But you should never bet with your heart, always brain.

2022-11-08 15:54

Ik, but I thought that picking Ence wouldnt matter, since I had faze and vit

2022-11-08 16:20

Fair point :-P

2022-11-08 17:34

woah

mouz, Navi, spirit? what a hard pill to swallow for the Germans btw, from 2-0 and extreme euphoria, to pretty much out of it 2-3

2022-11-08 02:05

14 replies

really said spirit

2022-11-08 02:13

there's a (?) in Spirit, it is the only match up with no clear favorite, but I'm leaning for Spirit because their momentum. 55/45 I'd say.

2022-11-08 02:17

11 replies

Liquid is clearly the favorite, of course today they didn't show that because of the dumb map picks and overrotation calls from Nitro, but they will go over that and bounce back. Liquid has way more experience, I don't think spirit will be able to keep up.

2022-11-08 02:19

9 replies

Cope. Talk about experience when spirit finish 4th last major and liquid nowhere to be found. I like the confidence, but man some fans are just delusional..

2022-11-08 02:27

"last major." We are talking about right now bud. Liquid is clearly in their best form since more than a year.

2022-11-08 02:36

This homie either thinks far less of yekindar than we do or hes very confident liquid is just bad

2022-11-08 05:15

you're talking about yekindar like he was s1mple or something.

2022-11-09 01:58

your comment is one of someone that only looks at stats, unless I misunderstand yekindar is the one who changed liquid's ego mentality and brought some more of the fire that liquid needed back into their roster. I mean its quite obvious bringing in yekindar helped, more than bringing in nitro did. Also I don't think I ever said yekindar is a s1mple....

2022-11-09 07:01

Wow u think liquid is in the best form? Omg. GL then. I cant wait to see what kind of excuses u say after liquid lose.

2022-11-08 06:07

bro na cs will be in the mud

2022-11-08 11:10

not really, spirit better.

-nitro this bot, nothing has changed ffs. The fact they didnt ban vertigo says something about their iq

2022-11-09 02:11

You call mouz a favorite but not liquid, ok...

2022-11-08 05:09

sometimes, valve and esl want make money, with cheating, i mean make the tourney or playoffs more exciting, market of navi and liquid so big, and ence as well, but imo ence and mouz are same, they market same, but navi and liquid so big, imo

2022-11-08 02:52

Very Nice Navi / liquid / ence

2022-11-08 03:36

BIG u can win!!

2022-11-08 02:02

mouz, navi, and liquid please save my pickems im begging you

Moze liquid Navi pls

Liquid > ENCE > BIG >

2022-11-08 02:04

Pretty easy prediction day tomorrow: Mouz, BIG and Liquid

2022-11-08 02:06

NaVi won’t lose to s1n. S1mple won’t allow it

2022-11-08 02:12

S1mple already dropped 50+ against big and navi managed to loose it

2022-11-08 07:26

well hot fuckin damn!!! these pickems are trash.... well atleast mine. navi better fucn win this!!!!! or rip coin. imagine. furia winning this! lol shiiiiiieeet

Hoping that hobbit can get his 2nd major. Heroic winning would be nice too

another for c9 as an org and a 2nd for hobbit. would be sick af ngl. but, being relistic. but who knows. already proven that this major is already fuckin wacked out... baahaha anything is possible at this point.

2022-11-08 05:12

na best chance

2022-11-08 11:11

CSGO top players and Major winners tier list. Tier 1. Full gods. Won both a Major and HLTV #1. S1mple, Coldzera, olofmeister, Get_Right. Tier 2. Lone warrior. Won HLTV #1 but no Major. Zywoo. Tier 3. Team workers. Won a Major but no HLTV #1. dev1ce, rain, flusha, shox, Neo, etc. Tier 4. NIKO CHOKO LUL LUL LUL.

2022-11-08 02:07

tier 3.5 carried his whole career, one of the pleyrs with most hltv #20 appearence but never got major ladislav "cyka" kovacs

2022-11-08 02:15

i hate bug clan but i just want Navi lose so they not gonna make it this major. trust me, if Navi advance through playoffs, they gonna win this major

2022-11-08 02:08

in QF Navi will play either outsider/fnatic then advance to play against cloud9 and final with furia they stomped furia in front of the crowd. its kinda boring

Navi will get past BIG. That's inevitable. But they're not gonna win major lol. There is so much to fix on Navi, now it's not the time to fix anything. I doubt they make it into semifinal with recent performances

2022-11-08 02:26

Lowkey u dumb to think navi wont make semis. From now on they gonna play better game by game and s1mple gonna 1v9 to final

2022-11-08 02:42

i believe simple gonna 1v9 every match but he wont win every match

2022-11-08 05:31

Nah lowkey u delusional If u think any game easy for navi on playoffs. U probably the kind of guy who pick Navi to get 3-0 on legends stage lol.

2022-11-08 06:09

nah iam not and never said its gonna be ez for navi dk whrere u came up with that shit but if they gonna have outsiders/fnatic i dont see then not winning

2022-11-08 17:52

Not gonna be ez = but u don't see fnatic/outsiders winning. Kekw

2022-11-08 19:51

Furia will lose in quarters

2022-11-08 02:38

in front of brazilian supporters in big arena? i dont believe that.

2022-11-08 05:33

a navi vs c9 final would be spectacular

2022-11-08 02:51

what are u smokin, navi are 100% playing furia in qf

2022-11-08 12:08

Tabsen vs S1mple

2022-11-08 02:09

LETS GO LIQUID

i need navi or ence win for my pick'em

already lost my pickem so right now i just want ENCE, BIG and Spirit to win to end every one else's pickems too

xD sad

2022-11-08 11:12

if i can't get the Diamond Coin then no one else can >:D

2022-11-08 19:37

If the BIG BOYS can do this, they are going to final... for sure awesome matches!

Come on be realistic guys. Navi is shit, but most of u probably already saw big going 2-3 from Miles away. s1n and k1to are just not good enough. Liquid is trash. 2 of their win were absolute trash too. One against team like sprout kekw, the other was comeback against top 5 team with worst T side. Heroic already exposed them, now spirit will too. ENCE vs MOUZ is tight af. But after saw maden performance today, MOUZ might win this after all kekw

2022-11-08 02:30

k1to is actually having a pretty good event Syrson is kinda missing the last two games but yes, everyone has fallen of a bit since the challengers stage I think There‘s still like a 30% chance BIG will beat NaVi but yes BIG had their chances with furia and fnatic Agree on your take on liquid, they look pretty weak ENCE v mouz is a nice 50/50 matchup, really could be the most exciting one out of the three

heres a 0.01% big win against navi, they very shit rn

2022-11-08 06:12

agree they played bad against fnatic i think they played decent against furia even though the score didnt reflect it also you can never count BIG out. i always feel like they are able to win against anyone.. but also able to lose against anyone of course navi. have to be the heavy favorites just saying BIG isnt out yet

2022-11-08 13:16

So Liquid beat NAVI You bait way too hard with the reaching lil bro

2022-11-08 06:10

Yes. And grayhound beat C9. I don't understand ur point.. but clearly Im baiting lol.

2022-11-08 06:11

And Cloud9 beat NAVI and Vitality with the same comebacks to 16-14 The meta is T side sucks so you try to win CT you delusional noob lmao. Everyone does massive comebacks.

2022-11-08 06:13

Yes and cloud9 in the playoffs by actually won a bo3 game without have to relies on CT side. And liquid nowhere near playoffs. How is it the meta sucks when MOUZ trash ur fucking team on T side 13-2 and fnatic also win T side big time against both ENCE and BIG. Lol. Fucking moron.

2022-11-08 06:16

“Liquid nowhere near playoffs” They lost a close bo3 to Heroic and now have to beat Spirit. Are you genuinely this braindead or trolling? Wait I’m the stupid one. You have a NAVI flair and are still assmad that Liquid beat them. Cheers lol

2022-11-08 06:24

mad? lol. ur team beat a shit team like navi and u act like its an achievement. im not a braindead fans like u, i call it like i see it. i said they're nowhere near playoffs because all their fans expected them to be on playoffs couple days ago, but look at them now.. drown in the mud like navi pretending to be a good team. and pretending to have a chance to win anything. fucking moron. stop eating burger and touch grass asshole T side meta sucks my ass. u have 0 knowledge about the game, please quit and go back to vlr.

2022-11-08 11:40

"they beat my favourite team which must mean they suck" get a brain you fucking monkey

2022-11-08 11:35

u think navi is my favourite team just because i have it on my flair? u are fucking retard. please dont reply to me again. look at my profile, i've been saying nothing but sucky things about navi because they're suck. but doesnt mean Liquid isnt. take a good look at ur name. and ur flair. u are fucking pathetic. gtfo

2022-11-08 11:36

if navi lose to BIG with an academy stand in men((

2022-11-08 02:34

ez for mouz big and spirit bc what the fuck is this major lol

youtube.com/watch?v=e_YvqX-2yOI

2022-11-08 03:42

Mouz to playoffs

2022-11-08 04:18

Ez for ence

2022-11-08 04:37

Bye BIG. S1mple will sadly own you. But it is also some kind of Karma when you kick Tizian for Sh1to

2022-11-08 04:39

We might be up for another surprize tomorrow.. NaVi eliminated

imgur.com/4FzwkL9 omg i can still do it ! *-* fingers crossed

2022-11-08 04:46

faze and vitality already out, we need big to win this, I trust fúria to win against Navi, but despite c9, all other teams on playoffs can get destroyed by furia, this is the best scenario for us now

2022-11-08 05:14

Keep coping, furia has 0 chance of making grand finals

2022-11-08 05:53

you probably didn't saw that Fúria will be playing in front of 18k people, against teams like heroic outsiders and Cloud9, if you think they have 0 chance, it's because you know nothing about cs

2022-11-08 18:10

Delusional

2022-11-08 08:10

believing on our best team isn't delusional

2022-11-08 18:11

soon cry will be free

2022-11-08 12:45

If BIG > NaVi a lot of fans are going to be malding

2022-11-08 05:26

This is gonna be the most boring major in history. Zzzz

2022-11-08 05:52

I really hope I am wrong but I think Liquid gonna lose, tomorrow, of all the teams they could have picked they got the worst one.

2022-11-08 05:55

Pog

2022-11-08 05:58

Ez for BIG.

2022-11-08 08:17

Spirit, showem whos the boss

2022-11-08 08:52

if i failed in legends stage, my pick em's ruined, and then buy new pick em's, but viewer pass again, am i still can continue the pick em's? continue my coin to upgrade and pick at champion stage or playoffs?

2022-11-08 09:50

What. No. How can you change your pick ems when stage is alrd over? :)

2022-11-08 10:35

MOUZ NAVI SPIRIT 🔥🔥🔥

2022-11-08 09:54

the worst possible scenario

2022-11-08 13:21

I got that right 😂

2022-11-10 10:27

i want Mouz Navi Liquid (for my pick'ems)

2022-11-08 15:11

CMON SPIRIT TIME TO SEND NA TO DE_AIRPORT

2022-11-08 10:43

Horse team vs Dragon team Legendary clash coming up.

2022-11-08 12:05

Navi should really got this quite easily tbh. Other than that interesting matchups. Mouz ence is coinflip at best, if frozen doesn't show up it's easy ence tbh. Liquid vs spirit is potential banger and spirit is quite a bit underrated in this one. If they show up (and it looks like they will) they can 2-0 liquid.

2022-11-08 11:16

cool matches

2022-11-08 11:24

navi up

2022-11-08 11:43

EZ for Heroic

2022-11-08 12:25

I think Ence should be slight favourites but with Mouz you never know. I don't see Navi blundering this; not with so many top teams eliminated already. Liquid should win it, if Elige shows up and Nitro gets at least a half decent performance. But Spirit did look strong the last few games.

ENCE, BIG and Spirit advance, they are the teams that lost to furia in the legends stage, So Furia wins the major!! I am a delusional? YES BUT We have a chance.

2022-11-08 14:41