ZywOo named MVP of IEM Rio 2023

23-4-2023 22:42

The French superstar earns his 14th career Most Valuable Player (MVP) medal after powering Vitality to victory at IEM Rio.

Mathieu "⁠ZywOo⁠" Herbaut has claimed the HLTV x 1xBet MVP award for IEM Rio following Vitality's 2-0 victory over HEROIC in the grand final.

Averaging a 1.31 rating across 15 maps, ZywOo was a pivotal factor across the entirety of the tournament for his team. He recorded 1.00+ ratings in all of the maps he played — eight of them being 1.30+-rated performances — and showed up when it mattered most in Vitality's lower bracket run and subsequent playoff matches.

His best overall series was against MIBR, where he averaged a 1.61 rating across two maps, while he had his most impactful map in the lower bracket final of Group B against OG, mustering an absurd 2.31 rating on Inferno (1.57 KPR, 2.29 impact, 155.8 ADR).

ZywOo earns his 14th career MVP medal, and his eighth on LAN

ZywOo has often had to be the sole driving force behind Vitality's victories, but that wasn't the case at this tournament: Lotan "⁠Spinx⁠" Giladi also showcased superb form during the event (1.25 event rating) and was second in line for the MVP, while Peter "⁠dupreeh⁠" Rasmussen and Emil "⁠Magisk⁠" Reif also had their moments (1.12 ratings).

The Israeli rifler particularly shined in Vitality's elimination series against FaZe, dominating the European combine with 1.95 and 1.85-rated maps, but his level dropped off towards the latter half of the event while ZywOo remained ever-consistent.

The Frenchman also topped a number of categories on the statistics leaderboard, including K-D differential (+109), damage difference per round (+21.9), deaths per round (0.54), clutches won (9), and impact rating (1.33). He also scored the fourth-highest number of kills per round (0.80) and was tied for the third-highest KAST (76.4%) and total headshots (148).

This is ZywOo's 14th career MVP and eighth on LAN, with his last medal coming from Vitality's title-winning campaign at ESL Pro League Season 16 in Malta.

Previous HLTV x 1xBet MVPs in 2023:

IEM Katowice - Nemanja "⁠huNter-⁠" Kovač
ESL Pro League Season 17 - Robin "⁠ropz⁠" Kool

Deserved, look at these stats

2023-04-23 22:43

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zywoo is so cute

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woo tang clan aint nuthin to fuck wit

2023-04-23 22:56

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Ghostface "ZywOo" Toiletto

2023-04-23 23:07

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he's gonna celebrate with frog legs and snails for dinner

2023-04-23 23:08

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ah yes letsgo

2023-04-23 23:20

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2023-04-24 14:15

Don't judge before tasting, that's delightful

2023-04-23 23:40

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2023-04-24 00:12

i prefer breast milk cheese

2023-04-24 00:37

+1, snails with garlic sauce is gorgeous

2023-04-24 00:38

"and delicate, he's like a flower"

2023-04-24 08:13

What a beast!

2023-04-24 22:51

easy for goat

2023-04-23 22:42

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MY GOD HES A BYWOO

THE BEST IN THE GAME

2023-04-24 18:07

Goat

GOAT

Zygoat coming back

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2023-04-23 23:14

Zygote coming back

2023-04-23 23:34

That's right

Top 1 2023

ZywOo top 1 this year

As a s1mple fan, must admit that Zywoo indisputably #1 rn

2023-04-24 00:54

True. I also believe he won't be #1 ever again in his career sadly

2023-04-24 08:34

I disagree based on how fast he’s recovering and how he was already a top player in Rio, but hard to say

2023-04-24 19:25

ALL MAPS > 1 rating, GOAT

even with a 6-16 loss, beast!!

2023-04-23 22:44

goat

Goatwoo and vitality peaking at the right time

not too bad for group stage merchant

My goat

2023-04-23 22:45

MY GOD HE'S BYWOOOOO THE BEST IN THE GAME

2023-04-23 22:46

Ezzz

played like shit in final but does not matter when you have magisk in team

2023-04-23 22:47

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i arent think that hltv.org/matches/2363567/vitality-vs-her..

2023-04-23 22:48

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proves my point , that's what you call a bad performance from zywoo i need to see at least a +1.40

2023-04-23 22:49

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i would still not call 1.25 bad even for zywoo

2023-04-23 22:52

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if he is aiming for TOP 1 ? then he will have to deliver more in finals

2023-04-23 22:53

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hltv.org/stats/players?startDate=2023-01.. or who is gonna still it from him ? xD

2023-04-23 22:54

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admit it or not , today's game was won on the merit of magisk,dupreeh/apex and a decent performance from apex , and offcourse heroic in final (easy win for any team ) in the future if they were to finals and meet actual decent teams then zywoo has to step up even more

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#33

2023-04-23 22:58

zywoo saving energy for major

2023-04-23 23:02

weak b8 reported

2023-04-24 01:13

his vertigo was meh, but his t site on inferno was super important for the win

2023-04-23 23:37

Yeah that spin in T on 14-12 or something?!? Barely had time to see the shot on guy peeking from long corner, so quick even the casters didn’t register it I think. Unreal

2023-04-24 10:49

yeah this round was insane as well but all those entries did go a long way)

2023-04-24 19:26

2023-04-24 00:40

Heroic is one of the very best teams right now without an apparent weak link player or glaring tactical / mental weakness. They're easily capable of beating any other team in any given match. Incredibly biased, very stupid comment.

2023-04-24 02:11

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One glaring weakness: Stavn goes missing in finals

Well, he had the 2nd best rating in this matchup.

2023-04-24 14:57

well yeah but second map where he went completely missing was shorter and he went 0.78 idk if that 2nd best rating is a "good" second best rating, especially since even during the first map he only went 1.14

2023-04-27 19:12

You can try to look at this 100 different ways, at the end of the day, what you said ain't true. He wasn't able to perform to his best, but he wasn't the reason the team lost. Actually, I don't think the match was lost because of any one single player. Heroic was just outclassed.

2023-05-02 16:05

I don't think he's "Aiming" For top 1, I think he;s just playing the game my guy

2023-04-23 22:55

genuinely, who else is actually providing consistent performances like zywoo right now? like maybe sh1ro but his team is taking fat L's right now so he's not even in these finals. s1mple has been getting 1.25 ratings on a good day lately. faze guys switch places on whos performing well all the time so its definitely not any of them except maybe ropz. same goes for heroic guys.

2023-04-23 22:57

so if magisk is better then zywoo, magisk should have had at least 1.80 rating in the final, good logic sir!

dont put words in my mouth magisk is not the star player , zywoo is but nt

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u just said magisk > zywoo, now u say u didnt, again great logic sir

where ?? lmao

in the other threads, dont be hypocrite pls, dont make me call fbi/cia

everybody on this site knows ur zywoo hater and u have the audacity to ask for link? shame on u sir

I've never seen you bait , what a shitty take and arrogance of talking, talking about ratings when ZywOo was literally open fragging on T side as well

2023-04-24 04:38

everything checks out , no need to argue

2023-04-24 14:02

I bet you didn't watch yesterday's game

2023-04-24 14:32

zywoo english soo good now

Again and again, the best in the world

Mvp

goated

bywoo so cute

2023-04-23 22:50

He's a bywoo, the best in the game!

The best to ever touch this game

Insane stats

EZ for GOAT

The best to ever touch the game

GOAT fr

2023-04-23 23:03

hes a bywoo!

Dupreeh robbed

2023-04-23 23:05

s0mple 0 mvps in 2023 kekw

Deserved. So proud of Zywoo.

2023-04-23 23:09

Xi Wu pog mvp

2023-04-23 23:10

Well deserved 😍

2023-04-23 23:11

The woo

2023-04-23 23:16

Goat He is Bywooo The best in the game

mby finally he will be top 1 again as should be before...

deserved

2023-04-23 23:18

GOAT in my unbiased opinion

that smile is lovely im in love

2023-04-23 23:22

He just looks like a capybara

goat of csgo

2023-04-23 23:23

sigma player

2023-04-23 23:26

Spinx choked the final, so LOOTan "MVP" Giladi not happened

2023-04-23 23:35

wtf look at the numbers

2023-04-23 23:38

good tourney

2023-04-23 23:39

Zyw00 using game deficit on PRO scene ,ON BIG Events.Maybe everyone dont knows him trick.He incredible....I want to ask his where is the comming of your skill's ?

2023-04-23 23:57

2023-04-24 00:14

revenge of the WOO

2023-04-24 00:26

pure talent here, congratz GOAT

2023-04-24 00:44

How close was Spinx from that MVP?

2023-04-24 00:45

After final not close He played very mediocre in playoffs His faze performance was the only thing that carried his chances

2023-04-24 01:10

if youll read the article - it says that spinx had avg 1.25 event rating, being 2nd contender for mvp after zywoo with avg 1.31 event rating

2023-04-24 01:16

That's my point, 'cause we know rating is a important factor such but not the only factor for a MVP.

2023-04-24 02:00

#97 guy above is clueless

Top 1 this year Futur major mvp

2023-04-24 00:48

I believe

2023-04-24 01:56

prayge

2023-04-24 16:13

Inchbouddah

2023-04-25 17:45

beast

2023-04-24 01:14

2023-04-24 01:45

His IEM Rio stats are ridiculous, but the funny thing is that it's not even exceptional by his standards

His overpass against c9 is one of his all time greatest performances imo. 5 clutches in a last map of a semi final, it was insanity. But then again, it's zywoo, amazing as it was it might not even be in his top10

2023-04-24 07:08

Yes, that map was insane. His CT AWPing prowess was insane and he single handlely won them the match with that 1v4 on the second pistol

2023-04-24 19:27

So proud of him

2023-04-24 03:12

Does anyone think that with this tournament win from ZywOo the race for being the best in 2023 is settled ? I think it's pretty unlikely he doesn't get it, even if S1mple wins the Major... Should ZywOo keep putting these impressive numbers, I don't think there's much S1mple can do. Since ZywOo became a pro, I don't recall there being such a big gap betwwen these two players! Maybe a little more of a difference in 2019 because that was ZywOo prime year, but this year it tells much more about S1mple "underperforming". What do you guys think ?

2023-04-24 03:30

Imo S1mple can absolutely still get it, but he's never had such a disadvantage Also imo zywoo best year was 2020, just a shame it was online, but he was godlike that year, never seen such impossible plays in one year from just one guy

2023-04-24 07:10

I don't know about the numbers, but through the eye test and memories I have from those days, I still think 2019 was his best version. 2020 was great and till this day is remembered for those insane clutch rounds against NaVi.

2023-04-24 18:34

Yeah same I'm going off eye test and feel, 2019 seemed too easy for him, in 2020 he had to step up and do impossible stuff But yeah, even now, this might be his absolute prime we'll see

2023-04-24 18:47