The Intel Extreme Masters Season XVII – Rio Major 2022, also known as IEM Rio Major 2022 or Rio 2022, was the eighteenth '' Counter-Strike: Global Offensive'' Major Championship. It was held in

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, between October 31 and November 13, 2022. Outsiders won the Major, defeating Heroic in the grand final 2–0.

Background

The Major was originally scheduled to take place from May 11 to May 24, 2020. However, due to the

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and

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postponed the Major to November. Because Valve usually sponsors two Majors per year, the delayed Major was to have a 2,000,000 prize pool, making it the largest prize pool in CS:GO Major history. In September 2020,

and ESL announced that the Major was canceled because of continued complications from the COVID-19 outbreak in Brazil. In January 2021, Valve announced that

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would be the next Major instead. On September 15, 2021, ESL published the 2022 ESL Pro Tour Road Map, announcing its intention to host a Major in Rio. On January 25, 2022, ''Dexerto'' reported that ESL was planning to host the second major of 2022 in Rio de Janeiro. ESL announced the Intel Extreme Masters Rio Major 2022 on May 24, 2022. This was the first ever Major hosted in Brazil, and tickets sold out in less than an hour. The defending Major Champions were

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, who won their first major championship at

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. They were eliminated in the Legends Stage after their loss to Bad News Eagles.

Format

Map Pool

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* Inferno *

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* Ancient * Overpass * Vertigo

Teams

; Legends *

Natus Vincere Natus Vincere (Latin for "born to win"), commonly referred as abbreviated name NAVI (formerly Na`Vi), is a Ukrainian esports organization based in Kyiv. Founded in 2009, the organization has teams and players competing in various games, such as ...

Ninjas in Pyjamas Ninjas in Pyjamas (often abbreviated to NIP and NiP) is a professional esports organisation based in Sweden that is best known for its '' Counter-Strike'' teams. In 2012, the team reformed with a '' Counter Strike: Global Offensive'' lineup upo ...

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* Sprout * Heroic *

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; Challengers * OG *

Team Vitality Team Vitality, or simply Vitality, is a French esport club founded in 2013 by Fabien "Neo" Devide, Nicolas Maurer, Corentin "Gotaga" Houssein, and Kevin "BrokyBrawks" Georges. Team Vitality has teams in eleven PC/console esports titles (''Leagu ...

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* Bad News Eagles *

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* 9z Team ; Contenders * Team GamerLegion * Outsiders * 00 Nation * Furia Esports *

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* Imperial Esports * IHC Esports * Grayhound Gaming

Challengers Stage

Legends Stage

Champions Stage

With eight teams remaining, the final stage of the Major is a single-elimination bracket, with all matches played as best-of-3 maps.

Bracket

Final standings

The final placings are shown below. In addition, the prize distribution, seed for the next major, roster, and coaches are shown. Each team's in-game leader is shown first.

Notes

References

External links

* {{ESLevents 2022 first-person shooter tournaments Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Majors ESL One Counter-Strike competitions Esports competitions in Brazil