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
Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil, between October 31 and November 13, 2022.
Outsiders won the Major, defeating
Heroic in the final 2–0.
Background
The Major was originally scheduled to take place from May 11 to May 24, 2020. However, due to the
COVID-19 pandemic,
Valve and ESL postponed the Major to November. Because Valve generally 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,
Valve 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
PGL Major Stockholm 2021
The PGL Major Stockholm 2021, also known as PGL Major 2021 or Stockholm 2021, was the sixteenth '' Counter-Strike: Global Offensive'' (''CS:GO'') Major Championship. It was held in Stockholm, Sweden at the Avicii Arena from October 26 to Novembe ...
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
FaZe Clan, who won their first major championship at
PGL Major Antwerp 2022. They were eliminated in the Legends Stage after their loss to Bad News Eagles.
Format
Map Pool
*
Dust II
* Mirage
* Inferno
* Nuke
* Ancient
* Overpass
* Vertigo
Teams
; Legends
*
FaZe Clan
*
Natus Vincere
*
Ninjas in Pyjamas
*
ENCE
* Sprout
*
Heroic
*
Team Spirit
*
Team Liquid
; Challengers
*
OG
*
Team Vitality
*
Evil Geniuses
*
Cloud9
*
BIG Clan
Big or BIG may refer to:
* Big, of great size or degree
Film and television
* ''Big'' (film), a 1988 fantasy-comedy film starring Tom Hanks
* '' Big!'', a Discovery Channel television show
* ''Richard Hammond's Big'', a television show present ...
* Bad News Eagles
*
MOUZ
Mouz (stylized as MOUZ), formerly mousesports, is a professional esports organisation based in Germany. It fields teams in several games but is particularly known for its '' CS:GO'' team. MOUZ was one of the founding members of the G7 Teams. ...
* 9z Team
; Contenders
* Team GamerLegion
*
Outsiders
* 00 Nation
*
Furia Esports
*
Fnatic
*
Imperial Esports
Imperial Esports, or simply Imperial, is a Brazilian professional esports organization. It is best known for its '' Counter-Strike: Global Offensive'' team, which is made up of veteran players from the Brazilian scene, such as FalleN, fer, fnx, b ...
* 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
Notes
References
External links
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{{ESLevents
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