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 grand 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 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, 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 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 Bad News Eagles MOUZ 9z Team
Contenders
Team GamerLegion Outsiders 00 Nation Furia Esports Fnatic 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. Place Prize Money Team Seed Roster Coach 1st Outsiders Blast.tv Paris Major 2023 RMR Jame, FL1T, fame, n0rb3r7, Qikert dastan 2nd Heroic cadiaN, TeSeS, jabbi, sjuush, Xizt 3rd 4th FURIA Esports arT, KSCERATO, drop, yuurih, saffee André Akkari MOUZ dexter, torzsi, JDC, xertioN, frozen sycrone 5th 8th Team Spirit chopper, , , , hally Cloud9 nafany, sh1ro, Ax1Le, interz, groove Fnatic mezii, FASHR, nicoodoz, roeJ, KRIMZ keita Natus Vincere electroNic, Perfecto, s1mple, , sdy B1ad3 9th 11th BIG tabseN, syrsoN, s1n, Krimbo, k1to gob b Team Liquid nitr0, EliGE, oSee, NAF, YEKINDAR daps ENCE Snappi, maden, SunPayus, valde, dycha sAw 12th 14th Bad News Eagles SENER1, , sinnopsyy, rigoN, juanflatroo stikle- Team Vitality apEX, , dupreeh, Magisk, zonic Sprout slaxz-, Staehr, , Zyphon, refrezh BERRY 15th 16th FaZe Clan , rain, Twistzz, , Ninjas in Pyjamas , , REZ, hampus, Brollan 17th 19th OG nexa, , FlameZ, , ruggah Team GamerLegion siuhy, iM, isak, Keoz, acoR 9z Team dgt, max, dav1deuS, nqz, zakk 20th 22nd Grayhound Gaming INS, Liazz, aliStair, , Kingfisher IHC Esports bLitz, Techno4K, kabal, sk0R, ANNIHILATION maaRaa Evil Geniuses neaLaN, CeRq, HexT, autimatic, Brehze 23rd 24th 00 Nation , TRY, coldzera, , dumau cky Imperial Esports FalleN, fer, boltz, , fnx
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