Intel Extreme Masters Road to Rio 2022: European RMR B

• Rio Major 2022
• European RMR A
• European RMR B
• American RMR
• Asia-Pacific RMR

• Overview
• Open Qualifier #1
• Open Qualifier #2
• Open Qualifier #3
• Open Qualifier #4

[e][h]Intel Extreme Masters Road to Rio 2022: European RMR B

League Information

Organizer:

ESL

Sponsor(s):

Intel
DHL
1XBET
Monster Energy

Game:

Global Offensive

Type:

Offline

Location:

 Malta

Start Date:

2022-10-04

End Date:

2022-10-09

Teams:

16

Liquipedia Tier:

A-Tier

Tier:

RMR Event

Links

Maps

Ancient • Dust II • Inferno • Mirage • Nuke • Overpass • Vertigo

About

Broadcast Talent

Primary Broadcast

• Desk Hosts:
  •  stunna (Tres Saranthus)
  •  Pala (Pala Gilroy Sen)

• Analysts:
  •  YNk (Janko Paunović)
  •  kassad (Aleksandar Trifunović)
  •  Bleh (Sudhen Wahengbam)
  •  Maniac (Mathieu Quiquerez)

• Commentators:
  •  Anders (Anders Blume)
  •  moses (Jason O'Toole)
  •  SPUNJ (Chad Burchill)
  •  Sadokist (Matthew Trivett)

• Sideline Reporter:
  •  Freya (Freya Spiers)

• Observer:
  • TBA

Secondary Broadcast

• Commentators:
  •  LucyLuce (Lucy Eastwood)
  •  BDog (Brandon Rawlings)
  •  TheEternalJay (Jamie Martin)
  •  Dweg (Joshua Nathan)
  •  Ne0kai (Neo Caine)
  •  ReTr00 (Ryan Bernard)
  •  Trav (Travis Landaw Mott)
  •  Skriv (Harvey Rodgers)
  •  HAzE (Matthew Stott)

• Observer:
  • TBA

Format

• Swiss Stage:
  • 16 Team Swiss System Format
    • Elimination and Advancement matches are Bo3
    • All other matches are Bo1
    • The Buchholz system is used to seed matches from Round 3 to 5
    • 3^rd place decider is resolved via a Bo3 single-elimination match
  • Top 8 Teams proceed to the IEM Rio Major
  • Bottom 8 Teams are eliminated

Prize Pool

Place

IEM Rio Major

Participant

 1st

Legend Status

Natus Vincere

 2nd

Legend Status

ENCE

 3rd

Legend Status

Heroic

 4th

Challenger Status

OG

 5th

Challenger Status

Team Vitality

 6th

Challenger Status

BIG

 7th

Challenger Status

MOUZ

 8th

Contender Status

Outsiders

place 9 to 16 

place 9 to 16 

 9th-11th

-

Team Falcons

Sangal Esports

K23

 12th-14th

-

Illuminar Gaming

Monte

HEET

 15th-16th

-

FANTASY

SAW

Participants

Natus Vincere

Notes

1	s1mple
2	electronic
3	Perfecto
4	b1t
5	sdy
S	DNP  headtr1ck
C	B1ad3

PGL Major Antwerp '22

¹ August 4th -  sdy will stand in for Natus Vincere until the end of Rio Major.

ENCE

Notes

1	Snappi
2	dycha
3	maden
4	SunPayus
5	valde
S	DNP  HENU
C	sAw

PGL Major Antwerp '22

¹ August 5th - ENCE bench  hades.

² August 15th -  Spinx is acquired by Team Vitality.

³ August 20th - ENCE sign  SunPayus and acquire  valde from OG.

Heroic

Notes

1	stavn
2	cadiaN
3	TeSeS
4	sjuush
5	jabbi
S	DNP  gade
C	Xizt

PGL Major Antwerp '22

¹ June 18th - Heroic bench  refrezh.

² June 21st - Heroic acquire  jabbi from Copenhagen Flames.

Team Vitality

Notes

1	apEX
2	ZywOo
3	dupreeh
4	Magisk
5	Spinx
S	DNP  Snax
C	zonic

PGL Major Antwerp '22

¹ August 9th - Team Vitality part ways with  misutaaa.

² August 15th - Team Vitality acquire  Spinx from ENCE.

BIG

Notes

1	tabseN
2	syrsoN
3	DNP  faveN
4	Krimbo
5	k1to
S	s1n
C	gob b

PGL Major Antwerp '22

¹ August 9th -  k1to returns to the main roster from BIG Academy while  tiziaN steps down from the active lineup to assume an unspecified role within the organization.

Outsiders

1	qikert
2	Jame
3	FL1T
4	n0rb3r7
5	fame
S	DNP  buster
C	dastan

PGL Major Antwerp '22

Team Falcons

1	hAdji
2	Maka
3	Python
4	NBK-
5	misutaaa
S	DNP  Kyojin
C	Ozstrik3r

Open Qualifier #1

MOUZ

Notes

1	frozen
2	dexter
3	torzsi
4	JDC
5	xertioN
S	DNP  Bymas
C	sycrone

Open Qualifier #1

¹ August 26th - MOUZ bench  Bymas and promote  xertioN from MOUZ NXT as his replacement.

OG

1	flameZ
2	nexa
3	NEOFRAG
4	F1KU
5	degster
S	DNP  Marix
C	ruggah

Open Qualifier #1

K23

1	xsepower
2	X5G7V
3	Raijin
4	clax
5	FinigaN
C	PASHANOJ

Open Qualifier #2

Monte

1	Woro2k
2	REDSTAR
3	joel
4	DemQQ
5	Fessor
C	KrizzeN

Open Qualifier #2

Sangal Esports

1	Soulfly
2	ScrunK
3	kory
4	kyuubii
5	phzy
S	DNP  kressy
C	TuGuX

Open Qualifier #3

FANTASY

1	ayken
2	tudsoN
3	Topa
4	rilax
5	br0
C	soren

Open Qualifier #3

SAW

1	JUST
2	MUTiRiS
3	rmn
4	ewjerkz
5	story
C	arki

Open Qualifier #4

HEET

1	bodyy
2	afro
3	Djoko
4	Ex3rcice
5	JACKZ
S	DNP  Lucky
C	matHEND

Open Qualifier #4

Illuminar Gaming

Notes

1	morelz
2	mASKED
3	TOAO
4	reatz
5	EXUS

Open Qualifier #4

¹ September 29th - BenchedHeroes withdraw from the event due to visa issues, they are replaced by Illuminar Gaming.

Former Participants
BenchedHeroes Notes 1  smooya 2  Aunkere 3  MICHU 4  fear 5  Calyx S DNP  Thomas C  Juve Open Qualifier #4 1 August 31st -  Juve announces he will coach BenchedHeroes for the event. 2 September 29th - BenchedHeroes withdraw from the event due to visa issues, they are replaced by Illuminar Gaming.

Results

Overview

#	Team	Matches	Rounds	RD	BU	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5
1.	Natus VincereNAVI NAVI	3-0	64-33	+31	0	Dust II	Mirage	2:0
2.	ENCEENCE ENCE	3-0	64-37	+27	-2	Nuke	Vertigo	2:0
3.	OGOG OG	3-1	87-67	+20	-1	Vertigo	Overpass	Mirage	2:1
4.	HeroicHeroic Heroic	3-1	76-50	+26	-2	Nuke	Mirage	Inferno	2:0
5.	Team VitalityVitality Vitality	3-1	87-60	+27	-3	Dust II	Dust II	Dust II	2:1
6.	BIGBIG BIG	3-2	133-125	+8	5	Mirage	Dust II	0:2	0:2	2:1
7.	MOUZMOUZ MOUZ	3-2	118-125	-7	5	Vertigo	Mirage	Ancient	1:2	2:1
8.	OutsidersOutsiders Outsiders	3-2	115-110	+5	4	Dust II	Mirage	0:2	1:2	2:0
9.	Team FalconsFalcons Falcons	2-3	94-115	-21	3	Dust II	Vertigo	Mirage	2:1	0:2
10.	Sangal EsportsSangal Sangal	2-3	101-104	-3	-1	Mirage	Overpass	Inferno	2:0	1:2
11.	K23K23 K23	2-3	118-128	-10	-3	Dust II	Dust II	Ancient	2:0	1:2
12.	Illuminar GamingIG IG	1-3	77-113	-36	1	Dust II	Overpass	2:1	0:2
13.	MonteMonte Monte	1-3	60-70	-10	-1	Dust II	Nuke	Dust II	0:2
14.	HEETHEET HEET	1-3	107-119	-12	-2	Nuke	Dust II	2:1	1:2
15.	FANTASYFANTASY FANTASY	0-3	67-83	-16	-1	Dust II	Overpass	1:2
16.	SAWSAW SAW	0-3	47-76	-29	-2	Nuke	Nuke	1:2

Legend
Qualify to the Major as Legends
Proceed to 3rd Place Tiebreaker
Qualify to the Major as Challengers
Qualify to the Major as Contenders
Do not qualify to the Major

Detailed Results

Round 1

Round 1 Matches

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October 4, 2022

Vitality

16

6

FANTASY

October 4, 2022 - 17:20 CEST

Vitality

16:6(Bo1)

FANTASY

16	10
	6

Dust II

6	5
	1

··

Outsiders

16

9

Monte

October 4, 2022 - 16:20 CEST

Outsiders

16:9(Bo1)

Monte

16	10
	6

Dust II

9	5
	4

··

Falcons

16

9

K23

October 4, 2022 - 17:35 CEST

Falcons

16:9(Bo1)

K23

16	7
	9

Dust II

9	8
	1

··

Heroic

16

5

SAW

October 4, 2022 - 18:35 CEST

Heroic

16:5(Bo1)

SAW

16	11
	5

Nuke

5	4
	1

··

ENCE

16

8

HEET

October 4, 2022 - 18:45 CEST

ENCE

16:8(Bo1)

HEET

16	9
	7

Nuke

8	6
	2

··

MOUZ

16

10

OG

October 4, 2022 - 19:40 CEST

MOUZ

16:10(Bo1)

OG

16	9
	7

Vertigo

10	6
	4

··

BIG

16

3

Sangal

October 4, 2022 - 19:55 CEST

BIG

16:3(Bo1)

Sangal

16	14
	2

Mirage

3	1
	2

··

NAVI

16

5

IG

October 4, 2022 - 21:00 CEST

NAVI

16:5(Bo1)

IG

16	12
	4

Dust II

5	3
	2

··

Round 2

High

Round 2 High Matches

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October 5, 2022

Vitality

10

16

BIG

October 5, 2022 - 19:35 CEST

Vitality

10:16(Bo1)

BIG

10	8
	2

Dust II

16	7
	9

··

ENCE

16

6

Falcons

October 5, 2022 - 18:30 CEST

ENCE

16:6(Bo1)

Falcons

16	12
	4

Vertigo

6	3
	3

··

NAVI

16

11

MOUZ

October 5, 2022 - 20:55 CEST

NAVI

16:11(Bo1)

MOUZ

16	8
	8

Mirage

11	7
	4

··

Heroic

12

16

Outsiders

October 5, 2022 - 19:45 CEST

Heroic

12:16(Bo1)

Outsiders

12	9
	3

Mirage

16	6
	10

··

Low

Round 2 Low Matches

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October 5, 2022

K23

16

13

HEET

October 5, 2022 - 13:45 CEST

K23

16:13(Bo1)

HEET

16	10
	6

Dust II

13	5
	8

··

Sangal

16

12

FANTASY

October 5, 2022 - 13:45 CEST

Sangal

16:12(Bo1)

FANTASY

16	10
	6

Overpass

12	5
	7

··

OG

16

5

IG

October 5, 2022 - 15:15 CEST

OG

16:5(Bo1)

IG

16	10
	6

Overpass

5	5
	0

··

Monte

16

3

SAW

October 5, 2022 - 15:05 CEST

Monte

16:3(Bo1)

SAW

16	14
	2

Nuke

3	1
	2

··

Round 3

High

Round 3 High Matches

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October 6, 2022

Outsiders

0

2

NAVI

October 6, 2022 - 19:25 CEST

Outsiders

0:2(Bo3)

NAVI

13	8
	5

Mirage

16	7
	9

4	2
	2

Inferno

16	13
	3

Dust II

··

October 7, 2022

BIG

0

2

ENCE

October 7, 2022 - 11:00 CEST

BIG

0:2(Bo3)

ENCE

9	3
	6

Dust II

16	12
	4

14	7
	7

Nuke

16	8
	8

Mirage

··

Mid

Round 3 Mid Matches

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October 6, 2022

Heroic

16

6

Sangal

October 6, 2022 - 12:15 CEST

Heroic

16:6(Bo1)

Sangal

16	9
	7

Inferno

6	6
	0

··

Vitality

16

7

Monte

October 6, 2022 - 12:55 CEST

Vitality

16:7(Bo1)

Monte

16	10
	6

Dust II

7	5
	2

··

Falcons

12

16

OG

October 6, 2022 - 13:40 CEST

Falcons

12:16(Bo1)

OG

12	6
	6

Mirage

16	9
	7

··

MOUZ

16

10

K23

October 6, 2022 - 14:00 CEST

MOUZ

16:10(Bo1)

K23

16	13
	3

Ancient

10	2
	8

··

Low

Round 3 Low Matches

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October 7, 2022

HEET

2

1

SAW

October 7, 2022 - 11:00 CEST

HEET

2:1(Bo3)

SAW

19	7	2
	8	2

Vertigo

16	8	1
	7	0

9	7
	2

Inferno

16	8
	8

16	10
	6

Dust II

7	5
	2

··

IG

2

1

FANTASY

October 7, 2022 - 11:00 CEST

IG

2:1(Bo3)

FANTASY

13	11
	2

Dust II

16	4
	12

22	10	1	2
	5	2	2

Ancient

20	5	2	1
	10	1	1

16	12
	4

Nuke

13	3
	10

··

Round 4

High

Round 4 High Matches

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October 8, 2022

BIG

0

2

Heroic

October 8, 2022 - 11:00 CEST

BIG

0:2(Bo3)

Heroic

11	6
	5

Mirage

16	9
	7

12	6
	6

Inferno

16	9
	7

Nuke

··

Outsiders

1

2

OG

October 8, 2022 - 11:00 CEST

Outsiders

1:2(Bo3)

OG

16	6
	10

Ancient

13	9
	4

5	1
	4

Dust II

16	14
	2

13	9
	4

Inferno

16	6
	10

··

MOUZ

1

2

Vitality

October 8, 2022 - 11:00 CEST

MOUZ

1:2(Bo3)

Vitality

16	13
	3

Inferno

13	2
	11

8	5
	3

Mirage

16	10
	6

7	7
	0

Vertigo

16	8
	8

··

Low

Round 4 Low Matches

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October 8, 2022

Falcons

2

1

HEET

October 8, 2022 - 14:40 CEST

Falcons

2:1(Bo3)

HEET

16	10
	6

Vertigo

9	5
	4

13	6
	7

Overpass

16	9
	7

19	8	1
	7	3

Dust II

17	7	2
	8	0

··

IG

0

2

Sangal

October 8, 2022 - 14:35 CEST

IG

0:2(Bo3)

Sangal

10	5
	5

Ancient

16	10
	6

6	6
	0

Dust II

16	9
	7

Vertigo

··

K23

2

0

Monte

October 8, 2022 - 14:50 CEST

K23

2:0(Bo3)

Monte

19	6	2
	9	2

Mirage

17	9	1
	6	1

16	10
	6

Ancient

11	5
	6

Dust II

··

Round 5

Round 5 Matches

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October 9, 2022

BIG

2

1

K23

October 9, 2022 - 11:00 CEST

BIG

2:1(Bo3)

K23

20	4	2	2
	11	1	0

Inferno

22	11	1	1
	4	2	3

16	10
	6

Mirage

11	5
	6

19	7	3
	8	1

Dust II

15	8	0
	7	0

··

MOUZ

2

1

Sangal

October 9, 2022 - 15:50 CEST

MOUZ

2:1(Bo3)

Sangal

19	7	3
	8	1

Inferno

16	8	0
	7	1

9	4
	5

Vertigo

16	11
	5

16	10
	6

Ancient

12	5
	7

··

Outsiders

2

0

Falcons

October 9, 2022 - 20:10 CEST

Outsiders

2:0(Bo3)

Falcons

16	10
	6

Dust II

7	5
	2

16	10
	6

Inferno

5	5
	0

Mirage

··

Tiebreakers

5th Place Match

3rd Place Match

Team VitalityVitality

1

HeroicHeroic

2

October 9, 2022 - 11:00 CEST

Vitality

1:2(Bo3)

Heroic

5	2
	3

Overpass

16	13
	3

22	10	1	3
	5	2	1

Inferno

19	5	2	0
	10	1	1

5	4
	1

Mirage

16	11
	5

··

OGOG

1

HeroicHeroic

2

October 9, 2022 - 19:05 CEST

OG

1:2(Bo3)

Heroic

11	8
	3

Inferno

16	7
	9

16	8
	8

Vertigo

14	7
	7

13	5
	8

Mirage

16	10
	6

··

Additional Content

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Previews

• 2022-10-03 | These are the underdogs who will fight the odds at the IEM Rio Europe RMR by Sumljiv_Model of HLTV
• 2022-10-03 | IEM Road to Rio RMRs viewer's guide by Rizzolini of HLTV

Interviews

HLTV

• 2022-10-04 | Xizt: "I'm expecting a lot from jabbi, he's a huge talent" by Nohte of HLTV
• 2022-10-04 | valde: "We probably all expected more, sooner" by King Dempz of HLTV
• 2022-10-05 | xertioN: "There's certain situations I feel uncomfortable in right now" by Nohte of HLTV
• 2022-10-06 | NBK-: "In the past where I was leading you could see that some players had doubts... here you can feel a real unity" by King Dempz of HLTV
• 2022-10-07 | Spinx: "On CT-side Mirage the team wanted me to be kind of an IGL" by King Dempz of HLTV
• 2022-10-09 | tabseN: "s1n is far better than we all expected" by Nohte of HLTV
• 2022-10-12 | flameZ on the rise of Israeli CS: "Spinx had such a good year that gave us all motivation" by Nohte of HLTV

Jaxon

• 2022-10-04 | zonic reveals Vitality role issues: "Spinx helped us tremendously" by Christian Slot of Jaxon
• 2022-10-04 | Snappi: "We can expect an improved ENCE from Pro League" by Christian Slot of Jaxon
• 2022-10-08 | ENCE valde: "I hope to be in top shape for the Major" by Josse van Dessel of Jaxon

VaKarM

• 2022-10-04 |  MaT (Vitality) : "C'est même pas une soirée pour profiter (de la victoire EPL S16)" [MaT (Vitality) : "It's not even an evening to enjoy (the EPL S16 victory)"] by LaTarTiNe of VaKarM
• 2022-10-04 |  hAdji (Falcons) : "NBK- a poussé un léger coup de gueule au changement de side" [hAdji (Falcons) : "NBK- gave a slight rant at the change of side"] by LaTarTiNe of VaKarM
• 2022-10-04 |  afro (HEET) : "On n'est pas encore 100% prêts" [afro (HEET) : "We're not 100% ready yet"] by LaTarTiNe of VaKarM
• 2022-10-05 |  Djoko (HEET) : "Des fois, on attend d'être dos au mur pour se réveiller" [Djoko (HEET) : "Sometimes we wait until we have our backs against the wall to wake up"] by LaTarTiNe of VaKarM
• 2022-10-06 |  Ozstrik3r (Falcons) : "On s'est bagarré pour avoir misutaaa, merci les Américains" [Ozstrik3r (Falcons) : "We fought for misutaaa, thank you Americans"] by LaTarTiNe of VaKarM
• 2022-10-07 |  matHEND (HEET) : "Je leur ai dit que si on gagnait la game, on allait en 3-2, on allait au Brésil" [matHEND (HEET) : "I told them that if we won the game, we were going to 3-2, we were going to Brazil"] by LaTarTiNe of VaKarM
• 2022-10-07 | dupreeh (Vitality) : "Je veux créer de l'espace pour faire briller les stars" [dupreeh (Vitality) : "I want to create space for the stars to shine"] by LaTarTiNe of VaKarM
• 2022-10-08 |  VaKarM Box avec misutaaa et Python : De WonderKids à Falcons [VaKarM Box with misutaaa and Python : From WonderKids to Falcons] by LaTarTiNe of VaKarM
• 2022-10-08 |  apEX (Vitality) : "J'ai vraiment un soutien incroyable d'une grande partie des Français" [apEX (Vitality) : "I really have incredible support from a large part of the French people"] by LaTarTiNe of VaKarM
• 2022-10-08 |  NBK- (Falcons) : "On se connait tellement qu'on jette un peu les règles pour jouer plus simplement" [NBK- (Falcons) : "We know each other so well that we throw away the rules a bit to play more simply"] by LaTarTiNe of VaKarM

Videos and Photos

Galleries

• 2022-10-04 | IEM Road to Rio 2022 Europe RMR - Day 1 by HLTV
• 2022-10-05 | IEM Road to Rio 2022 Europe RMR - Day 2 by HLTV
• 2022-10-06 | IEM Road to Rio 2022 Europe RMR - Day 3 by HLTV
• 2022-10-07 | IEM Road to Rio 2022 Europe RMR - Day 4 by HLTV
• 2022-10-08 | IEM Road to Rio 2022 Europe RMR - Day 5 by HLTV
• 2022-10-09 | IEM Road to Rio 2022 Europe RMR - Day 6 by HLTV