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 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 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,

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

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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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* Mirage * Inferno * Nuke * Ancient * Overpass * Vertigo

Teams

; Legends *

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Ninjas in Pyjamas Ninjas in Pyjamas (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 upon the release of the game. As ...

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* Sprout * Heroic *

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; Challengers * OG *

Team Vitality Team Vitality is a French esports organisation founded in August 2013 by Fabien Devide and Nicolas Maurer. It has several professional teams and content creators from across Europe and India. Team Vitality's main ''League of Legends'' team comp ...

Evil Geniuses Evil Geniuses (EG) is an American esports organization based in Seattle, Washington. Founded in 1999, the organization has fielded players in various fighting games, ''Call of Duty'', '' Counter-Strike: Global Offensive'', ''Dota 2'', '' Fortn ...

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* BIG Clan * Bad News Eagles * MOUZ * 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

Notes

References

External links

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