Following our IEM Road to Rio Open Qualifier Dates announcement we wanted to share more information on each regional qualifier and the guidelines to be followed throughout. All qualifiers will be following an unlimited single elimination bracket, with all deciding matches being bo3. Europe and Americas will follow an open qualifier, whilst Asian qualifiers will be divided into open and closed in their respective regions.
Looking to join the 16 teams already qualified to IEM Road to Rio, there are 36 spots available within the Europe, Americas and Asian tournament taking place October 4th to October 9th.
Open and Closed qualifiers will be seeded by ESL World Ranking, whilst the seeding method for IEM Road to Rio will be announced at a later date. Roster lock for IEM Road to Rio and Major teams is on the 8th of September 2022.
Changes to note since the original announcement;
- EU OQ #2 has been changed to 20 - 22 August.
- This will now overlap with Day 1 EU OQ #3 but teams on Day 3 of EU OQ #2 will have already secured their spot and are playing seeding matches. The move happened during to a collision with another organiser, the shift now means everyone can play in all qualifiers.
- OCE OQ #2 has been changed to 22-23 August
- These had an unknown clash with another qualifier in that region and we have moved to accommodate this.
Follow the link to General Rules where you will find a country breakdown of which region you are eligible to compete in, tournament rules can be found in the linked documents and you can find below the details for each qualifier, registrations are open.
QUalifier Overview
- Four open qualifiers
- 19 Teams Qualify
- 5 teams from each of the first three open qualifiers (15 in total) advance to the EU RMR.
- Last open qualifier offers only 4 slots to the EU RMR.
- Unlimited Single Elimination best-of-one bracket
- Decider (qualification) matches being played in best-of-three mode
- Seeding matches played in best-of-one mode.
- Last qualifier will also have some additional matches played for seeding purposes for us to be able to easily determine replacements in case someone is not able to attend the RMR.
OQ #1: 15 - 17 AUG
OQ #2: 20 - 22 AUG *Date CHANGE
OQ #3: 22 - 24 AUG
OQ #4: 26 - 28 AUG
- Three open qualifiers
- 6 Teams Qualify
- 2 teams from each open qualifier advance to the Americas RMR.
- Unlimited Single Elimination best-of-one bracket
- Decider (qualification) matches being played in best-of-three mode
- Seeding matches played in best-of-one mode.
- Last qualifier will also have 3rd place decider played for seeding purposes for us to be able to easily determine replacements in case someone is not able to attend the RMR.
OQ #1: 15 -17 AUG
OQ #2: 31 AUG - 2 SEPT
OQ #3: 3 - 5 SEPT
- Three open qualifiers
- 7 Teams Qualify
- First open qualifier offers 3 slots for the Americas IEM Road to Rio
- Last two open qualifiers offer two spots.
- Last qualifier will also have 3rd place decider played for seeding purposes for us to be able to easily determine replacements in case someone is not able to attend the RMR.
- Unlimited Single Elimination best-of-one bracket
- Decider (qualification) matches being played in best-of-three mode
- Seeding matches played in best-of-one mode.
OQ #1: 15 -17 AUG
OQ #2: 20 - 22 AUG
OQ #3: 25 - 27 AUG
- Two open qualifiers and one closed qualifier
- 1 Team Qualifies
- 2 teams from each of the first two open qualifiers (4 in total) advance to the closed qualifier.
- Open Qualifier: Unlimited Single Elimination best-of-one bracket with decider matches being played in best-of-three mode.
- Closed Qualifier: 4 team double elimination best-of-three bracket. Final played in best-of-one mode. 1 team advances to the Asia IEM Road to Rio.
OQ #1: 15 - 16 AUG
OQ #2: 22 - 23 AUG *Date change
CQ: 27 - 28 AUG
- Two open qualifiers and one closed qualifier
- 1 Teams Qualifies
- 2 teams from each of the first two open qualifiers (4 in total) advance to the closed qualifier.
- Open Qualifier: Unlimited Single Elimination best-of-one bracket with decider matches being played in best-of-three mode.
- Closed Qualifier: 4 team double elimination best-of-three bracket. Final played in best-of-one mode. 1 teams advance to the Asia IEM Road to Rio.
OQ #1: 15 - 16 AUG
OQ #2: 20 - 21 AUG
CQ: 27 - 28 AUG
- Two open qualifiers and one closed qualifier
- 1 Team Qualifies
- 2 teams from each of the first two open qualifiers (4 in total) advance to the closed qualifier.
- Open Qualifier: Unlimited Single Elimination best-of-one bracket with decider matches being played in best-of-three mode.
- Closed Qualifier: 4 team double elimination best-of-three bracket. 1 team advances to the Asia IEM Road to Rio.
OQ #1: 15 - 16 AUG
OQ #2: 20 - 21 AUG
CQ: 27 - 28 AUG
- Two open qualifiers and one closed qualifier
- 1 Team Qualifies
- 2 teams from each of the first two open qualifiers (4 in total) advance to the closed qualifier.
- Open Qualifier: Unlimited Single Elimination best-of-one bracket with decider matches being played in best-of-three mode.
- Closed Qualifier: 4 team double elimination best-of-three bracket. Final played in best-of-one mode. 1 teams advance to the Asia IEM Road to Rio.
OQ #1: 15 - 16 AUG
OQ #2: 20 - 21 AUG
CQ: 27 - 28 AUG
Outro
We are excited to finally bring the first Valve CS:GO Major Championship to South America and Brazil with Intel® Extreme Masters Rio. We can’t wait to welcome fans in the Jeunesse Arena and write Counter-Strike history together!
