The final qualifier for Intel® Extreme Masters Road to Rio has now been finalized in North America, which means the Americas region is concluded with all of the sixteen participating teams known.
Americas
The third and final North American open qualifier for IEM Road to Rio Americas concluded this past weekend, with the final two teams out of a total of sixteen qualifying being found. This has led us to seeding all of the participating teams. The seeding process is based on the Valve Major Supplement Rulebook and will be carried out as indicated below:
- Teams coming from the top 16 at the PGL Antwerp Major will be seeded 1st - 3rd in the order of their final placing from that event
- Teams coming from the open qualifiers will be seeded 4th - 16th
- Based on the final placing at the PGL Antwerp Major, teams coming from the open qualifiers will be seeded as follows:
- 1st - 3rd from SA open qualifier 1 will be seeded 4th, 6th and 8th
- 1st - 2nd from NA open qualifier 1 will be seeded 5th and 7th
- 1st - 2nd from SA open qualifier 2 will be seeded 9th and 11th
- 1st - 2nd from NA open qualifier 2 will be seeded 10th and 12th
- 1st - 2nd from SA open qualifier 3 will be seeded 13th and 15th
- 1st - 2nd from NA open qualifier 3 will be seeded 14th and 16th
Based on the above, the group for IEM Road to Rio Americas is composed as listed below:
| Americas |
|---|
| FURIA |
| Imperial |
| Team Liquid |
| paiN Gaming |
| Complexity |
| MIBR |
| Squirtle Squad |
| 00Nation |
| 9z |
| Evil Geniuses |
| O PLANO |
| ATK |
| ARCTIC |
| Team oNe |
| ISURUS |
| Infinity |
With the seeding process concluded, this has also set the first round of matchups taking place on Wednesday, October 5:
| 1st Round Matchups |
|---|
| FURIA vs. Infinity |
| Imperial vs. Isurus |
| Team Liquid vs. Team oNe |
| paiN Gaming vs. ARCTIC |
| Complexity vs. ATK |
| MIBR vs. O PLANO |
| Squirtle Squad vs. Evil Geniuses |
| 00Nation vs. 9z |
Overview
IEM Road to Rio will be the final destination for teams in order to make the Intel® Extreme Masters Rio Major, with only 24 out of the 52 participating teams able to make it to the first South American CS:GO Major in history.
