Cloud 9, IHC Esports, 00 NATION ve Imperial Esports, IEM Rio Major 2022'den ayrılmaya bir adım kaldı

The second round of the IEM Rio Major 2022 Challengers Stage has come to an end, following which the teams Cloud9 , IHC Esports, 00NATION and Imperial Esports suffered their second defeat and remained one step away from being eliminated from the championship. At the same time, the teams MOUZ, fnatic, Bad News Eagles and GamerLegion got the second victory, thanks to which they got closer to entering the "legends" of the tournament. Well, we propose to sum up the results of the last round and present the available layouts.

Second round of IEM Rio Major 2022 Challengers Stage

The second round of the competition kicked off with a derby win by FURIA over 00NATION (16:6). At the same time, the Russian team Outsiders managed to outplay IHC Esports (16:12), giving the Mongols a second defeat in a row. Then the MOUZ team coped with the representatives of Evil Geniuses (16:10), as well as the Bad News Eagles unexpectedly beat BIG (16:11).

In the next portion of the matches, the GamerLegion team made a sensation, having managed to defeat Vitality (16:10) on the Vertigo map. At the same time, the 9z team turned out to be stronger than Imperial Esports (16:11), aggravating the position of the Brazilians. At the very end of the game day, fnatic managed to finish off OG (16:13), just as the Australian team Grayhound Gaming did something incredible by outplaying Cloud9 (19:17).

Results of the first round of IEM Rio Major 2022 Challengers Stage:

• Gamer Legion (16 - 6) 9z
• MOUZ (16 - 6) Outsiders
• Bad News Eagles (16 - 3) 00NATION
• OG (16 - 5) Grayhound Gaming
• BIG (19 - 16) FURIA
• Evil Geniuses (16 - 9) IHC Esports
• Team Vitality (16 - 9) Imperial Esports
• fnatic (19 - 17) Cloud9

Results of the second round of IEM Rio Major 2022 Challengers Stage:

• FURIA (16 - 6) 00NATION
• Outsiders (16 - 12) IHC Esports
• MOUZ (16 - 10) Evil Geniuses
• Bad News Eagles (16 - 11) BIG
• 9z (16 - 11) Imperial Esports
• Gamer Legion (16 - 10) Team Vitality
• fnatic (16 - 13) OG
• Grayhound Gaming (19 - 17) Cloud9

Intermediate table IEM Rio Major 2022 Challengers Stage

IEM Rio Major 2022 takes place from October 31 to November 13 in Brazil at the Jeunesse Arena and at the Riocentro convention center. As part of the championship, 24 teams from the CIS, Europe, North and South America, and Asia are fighting for a total prize pool of $1,250,000, ranking points in the BLAST Premier table, as well as tickets to BLAST Premier: World Final 2022 and IEM Katowice 2023 for the winner.