From October 31 to November 13, the best Counter teams in the world will compete for a share of the $ 1 million prize pool.
ESLGamingone of the leading companies in esports, has today announced the long -awaited details Intel Extreme Masters Rio CSGO Major ChampionshipYes for the first time it was held in South America. The venue for the event will be Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, between October 31 and November 13and the meaning will be played personally in Youth Arena.
CSGO: Confirmed Rio de Janeiro as the venue for the second Major of 2022
In the amount at stake 24 of the best CSGO teams in the world will meet here 18th Major to compete for the unique chance to be the winner of the first edition held in South America. Also, the contest will provide $ 1 million in prizes and will be crucial in the race to reach Intel Grand Slam.
Ang CSGO Major will consist of three stages, each with its own format. In the first stage, the stage of Challengers will be busy 16 teams to be classified by IEM Road to Rio (the RMR series) to enter a swiss bracket and face the best in one. Elimination and advance battles will be played best in three, and the top eight teams will advance to the Legends stage.
In it, these groups they were accompanied by eight other teams coming from IEM Road to Rioplaying a format similar to the previous stage. The top eight teams from the Legends Phase will qualify for the Champions Phase or playoffswhich will be played in a single tie and will allow the best team to win the coveted title.
“We couldn’t be more excited to finally bring the Major in Rio de Janeiro“, he said Ulrich SchulzeSVP of Product Management ESLGaming. “Growing and passionate Brazil’s sports community is impressive and over the past two years, we hope to offer fans one of the most beautiful experiences of esports. Now the time has finally come and we can’t wait any longer the best CSGO teams in the world have finally entered the Jeunesse Arena and make it tremble at its core by the turmoil of Brazil and beyond, ”he added.
“Intel is proud to bring the Intel Extreme Masters back to Braziland in this case as a CSGO Major so that our local community of players can experience firsthand one of the best tournaments in the world. Gaming is happening at Intel, and we’re especially looking to deliver the best technologies to gamers around the world. Brazil is one of Intel’s major markets in the world and when it comes to gaming, 3 out of 4 Brazilians play electronic gamesso being part of the organization of an event as big as this one is very important for us ”, indicated Carlos Augusto Buarque, director of marketing for Intel Brazil.
Ticket sales for CSGO Major in Rio de Janeiro
Ang IEM Rio Major marked the 10th Major of ESL Gaming since then the first Major tournament took place at DreamHack Winter in 2013. The event will first take place between April 26 and May 24, 2020, but was eventually postponed due to the ongoing global COVID-19 pandemic.
Ang tickets for IEM Rio Major is sold from Wednesday May 25 at 14:00 BRT/19: 00 CEST. Prices between 90 reais for a day ticket for Thursday and Friday, and 1999 reais for Lounge ticket. Fans who purchased a ticket in 2020 and decided to keep it rather than refund it, can use that corresponding ticket for both the day and category of the tournament.
Source: Tycsports
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