Preliminary opening matchups at IEM Rio Major 2022 revealed

Esports wiki site Liquipedia has published preliminary seeding results of the Challengers Stage at IEM Rio Major 2022. The teams are paired up according to the RMR tournaments that concluded yesterday, October 9.

In the Challengers Stage, sixteen teams will compete in the Swiss system, where three wins lead to the next stage, while three losses deprive them of chances to continue the competition. The Challengers Stage will start in a best-of-one format, while best-of-three will be used for promotion and elimination matches.

The preliminary matchups in the first round of the Challengers Stage at IEM Rio Major 2022 are:

 OG –  Grayhound
 Vitality –  Imperial
 Evil Geniuses –  IHC
 Cloud9 –  fnatic
 BIG –  FURIA
 Bad News Eagles –  00NATION
 MOUZ –  Outsiders
 9z –  GamerLegion

The Legends Stage, which will be held in the same format as the Challengers Stage, will see the eight strongest teams from the Challengers Stage, who will be joined by the "Legends" in NAVI, FaZe, NIP, ENCE, Sprout, Team Spirit, Liquid and Heroic.

IEM Rio Major 2022 will take place from October 31 to November 13. Twenty-four participating teams will battle out a total prize pool of $1.25 million.

Origin: liquipedia.net