IEM Rio 2024 viewer's guide

Big LAN tournament IEM Rio 2024 will take place from October 7 to 13 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The competition will feature 16 teams competing for $250,000 in prize money and a ticket to IEM Katowice 2025.

The group stage of the event will be held in a GSL format (two groups of eight squads). The openers will be BO1, while all other matches will play out in a BO3 format.

The three strongest teams from each group will advance to the playoffs, which will take place in a Single Elimination BO3 format (BO5 final). The group winners will go straight to the semi-finals.

The group stage seeding looks as follows:

Group A

 NAVI (Aleksib, iM, b1t, jL, w0nderful)
 Imperial (try, felps, VINI, decenty, noway)
 Complexity (EliGE, JT, floppy, hallzerk, Grim)
 Liquid (jks, NAF, Twistzz, YEKINDAR, ultimate)
 FaZe (karrigan, rain, frozen, ropz, broky)
 FURIA (FalleN, chelo, yuurih, KSCERATO, skullz)
 paiN (biguzera, nqz. kauez, snow, lux)
 MOUZ (Brollan, siuhy, torzsi, Jimpphat, xertioN)

Group A bracket

Group В

 Vitality (apEX, ZywOo, flameZ, Spinx, mezii)
 9z (max, dgt, buda, MartinezSa, HUASOPEEK)
 The MongolZ (bLitz, Techno, Senzu, mzinho, 910)
 Virtus.pro (electroNic, FL1T, Jame, n0rb3r7, fame)
 Eternal Fire (MAJ3R, XANTARES, woxic, Calyx, Wicadia)
 Astralis (device, stavn, jabbi, Staehr, cadiaN)
 HEROIC (NertZ, TeSeS, sjuush, degster, kyxsan)
 G2 (NiKo, huNter-, Snax, malbsMd, m0NESY)

Group B bracket

The prize pool distribution is:

1. $100,000 + IEM Katowice 2025 slot
2. $42,000
3-4. $20,000 each
5-6. $10,000 each
7-8. $6,000 each
9-12. $5,000 each
13-16. $4,000 each

The full schedule and live broadcasts of IEM Rio 2024 can be found on the tournament page on our website via this link.