IEM Fall 2021 viewer's guide

The RMR championship IEM Fall 2021 is scheduled to take place from September 29 to October 10 in all six regions. Tournaments for the CIS, North America, South America, Asia and Oceania will be played online, while European teams will meet at a LAN event in Stockholm, Sweden.

The European competition is the longest one and will take up all the game days planned. 24 teams are divided into four groups, where they will play each other in best-of-ones, after which the eight best squads will continue to fight in the Single Elimination bracket. All the matches in the playoff stage will be held in a best-of-three format, while the grand finalists will fight in best-of-five series.

IEM Fall 2021 Europe group stage seeding:

Group A

 G2 (JaCkz, NiKo, huNter-, AmaNEk, nexa)
 BIG (tabseN, tiziaN, syrsoN, gade, k1to)
 mousesports (dexter, frozen, acoR, ropz, Bymas)
 FunPlus Phoenix (zehN, emi, STYKO, Maden, Farlig)
 Copenhagen Flames (HooXi, nicoodoz, roeJ, jabbi, Zyphon)
 AURA (zen, FRANSSON, SHiNE, hype, bobeksde)

Group B

 Heroic (cadiaN, refrezh, stavn, TeSeS, sjuush)
 Astralis (Xyp9x, dupreeh, Magisk, Bubzkji, Lucky)
 Complexity (jks, es3tag, coldzera, poizon, blameF)
 Sinners (oskar, ZEDKO, beastik, SHOCK, NEOFRAG)
 Movistar Riders (alex, mopoz, DeathZz, SunPayus, dav1g)
 Endpoint (CRUC1AL, MiGHTYMAX, Surreal, Thomas, Allan)

Group C

 Vitality (shox, apEX, ZywOo, misutaaa, Kyojin)
 OG (valde, Aleksib, niko, mantuu, flameZ)
 Sprout (raalz, Spiidi, kressy, faveN, slaxz-)
 ENCE (Snappi, doto, dycha, hades, Spinx)
 Dignitas (f0rest, friberg, Lekr0, hallzerk, HEAP)
 MAD Lions (b0RUP, TMB, Woro2k, sausol, jL)

Group D

 NIP (device, REZ, hampus, Plopski, LNZ)
 DBL PONEY (bodyy, Lucky, Djoko, Ex3rcic, eafro)
 FaZe (karrigan, olofmeister, rain, Twistzz, broky)
 fnatic (KRIMZ, ALEX, Brollan, Jackinho, mezii)
 SKADE (SHiPZ, dennyslaw, KalubeR, Duplicate, Rainwaker)
 Fiend (bubble, v1c7oR, dream3r, REDSTAR, h4rn)

The regional championship in the CIS will take place from September 29 to October 3. The group stage will feature 12 teams, divided into two groups in a Round-robin best-of-one format. Only two representatives of each group will advance to the playoffs, and those will face in the Single Elimination bracket with best-of-three semifinals and a best-of-five final.

IEM Fall 2021 CIS group stage seeding:

Group A

 NAVI (s1mple, electronic, Boombl4, Perfecto, B1T)
 Team Spirit (chopper, mir, sdy, degster, magixx)
 Entropiq (NickelBack, Krad, Lack1, El1an, Forester)
 Nemiga (Jyo, boX, lollipop21k, iDISBALANCE, 1eeR)
 Akuma (Sergiz, Psycho, SENSEi, DemQQ, j3kie)
 AVE (waterfaLLZ, svyat, Porya, sugaR, Raijin)

Group B

 Gambit (Hobbit, interz, Ax1Le, sh1ro, nafany)
 K23 (AdreN, mou, neaLaN, n0rb3r7, fame)
 forZe (almazer, FL1T, Jerry, zorte, KENSI)
 Virtus.pro (SANJI, buster, Qikert, Jame, YEKINDAR)
 Unique (w1nt3r, icem4N, smiley, dukefissura, sorrow)
 INDE IRAE (DavCost, RAiLWAY, X5G7V, hurtfrisk, floweaN)

In North America, eight teams will compete from 5 to 10 October. After the group stage, where in two groups teams will meet with each other in best-of-one matches, the four strongest rosters will face off in the playoffs: semifinals - best-of-three series, final - best-of-five series.

IEM Fall 2021 North America group stage seeding:

Group A

 EXTREMUM (BnTeT, AZR, jkaem, Gratisfaction, Liazz)
 Liquid (FalleN, NAF, EliGE, Stewie2K, Grim)
 Extra Salt (Sonic, MarKE, JT, oSee, FaNg)
 paiN (PKL, NEKIZ, hardzao, biguzera, saffee)
 Bad News Bears (madcow, Spongey, Shakezullah, junior, Swisher)
 ATK (Fadey, motm, bLazE, MisteM, mango)

Group B

 FURIA (arT, yuurih, VINI, KSCERATO, drop)
 Evil Geniuses (MICHU, stanislaw, Brehze, CeRq, oBo)
 00Nation (kNgV-, HEN1, LUCAS1, leo_drk, vsm)
 GODSENT (TACO, felps, dumau, b4rtiN, latto)
 TeamOne (Maluk3, prt, malbsMd, pesadelo, xns)
 Triumph (xCeeD, Bwills, cxzi, viz, jeorgesnorts)

In South America, Oceania and Asia, due to the small number of participants, the tournament will start off with the playoffs in a Double Elimination format. Four teams will compete in each of these regions. The championship for South America and Oceania will take place from September 29 to October 3, while the Asian part from October 5 to 10.

IEM Fall 2021 South America participants:

 Bravos (WOOD7, Tuurtle, danoco, Leomonster, JOTA)
 Imperial (zqkS, SHOOWTiME, delboNi, horvy, ckzao)
 Sharks (jnt, pancc, realziN, Lucaozy, zevy)
 MIBR (boltz, yel, chelo, exit, shz)

Seeding of teams in South America

IEM Fall 2021 Oceania participants:

 Renegades (Sico, aliStair, INS, Hatz, malta)
 VERTEX (BRACE, apocdud, pz, Roflko, ADDICT)
 ORDER (Rickeh, USTILO, J1rah, Valiance, Vexite)
 LookingForOrg (ap0c, sterling, HaZR, Liki, SaVage)

Seeding of teams in Oceania

IEM Fall 2021 Asia participants:

 NKT (XigN, ImpressioN, xccurate, erkaSt, sk0R)
 ViCi (advent, zhokiNg, aumaN, Kaze, JamYoung)
 Checkmate (hasteka, cool4st, Bart4k, bLitz, Techno)
 TYLOO (Summer, Attacker, somebody, SLOWLY, DANK1NG)

Seeding of teams in Asia

Full schedule and live streams of matches in Europe, CIS and North America are available on the "Tournaments" page on our website via this link.