IEM Road to Rio 2022 RMR viewer's guide

From September 4 to 9, three RMR tournaments will be playing out, where 52 teams will fight for 24 tickets to IEM Rio Major 2022. The European event will be held in Malta and will be split into two separate competitions, the American event will be hosted by Stockholm, the capital of Sweden, while representatives of the Asian region will gather in the Australian city of Melbourne.

The Europe RMR will be held according to the Swiss system with best-of-one matches, except for promotion or elimination matches, which will be played as best-of-three. Starting from the third round, the Buchholz system will be used for seeding.

In total, sixteen teams from the European region will attend the Major – eight from each of the two parts of the upcoming qualifying event.

The team list for IEM Road to Rio 2022 Europe RMR A is:

 FaZe (karrigan, rain, Twistzz, ropz, broky)
 Team Spirit (chopper, magixx, Patsi, s1ren, w0nderful)
 NIP (es3tag, REZ, Brollan, hampus, Aleksib)
 Cloud9 (HObbit, interz, Ax1Le, sh1ro, nafany)
 G2 (NiKo, huNter-, m0NESY, HooXi, jks)
 Bad News Eagles (SENER1, gxx-, juanflatroo, sinnopsyy, rigoN)
 Sprout (slaxz-, Staehr, lauNX, Zyphon, refrezh)
 Aurora (RAiLWAY, KaiR0N-, Lack1, sugaR, delus1onn)
 fnatic (KRIMZ, mezii, nicoodoz, roeJ, FASHR)
 B8 (Hkta, r1nkle, cptkurtka023, amster, alex666)
 forZe (Jerry, KENSI, zorte, Norwi, shalfey)
 Eternal Fire (XANTARES, woxic, imoRR, MAJ3R, paz)
 ECSTATIC (maNkz, kraghen, Queenix, Cabbi, brzer)
 Astralis (Xyp9x, gla1ve, Farlig, blameF, MistR)
 1WIN (TRAVIS, deko, glowiing, flamie, lollipop21k)
 GamerLegion (iM, isak, acoR, siuhy, Keoz)

The Round 1 matchups at IEM Road to Rio 2022 Europe RMR A are as follows:

The team list for IEM Road to Rio 2022 Europe RMR B is:

 NAVI (s1mple, electroNic, Perfecto, b1t, sdy)
 ENCE (Snappi, Maden, dycha, SunPayus, valde)
 BIG (tabseN, syrsoN, Krimbo, k1to, s1n)
 Vitality (apEX, dupreeh, Magisk, ZywOo, Spinx)
 Heroic (cadiaN, stavn, TeSeS, sjuush, jabbi)
 Outsiders (FL1T, Qikert, Jame, n0rb3r7, fame)
 Falcons (hAdji, Maka, Python, NBK-, misutaaa)
 MOUZ (dexter, frozen, torzsi, JDC, xertioN)
 Sangal (Soulfly, ScrunK, kory, kyuubii, phzy)
 FANTASY (ayken, tudsoN, Topa, rilax, br0)
 K23 (xsepower, X5G7V, Raijin, clax, FinigaN)
 Monte (Woro2k, REDSTAR, joel, DemQQ, Fessor)
 OG (flameZ, nexa, NEOFRAG, F1KU, degster)
 HEET (bodyy, afro, Djoko, Ex3rcice, JACKZ)
 SAW (JUST, MUTiRiS, rmn, ewjerkz, story)
 Illuminar (morelz, mASKED, TOAO, reatz, EXUS)

The Round 1 matchups at IEM Road to Rio 2022 Europe RMR B are as follows:

At the Americas RMR, sixteen participants will compete for six spots in the Major. Like the European event, the competition for teams from America will use the Swiss best-of-one system, except for promotion or elimination matches, which will be played in a best-of-three format.

The team list for IEM Road to Rio 2022 Americas RMR is:

 FURIA (arT, yuurih, KSCERATO, drop, saffee)
 Imperial (FalleN, fer, boltz, VINI, chelo)
 Liquid (nitr0, NAF, EliGE, oSee, YEKINDAR)
 00NATION (coldzera, try, TACO, latto, dumau)
 MIBR (exit, Tuurtle, JOTA, brnz4n, HEN1)
 Isurus (Noktse, deco, meyern, reversive, luchov)
 Complexity (JT, floppy, Grim, FaNg, hallzerk)
 Nouns (JazzPimp, jeorgesnorts, cynic, Bwills, cxzi)
 O PLANO (kNgV-, yel, caike, piria, NEKIZ)
 TeamOne (Maluk3, pesadelo, trk, iDk, malbsMd)
 ARCTIC (MaLLby, ninjaZ, short, history, ponter)
 paiN (PKL, biguzera, hardzao, zevy, skullz)
 Evil Geniuses (Brehze, CeRq, HexT, neaLaN, autimatic)
 ATK (MisteM, Fadey, motm, b0denmaster, Swisher)
 9z (dgt, max, dav1d, nqz, buda)
 Infinity (spamzzy, k1Nky, tor1towOw, Pacman, Marro)

The Round 1 matchups at IEM Road to Rio 2022 Americas RMR are as follows:

The Asia RMR will feature only four teams, which is why the tournament will last only three days – from October 7 to 9. The two teams to make it to the Major will be determined in the Double Elimination best-of-three bracket.

The team list for IEM Road to Rio 2022 Asia RMR is:

 Grayhound (Sico, INS, aliStair, Liazz, Hatz)
 Rare Atom (advent, kaze, JamYoung, Mercury, Moseyuh)
 IHC (bLitz, Techno4K, kabal, sk0R, Annihilation)
 JiJieHao International (meztal, MOREE, BluePho3nix, facecrack, DavCost)

The bracket for IEM Road to Rio 2022 Asia RMR looks as follows: