Valve unveils Regional Standings ranking for determining invites to RMR qualifiers

Valve has unveiled its Regional Standings ranking that will be used to determine which teams will be handed invites to the closed qualifiers for the RMRs.

Valve reported that the key influence on the position of teams on the ranking is the amount of prize money earned at third-party events. In total, the developers identified three factors influencing the position on the ranking:

  1. A team's prize money earned.
  2. Their beaten opponents' prize money earned and a number of teams beaten.
  3. Head-to-head results.

According to the press release, the exact formula for determining a team's position on the ranking will be public in the coming weeks. Valve will continue to experiment with the model that most accurately reflects the strength of teams.

Valve's Regional Standings ranking is divided into three regions: Europe, America and Asia. Half of the participants in the closed qualifiers for the RMR tournaments in each region will be invited based on the ranking, while the rest will compete in the open qualifiers.

In total, Valve has ranked more than three hundred teams using its new formula. The leaders of the Regional Standings rankings are as follows:

The Europe ranking's top 15 is as follows (full ranking):

  1.  Heroic – 1,949 points
  2.  G2 – 1,946
  3.  Outsiders – 1,935
  4.  FaZe – 1,930
  5.  NAVI – 1,814
  6.  Vitality – 1,770
  7.  fnatic – 1,768
  8.  MOUZ – 1,761
  9.  Cloud9 – 1,715
  10.  Team Spirit – 1,711
  11.  OG – 1,690
  12.  ENCE – 1,681
  13.  NIP – 1,674
  14.  Copenhagen Flames – 1,649
  15.  Astralis – 1,644

The America ranking's top 15 is as follows (full ranking):

  1.  Liquid – 1,911
  2.  FURIA – 1,713
  3.  Complexity – 1,552
  4.  paiN – 1,534
  5.  Fluxo – 1,487
  6.  ATK – 1,441
  7.  EG Black – 1,438
  8.  MIBR – 1,435
  9.  Nouns – 1,381
  10.  9z – 1,373
  11.  TeamOne – 1,366
  12.  Evil Geniuses – 1,359
  13.  00NATION – 1,354
  14.  Imperial – 1,327
  15.  EG White – 1,295

The Asia ranking's top 15 is as follows (full ranking):

  1.  Lynn Vision – 1,281
  2.  IHC – 1,255
  3.  AVANGAR – 1,250
  4.  Grayhound – 1,223
  5.  TYLOO – 1,108
  6.  VERTEX – 1,084
  7.  Wings Up – 1,067
  8.  NKT – 1,061
  9.  Rooster – 1,023
  10.  Rare Atom – 1,010
  11.  Invictus International – 994
  12.  Encore – 966
  13.  ARAVT – 959
  14.  Nixuh – 957
  15.  Bravado – 896

Origin: github.com