Vitality secure IEM Rio 2023 title

Vitality secured the IEM Rio 2023 title, as in the final of the tournament, Dan "apEX" Madesclaire's squad bested Heroic with a scoreline of 2:0 – 16:13 on Vertigo and 16:12 on Inferno.

The event for the winners started with an unexpected loss to OG. However, in Group B's lower bracket, Vitality got the best of MIBR, FaZe and OG, advancing to the playoffs. In the decisive stage of the tournament, the team also defeated BIG and Cloud9.

The detailed results of IEM Rio 2023 can be found on the tournament page on our website via this link.

The final playoff bracket looks as follows:

The prize pool distribution is:

1.  Vitality – $100,000 + IEM Cologne 2023 slot
2.  Heroic – $42,000
3-4.  NAVI – $20,000
3-4.  Cloud9 – $20,000
5-6.  BIG – $10,000
5-6.  FURIA – $10,000
7-8.  NIP – $6,000
7-8.  OG – $6,000
9-12.  9INE – $5,000
9-12.  TheMongolz – $5,000
9-12.  FaZe – $5,000
9-12.  fnatic – $5,000
13-16.  Imperial – $4,000
13-16.  MOUZ – $4,000
13-16.  MIBR – $4,000
13-16.  9z – $4,000