Team Spirit, Cloud9 and Sprout made it to IEM Rio Major 2022

Team Spirit , Cloud9 and Sprout successfully qualified for IEM Rio Major 2022. According to the results of the fourth round of IEM Road to Rio 2022 European RMR A, they managed to get their third victory. Remarkably, one of these teams will directly break into the "legends" of the upcoming major, while the other two will have to play an additional match for 4th place. However, the final position of the participants will be determined by the results of the fifth round, when the final score according to the Buchholz system is formed.

In the last round of the RMR tournament, Team Spirit outperformed the Bad News Eagles (2:0), while Cloud9 and Sprout got victories over 1WIN (2:0) and B8 (2:1), respectively, adding to the line-up of the upcoming IEM Rio Major 2022.

Intermediate lineup of IEM Rio Major 2022 participants: FaZe Clan, NAVI, Ninjas in Pajamas, ENCE — Legends; Team Liquid, Evil Geniuses, Team Spirit, Cloud9 and Sprout - Legends/Challengers; 9z - Challengers; FURIA - Contenders.

Team Spirit results at the RMR tournament:

• 1WIN (16:9)
  
• Sprout (12:16)
• Gamer Legion (22:20)
  
• Bad News Eagles (2:0)
  

Cloud9 results at the RMR tournament:

• B8 (16:6)
  
• G2 (16:13)
• Ninjas in Pajamas (1:2)
  
• 1WIN (2:0)
  

Sprout results at the RMR tournament:

• forZe (19:17)
  
• Team Spirit (16:12)
  
• FaZe Clan (1:2)
  
• B8 (2:1)

IEM Rio Major 2022 will take place from October 31 to November 13 in Brazil at the Jeunesse Arena and at the Riocentro convention center. As part of the championship, 24 teams from the CIS, Europe, North and South America, and Asia will compete for a prize pool of $1,000,000, ranking points in the BLAST Premier table, as well as tickets to BLAST Premier: World Final 2022 and IEM Katowice 2023 for the winner.