Team Liquid and MOUZ got the second victory at IEM Rio Major 2022 Legends Stage

Team Liquid and MOUZ got the second victory in the IEM Rio Major 2022 Legends Stage. According to the results of the third round, they managed to outplay NAVI (16:14) and Team Vitality (19:17), respectively. In turn, NAVI and Team Vitality go to the bottom basket, having one win and two losses each.

MOUZ-Team Vitality

The starting meeting of the gaming day took place on the Mirage map. Here the game began under the dictation of the Danish-French team, which gave a confident start and quickly took over the initiative. However, at the equator of the first half, MOUZ still managed to wake up and adjust to the opponent's attack in order to reduce its backlog to one round - 8:7. After switching sides, the "mouse" gave a good start, but here the Vitality players turned on again, who were able to get ahead. However, in the end, zonic's men managed to let the situation go out of control and bring the map to overtime. Here MOUZ didn't let go, getting an unexpected victory over the opponent — 19:17.

NAVI-Team Liquid

A parallel duel took place on the Ancient map. But if several starting rounds were held in an equal fight, then "Born to Win" managed to seize the initiative on the server and ran far ahead, creating a rout - 12:3. However, after the change of sides, a real coup happened. As a result, Team Liquid made an unbearable comeback, thanks to which they got their second victory in the championship — 16:14.

IEM Rio Major 2022 takes 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 are fighting for a total prize pool of $1,250,000, ranking points in the BLAST Premier table, as well as tickets to BLAST Premier: World Final 2022 and IEM Katowice 2023 for the winner.

Intermediate results of IEM Rio Major 2022

• 1st place: $500,000 + 4,000 points + tickets to BLAST Premier: World Final 2022 and IEM Katowice 2023
• 2nd place: $170,000 + 2,000 points
• 3rd-4th place: $80,000 + 1,250 points
• 5th-8th place: $45,000 + 500 points
• 9th-11th place: $20,000
• 12th-14th place: $20,000
• 15th-16th place: $20,000
• 17th-19th place: 9z, GamerLegion and OG — $10,000
• 20th-22nd place: IHC Esports, Evil Geniuses and Grayhound Gaming — $10,000
• 23rd-24th place: 00NATION and Imperial Esports — $10,000