FURIA leaves IEM Rio Major 2022 after losing to Heroic

The FURIA team lost to Heroic 1:2 in the IEM Rio Major 2022 semi-finals, thus leaving the home championship, taking 3rd-4th place and earning $80,000 + 1,250 points in the BLAST Premier table. In turn, the Danish team goes to the grand final of the competition, where it will face the Outsiders.

The final semi-final of the tournament started on the Inferno map, which turned out to be the choice of the Danish team. But if the starting advantage went to Heroic's treasury, then the Brazilians joined the game, showing excellent defense - 9:6. After the change of sides, there was not a single trace left of the Danes, as the FURIA players took out the opponent on the attack with two legs and took the lead in the series - 16:6.

Next, the teams moved to the Ancient map, which became the choice of FURIA. However, here the game began under the dictation of the Danish team, which had a good half in defense and got a two-fold advantage - 10:5. After switching sides, arT and the company still managed to catch up with the opponent and transfer the map to overtime. And yet here Heroic was unspeakably lucky, as a result of which the team equalized the score in the series — 19:17.

Everything was decided on the Nuke map, the first half of which actually ended with the defeat of the Brazilian team, who took only five rounds for defense - 10:5. Well, after the change of sides, Heroic did not allow the opponent to come up with anything, on the contrary, having played six confident rounds for the final victory - 16:5.

FURIA results at IEM Rio Major 2022

Legend Stage

Champion Stage

BIG (16:19)

00NATION (16:6)

OG (19:16)

Gamer Legion (2:0)

ENCE (16:6)

Team Spirit (16:13)

BIG (2:0)

NAVI (2:1)

Heroic (1:2)

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: MOUZ and FURIA — $80,000 + 1,250 points
• 5th-8th place: fnatic, Team Spirit, NAVI and Cloud9 — $45,000 + 375 points
• 9th-11th place: ENCE, Team Liquid and BIG — $20,000
• 12th-14th place: Bad News Eagles, Sprout and Vitality - $20,000
• 15th-16th place: FaZe Clan and Ninjas in Pajamas — $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