ESL One: Road to Rio groups revealed

17/4/2020 - 18:09

ESL has revealed the groups and the complete schedule for the upcoming ESL One: Road to Rio tournament series.

Kicking off on April 22 in Europe and in the Americas (April 30 in the CIS and May 6 in Asia and Oceania), ESL One: Road to Rio will be a series of online tournaments held globally with a Valve-sponsored prize pool of $255,000.

Besides the prize money, teams will also compete for Regional Major Ranking (RMR) points, which will be used to determine the participants at this year's ESL One Rio Major. This will be the first of two RMR Series, the second of which will be held later in the year, between the player break and October 18 as HLTV.org recently revealed.

f0rest to face his old team of NiP of ESL One: Road to Rio

In Europe, North America, Asia and the CIS, teams have been split into two round-robin groups featuring a best-of-three match format. In Europe, the top four teams from both groups will progress to a double-elimination bracket (top two to the upper bracket and the next two to the lower bracket), while in North America and in the CIS, the top three finishers will advance to a single-elimination bracket. In Asia, only the top two sides will move on to the playoffs.

In the other two regions, South America and in Oceania, the teams will square off in a round-robin stage, with the first-placed side advancing to the final and the next two to a semi-final match.

Below you can find the groups:

Europe

Dates: April 22-May 17
Prizepool: $115,000

Group A

Group B

North America

Dates: April 22-May 10
Prizepool: $60,000

Group A

Group B

CIS

Dates: April 30-May 17
Prizepool: $50,000

Group A

Group B

Asia

Dates: May 6-10
Prizepool: $10,000

Group A

Group B

South America

Dates: April 22-26
Prizepool: $10,000

RED Canids

Isurus

BOOM

Tiebreaker winner

Oceania

Dates: May 6-10
Prizepool: $10,000

EZ4CAMELRIDERS

2020-04-17 18:14

12 replies

Ez 4 g2

2020-04-17 18:11

7 replies

ez4ence

2020-04-17 18:12

4 replies

EZ4CAMRIDERS is more realistic...

2020-04-17 18:31

3 replies

LOL MAJOR IN BRAZIL WILL HAVE NO BR TEAMS CUZ THEY ARE ALL TIER 99 ehuaehuaehueahueahuAEHUaeuhAEHUAEhua

2020-04-17 19:37

1 reply

who ask u bout brazilian teams?

2020-04-17 19:39

True though

2020-04-18 18:05

EZ4PRO100

Get G2-0ed everyone.

2020-04-17 18:16

AGAIN EU TRIO IS TOGETHER!!! #FaZeUp #G2WIN #ReadyWillingAble

2020-04-17 18:13

2020-04-17 18:55

2020-04-17 18:58

lol imagine have a PokemoN sticker

2020-04-17 20:57

FaZeUp

2020-04-17 18:10

2020-04-17 19:22

holy shit

EZ4ENCE!

Big win for Mouz this one. Group A seems much tougher than B. Vamouz!

EZ FOR HOMESENT

ez4faze

pretty balanced groups for a change

I think group A for EU is slightly more stacked

2 replies

Slightly...? Uberstacked compared to shit B group.

2020-04-17 20:44

Gonna be a few big names missing from the major, no matter who makes it through that group

2020-04-18 01:30

I mean, Na is not that balanced, the b group is way more competitive than the a group.

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I dont think so, liquid furia mibr are clearly favorites

2020-04-17 18:22

#52 sorry

2020-04-17 18:35

Wdym??? The A group is harder for sure. Liquid Furia and MIBR will easily win group b

2020-04-17 18:28

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I misspelled sorry, it's the other way around, as you said in group b you have 3 favorites, and in group a only eg can secure a spot safely.

2020-04-17 18:36

I am pretty 100 thieves will easily secure a spot

2020-04-17 19:15

Their are in a pretty bad form, not going into the playoffs of the pro league after losing to MIBR who isn't a great team. I mean, on lan they would take that spot easily, but online makes me worried as I like them as a team.

2020-04-17 19:16

Mehh 100T beat EG im sure they can atleast grab a challenger

2020-04-17 22:00

100t beat EG last 2 times, im scared of upsets from orgless and geng

2020-04-18 04:21

Na'Vi and VP in same group??

I’m guessing forze was the second seed

Usually seed 1 is in Group A, but NaVi is in B? I'm guessing there was some randomized stuff too

2020-04-17 18:25

fORzE is n18, VP n19. So forze is the second best team now in CIS

2020-04-17 20:46

group A kkkkkkk

Online CS ResidentSleeper

Mouz, G2 and Faze in one group again! :o

Always

2020-04-17 21:16

Group B is much easier for EU

I WANNA GO RIO AND GET ANTI-ROBBED :P

VAMOOOOO MIBR!!!!

why mibr not in SA group

2020-04-17 18:15

imt is an na org

2020-04-17 18:17

And the real reason is that they play in NA.

ez4navi

liquid gonna rape everyone besides furia ez

+1 except -1 liquid will crush everyone including furia.

2020-04-17 21:00

as in furia can get more than 10 rounds on their own pick unlike eg ofc liquid will still beat everyone

2020-04-17 22:10

Fair enough, but if Twistzz, Stewie, Nitr0 all perform well, then there's no chance for Furia either

2020-04-18 11:18

Group A is so stacked wtf

2020-04-17 18:19

Wtf the european group B is so ez

2020-04-17 18:20

Where BIG?

2020-04-17 18:21

Yeah, I wonder too on which basis the decision making this is about. There is no logic ranking wise. May be it's about BIG not being qualified for RIO? Thought some cards had been shuffled so other teams who have no chance for the missing second Major get a chance ? At least it explains BIG underperformance in the recent HSH Cup Pt2.

2020-04-17 19:03

Saving strats for Valorant

2020-04-17 20:03

Get G2-0ed everyone

Group A much harder than group B EU, nt trying to fuck Dig ESL

2020-04-17 18:23

The swedish group is the best

Thoughts on New NiP vs Old NiP coming up in a week

2020-04-17 18:27

Think it will be a 3 maper but at the end NIP will win but it will be interesting to see them play aginst each other

2020-04-17 19:00

MIBR, FURIA AND LIQUID WTF

2020-04-17 18:26

I hope we can get all groups and regions fantasy leagues!

WTF is that A EU group? Never mind, #DIGWIN

finally faze not in the hardest group

Look at CIS group B. Even me with my friends can top the group. Same for CIS group A except Navi.

Indian delusion kekw

2020-04-17 18:39

gtfo fake flagger

2020-04-17 18:44

No, u

2020-04-17 18:45

EZ MOUZ

2020-04-17 18:30

Furia, MIBR and Liquid in the same group doesn't make sense.

2020-04-17 18:32

tbh it makes, we can safely say that both Brazilian teams will got through group stage, and looking overall we might see both in major, the changes are really high

RIP ENCE KEKW

2020-04-17 18:34

These groups are a joke. So ez for Liquid, also EU Group A so much more stacked than Group B. ENCE will not win a single series and disband at the end, calling it now.

Ence dont have a chance in Group B either

2020-04-17 20:31

wtf is thiss eu group a is stacked and group b is just trash to make it better switch fnatic-north switch dignitas-godsent switch complexity-copenhagen flames ez balanced groups

2020-04-17 18:37

Lmao as Always Faze Mouse and G2 together xDDD EPL repeats itself

2020-04-17 18:38

FURIA, MIBR and Yeah in NA. Meanwhile, in South America...

NA teams can go to south america and play in there, if they want...

2020-04-17 18:48

2020-04-17 19:08

ez4astralis is always also SA and Asia groups are extremely scuffed

2020-04-17 18:40

Bruh why is Group A so stacked compared to group B in EU

2020-04-17 18:41

SO IZ FOR KRIMZ BOSS

2020-04-17 18:43

COME TO BRASZIL

BRA71L

NA GROUP B IS STACKED AF

EzRiders

No OG? No BIG? Tier 5 event

2020-04-17 18:59

lol, OG and BIG didnt pass minor qua. It's fair

2020-04-17 21:17

damn Group A def more stacked than Group B well ez for mouse hard for DIG

2020-04-17 19:06

ppl can u tell how much teams will go from europe?

2020-04-17 19:07

Ohh god! Just unite the eu and cis groups, make a little less slots, expand the prize pool pluses (+): 1) competition - the European region will become stronger 2) much more absolutely mediocre teams will be eliminated - only stronger will go to the tournament 3) the prize pool will increase 4) they will finally begin to try and work out their salary minuses (-): 1) ping 2) ???

2020-04-17 19:10

Imagine team from Portugal playing against team from Kazakhstan

2020-04-17 19:11

why not? XD vp and winstrike fairly often play vs eu teams

2020-04-17 19:19

VP and Winstrike can afford themselves move to Moscow, Kyiv so they are comfortable, but minors made for noname teams to give them opportunity compete with top tier teams

2020-04-17 19:30

oh yes the 100 ping would be so awesome to see!

2020-04-17 20:30

Can someone explain why 100t and Brazilians are in NA groups?

I dont know doesnt make sense at all

2020-04-17 19:25

well 100T and MIBR`s org aka Immortals are NA based organizations so thats why (i think) !?

where is navi

2020-04-17 19:12

CIS group B

RIO #1 MAJOR

2020-04-17 19:17

#G2ARMY

Navi dodge Forze

2020-04-17 19:31

tough to predict which 2 else teams would join Astralis and Fnatic in next stage , and which one will join Mouz, G2 and Faze.

again meyern vs liquid, ez

2020-04-17 19:40

good one

2020-04-17 19:41

teams from closed qualifier , not based on rankings ? no BiG and OG ? lul

2020-04-17 19:42

Nice

2020-04-17 19:51

Why would they do round robin groups again, isnt this supposed to be a regular tournament and not a league like epl?

2020-04-17 19:54

-ENCE +OG

2020-04-17 19:58

man, what the fuck is this groups

2020-04-17 19:59

f0rest to face his old team of NiP of ESL One: Road to Rio nice englando

2020-04-17 20:01

good englando because it is his old team(mates) of NiP.

2020-04-17 23:15

then it should be f0rest to face his old team of NiP at ESL One: Road to Rio

2020-04-18 08:19

EZ for best CS Team BIG

Why do they put 3 swedish teams in one group

2020-04-17 20:47

Havu and OG??

2020-04-17 20:50

3 brazilians in the same group, f..k that!!!!

2020-04-17 20:51

Poor Mibr

2020-04-17 20:52

No MAD Lions?

2020-04-17 21:19

Group A United States Evil Geniuses Australia 100 Thieves United States Gen.G United States Cloud9 Canada Orgless United States Triumph Really? wtf

2020-04-17 21:57

whats wrong?

2020-04-18 04:17

Ez for mouz

2020-04-17 22:14

No Fantasy? :(

2020-04-18 00:21

Group A EU Astralis fnatic NiP Complexity Group B EU mousesports G2 FaZe North Why the hell is Group B so much weaker than Group A? Group A NA Evil Geniuses Orgless Gen.G Group B NA Bad News Bears Liquid FURIA

2020-04-18 00:41

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put 100T lower then gen.g and orgless? sad

Yes. 100 Thieves are playing so bad atm., it's incredible how far they have fallen.

2020-04-18 13:06

won vs mouz, went double OT w/ fnatic, and won EG twice, but have fallen far? ok

2020-04-18 13:58

Lost to FURIA, got fucked by MIBR and Liquid. IEM Katowice was two months ago, it doesn't show how are they playing now.

2020-04-18 14:20

you really think North is gonna go through?

2020-04-18 08:05

I mean, they are weak, they are not a good team, they don't have a good amount of firepower, but i think there is no better candidates for that place than North.

2020-04-18 13:07

Sorry i've been out of the loop for some time, but how were the teams participating decided? Was there a qualifier? Or did they just invite based on rankings? Why aren't teams like HAVU, BIG and OG there? Did they fail a qualifier? EDIT: Ah i see, they based it on the minor qualifier while also giving spots to the teams from the last major. Imo they should have given invites to the legends and challengers, but had a closed qualifier for the remaining spots. Especially because of the new system that makes them gain RMR points

2020-04-18 00:50

So only online?? No lan at Rio?

2020-04-18 09:00

G2 will destroy them

2020-04-18 14:47