IEM Fall invites revealed

10-9-2021 15:54

The current standings of the Regional Major Rankings in all regions decided most of the teams invited.

ESL have announced the full list of invited teams to all six upcoming Regional Major Ranking tournaments, which will run under the IEM Fall banner and serve as the final chance for teams to earn points determining the participants of PGL Major Stockholm.

The current standings of the RMR were prioritized to determine invites both to the main events and to the respective closed qualifiers, with a few more teams filling in the qualifying stage based on the ESL Ranking.

NIP currently lead the European standings

Open qualifiers, from which the remaining teams taking part in the closed stage will come, are currently underway in most of the regions. Europe has nearly all teams locked in with the final open tournament coming to an end, while the other regions still have at least one more tournament left to be played before reaching the closed qualifier.

Below you can find the teams who are confirmed to participate in each IEM Fall main event and closed qualifier at the moment after the invites were revealed:

Europe

Main event

OG
+12 closed qualifier teams

Closed qualifier

Open qualifier #4

North America

Main event

Extra Salt
+6 closed qualifier teams

Closed qualifier

Open qualifier #2

CIS

Main event

Virtus.pro
+6 closed qualifier teams

Closed qualifier

Akuma

Entropiq

Nemiga

Unique
Unknown flag cis Open qualifier #1
Unknown flag cis Open qualifier #1
Unknown flag cis Open qualifier #2
Unknown flag cis Open qualifier #2

South America

Main event

MIBR

Sharks
+2 closed qualifier teams

Closed qualifier

Bravos

Paquetá

Open qualifier #1

Open qualifier #2

Oceania

Main event

Renegades

ORDER
+2 closed qualifier teams

Closed qualifier

Looking For Org

VERTEX

8Ballers

Open qualifier #2

Asia

Main event

TYLOO

ViCi
+2 closed qualifier teams

Closed qualifier

Invictus

Wings Up

Checkmate

Open qualifier #2

EZ for BIG!

2021-09-10 15:54

8 replies

Not funny

2021-09-10 15:55

dude how?

ez extreme

2021-09-10 16:00

2021-09-10 16:58

2021-09-10 17:02

More EZ for sprout xD

2021-09-10 17:18

2021-09-10 17:33

lol

2021-09-10 17:59

go 00nation!

nice

LETS GO ASTRALIS!!!!!!!!!

lets go Anonymo

2021-09-10 15:56

Nice. Only can hope the major doesn't get shafted again....

That Valve still allow Akuma to compete what a disgrace

17 replies

valve never cared for csgo

2021-09-10 15:58

esic is still investigating afaik, you can look on their page for info about it!

2021-09-10 15:59

14 replies

ESIC gave all information to Valve and stopped the investigation. It is on Valve on a Valve event to decide if they play or not

2021-09-10 16:21

13 replies

i guess they didnt have enough evidence right now...

2021-09-10 16:22

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Or they don't work or they don't care

2021-09-10 17:34

11 replies

both

2021-09-10 17:39

you need to have absolute evidence to ban someone from playing. there is no definitive evidence that they cheated even if they were extremely fishy

2 replies

Valve can ban who they want at least from their events

2021-09-10 17:45

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ofc they have the ability to do so but banning someone is a hard punishment and you need definitive evidence for it, or you could potentially ban innocent people imagine they just banned flusha because people suspected he was cheating

2021-09-10 17:47

They follow esic decisions, they do care

6 replies

Valves cares as much about CS:GO as the American presidents care about the people of the US. No real control, and no real motive or will to invest anything that isn't absolutely necessary, but with the ultimate executive power.

2021-09-10 22:26

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What an absurd comparison, if american presidents truly didn't care about their people, they would be still fighting in Afghanistan. Just a fresh example for u. I mean, i live in a post-soviet country, ik what it is when president doesn't care about his people, believe me.

2021-09-11 01:03

they have a small team of devs

2021-09-11 11:33

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It has been known for quite a long time that the devs in Valve are able to switch between different games. There isn't a fixed team of devs, besides certain people who have a particular, important role.

2021-09-11 11:59

yeah so cs probably not very popular

2021-09-11 12:42

Former devs have mentioned that the Source engine is a mess of code as it has been built on since the original GoldSrc engine in 1998. I'd imagine they are both too afraid to make changes that breaks the game, and/or just unable to do it in the first place. I don't think it's because they don't like it or anything like that. It's an important game to them in a lot of ways.

2021-09-11 12:47

volvo only car

2021-09-10 17:38

Polish hope

Interesting!

EZ DBL PONEY

2021-09-10 20:22

EZ BLYAT

2021-09-11 10:06

Nice to see Eternal Fire

2021-09-10 15:57

+1 I like to see what they can do in europe cuz they got so much potential, hope we can see some bangers from woxic+xantares duo

2021-09-10 17:41

Might be a bad tournament for em but its gonna be a serious debut. Lose to win

2021-09-10 17:42

lets go astralis and also faze))

EZ MAJOR FOR PAIN AND GOD SAFFEE (TOP 1 HLTV 2022)

Do ESIC or Valve even care about Akuma XD? How are they still not banned?

because valve dont care :D

ESIC said already that all TO should disqualify them. But ESL didn't do it in ESL Premiere League, also this is an RMR and Valve make such calls.

valve has no balls

Ez for AURA

LFG AKUMA

akuma get out

Ez4EXTREMUM

GO GO. EZ4ENCE

someone explain fpx invites over ence? they have literally 0 fans wtf... sprout and poney over ence too is weird?

haha yeah u get ur invites in rmr tournaments based on the number of fans

2021-09-10 16:02

based on what then? ence higher rank too... but #40

2021-09-10 16:18

maybe rmr points?? could it be?

2021-09-10 16:34

u are totally retarted my friend

they're 8th in the RMR standing

2021-09-10 16:03

FPX 1040 points in RMR ranking top 8, ENCE 0 points in RMR ranking thats all

oh invites go by points ok didnt know.

2021-09-10 16:17

Cry is free

2021-09-10 17:37

Let's go, Akuma! 💪

2021-09-10 16:01

Dignitas get the chance.

EZ4ENCE

ez4 akuma

EZ4GODSENT STOCKHOLM MAJOR WINNERS!!!

Sinners Winners

can someone explain why Eternal Fire are invited? They didn't even attend latest RMR, and are ranked 101 in the hltv ranking...

2021-09-10 16:04

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Xantares got points from BIG in ESL ranking

2021-09-10 16:06

hype i guess (or esl ranking?)

Eternal Fire is top21 on ESL ranking

2021-09-10 16:08

this is bullshiet that ESL ranking is what determines teams which compete for the spot at major tbh. I dont hate this team, they are really interesting, just think it is unreasonable, and as a new squad they should make they way through open quals, they would probably qualify anyway

2021-09-10 16:41

Even I support the team, i think the same with you. But this is ESL rules.

2021-09-10 19:04

only to qualifies

2021-09-10 16:13

crap ESL ranking is why

2021-09-10 16:24

why sprout ? not faze? XD

2021-09-10 16:05

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Sprout top 11 RMR ranking, FaZe top 15

sprout because they won 1 match in flashpoint, (anonymo too)

2021-09-10 16:07

Sprout won 2 matches tho

2021-09-10 16:49

yeah but 1 match was minimum to get inv

2021-09-10 18:02

Because fazes bad online era is over

2021-09-10 16:15

literally bc of this game hltv.org/matches/2348429/sprout-vs-faze-..

2021-09-11 11:46

sanjar fan, i am done XD

2021-09-11 12:35

wdym? hes the GOAT

2021-09-11 17:52

XDDd 0.8 ratio?

2021-09-11 18:03

NA going up again, with more events for sure the scenario will get back to his prime.

SINNERS - IEM FALL CHAMPIONS SHOCK MVP

faze have to play closed qualifier - I have a bad feeling about it though

Like 12/16 go through, as long as they win 1 match they are in. Plus they are in a boot camp, main event is lan so were Gucci man.

2021-09-11 02:59

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I want to believe man but I know its faze and they always find a way...

2021-09-11 07:38

Like pinnacle was some random tier 3 Lan. Who cares? This is basically the major. They have to tryhard

2021-09-11 10:57

Ofc they will try hard but that doesnt stop them from losing and throwin easy rounds while having players with so much experience, they always find a way

2021-09-11 11:12

Like, they have to a win 1 series against a tier 5 team. If they don't qualify for the main event, its kinda ggs on faze as a team. Main event is a lan without gamit or NaVi, they can win.

2021-09-11 20:43

Ez4 Liquid Furia and 00Nation, Brazil gonna dominate NA.

IE?

Ez for g2

2021-09-10 16:09

why did they invited eternal fire?

Xantares points from BIG

2021-09-10 16:10

so then they should invited MSL`s new team south too because of some players points

South got 7 points, xantares got 74.2 points

dbl poney in main event wtf

Eternal Shit invited... LOOOOOOL xD

Can I bet that Sprout gets 10 rounds in tournament

2021-09-10 16:12

this sounds cool

2021-09-10 16:14

What are even the chances to qualify for the major for the teams that have 0 points now ?

Well, 11 teams qualify for the major (from EU) and right now the 11th placed team is Sprout with 480 points. Honestly if a team with 0 points finishes 7th or higher in the fall event, they probably have a 50/50 chance to qualify, maybe more, check liquipedia

2021-09-10 16:38

Looks like if you get points, you go above sprout (providing they don’t)

2021-09-10 16:51

Heroic still in tournament?

Mibr KeKw

Lan?

2021-09-10 16:25

No disrespect to the EF guys, but their invite is a joke ESL need to do something with carrying over points in their system. Currently if any of the players from top 3 teams quit and got 4 of their friends - they'd instantly get an invite to ESL Pro League. If, for example, b1t left Na'Vi to join some unknown CIS team - they'd rank #9 in ESL ranking right off the bat. It's hypothetical (but not impossible, like you see with Xantares), but if your system allows something like this to happen, it's simply broken.

2021-09-10 16:28

+1 just use hltv ranking, esl one is too basied

2021-09-10 16:46

OMTG finally EXTREMUM got an invite to something. LET'S GO! #YTB

2021-09-10 16:27

Ez for new zealand satisfaction gratisfaction!

2021-09-10 16:52

go go go EXTREMUM

2021-09-10 17:08

They are back at last!

2021-09-11 00:24

LETS GO DOUBLLEEEEEEEEEEEE PONEYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY (i hope they qualify to the major man)

2021-09-10 16:29

akuma OMEGALUL

2021-09-10 16:42

Astralis 5th major! let's go

EZ 4 DBL PONEY

2021-09-10 16:44

Rooster got robbed, they are 4th in the RMR standings...

Not so ez for Eteranal Fire...

2021-09-10 16:48

No Liquid No party

nip first LOOOOOOOL

2021-09-10 16:53

Let's go Sinners!

2021-09-10 16:55

EZ4EXTR

invite k23 to main event and entropiq to closed quals ? ok

2021-09-10 17:09

rmr points

2021-09-10 17:20

Theoretically, can Dignitas qualify for major stockholm?

2021-09-10 17:16

if they won the iem fall they can for sure, less than that, they are dependent of the other teams participation

2021-09-10 17:21

Where is 9z?

2021-09-10 17:31

Lets go Dig

sprout invited to main event? are u kidding me? :D

2021-09-10 17:46

also DBL PONEY 😂

2021-09-10 18:05

they are 11th in the rmr standings

2021-09-10 23:18

Mibr meme..

2021-09-10 17:49

im just fascinated that AURA actually got through, they are so shit lol

2021-09-10 17:51

DBL PONEY invited lmao 😂

Can EF qualify for Major Stockholm? Is this still possible?

2021-09-10 18:07

It is, but they gotta qualify for IEM Fall and place at least 12th.

2021-09-10 18:35

thanks dude :)

2021-09-10 19:22

Sprout, DBL, FPX and more are invited... Nice joke

U, are, retarded...

2021-09-10 20:25

? wtf Teams like FaZe, fnati, Anonymo, ENCE, Sinners, MAD Lions, Fiend, Movistar Riders or Endpoint needs to qualify and DBL gets invite to the main event? xDDD

2021-09-10 20:48

Do you know this event is directly related to the Stockholm Major and Flashpoint 3, which means top11 teams of the eu rmr are invited ?

2021-09-11 07:39

all of the teams you mentioned are currently the top 11 of the rmr standings, that's why what i don't understand is why eternal fire was invited to closed qualis at all

go 00

2021-09-10 19:28

OG lucky to be invited

2021-09-10 20:24

FPX invited....omg

2021-09-10 22:30

why the fuck did eternal fire get invited??????

2021-09-10 23:16

Because ESL ranking sucks, FNC with decent form (they beat some legit teams) is ranked #51, Eternal is ranked #22, new team, lost a bo3 to unknown Macedonian team and got destroyed by Sinners (2-16), Sinners (in a decent shape) are ranked #28.

2021-09-11 01:19

that's so dumb lmao

2021-09-11 13:16

it should shift a bit on monday, but the ranking's still terrible

2021-09-11 16:22

not so unknown anymore haha))

2021-09-11 13:58

Good ESL ranking cuz of Xantares

2021-09-11 21:39