IEM Road to Rio 2022 Europe Open Qualifier 1Day one of the European Rio open qualifier ends as final matches are rescheduled
Five berths for the European RMRs are on the line in the first open qualifier.
Streams
smooya (Benched Heroes POV) ESL Dktruman (Endpoint) Jackeyesports Dugaid (SINNERS) MaseXL (MOUZ) Reapex_1 Sup3rGh0st Tiddler SKADE GrimyRannarr Travis Into the Breach bee_atrice (OG/Falcons) shushan (Source 2 POV) MrSkopelos27 K4iG (ONYX) Lassolo (TITANS) Damage lmbt
Anonymo Honoris ThunderFlashgg majkibets Team ESCA Gaming kubos Troglodyta AGO matiboro
mucha SAW D10S
GeT_RiGhT (d00m POV) friberg (d00m POV) Jackinho (d00m POV)
RFeldmaNR x9nium Joan García Pitu Belizon92
JawedCSGO aunni BeHopGG MCorpGG KRL
Eldorado Esport Metizport
Astralis TrickedMinisterN (Tricked) 7ri (CPH Flames)
Partizan HOLMEScsgo
ElisaViihdeSport Pelaajatcom
ToH1o
Sampi.Tipsport
fippe99 (Sprout)
GameInstruktor
matez1k666
root Brosskiez (Eternal Fire)
Hareas
NexusCasters covering specific teams will have that team listed in brackets next to their name. Players streaming the qualifier will be listed with their team name and POV in brackets.
Notable matches - Bracket
Round of 32
Matches are covered on the tournament page.
Round of 64
Endpoint 19-15
Budapest Five - lobby
Sampi 19-16
BLUEJAYS 16-14
Wolsung - lobby
AVANGAR
Round of 128
Round of 256
Norsera - lobby - stream
smokshort - lobby - stream
RAIKIRI - lobby - stream
Pärnu - lobby
Round of 512
01:25 Technical issues cause ESEA to push remaining games to tomorrow
Technical issues have finally gotten the better of the qualifier and the first day is cut short, with the remaining games to be played at 17:00 tomorrow.
Squads such as Finest, fnatic and Falcons will have to wait to get their round-of-64 matches done.
00:35 Big teams make the round of 32
Most of the final games of today are underway and a batch have just ended, with teams like MOUZ, Entropiq, Copenhagen Flames, and OG all making it to tomorrow.
23:45 Astralis and Monte secure first round-of-32 berths
Astralis make the tomorrow's phase of the qualifier with ease, their closest game coming in a 16-12 win against allStars in the round of 64.
Monte, who feature the likes of Volodymyr "Woro2k" Veletniuk and Mohammad "BOROS" Malhas, grabbed an upset win over SINNERS to make the round of 32.
23:35 Movistar Riders crash out
Movistar Riders suffer a 9-16 upset loss to Romanians Infinite, earning the dubious honour of being the highest ranked team to be eliminated thus far. In their first outing since the departure of Alvaro "SunPayus" Garcia, the Spaniards disappoint.
Infinite move on to take on Ladislav "GuardiaN" Kovács's Sampi squad in the round of 64.
23:15 Games back underway
The ESEA website may still be struggling and GOTV may be down, but the games are back underway.
Some headline matchups in the round of 64 include Aleksi "allu" Jalli's new JANO squad taking on Endpoint and Astralis facing off against allStars.
22:15 Technical issues continue
ESEA are experiencing service issues and the GOTV relays are currently not working, so updates to this live post will be scarce for the time being.
22:05 First top 20 team eliminated as forZe crash out
Andrey "Jerry" Mekhryakov and co. become the first casualty of the top 20, the young Russian squad bombing out 14-16 at the hands of struggletony.
Elsewhere in the qualifier, Eternal Fire once again were forced to overtime, managing to squeak a 19-15 win over FANTASY on this occasion.
21:35 GeT_RiGhT mix eliminated
Christopher "GeT_RiGhT" Alesund and co. find themselves eliminated in the round of 256, falling to AVANGAR 15-19 on Inferno.
100 ADR from Jonas "Lekr0" Olofsson was not enough to save the Swedes.
21:30 SKADE eliminated by PROSPECTS in round of 256
The first major upset of the European open qualifier has happened, with world No. 36 SKADE bested 10-16 by No. 103 PROSPECTS.
Alexander "AlekS" Andersson was the MVP for his side, putting in a 100 ADR performance to help get his team over the line.
20:30 Eternal Fire survive scare in round of 512
Turkish fan-favourites Eternal Fire were made to work for it by Whois in the round of 512, needing overtime on Nuke to get over the line 19-16.
Ismailcan "XANTARES" Dörtkardeş was key in getting his team the win, grabbing 11 entry kills in the match.
19:54 No upsets yet as qualifier continues
The favourites have survived thus far in the open qualifier, with highest ranked team Astralis grabbing a comfortable 16-1 win.
Both big mixes, Benched Heroes and d00m, also made it through their opening games.
19:20 Technical issues hit round-of-512 matches
GOTV issues are currently hampering the qualifier, with ESEA tweeting that they are aware of the issue.
If streams are currently not showing matches, or the GOTV is lagging, it is likely due to this.
18:20 First round commences as bracket is released
The qualifier is up and running, with the bracket available here.
Some second round matchups are already known, with d00m, BenchedHeroes and Partizan already paired.
16:50 smooya and GeT_RiGhT enter mix-teams
Two high-profile mix-teams will be taking part in this qualifier, with Owen "smooya" Butterfield and GeT_RiGhT putting together squads. Both players will also be streaming their qualifying campaigns.
BenchedHeroes:
Nicolas "Keoz" Dgus
d00m:
16:31 Check-in opens soon for the first European RMR qualifier
The long journey to qualify for the next Major begins today with the first round of the IEM Road to Rio 2022 Europe Open Qualifier 1 kicking off at 18:00 .
Teams will battle through a single-elimination, best-of-one bracket all the way to the quarter-finals, where best-of-three series play will take over.
With five spots for the Europe RMRs on the line, losers of the quarter-final matches will enter a 5th-8th place decider bracket to determine who takes the final RMR berth. There will also be a third-place decider match, for seeding purposes.
Some of the bigger names fighting it out in this qualifier are:
The teams already qualified for the European RMRs are:
This live post will be covering the qualifier up until the round of 32, at which point coverage can be found here.
This article will be updated with more information as the qualifier develops, including links to streams and a list of noteworthy match results. Streamers are invited to link their streams in the comments with information regarding the broadcast language in order to have them added to the article.
Remember, to stay up to date with all things related to the IEM Rio Major, check out our coverage hub.
Jenya 'Get_Jeka' Smakilo
Ismailcan 'XANTARES' Dörtkardeş
Marin 'ROGA' Rogić
Russel 'Twistzz' Van Dulken Patrik 'f0rest' Lindberg
Mohammad 'BOROS' Malhas
Guy 'anarkez' Trachtman
Christopher 'GeT_RiGhT' Alesund
Rigon 'rigoN' Gashi
Christopher 'dexter' Nong
Alvaro 'SunPayus' Garcia
Jack 'Jackinho' Ström Mattsson
Pavle 'Maden' Bošković
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