Valve Regional Ranking list locked ahead of RMR closed qualifier invites

13/2/2023 - 00:27

The tentative list of teams that will participate in the regional closed qualifiers for the BLAST.tv Paris Major RMR events is now available.

Valve has updated their Regional Rankings following the conclusion of IEM Katowice, and the tentative list of teams who should receive invites to compete in the BLAST.tv Paris Regional Major Ranking closed qualifiers can now be analyzed.

The final list remains subject to change by Valve and BLAST, as well as based on a handful of other factors. Tweaks to individual rosters, organizations with multiple teams, and whether certain teams choose to compete in the North American or South American qualifiers can all still affect the final outcome, but the majority of teams listed below can now be sure of their attendance in their region's qualifiers.

As a brief refresher of the format, teams who made it to the Legends Stage of the IEM Rio Major have received direct invites to their respective RMR events. Additional teams competing at those RMRs will be determined through regional closed qualifiers, with Europe having two closed qualifiers with 16 teams each, North America and South America each getting a qualifier with 16 teams each, and Asia, China, Oceania, and the Middle East each getting one, eight-team qualifier.

Half of the teams in each closed qualifier are determined by Valve's Regional Ranking, while the other half earn their spots through the upcoming open qualifiers. As such, the final update to Valve's ranking is crucial as a number of teams now know whether they can avoid the open qualification stage entirely.

The tentative list of teams who should receive invites to their respective regional closed qualifier (in order of seeding, left to right) can be found below:

Europe

Note: Invited teams in Europe will be split evenly based on seeding between RMR Closed Qualifier A and RMR Closed Qualifier B.

North America

Notes: MIBR, paiN, and TeamOne can choose to compete in the SA qualifier instead. In case they choose to change regions, Strife, Detonate, and timbermen are next in line.

EG Black and EG White have been left off the list as the organization would not be allowed to field multiple rosters.

South America

Note: O PLANO, ARCTIC, and Corinthians would fall off the list, in that order, if one of the Brazilian teams in North America chose to compete in South America instead.

Asia

Oceania

China

Middle East

Invictus International

Nixuh

Bravado

Goliath

Note: Nixuh has since disbanded, and may forfeit their spot. Bravado has changed a majority of their roster and may forfeit their spot.

eez g2

2023-02-13 00:27

6 replies

So Africa does have a qualifier or are they fucked on ping

2023-02-13 02:27

am i missing something, why is faze not in the Europe list, but shit teams like 1win, IKLA etc are on the list ? :D

2023-02-13 10:27

2 replies

Its closed quals teams list. Faze and other T1 teams are on rmr already

2023-02-13 10:41

Please learn read

2023-02-13 10:43

IHC will sweep this tournament ez

2023-02-13 10:34

1 reply

I would love to see some good plays from IHC!!!

2023-02-13 11:46

Nice

HSG fe invited xd

2023-02-13 00:28

28 replies

XiaoWu gonna carry.

2023-02-13 01:10

4 replies

LMAO WTF ITS A REAL PLAYER

2023-02-13 02:42

XiaoWu vs Xi Wu in grand finals

2023-02-13 05:05

battle of the centuries

2023-02-13 10:36

:DDD

2023-02-13 08:48

this ranking is a joke, nigma galaxy was 6 places away from being invited to europe closed quals and all of male teams in this ranking would easily win vs them

2023-02-13 01:20

22 replies

How is nip 95th looool

2023-02-13 01:26

they are actually 15th, some teams have different lineups under same name in the ranking

2023-02-13 02:32

oh oookay, thanks for clarifying. 🙂👍

2023-02-13 13:02

Does it even matter when they are not anywhere near of being invited. Since they did win everything on the female side and that wasn't enough, the only way for them to actually be invited is to go play some open tournaments and win some matches against male teams. Isn't that exactly like it should be?

2023-02-13 01:29

14 replies

6 spots away lmao they were close to be invited to the closed hes right

2023-02-13 03:02

13 replies

Yes, but they literally cannot do any better on the female side. Meaning that they cannot be invited by results from female side alone. They definitely shouldn't get invited without winning some games against tier 3 teams first. But if that happens someday, I don't mind that they would get invited to the closed qualifier more easily than other teams.

2023-02-13 09:45

12 replies

2023-02-13 09:50

who stops them from competing in open circuit tournaments, oh wait being dogshit and bombing out of every invite they got inside

2023-02-13 10:32

8 replies

They have competed in open circuit occasionally, CCT qualifiers for example, and failed. Valve has policy of including different groups of people in different ways so everyone can be part of it in meaningful way. This is pretty much the same as having slots for America and Asia teams and not only for global teams. Actually this is even less than that, because they don't actually get the slots from being women. This is pretty much nothing. We are talking about a ranking giving too much points from female tournaments that get them close to qualifying. Not that best female team actually gets invited to the qualifier.

2023-02-13 11:04

7 replies

ye ye ye, and tell me that HSG FE slot over TYLOO was for being competitive team, surely not because overinflation of impact in it being prize money

2023-02-13 11:40

tyloo doesnt even play anything anymore so thats on them for not getting invited

2023-02-13 12:32

play what, play what play what????? hsg literally only played female cash cups and in regular circut their biggest achievement is beating an INDIAN MIX xDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

2023-02-13 13:25

and this is still more than tyloo plays nowadays so what is your point exactly

2023-02-13 18:16

reality check

2023-02-18 09:40

what? my point still stands, tyloo didnt get an invite because they played nothing in ages meanwhile hsg did in ESL Impact (that has higher prizepool which influenced in them being higher in the Valve Ranking and getting the invite)

2023-02-18 18:47

Don't know about Asia scene, but I agree that its a problem. Its problem with any event that has massive prizepool and only certain partner teams can have chance to attend.

2023-02-13 15:50

You're wrong. If they had won like one more ESL Impact event they could have made it because prize money earned is one of the critera that matters and the reason why they are already that high.

2023-02-13 12:13

You are correct in that sense that it is a problem if it would be possible to qualify by winning female events alone. But there was no more events to win. They won every tournament there was other than some cash cup tournaments. They literally could have not done any better without playing in open circuit.

2023-02-13 15:43

would be funny to see them compete against t2 and 3 teams.

2023-02-13 03:38

3 replies

would be funny see them getting rekt 16-3 and 16-5 ?

2023-02-13 07:20

Stop simping they would not get more than 3 rounds in eu closed qual. hltv.org/matches/2359427/honoris-vs-nigm..

2023-02-13 08:36

yes

2023-02-13 20:47

MONGOLIA DOMINATION

ez for sk0r

2023-02-13 10:39

2EZ4GENGIS

2023-02-13 11:42

hopefully rare atom can qualify to the major because their logo is so cool

2023-02-13 00:29

Would be a cool sticker

2023-02-13 02:26

I can name at least 1 other person who wants rare atom to qualify

2023-02-13 02:51

not jamyoung top 1 2023

2023-02-13 07:34

#9INENATION

This

Group B so free

what group B?

2023-02-13 00:55

liquipedia.net/counterstrike/BLAST/Major..

2023-02-13 00:56

2023-02-13 00:59

The top 4 from grp A will join Euro RMR B which is already stacked with Heroic, cloud9, ence, vitality, nip. so G2, astralis may join them and only 3 places are available for the legend. Where as top 4 from grp B will join Euro RMR A, I can only see Navi and Faze as top team with 4 places available for the legend 🤣

No endpoint. Brilliant we're not making it through the one open qualifier tomorrow :/ How have IKLA made it LOL

5 replies

its 2 open qualifiers now

2023-02-13 00:44

I wonder how it'll work though because the dates overlap (day 2 of qual 1 is day 1 of qual 2)

2023-02-13 00:45

day 2 of qual1 is just seeding since its top 8 who all advance to closed quali iirc

2023-02-13 00:47

IKLA shouldnt be allowed to its 2 of the Akuma players

2023-02-13 05:21

They never cheated mate

2023-02-13 18:21

ez 4 9ine

EZ4SAW

2023-02-13 00:31

lets go aurora!

2023-02-13 00:32

"middle east" 3 africa, 1 china

2023-02-13 00:33

it's the IG International roster, 2 israelis and 1 lebanese, HLTV just messed it up

2023-02-13 00:34

still, im closer to middle east than south africa

2023-02-13 00:36

lol

2023-02-13 10:40

no teams in middle east

2023-02-13 10:51

rename it africa

2023-02-13 11:48

it's up to blast but i think they have servers only in middle east

2023-02-13 11:57

is this the first time a female team has made it to an RMR closed quali lol

HSG FE over Tyloo is kinda hilarious I can't lie

2023-02-13 00:38

expected

2023-02-13 00:49

what the fuck

2023-02-13 02:53

Well, there is still open qualifiers for teams like TYLOO, right? They fucked up the ranking, how the fuck does hsg even have any points, they have never beat a male team. The impact events shouldnt rly count, because most teams/players arent allowed to compete in them.

2023-02-13 08:40

It's based off of prize winnings from tournaments, so the 5k they got from their impact tournaments got them there. It's also why teams like HAVU and IKLA have made it over Sinners and Endpoint for example, as the former 2 teams have genuinely done better in just 1 particular tournament.

2023-02-13 08:42

Thanks for explaining. They fucked up the ranking. Actually the open circuit was just better and its not even close.

It's the first time they have RMR closed qualifier

2023-02-13 01:46

Middle east all South African teams? lol wtf

MIBR, paiN, and TeamOne can choose to compete in the SA qualifier instead. sounds funny

timbermen for major mens

2023-02-13 10:52

EF coming so soon

2023-02-13 00:35

I hope 9ine will qualify and bring some long awaited entertainment for Polish fans

hsg fe ez

#HSGFESWEEP

G2 kekw

9z :D

2023-02-13 00:40

Furia?

already in RMR due to top 16 at rio

Yeah, i realised it later, but could not delete my comment :D It was just weird to see some big teams here.

2023-02-13 07:58

Katowice champions in closed qualifier xd

lost to deko last time. Will lose to him again btw, just saying

G2 and Astralis are probably the main reason why closed qualifiers were introduced Imagine them in open qualifiers lol

2023-02-13 01:48

Haha basically

Yo le noob, They had always been a thing before the pandemic, the only open system was the novelty.

You need to cut down on bagets. There were always open qualifiers for Minors (now RMRs)

Please Falcons...i beg of you. Please do it!

2023-02-13 00:48

where BIG

2023-02-13 00:50

#30

2023-02-13 00:53

ok would have been hard for them to qualify

2023-02-13 01:03

Lets go KennyS, really want to see how Falcons and other French teams perform. Also why should SA teams be allowed to participate in NA qualifiers? Teams such as timbermen and other local teams could benefit from atleast taking part in it

2023-02-13 00:57

Cause that's where the teams currently play from. Traveling isn't cheap, so it would be a little unfair to force teams to relocate for the major qualifiers. And I think it's only allowed for teams already playing in NA, so other SA teams can't just travel to NA if they're only doing it to play in the NA qualifiers.

2023-02-13 01:23

there's no reason why MIBR, paiN or TeamOne would change their regions. SA level is harder than NA rn

lmao

2023-02-13 10:53

I thought that BNE would get invited, but hey, it’s great to see 9INE get invited at the very least

2023-02-13 01:00

its because of valve ranking, nothing to do with invites

2023-02-13 08:17

2023-02-13 09:23

Bne is already at the rmr

2023-02-13 11:37

Illuminar??

2023-02-13 01:05

they are 28 in ranking of valve

2023-02-13 08:18

O_o

2023-02-14 00:52

HSE LMAO AHAHAHAHHA LETS GO GFI

2023-02-13 01:07

G2 Aware

2023-02-13 01:15

Bravado haven't changed a majority of the lineup, they still have 3 of the same players as are listed on Valve's ranking. Maybe the writer got confused about mango changing their ign to wilj?

2023-02-13 01:16

HSG FE > TYLOO lets gooooo

2023-02-13 01:19

#88 "XiaoWu vs Xi Wu in grand finals" 💀

2023-02-13 10:47

LMAO 💀

2023-02-14 05:55

why the fuck Corinthians got a direct invite and Case didnt

case plays in europe

2023-02-13 01:44

ez4saw

twitter.com/dust2us/status/1624928011815..

2023-02-13 01:28

Liquid 404

2023-02-13 01:59

damn i get bored sometime but i have no reason to watch the 2 NA open qualifiers, since COL EG ATK Nouns are already in the closed. i don't think NA even has any more teams. also, EG White and Black should compete under neutral banners.

neutral banners wouldn't be enough to let them play. They'd still be getting payed by EG so there'd be conflict of interest if any of the 3 teams faced each other. Only way they could play is if they got dropped by EG.

2023-02-13 05:33

Middle east with South African teams? ok

2023-02-13 02:30

Yeah, not sure how that is going to work.

2023-02-13 03:55

"Bravado has changed a majority of their roster and may forfeit their spot." what? the core is the same slowye, doru and mango

Anyone has the link of the complete final Valve rankings?

2023-02-13 02:39

github.com/ValveSoftware/csgo/tree/main/..

2023-02-13 02:46

Thanks

2023-02-13 03:00

anyone know the rules about in which region you can compete? it doesnt make sense to have teams being able to choose between SA and NA... then any NA or EU team would just bootcamp in SA and thats an easy pass for the major...

2023-02-13 02:49

They have to contact BLAST for permission to play in a different region on a case by case basis, and I think it's generally only allowed if they were previously residing in that region, and not if they moved there specifically to play the major qualifiers.

2023-02-13 05:40

HSG fe getting invited lol and why are African teams in middleeast. Ranking is a joke

2023-02-13 03:30

ez for monte and ikla. Hope b8 also qualifies trough open

2023-02-13 03:59

HSG Fe invited xD. Chinese cs scene in shambles

2023-02-13 04:02

No fnatic?

2023-02-13 04:09

Fanatic will be invited to RMR directly based on their previous major performance.

2023-02-13 04:46

oh duh, thanks

2023-02-13 04:48

"asia" 4 Mongolian teams "china" random female team "middle east" 3 South African team one has disbanded looking good blast

2023-02-13 04:10

Imagine g2 failing again

2023-02-13 05:04

Happy for havu!

2023-02-13 05:38

2023-02-13 05:39

ez havuja

2023-02-13 05:55

IKLA ON LAN

2023-02-13 06:06

Aurora Pog

2023-02-13 06:14

This is fucking Stupid to let SA teams play in NA not giving NA teams chances and then saying NA teams dont deserve it, You've ALready started it in SA's Favour from Start NA teams are Outnumbered, Why can't they just simply base it on Nationality and region isn't what regionals and qualifiers are for?

2023-02-13 06:26

Git Gud In all seriousness, this does kind of seem stupid.

2023-02-13 10:06

If SA teams are based in NA, you should have no problem with that…

2023-02-13 10:38

The reason why it's stupid is because even after them stealing NA spots no one will consider them NA, because they have different Nationality, other wise lets just agree that NA is the superior region because furia, pain mibr including actual NA teams are in top 30 currently and no valve or esl recognized SA Teams, so SA < NA

2023-02-13 12:11

Cool

2023-02-13 06:32

why is South Africa considered middle east?

2023-02-13 07:40

because there is not separe qualifier for africa

2023-02-13 09:22

So G2 fails to qualify to the RMRs right? That's how it goes?

2023-02-13 07:48

Hsg fe over tyloo LMAOOO HAHAHAHA how tf did they get invited over them? Tyloo would beat them every single match

2023-02-13 08:00

What G2 doing here?

2023-02-13 08:09

they weren't on the last major, so they have to go through quals again

2023-02-13 08:20

okay

2023-02-13 09:01

Havuja 🌲🌲🌲

2023-02-13 08:10

HSG fe on the list? Is that the first time an all female team is participating in a Major Qualifier? I can see it happening one day, that a mix team or an all female team will play on the stage and maybe even win a Major.

2023-02-13 08:24

Those invites are always controversial. Would be better to do 4 open quals

2023-02-13 09:42

Nice no vitality for majors

2023-02-13 09:44

Already in RmR B, no close qualfs for them.

2023-02-13 10:04

where is BIG?

2023-02-13 09:56

Already in rmr B

2023-02-13 10:03

thank you

2023-02-13 10:23

For some reason G2 vs lower tier teams scare me =\. Maybe ptsd from last major quals lol

2023-02-13 10:14

Anonymo vs G2 ;D

2023-02-13 10:21

illuminar xD

2023-02-13 10:17

wait, where is faze? :D

2023-02-13 10:26

Already invited to RMR lol

HSG fe > TYLOO/NKT is very funny

2023-02-13 10:37

G2 got this right

2023-02-13 10:46

G2 and GamerLegion is the same qualifier OHNONONONO

2023-02-13 10:48

liquid???

2023-02-13 11:06

at the RMR?

2023-02-13 11:49

damn sinners just missed out..

2023-02-13 12:40

all regions are here except Africa (south africans are playing in Asian servers ME )

2023-02-13 13:08

ez 4 xi (ao) wu

2023-02-13 14:12

they [G2] deserved not to be in the RMR directly because they bombed the last one obviously, but it's a crazy unlikely scenario that a team went on such a progression that they went from not qualifying to becoming by far the best team in the world in the span of a single major cycle

2023-02-13 15:56

To me it does not seem fair to allow South American teams to play in the North American qualifier even though the organisation's headquarters might be in NA. I can understand when there are special circumstances but some of the teams just make use of the spots unfairly.

2023-02-13 16:17

finally HAVU get the invite for Major but sad for zehN who deserve it more that anothers

2023-02-13 16:29

wait where's liquid?

2023-02-13 17:12

vamos 9z!!!!!!!!!!!

2023-02-14 01:08