Road to Rio qualifiers have started
Today marks the first day of the open qualifiers for IEM Rio in November.
Who will make it to Rio? The fight for qualification for the 18th Major in history has begun.
Today the European, South America and North American qualifiers kick off. In the bowl of teams, who have to go the long way through the open qualifiers are Astralis, OG, EG, Complexity, and Movistar Riders. The winners will advance to the RMR tournament later on, where the participants for the IEM Rio Major will be found.
In the European open qualifiers, there are four qualification tournaments, where five spots are for grabs in each.
You can follow the open qualifiers in the links below.
In the list below, you can see which teams are already qualified for the RMR events.
Europe 1
FaZe
Spirit
Ninjas in Pyjamas
Cloud9
Bad News Eagles
G2
Europe Qualifier x10
Europe 2
Natus Vincere
ENCE
BIG
Vitality
Heroic
Outsiders
Europe Qualifier x10
Americas
FURIA
Imperial
Liquid
North America/South America Qualifier x13
Asia
Middle East Closed Qualifier
Central Asia Closed Qualifier
Oceania
Oceania Closed Qualifier
Rest of Asia Closed Qualifier