CS:GO IEM Rio Major 2022 Legends Stage results: FaZe and Liquid eliminated, top 5 moments, and more
The Legends Stage of CS:GO's IEM Rio Major 2022 concluded yesterday after five rounds of breathtaking matches. Twenty-four of the best teams in the world initially arrived in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to compete for the Major title. After four days of head-to-head combat, only 8 CS:GO teams remain.
The remaining eight teams will enter the Champions Stage of the IEM Rio Major 2022, and will compete in a single-elimination bracket to progress to the Grand Finals. The Champions Stage will be held live at the Jeunesse Arena in Rio de Janeiro from November 10th - 13th, 2022.
Here are the IEM Rio Major 2022 Legends Stage standings ahead of the Champions Stage.
All 8 teams that finished the Legends Stage with 3 victories have advanced to the Champions Stage. Here are all the teams that qualified for the Quarter-finals of the ongoing CS:GO Major:
A global spectacle as perennial as the CS:GO Majors is not new to surprises. However, fans of Counter-Strike were in for the shock of a lifetime as they witnessed the winners of the recent PGL Antwerp 2022 Major, FaZe Clan, being sent home after three consecutive defeats in the Legends Stage.
FaZe Clan secured a slot in the Legends Stage by finishing their Road to Rio 2022: European RMR A tournament in the first place, ahead of teams like Team Spirit, Cloud9 and Fnatic. However, the reigning world champions kicked off their tournament run with a rough start.
FaZe was defeated by Cloud9 in Round 1 after a close matchup. However, in Round 2, FaZe was overpowered by Team Vitality, thereby sending them to meet Bad News Eagles in the elimination match. After a 1-2 defeat to the Kosovian roster, FaZe created history by becoming the first ever Major-winner to crash out of the next Major with a 0-3
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