eSports | GamerLegion x Cloud9 - Nov 03 | 17:30 UTC

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Game info GamerLegion x Cloud9

 

GamerLegion and Cloud9 compete this Thursday, November 3, in Swiss round 5 of the IEM Rio Major 2022 Challengers Stage. After wasting two chances to qualify, GamerLegion plays in the first knockout round of the tournament. On the other side, Cloud9 saved itself from elimination twice and will now have its first chance to advance to the Legends Stage. As a round that will classify the winner for the next phase and eliminate the tournament's loser, Swiss Round 5 2-2 (2 wins and 2 losses) will be played in MD3 format (best of three maps). The match is scheduled to take place at 17:30 UTC.

 

How the IEM Rio Major 2022 works

 

In principle, the IEM Rio Major 2022 is a competition that will bring together all the best teams in the world in search of the most coveted title in CS:GO (Counter Strike Global Offensive), the Major. The tournament will start at the Challengers Stage. In this stage, the games take place in the Swiss format. That is, the winners face each other, and the losers also face each other. In the next stage, called Legends Stage, the Challengers Stage qualifiers join the 8 Legends teams of the competition, which were the teams that passed with the best placement in the RMR.

 

Finally, the last phase is called the Champions Stage, which works like a knockout. The eight best teams face each other until the tournament's grand champion is defined. All games in this phase will be in MD3 (best of three maps). The prize pool for the IEM Rio Major 2022 is US$1.250.000, which will be distributed to the best place: first place will receive US$500.000, second place will take home US$170.000, third and fourth will with a prize pool of $80.000 each.

 

GamerLegion

First, the GamerLegion team appears in this match after losing the Swiss round 4 of the IEM Rio Major 2022 Challengers Stage against Furia. Before analyzing the last round of the Swedish organization, it is worth remembering how they played in Swiss round 3. Facing the Bad News Eagles in the MD3 series, they acted unrecognizable from the first map. They won only one of the four halves played throughout the match, losing in partial 9×16 and 7×16 on the mirage and ancient maps, respectively.

 

In the last match, they faced the Brazilians from Furia in a best-of-three qualifying series, where they ended up surprised by the crowd's pressure. During the two maps, they didn't even have a chance to react in any of them, being nervous with the support of the Brazilian fans under the only remaining representative, Furia, at all times. In short, they were defeated in partial 9×16 in vertigo and 12×16 in the inferno, respectively.

 

Cloud9

On the other hand, the Cloud9 team appears in this match after winning Swiss round 4 of the IEM Rio Major 2022 Challengers Stage against Evil Geniuses. Before analyzing the last round of the Russians, it is worth remembering how they performed in Swiss round 3. Facing Imperial in the MD3 series, they managed to win after showing incredible resilience on both maps. In the first of the overpass, they had to play with 4 match points (11×15) against, being on the terrorist side and reverted the score to 15×19. On the next map, the turnaround was even more incredible, where they had 9 match points (6×15) against vertigo and again managed to reverse the score by 19×22 on aggregate.

 

In the last match, they faced the North American team of Evil Geniuses in a best-of-three series and managed to win the second consecutive in the tournament. During the match, they were superior in all aspects, having no significant problems closing the duel without losing maps. In the first, they won by 16×5 in dust2. Finally, another capital victory by 16×11 in the overpass.