Aurora Gaming, Team Falcons, MOUZ and Sprout made it to IEM Road to Rio 2022 for Europe

The second session of matches within the open qualifiers for IEM Road to Rio 2022 for Europe has come to an end. The past day brought quite unexpected results, as many favorites, including Astralis, fnatic and Entropiq, were left out of the RMR tournament and left the qualifiers. Well, the teams Aurora Gaming, Team Falcons, Mouz and Sprout went to IEM Road to Rio 2022 for Europe. In this article, we will talk about all the upsets that happened and present the intermediate results of the qualifiers.

Further without favorites - Astralis, fnatic and Entropiq are eliminated

Many seed leaders of the open qualifier for IEM Road to Rio 2022 for Europe resigned at the 1/8 final stage. While Astralis lost to Aurora Gaming (11:16), fnatic failed to cope with Team Falcons (14:16). The Entropiq team found their defeat from Sprout (8:16), but OG failed to cope with Team Falcons (1:2) in the quarterfinals.

A little earlier, the Turkish team Eternal Fire left the qualifiers, which was defeated by the Poles from 9INE (4:16). We also missed the 1WIN team, which lost to AVANGAR (8:16).

At the same time, the teams Aurora Gaming, Team Falcons, MOUZ and Sprout will definitely perform at IEM Road to Rio 2022 for Europe, hitting the TOP-4 of the current qualifier. Well, the teams OG, ECSTATIC, BLUEJAYS and PORTUGUESE FAMILY will get their last chance, which will compete for the 5th final place in a separate bracket.

Intermediate results of the first open qualifier for IEM Road to Rio 2022 for Europe

• 1st place: TBD
• 2nd place: TBD
• 3rd place: TBD
• 4th place: TBD
• 5th place: TBD
• 6th place: TBD
• 7th-8th place: TBD
• 9th-16th place: Astralis, 9INE, Fnatic, AVANGAR, AGO Esports, 777 Esports, Entropiq and Team Sampi

The first open qualifier for IEM Road to Rio 2022 for Europe runs from 15 to 17 August. All qualifier matches will be held on the ESEA platform, which can be followed on the site's official page, as well as on our website.

Schedule of the first open qualifier for IEM Road to Rio 2022 for Europe

Day 1:

• 18:00 - Ro1024 (512 matches) BO1
• 19:10 — Ro512 (256 matches) BO1
• 20:10 - Ro256 (128 matches) BO1
• 21:10 — Ro128 (64 matches) BO1
• 22:10 — Ro64 (32 matches) BO1

Day 2:

• 18:00 - Ro32 (16 matches) BO1
• 19:00 - Ro16 (8 matches) BO1
• 20:00 - Ro8 (match) BO3

Day 3:

• 18:00 — Semi-finals + Losers R1 (4 matches) BO1
• 19:00 — Final + 3rd Place BO1 + Losers R2 BO3 (3 matches)