Only eight CS:GO teams attending the IEM Rio Major will advance to the Champions Stage, the name of the playoffs of the $1.25 million tournament held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
The playoff action will begin on Nov. 10, one day after the conclusion of the Legends Stage, with two quarterfinals matches. The action in the Legends Stage and Challengers Stage took place at the Riocentro venue, and the tournament will move to a bigger venue in form of the Jeunesse Arena once the single-elimination playoff bracket begins.
In order to qualify for the playoffs, every team needs to win three matches in the Legends Stage and all the advancement matches are best-of-three series. Losing three games, on the other hand, is what eliminates teams from the tournament.
All CS:GO teams qualified for IEM Rio Major Champions Stage
Here is every CS:GO team that advanced to IEM Rio Major Champions Stage, including their campaign throughout the Legends Stage.
- Cloud9 (3-0)
- C9 16-14 FaZe Clan (Overpass)
- C9 16-14 NAVI (Mirage)
- C9 2-0 Heroic (C9 16-9 on Vertigo, C9 16-9 on Inferno)
- FURIA (3-0)
- FURIA 16-6 ENCE (Vertigo)
- FURIA 16-13 Team Spirit (Mirage)
- FURIA 2-0 BIG (FURIA 16-9 on Nuke, FURIA 16-6 on Vertigo)
- Outsiders (3-1)
- Heroic 19-16 Outsiders (Overpass)
- Outsiders 16-12 NiP (Mirage)
- Outsiders 16-14 Spirit (Dust II)
- Outsiders 2-0 MOUZ (Outsiders 16-10 on Overpass, Outsiders 16-10 on Inferno)
- Fnatic (3-1)
- Fnatic 16-13 NiP (Inferno)
- Heroic 16-2 Fnatic (Mirage)
- Fnatic 16-7 ENCE (Nuke)
- Fnatic 2-0 BIG (Fnatic 16-14 on Overpass, Fnatic 16-7 on Mirage)
- Heroic (3-1)
- Heroic 16-9 Outsiders (Overpass)
- Heroic 16-2 Fnatic (Mirage)
- C9 2-0 Heroic (C9 19-9 on Vertigo, C9 16-9 on Inferno)
- Heroic 2-1 Liquid (Heroic 16-8 on Vertigo, Liquid 16-5 on Mirage, Heroic 16-11 on Overpass)
- MOUZ (3-2)
- MOUZ 16-2 Liquid (Inferno)
- BIG 16-7 MOUZ (Mirage)
- MOUZ 19-17 Vitality (Mirage)
- Outsiders 2-0 MOUZ (Outsiders 16-10 on Overpass, Outsiders 16-10 on Inferno)
- MOUZ 2-1 ENCE (MOUZ 16-5 on Ancient, ENCE 16-8 on Nuke, MOUZ 16-9 on Mirage)
- Natus Vincere (3-2)
- NAVI 25-21 Vitality (Mirage)
- C9 16-14 NAVI (Mirage)
- Liquid 16-14 NAVI (Ancient)
- NAVI 2-0 Bad News Eagles (NAVI 16-3 on Ancient, NAVI 16-9 on Nuke)
- NAVI 2-0 BIG (NAVI 16-12 on Mirage, NAVI 16-11 on Dust II)
- Team Spirit (3-2)
- Spirit 16-8 Bad News Eagles (Ancient)
- FURIA 16-13 Spirit (Mirage)
- Outsiders 16-14 Spirit (Dust II)
- Spirit 2-0 Sprout (Spirit 16-9 on Nuke, Spirit 16-8 on Vertigo)
- Spirit 2-1 Liquid (Spirit 16-10 on Vertigo, Liquid 16-12 Mirage, Spirit 16-13 on Ancient)
