All CS:GO teams qualified for IEM Rio Major semifinals

The Champions Stage of the IEM Rio CS:GO Major kicked off on Thursday, Nov. 10 with the first pair of quarterfinals.

The eight teams that made the Champions Stage have been placed in a single-elimination playoff bracket, meaning that they can’t lose anymore or they’ll be knocked out of the $1.25 million event. Unlike the Challengers Stage and Legends Stage, the playoff matches will be played at the Jeunesse Arena in Rio de Janeiro, an arena that has a capacity of 18,000 spectators.

All of the IEM Rio Major Champions Stage matches will be played as best-of-three series, including the grand finals. In these series, each team bans one map first, then each makes their pick before removing two more maps. The map left is played in case the series is tied 1-1.

Outsiders faced Fnatic in the first quarterfinal match of the IEM Rio Major on Thursday, while MOUZ played Cloud9 in the second match yesterday. Heroic and Team Spirit played on Friday and so did FURIA and Natus Vincere.

The four teams that advanced will play the semifinals on Saturday, Nov. 12, one day before the grand finals of the IEM Rio Major.

All CS:GO teams qualified for IEM Rio Major semifinals

Outsiders

• Outsiders 16-11 Fnatic on Inferno, Outsiders 16-8 Fnatic on Mirage

MOUZ

• MOUZ 16-11 on Inferno, Cloud9 16-13 on Overpass, MOUZ 16-9 on Ancient

Heroic

• Heroic 2-0 Spirit (Heroic 16-8 on Vertigo, Heroic 16-14 on Overpass)

FURIA

• FURIA 2-1 NAVI (NAVI 16-14 on Nuke, FURIA 16-10 on Ancient, FURIA 16-10 on Mirage)