Benched Heroes, GamerLegion through to Europe RMR

The team list for the IEM Road to Rio Europe RMR has now been finalised.

Benched Heroes and GamerLegion have clinched the last two spots up for grabs at the IEM Road to Rio Europe RMR after making their way through the fourth and final open qualifier. The two teams took down Illuminar and Forward, respectively, in the 5th-6th place decider matches after missing out on direct qualification with losses in yesterday's quarter-finals.

A handful of notable teams fell in this most-recent qualifier, namely Apeks and Movistar Riders. The European combine's absence from the upcoming Major-qualifying event is set to put an end to Richard "⁠shox⁠" Papillon's record of attending every CS:GO Major championship since the game's release, one he shares with Peter "⁠dupreeh⁠" Rasmussen and Andreas "⁠Xyp9x⁠" Højsleth.

smooya's Benched Heroes will be present at the Europe RMR in Malta

Benched Heroes, a mix-team featuring the likes of Owen "⁠smooya⁠" Butterfield and Michał "⁠MICHU⁠" Müller, had to secure their place at the Europe RMR through the 5th-6th place decider bracket after suffering a quarter-final defeat at the hands of HEET on Saturday. The side managed to put up some resistance versus the Frenchmen, but in the end were taken down in two straight maps with 16-11 and 16-10 showings on Overpass and Dust2.

Benched Heroes faced off against Illuminar in their decider match. Both teams were pushed to the limit in the opening two maps, with Mirage being a 16-14 victory in favour of Illuminar before Benched Heroes equalised with a 22-20 scoreline on Dust2. In the end, however, it was smooya and company who punched in their ticket to Malta, surviving the Poles after a hard-fought 16-14 showing on the final map of Nuke.

IEM Road to Rio 2022 Europe Open Qualifier 4Best of 3 IlluminarMatchpage 1 2 28th August 2022 Benched Heroes 16Mirage 14 20Dust2 22 14Nuke 16

Illuminar	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Piotr 'morelz' Taterkamorelz	79 - 70	+9	84.2	1.18
Paweł 'reatz' Jańczakreatz	66 - 73	-7	79.2	1.00
Bartek 'mASKED' TrybułamASKED	66 - 68	-2	67.0	0.96
Mateusz 'TOAO' ZawistowskiTOAO	62 - 72	-10	66.5	0.94
Konrad 'EXUS' JeńczeńEXUS	63 - 79	-16	67.2	0.87

Benched Heroes	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Owen 'smooya' Butterfieldsmooya	87 - 64	+23	92.3	1.35
Eugene 'Aunkere' KaryatAunkere	78 - 71	+7	86.8	1.17
Buğra 'Calyx' ArkınCalyx	70 - 66	+4	67.4	1.01
Rodion 'fear' Smykfear	62 - 67	-5	68.1	0.99
Michał 'MICHU' MüllerMICHU	63 - 68	-5	69.1	0.98

GamerLegion, on the other hand, were sent down to their decider game following their 2-0 defeat to SAW in the quarter-finals yesterday. The Portuguese side looked in control for much of the series, edging out the European mix with 16-12 and 16-9 showings on Ancient and Vertigo.

GamerLegion squared up against Mihail "⁠Dosia⁠" Stolyarov and Rustem "⁠mou⁠" Telepov's Forward squad for their chance at making the Europe RMR. The two teams traded map picks with the Russian-majority roster nabbing their choice of Dust2 19-16 before the European roster answered back by stealing away Mirage 16-9. Ancient, meanwhile, was a completely walkover from start to finish, with GamerLegion thrashing their opponents 16-1 to get themselves one step closer to an appearance at the Major.

IEM Road to Rio 2022 Europe Open Qualifier 4Best of 3 ForwardMatchpage 1 2 28th August 2022 GamerLegion 19Dust2 16 9Mirage 16 1Ancient 16

Forward	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Nikita 'JIaYm' PanyushkinJIaYm	62 - 59	+3	77.2	1.09
Rustem 'mou' Telepovmou	55 - 50	+5	74.7	1.08
Dmitriy 'ProbLeM' MartinovProbLeM	49 - 56	-7	71.9	0.88
Vladislav 'xiELO' LysovxiELO	38 - 60	-22	64.3	0.73
Mihail 'Dosia' StolyarovDosia	26 - 50	-24	48.1	0.69

GamerLegion	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Frederik 'acoR' GyldstrandacoR	74 - 42	+32	88.1	1.45
Nicolas 'Keoz' DgusKeoz	59 - 52	+7	84.2	1.20
Mihai 'iM' IvaniM	55 - 46	+9	79.4	1.17
Kamil 'siuhy' Szkaradeksiuhy	46 - 46	0	73.1	1.03
Isak 'isak' Fahlénisak	40 - 44	-4	63.8	0.92

With all four open qualifiers now done and dusted, the team list for the IEM Road to Rio Europe RMR is finalised. The two groups will each offer eight spots for the Major in Brazil, split between both the Challengers Stage and the main IEM Major Rio event.

The team list for the Europe RMR is as follows:

Europe RMR A
FaZe
Cloud9
G2
Ninjas in Pyjamas
Spirit
Bad News Eagles Europe RMR B
Natus Vincere
Vitality
ENCE
BIG
HEROIC
Outsiders Qualifier #1
Sprout
Falcons
MOUZ
Aurora
OG Qualifier #2
FORZE
fnatic
K23
Monte Qualifier #3
Eternal Fire
Sangal
B8
FANTASY
ECSTATIC Qualifier #4
Astralis
SAW
1WIN
HEET
Benched Heroes
GamerLegion

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FaZe #2 Finn 'karrigan' AndersenHåvard 'rain' NygaardRussel 'Twistzz' Van DulkenRobin 'ropz' KoolHelvijs 'broky' Saukants Sangal #86 Robin 'ScrunK' RöpkeKornél 'kory' SzedlárLove 'phzy' SmidebrantCan 'kyuubii' AliCaner 'soulfly' Kesici FANTASY Thijs 'rilax' IzaksFilip 'tudsoN' TudevOleksii 'Topa' TopchiienkoAlexander 'br0' BroBastian 'ayken' Schendzielorz Rustem 'mou' Telepov Age: 30 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 1.05 Maps played: 1497 KPR: 0.71 DPR: 0.65 Owen 'smooya' Butterfield Age: 23 Team: Benched Heroes Rating 1.0: 1.17 Maps played: 896 KPR: 0.79 DPR: 0.62 Illuminar Konrad 'EXUS' JeńczeńMateusz 'TOAO' ZawistowskiPaweł 'reatz' JańczakBartek 'mASKED' TrybułaPiotr 'morelz' Taterka 1WIN #41 Egor 'flamie' VasilyevIgor 'lollipop21k' SolodkovAleksandr 'TRAVIS' TimkivAleksandr 'glowiing' MatsievichDenis 'deko' Zhukov Richard 'shox' Papillon Age: 30 Team: Apeks Rating 1.0: 1.07 Maps played: 2019 KPR: 0.73 DPR: 0.66 Aurora #38 Viktor 'Lack1' BoldyrevArtem 'RAiLWAY' GradovichAmin 'sugaR' AzimovAleksandr 'KaiR0N-' AnashkinEvgeny 'delus1onn' Plottsov BIG #11 Johannes 'tabseN' WodarzFlorian 'syrsoN' RischeNils 'k1to' GruhneJosef 'faveN' BaumannKarim 'Krimbo' Moussa G2 #14 Nikola 'NiKo' KovačNemanja 'huNter-' KovačJustin 'jks' SavageRasmus 'HooXi' NielsenIlya 'm0NESY' Osipov ENCE #12 Marco 'Snappi' PfeifferValdemar 'valde' Bjørn VangsåPavle 'Maden' BoškovićPaweł 'dycha' DychaÁlvaro 'SunPayus' García OG #15 Nemanja 'nexa' IsakovićAdam 'NEOFRAG' ZouharShahar 'flameZ' ShushanAbdul 'degster' GasanovMaciej 'F1KU' Miklas Sprout #21 Ismail 'refrezh' AliFritz 'slaxz-' DietrichRasmus 'Zyphon' NordfossVictor 'Staehr' StaehrLaurențiu 'lauNX' Țârlea Natus Vincere #1 Oleksandr 's1mple' KostylievDenis 'electroNic' SharipovViktor 'sdy' OrudzhevIlya 'Perfecto' ZalutskiyValeriy 'b1t' Vakhovskiy Monte #55 Hristiyan 'REDSTAR' PironkovVolodymyr 'Woro2k' VeletniukSergiy 'DemQQ' DemchenkoMohammad 'BOROS' MalhasJoel 'joel' Holmlund Forward Vitality #7 Peter 'dupreeh' RasmussenDan 'apEX' MadesclaireEmil 'Magisk' ReifMathieu 'ZywOo' HerbautLotan 'Spinx' Giladi SAW #51 Christopher 'MUTiRiS' FernandesRicardo 'roman' OliveiraTiago 'JUST' MouraJoão 'story' VieiraMichel 'ewjerkz' Pinto FORZE #20 Andrey 'Jerry' MekhryakovAleksandr 'zorte' ZagodyrenkoAleksandr 'shalfey' MarenovAleksandr 'KENSI' GurkinEvgeny 'Norwi' Ermolin HEROIC #13 Casper 'cadiaN' MøllerMartin 'stavn' LundRené 'TeSeS' MadsenRasmus 'sjuush' BeckJakob 'jabbi' Nygaard B8 #85 Arseniy 'cptkurtka023' DerevinskiyDenys 'amster' LiashenkoAlexey 'alex666' YarmoshchukMykyta 'Hkta' RevaArtem 'r1nkle' Moroz Andreas 'Xyp9x' Højsleth Age: 26 Team: Astralis Rating 1.0: 1.02 Maps played: 2000 KPR: 0.66 DPR: 0.61 HEET #25 Aurélien 'afro' DrapierPierre 'Ex3rcice' BulingeThomas 'Djoko' PavoniAlexandre 'bodyy' PianaroAudric 'JACKZ' Jug K23 #40 Timur 'clax' SabirovBogdan 'xsepower' ChernikovDaniil 'X5G7V' MaryshevKonstantin 'Raijin' Trubarov Astralis #4 Andreas 'Xyp9x' HøjslethLukas 'gla1ve' RossanderKristian 'k0nfig' WieneckeAsger 'Farlig' JensenBenjamin 'blameF' Bremer Falcons #26 Nathan 'NBK-' SchmittAli 'hAdji' HaïnoussBryan 'Maka' CandaKévin 'misutaaa' RabierJordan 'Python' Munck-Foehrle Mihail 'Dosia' Stolyarov Age: 34 Team: Forward Rating 1.0: 0.99 Maps played: 1441 KPR: 0.67 DPR: 0.66 Movistar Riders #6 Alejandro 'alex' MasanetAlejandro 'mopoz' Fernández-Quejo CanoRaúl 'DeathZz' Jordán NietoDavid 'dav1g' Granado BermudoAntonio 'MartinezSa' Martinez Benched Heroes Owen 'smooya' ButterfieldRodion 'fear' SmykEugene 'Aunkere' KaryatMichał 'MICHU' MüllerBuğra 'Calyx' Arkın Outsiders #17 Evgenii 'FL1T' LebedevAlexey 'Qikert' GolubevDzhami 'Jame' AliDavid 'n0rb3r7' DanielyanPetr 'fame' Bolyshev MOUZ #5 Christopher 'dexter' NongDavid 'frozen' ČerňanskýJon 'JDC' de CastroÁdám 'torzsi' TorzsásAurimas 'Bymas' Pipiras Peter 'dupreeh' Rasmussen Age: 29 Team: Vitality Rating 1.0: 1.08 Maps played: 1962 KPR: 0.73 DPR: 0.65 Eternal Fire #31 Engin 'MAJ3R' KüpeliIsmailcan 'XANTARES' DörtkardeşÖzgür 'woxic' EkerAhmet 'paz' KarahocaÖmer 'imoRR' Karataş GamerLegion Mihai 'iM' IvanIsak 'isak' Fahlén Apeks #65 Richard 'shox' PapillonMartin 'STYKO' StykJoakim 'jkaem' MyrbostadTim 'nawwk' JonassonJustinas 'jL' Lekavicius Bad News Eagles #28 Rigon 'rigoN' GashiSener 'SENER1' MahmutiFlatron 'juanflatroo' HalimiDionis 'sinnopsyy' BudeciGenc 'gxx-' Kolgeci Cloud9 #3 Abay 'HObbit' KhassenovTimofey 'interz' YakushinSergey 'Ax1Le' RykhtorovDmitry 'sh1ro' SokolovVladislav 'nafany' Gorshkov Spirit #16 Leonid 'chopper' VishnyakovBoris 'magixx' VorobievPavel 'S1ren' OgloblinRobert 'Patsi' IsyanovIhor 'w0nderful' Zhdanov Ninjas in Pyjamas #9 Patrick 'es3tag' HansenFredrik 'REZ' SternerHampus 'hampus' PoserLudvig 'Brollan' BrolinNicolas 'Plopski' Gonzalez Zamora ECSTATIC #59 Jonas 'Queenix' DideriksenMarcus 'maNkz' KjeldsenCasper 'Cabbi' JensenBenjamin 'brzer' JensenTobias 'kraghen' Kragh Jensen GamerLegion Mihai 'iM' IvanIsak 'isak' FahlénNicolas 'Keoz' DgusFrederik 'acoR' GyldstrandKamil 'siuhy' Szkaradek fnatic #29 Freddy 'KRIMZ' JohanssonDion 'FASHR' DerksenNico 'nicoodoz' TamjidiFredrik 'roeJ' JørgensenWilliam 'mezii' Merriman Michał 'MICHU' Müller Age: 25 Team: Benched Heroes Rating 1.0: 1.08 Maps played: 1734 KPR: 0.75 DPR: 0.68 HEET #25 Aurélien 'afro' DrapierPierre 'Ex3rcice' BulingeThomas 'Djoko' PavoniAlexandre 'bodyy' PianaroAudric 'JACKZ' Jug

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