Esports | OG vs Furia - Nov 01 | 15:30 UTC

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Game info OG vs Furia

 

 

OG and Furia will compete this Tuesday, November 1, in Swiss round 3 of the IEM Rio Major 2022 Challengers Stage. After losing in their debut, Brazil's best team managed to recover in the competition after beating 00Nation. On the other side, OG lost the first in the last round against Fnatic. As it is not considered a knockout or qualifying round, Swiss Round 3 1-1 (1 win and 1 loss) is played in MD1 (best of a map) format. The match is scheduled to take place at 15:30 UTC.

 

How 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 phase, 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 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, and third and fourth will with a prize pool of $80.000 each.

 

OG

At first, the OG team appears in this match after losing the Swiss round 2 of the IEM Rio Major 2022 Challengers Stage against Fnatic. Before analyzing the last round of the European organization, it is worth remembering how they performed in the debut of the Major. Facing the Grayhound, they made an excellent start on the counter-terrorist side, opening 12×3 of advantage. In the second half, they only had the job of managing the vast difference in points, closing on aggregate by 16×6.

 

In the last match, they faced the Swedish organization of Fnatic on the mirage map and lost in a balanced match. In the first half, they started losing despite being on the good side of the map (terrorist) by the minimum difference in rounds (7×8). In the second half, they couldn't close the gap and remained at a disadvantage until the end of the duel, where they ended up defeated by 13×16 in the sum of the times.

 

Furia

On the other hand, Furia's team appears in this match after winning Swiss round 2 of the IEM Rio Major 2022 Challengers Stage against 00Nation. Before analyzing the last round of the Brazilians, it is worth remembering how they performed in the debut of the Major. Facing BIG at vertigo, they started at an overwhelming pace and opened up a wide advantage on the counter-terrorist side (12×3), looking like the result was set. However, their opponents showed great resilience and managed to reverse the result significantly, taking the match to extra time and closing 16×19 on aggregate.

 

In the last match, they faced their 00Nation compatriots on the mirage map and annihilated their opponents. In the first half, they started again, opening a significant advantage (12×3), even being on the negative side of the mirage (terrorist). They only managed a vast difference in points in the second half and finished the duel by 16×6 on aggregate. It is worth mentioning the great performance of Kaique "KSCERATO" Cerato, who was elected Player of the match with 97.3% of the public votes.