eSports | GamerLegion x Furia - Nov 02 | 17;30 UTC

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Game info GamerLegion x Furia

 

GamerLegion and Furia will compete this Wednesday, November 2, in the Swiss round 4 of the IEM Rio Major 2022 Challengers Stage. After winning a thrilling victory in the last round, the best team in Brazil returns to the servers to face the Swedish sensation GamerLegion, who has just lost their first match of the tournament. As a round that will classify the winner for the next phase, Swiss Round 4 2-1 (2 wins and 1 loss) will be played in the MD3 format (best of three maps). The match is scheduled to take place at 17:30 UTC.

 

How the 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 stage, 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 prize pool for 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, third and fourth will with a prize pool of $80.000 each.

 

GamerLegion

The GamerLegion team first appears in this match after losing the Swiss round 3 of the IEM Rio Major 2022 Challengers Stage against Bad News Eagles. Before analyzing the last round of the Swedish organization, it is worth remembering how they acted in Swiss round 2. Facing Vitality in vertigo, they started showing an excellent offensive side, managing to open a good advantage even being on the negative side (terrorist) by 9×6. In the second half, they only managed the difference and managed to finish the triumph by 16×10.

 

In the last match, they faced the Bad News Eagles Kosovo organization in an MD3 (best of three maps) qualifier for the Legends Stage and ended up taking the worst. Acting unrecognizably from the first map, they won only half of the four contested throughout the series, losing in partial 9×16 and 7×16 on the mirage and ancient maps, respectively.

 

Furia

On the other hand, Furia's team appears in this match after winning Swiss round 3 of the IEM Rio Major 2022 Challengers Stage against OG. Before analyzing the last round of the Brazilians, it is worth remembering how they played in the Swiss round 2. Facing 00Nation, they started opening a significant advantage (12×3), even though they were on the negative side of the mirage (terrorist). In the second half, they only managed the vast difference in points and managed to finish 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.

 

In the last match, they faced the Europeans from OG on the overpass map and won their second consecutive victory. In the first half, they played an excellent terrorist side, scoring seven times on the negative side (terrorist). However, in the second half, they were surprised by an equally good side of their opponents, and they had to play for extra time. In their spare time, with the support of the Brazilian fans, they managed to win by 19×16 on aggregate.