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ESL also set up a fan fest featuring the famous CS:GO Brazilian streamer Alexandre \"Gaules\" Borba, who acted as the host and provide commentary for the matches. Related: All CS:GO teams qualified for IEM Rio Major The 16 Challengers and Contenders teams started the competition in the Challengers Stage and the top eight advance to the Legends Stage, where the eight teams that earned Legend status in the Regional Major Ranking (RMR) waited. These two stages used a Swiss system format that lasted four days each. The Challengers and Legends Stages featured best-of-one matches and every advancement or elimination game required a best-of-three series. Teams needed to win three matches to advance and needed to lose three to be eliminated from the IEM Rio Major. The top eight teams from the Legends Stage qualified for the Champions Stage, the competition\u2019s single-bracket playoffs. All of the playoff matches were best-of-three series. 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IEM Rio CS:GO Major's full schedule Thursday, Nov. 10 Quarterfinals 12pm: Outsiders vs. Fnatic3:30pm: MOUZ vs. C9 Friday, Nov. 11 Quarterfinals 12pm: Heroic vs. Spirit3:30pm: NAVI vs. FURIA Saturday, Nov. 12 12pm: Outsiders vs. MOUZ 3:30pm: FURIA vs. Heroic Sunday, Nov 13 (End of Champions Stage) 10am: Team Brazil vs. Team Sweden Showmatch12pm: Outsiders vs. Heroic Saturday, Nov. 5 (Start of Legends Stage) Round one 9am: MOUZ vs. Team Liquid 9am: Team Spirit vs. Bad News Eagles10:15am: FaZe Clan vs. Cloud910:15am: Sprout vs. BIG11:30am: Vitality vs. NAVI11:30am: Outsiders vs. Heroic12:45pm: FURIA vs. ENCE12:45pm: NiP vs. Fnatic Round two (1-0 pool) 4:20pm: MOUZ vs. BIG5:35pm: NAVI vs. C96:50pm: FURIA vs. Spirit8:05pm: Heroic vs. Fnatic Round two (0-1 pool) 4:20pm: Liquid vs. Sprout5:35m: FaZe vs. Vitality6:50pm: ENCE vs. Bad News Eagles8:05pm: NiP vs. Outsiders Sunday, Nov. 6 (Second day of Legends Stage) Round three (1-1 pool) 8am CT: NAVI vs. Liquid8am CT: Vitality vs. MOUZ9:15am CT: Outsiders vs. Spirit9:15am CT: ENCE vs. Fnatic Round three (2-0 pool) 10:30am CT: Heroic vs. C92pm CT: FURIA vs. BIG Round three (0-2 pool) 10:30am CT: FaZe vs. Bad News Eagles2pm CT: NiP vs. Sprout Monday, Nov. 7 (Day three of Legends Stage) Round four (2-1 pool) 9am: MOUZ vs. Outsiders12:30pm: BIG vs. Fnatic4pm: Heroic vs. Liquid Round four (1-2 pool) 9am: NAVI vs. Bad News Eagles12:30pm: Vitality vs. ENCE4pm: Spirit vs. Sprout Tuesday, Nov. 8 (End of Legends Stage) Round five (2-2 pool) 9am: MOUZ vs. ENCE12:30pm: BIG vs. NAVI4pm: Liquid vs. Spirit Monday, Oct. 31 (Start of Challengers Stage) Round one 9am: Outsiders vs. MOUZ9am: 9z vs. GamerLegion10:15am: Bad News Eagles vs. 00 Nation10:15am: OG vs. Grayhound11:30am: BIG vs. FURIA11:30am: EG vs. IHC12:45pm: Vitality vs. Imperial12:45pm: C9 vs. Fnatic Round two (1-0 pool) 5:15pm: BIG vs. Bad News Eagles5:15pm: EG vs. MOUZ6:30pm: Vitality vs. GamerLegion7:45pm: OG vs. Fnatic Round two (0-1 pool) 4pm: 00 Nation vs. FURIA4pm: Outsiders vs. IHC6:30pm: Imperial vs. 9z7:45pm: C9 vs. Grayhound Tuesday, Nov. 1 (Second day of Challengers Stage) Round three (1-1 pool) 9am: Vitality vs. Outsiders9am: EG vs. 9z10:15am: OG vs. FURIA10:15am: BIG vs. Grayhound Round three (2-0 pool) 11:30am: MOUZ vs. Fnatic3pm: Bad News Eagles vs. GamerLegion Round three (0-2 pool) 11:30am: 00 Nation vs. IHC3pm: C9 vs. Imperial Wednesday, Nov. 2 Wednesday, Nov. 2 (Third day of Challengers Stage) Round four (2-1 pool) 9am: 9z vs. BIG12:30pm: Fnatic vs. Outsiders4pm: FURIA vs. GamerLegion Round four (1-2 pool) 9am: OG vs. IHC12:30pm: Vitality vs. Grayhound 4pm: C9 vs. EG Thursday, Nov. 3 (Final day of Challengers Stage) Round five (2-2 pool) 9am: Vitality vs. OG12:30pm: C9 vs. GamerLegion4pm: Fnatic vs. 9z","apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/02040855\/fallen.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/716606"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1738"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=716606"}],"version-history":[{"count":44,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/716606\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":732597,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/716606\/revisions\/732597"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/723372"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=716606"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=716606"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=716606"},{"taxonomy":"invoiceable_action","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/invoiceable_action?post=716606"},{"taxonomy":"internal-label","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/internal-label?post=716606"},{"taxonomy":"article_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_type?post=716606"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=716606"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}

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The second CS:GO<\/em> Major of the year has been finalized. Valve and ESL were in charge of the action at IEM Rio Major, the first event of this magnitude ever held in Brazil, home of some of the most passionate Counter-Strike<\/em> fans.<\/p>

The IEM Rio Major had a $1.25 million prize pool and had a live audience for all stages of the competition: Challengers Stage, Legends Stage, and Champions Stage. ESL also set up a fan fest featuring the famous CS:GO<\/em> Brazilian streamer Alexandre “Gaules” Borba, who acted as the host and provide commentary for the matches.<\/p>

Related: All CS:GO<\/em> teams qualified for IEM Rio Major<\/a><\/strong><\/p>

The 16 Challengers and Contenders teams started the competition in the Challengers Stage and the top eight advance to the Legends Stage, where the eight teams that earned Legend status in the Regional Major Ranking (RMR) waited. These two stages used a Swiss system format<\/a> that lasted four days each.<\/p>

The Challengers and Legends Stages featured best-of-one matches and every advancement or elimination game required a best-of-three series. Teams needed to win three matches to advance and needed to lose three to be eliminated from the IEM Rio Major. The top eight teams from the Legends Stage qualified for the Champions Stage, the competition\u2019s single-bracket playoffs. All of the playoff matches were best-of-three series. <\/p>

Here is the complete schedule for the IEM Rio Major, including the starting dates for each stage of the tournament. All times have been listed in CT and are susceptible to delays. <\/p>