
ESL One Road to Rio Groups Announced
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Following the delay of several CSGO events, including the ESL One Rio event that was set to take place from 11th – 24th May, there has been a major shuffle in how games are being played. The ESL One Major was postponed to November and an online competition called Road to Rio has launched to determine who will be in attendance.
ESL One Road to Rio
This is a fantastic way to determine the teams that will be attending the biggest event of the year at this point. With most tournaments and events now taking place online or being cancelled, it is going to be a weird year for CS:GO.
A couple of days ago the regional groups were announced for the Road to Rio event taking place online from April 22nd to May 17th.
Event Format
Group Stage: April 22nd – May 10th, 2020
- Two round-robin format groups
- Each group has 8 teams
- All teams play each other once
- All matches are Bo3
- Top 2 teams from each group proceed to the UB
- Next 2 teams from each group proceed to the LB
Playoffs:
- Double-Elimination bracket
- All matches (excl. Grand Final) are Bo3
- Grand Final is Bo5 (1 map advantage to the UB team)
ESL One Road to Rio Groups
Europe
Group A | Group B |
Astralis UNIBET | cOntact Gaming |
Complexity | Copenhagen Flames |
ENCE | FaZe Clan |
Fnatic Rivarly | G2 Esports |
Ninjas in Pyjamas | GODSENT |
Dignitas | Mousesports |
Team Heretics | Movistar Riders |
Team Vitality | North |
CIS
Group A | Group B |
Nemiga | Pro100 |
forZe | ESPADA |
Gambit Youngsters | Hard Legion Esports |
Team Spirit | NaVI 1xBET |
Team Unique | Syman Gaming |
Winstrike Team | Virtus.pro Parimatch |
North America
Group A | Group B |
100 Thieves | Bad News Bears |
Cloud9 | FURIA Esports |
Evil Geniuses | MIBR |
Gen.G Esports | Team Envy |
OrgLess | Team Liquid |
Triump Gaming | Yeah Gaming |
South America
- Imperial Esports
- BOOM Esports
- Isurus Gaming
- RED Canids
Oceania
- Chiefs Esports Club
- Ground Zero
- ORDER
- Renegades
Asia
Group A | Group B |
Beyond Esports | D13 |
Lucid Dream | Camel Riders |
Tiger | Mazaalai |
ViCi Gaming | TYLOO |
Looking Forward
With there being so many teams competing, one of the benefits of it being online, we should see some great games. With the potential for upsets and nail biters throughout the entire group stages, we recommend watching as many games as possible.