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GamerLegion secure IEM Rio Major spot over B8

Less than two months after putting together their new roster, GamerLegion made it to the most prestigious tournament on the calendar.

GamerLegion have clinched a spot in the IEM Rio Major Challengers Stage after going 3-2 in the European Regional Major Ranking A tournament.

It had been a laborious road for Kamil "⁠siuhy⁠" Szkaradek's team, whose inexperience had shown in key moments in Malta as they couldn't convert big leads in their matches against FaZe and Spirit earlier in the tournament. However, in the final two rounds GamerLegion put their fears away, eliminating G2 from contention for the Major in the biggest upset of the RMRs and securing a spot in Rio for themselves with a 2-0 victory over B8.

GamerLegion's roster wasn't even official when they qualified for the RMRs in late August, and now they've made it all the way to Rio

Both teams took a gamble in the veto after deciding not to ban their usual maps and instead take away their opponent's strengths, and in an attempt to take advantage of the situation GamerLegion made the ballsy move to pick Overpass — a map neither team had played in an official match recorded on HLTV before.

For a while it looked as if that decision would backfire on the siuhy-led side. B8 took control of the series opener after winning the initial forcebuy wars and put together a solid CT side on the back of the early success, and coupled with an Alexey "⁠alex666⁠" Yarmoshchuk 1v2 in the second pistol round the Ukrainians were on course to picking up the series lead.

However, key multikills from Frederik "⁠acoR⁠" Gyldstrand, Mihai "⁠iM⁠" Ivan, and Isak "⁠isak⁠" Fahlén paved the way back for GamerLegion, and at 12-12 siuhy pitched in with a defuse inside a smoke in a 1v2 situation to prevent B8 from taking back control and rally to a 16-12 victory on the risky pick.

Nuke turned out quite a comfortable affair for the European team. B8 struck first in both halves with pistol round wins, but beyond that the map was firmly in the hands of GamerLegion, who had everyone firing on all cylinders to secure the 2-0 victory and a spot in Rio.

IEM Road to Rio 2022 Europe RMR ABest of 3 GamerLegionGamerLegionEuropeMatchpage 2 0 8th October 2022 UkraineB8B8B8 16Overpass 12 16Nuke 10
 GamerLegionK - D+/-ADRRating 2.0
SwedenIsak 'isak' Fahlénisak 48 - 33+1584.71.30
RomaniaMihai 'iM' IvaniM 42 - 33+983.11.23
PolandKamil 'siuhy' Szkaradeksiuhy 35 - 29+669.21.10
BelgiumNicolas 'Keoz' DgusKeoz 33 - 37-475.81.03
DenmarkFrederik 'acoR' GyldstrandacoR 31 - 29+261.60.93
 B8K - D+/-ADRRating 2.0
UkraineArseniy 'cptkurtka023' Derevinskiycptkurtka023 37 - 40-372.90.99
UkraineMykyta 'Hkta' RevaHkta 34 - 37-376.20.97
UkraineAlexey 'alex666' Yarmoshchukalex666 30 - 35-562.60.90
UkraineArtem 'r1nkle' Morozr1nkle 34 - 37-364.00.89
UkraineDenys 'amster' Liashenkoamster 25 - 40-1562.90.72

The following teams are qualified for IEM Rio Major:

Legends Stage
EuropeFaZe
SwedenNinjas in Pyjamas
UkraineNatus Vincere
EuropeENCE Challengers Stage
South America9z
BrazilFURIA
Brazil00NATION
MongoliaIHC
Europefnatic
EuropeGamerLegion

To be determined*
United StatesLiquid
North AmericaEvil Geniuses
RussiaSpirit
RussiaCloud9
DenmarkSprout
DenmarkHEROIC
EuropeVitality
EuropeOG

* Liquid vs. Evil Geniuses will decide one Legends spot

The highest seeded team between Spirit, Cloud9, and Sprout will secure a Legends spot automatically, and the other two teams will play for another

HEROIC, Vitality, and OG will play in a third-place decider bracket for a Legends spot

EuropeFaZe #1 FaZeDenmarkFinn 'karrigan' AndersenNorwayHåvard 'rain' NygaardCanadaRussel 'Twistzz' Van DulkenEstoniaRobin 'ropz' KoolLatviaHelvijs 'broky' Saukants SwedenNinjas in Pyjamas #11 Ninjas in PyjamasNinjas in PyjamasDenmarkPatrick 'es3tag' HansenSwedenFredrik 'REZ' SternerSwedenHampus 'hampus' PoserFinlandAleksi 'Aleksib' VirolainenSwedenLudvig 'Brollan' Brolin EuropeG2 #5 G2Bosnia and HerzegovinaNikola 'NiKo' KovačBosnia and HerzegovinaNemanja 'huNter-' KovačAustraliaJustin 'jks' SavageDenmarkRasmus 'HooXi' NielsenRussiaIlya 'm0NESY' Osipov EuropeENCE #18 ENCEDenmarkMarco 'Snappi' PfeifferDenmarkValdemar 'valde' Bjørn VangsåMontenegroPavle 'Maden' BoškovićPolandPaweł 'dycha' DychaSpainÁlvaro 'SunPayus' García South America9z #50 9z9zUruguayMaximiliano 'max' GonzalezUruguayFranco 'dgt' GarciaChileDavid 'dav1deuS' Tapia MaldonadoBrazilLucas 'nqz' SoaresArgentinaNicolás 'buda' Kramer EuropeOG #14 OGSerbiaNemanja 'nexa' IsakovićCzech RepublicAdam 'NEOFRAG' ZouharIsraelShahar 'flameZ' ShushanRussiaAbdul 'degster' GasanovPolandMaciej 'F1KU' Miklas DenmarkSprout #31 SproutDenmarkIsmail 'refrezh' AliGermanyFritz 'slaxz-' DietrichDenmarkRasmus 'Zyphon' NordfossDenmarkVictor 'Staehr' StaehrRomaniaLaurențiu 'lauNX' Țârlea UkraineAlexey 'alex666' Yarmoshchuk Alexey 'alex666' YarmoshchukAge: 21 Team: B8 Rating 1.0: 0.98 Maps played: 103 KPR: 0.67 DPR: 0.68 UkraineNatus Vincere #2 Natus VincereUkraineOleksandr 's1mple' KostylievRussiaDenis 'electroNic' SharipovUkraineViktor 'sdy' OrudzhevRussiaIlya 'Perfecto' ZalutskiyUkraineValeriy 'b1t' Vakhovskiy SwedenIsak 'isak' Fahlén Isak 'isak' FahlénAge: 21 Team: GamerLegion Rating 1.0: 0.98 Maps played: 610 KPR: 0.66 DPR: 0.66 EuropeVitality #3 VitalityFranceDan 'apEX' MadesclaireDenmarkPeter 'dupreeh' RasmussenDenmarkEmil 'Magisk' ReifFranceMathieu 'ZywOo' HerbautIsraelLotan 'Spinx' Giladi DenmarkHEROIC #10 HEROICHEROICDenmarkCasper 'cadiaN' MøllerDenmarkMartin 'stavn' LundDenmarkRené 'TeSeS' MadsenDenmarkRasmus 'sjuush' BeckDenmarkJakob 'jabbi' Nygaard DenmarkFrederik 'acoR' Gyldstrand Frederik 'acoR' GyldstrandAge: 25 Team: GamerLegion Rating 1.0: 1.06 Maps played: 1077 KPR: 0.71 DPR: 0.63 UkraineB8 #69 B8B8UkraineArseniy 'cptkurtka023' DerevinskiyUkraineDenys 'amster' LiashenkoUkraineAlexey 'alex666' YarmoshchukUkraineMykyta 'Hkta' RevaUkraineArtem 'r1nkle' Moroz BrazilFURIA #7 FURIABrazilAndrei 'arT' PiovezanBrazilYuri 'yuurih' SantosBrazilKaike 'KSCERATO' CeratoBrazilRafael 'saffee' CostaBrazilAndré 'drop' Abreu RomaniaMihai 'iM' Ivan Mihai 'iM' IvanAge: 23 Team: GamerLegion Rating 1.0: 1.05 Maps played: 790 KPR: 0.74 DPR: 0.70 RussiaCloud9 #6 Cloud9KazakhstanAbay 'HObbit' KhassenovRussiaTimofey 'interz' YakushinRussiaSergey 'Ax1Le' RykhtorovRussiaDmitry 'sh1ro' SokolovRussiaVladislav 'nafany' Gorshkov Brazil00NATION #29 00NATIONBrazilMarcelo 'coldzera' DavidBrazilEpitacio 'TACO' de MeloBrazilEduardo 'dumau' WolkmerBrazilBruno 'latto' RebelattoArgentinaSantino 'try' Rigal RussiaSpirit #15 SpiritSpiritRussiaLeonid 'chopper' VishnyakovRussiaBoris 'magixx' VorobievRussiaPavel 'S1ren' OgloblinRussiaRobert 'Patsi' IsyanovUkraineIhor 'w0nderful' Zhdanov MongoliaIHC #82 IHCMongoliaBat-Enkh 'kabal' BatbayarMongoliaTengis 'sk0R' BatjargalMongoliaTuvshintugs 'Annihilation' NyamdorjMongoliaGaridmagnai 'bLitz' ByambasurenMongoliaSodbayar 'Techno' Munkhbold North AmericaEvil Geniuses #22 Evil GeniusesEvil GeniusesUnited StatesTimothy 'autimatic' TaUnited StatesVincent 'Brehze' CayonteBulgariaTsvetelin 'CeRq' DimitrovKazakhstanSanzhar 'neaLaN' IskhakovCanadaJadan 'HexT' Postma PolandKamil 'siuhy' Szkaradek Kamil 'siuhy' SzkaradekAge: 20 Team: GamerLegion Rating 1.0: 1.00 Maps played: 547 KPR: 0.70 DPR: 0.70 Europefnatic #19 fnaticSwedenFreddy 'KRIMZ' JohanssonNetherlandsDion 'FASHR' DerksenDenmarkNico 'nicoodoz' TamjidiDenmarkFredrik 'roeJ' JørgensenUnited KingdomWilliam 'mezii' Merriman EuropeGamerLegion #60 GamerLegionDenmarkFrederik 'acoR' GyldstrandRomaniaMihai 'iM' IvanBelgiumNicolas 'Keoz' DgusPolandKamil 'siuhy' SzkaradekSwedenIsak 'isak' Fahlén United StatesLiquid #4 LiquidUnited StatesNick 'nitr0' CannellaCanadaKeith 'NAF' MarkovicUnited StatesJonathan 'EliGE' JablonowskiUnited StatesJosh 'oSee' OhmLatviaMareks 'YEKINDAR' Gaļinskis
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