Liquid lock in IEM Rio Major Legends Stage spot

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Liquid earned Legends status in Rio after a two-map thriller victory against Evil Geniuses.

Liquid became the seventh team to secure Legends status at the IEM Rio Major following 2-0 a victory over Evil Geniuses in the first-place decider at the IEM Road to Rio Americas RMR.

North America's best team earned a direct berth in the Legends Stage after a laborious series, which went to triple overtime on Ancient and another set of overtime on Overpass and saw both teams give up big leads.

In a heavily CT-sided game, Liquid came back from 6-14 behind on the opener to force extra time, where they survived three map points in overtime number two to clinch Ancient in the third.

On Overpass, even 40 kills from Timothy "⁠autimatic⁠" Ta weren't enough to pull Evil Geniuses across the finish line despite their impressive CT comeback from a 9-14 deficit. Jonathan "⁠EliGE⁠" Jablonowski and Mareks "⁠YEKINDAR⁠" Gaļinskis pulled out some key kills once it got to overtime, dragging the series to its closing after a total of 84 rounds were played across the two maps.

IEM Road to Rio 2022 Americas RMRBest of 3 Evil GeniusesEvil GeniusesEvil GeniusesNorth AmericaMatchpage 0 2 9th October 2022 United StatesLiquidLiquid 23Ancient 25 17Overpass 19
 Evil GeniusesK - D+/-ADRRating 2.0
United StatesTimothy 'autimatic' Taautimatic 76 - 59+1791.01.27
KazakhstanSanzhar 'neaLaN' IskhakovneaLaN 61 - 61087.01.13
BulgariaTsvetelin 'CeRq' DimitrovCeRq 56 - 46+1063.91.04
United StatesVincent 'Brehze' CayonteBrehze 49 - 62-1365.00.84
CanadaJadan 'HexT' PostmaHexT 30 - 60-3049.60.66
 LiquidK - D+/-ADRRating 2.0
CanadaKeith 'NAF' MarkovicNAF 67 - 50+1794.71.26
United StatesJonathan 'EliGE' JablonowskiEliGE 64 - 60+480.31.11
United StatesJosh 'oSee' OhmoSee 60 - 50+1074.41.10
LatviaMareks 'YEKINDAR' GaļinskisYEKINDAR 57 - 58-171.00.99
United StatesNick 'nitr0' Cannellanitr0 39 - 55-1655.40.84

Only one more Legends spot is left to be determined in the ongoing series between HEROIC and OG.

Legends Stage
EuropeFaZe
SwedenNinjas in Pyjamas
UkraineNatus Vincere
EuropeENCE
DenmarkSprout
RussiaSpirit
United StatesLiquid Challengers Stage
South America9z
BrazilFURIA
Brazil00NATION
MongoliaIHC
Europefnatic
EuropeGamerLegion
KosovoBad News Eagles
AustraliaGrayhound
GermanyBIG
EuropeVitality
RussiaCloud9
EuropeMOUZ
North AmericaEvil Geniuses

To be determined
DenmarkHEROIC
EuropeOG

HEROIC and OG play 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 GermanyBIG #16 BIGBIGGermanyJohannes 'tabseN' WodarzGermanyFlorian 'syrsoN' RischeGermanyNils 'k1to' GruhneGermanyJosef 'faveN' BaumannGermanyKarim 'Krimbo' Moussa 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 DenmarkSprout #31 SproutDenmarkIsmail 'refrezh' AliGermanyFritz 'slaxz-' DietrichDenmarkRasmus 'Zyphon' NordfossDenmarkVictor 'Staehr' StaehrRomaniaLaurențiu 'lauNX' Țârlea EuropeOG #14 OGSerbiaNemanja 'nexa' IsakovićCzech RepublicAdam 'NEOFRAG' ZouharIsraelShahar 'flameZ' ShushanRussiaAbdul 'degster' GasanovPolandMaciej 'F1KU' Miklas UkraineNatus Vincere #2 Natus VincereUkraineOleksandr 's1mple' KostylievRussiaDenis 'electroNic' SharipovUkraineViktor 'sdy' OrudzhevRussiaIlya 'Perfecto' ZalutskiyUkraineValeriy 'b1t' Vakhovskiy EuropeVitality #3 VitalityFranceDan 'apEX' MadesclaireDenmarkPeter 'dupreeh' RasmussenDenmarkEmil 'Magisk' ReifFranceMathieu 'ZywOo' HerbautIsraelLotan 'Spinx' Giladi EuropeMOUZ #9 MOUZAustraliaChristopher 'dexter' NongSlovakiaDavid 'frozen' ČerňanskýGermanyJon 'JDC' de CastroHungaryÁdám 'torzsi' TorzsásIsraelDorian 'xertioN' Berman DenmarkHEROIC #10 HEROICHEROICDenmarkCasper 'cadiaN' MøllerDenmarkMartin 'stavn' LundDenmarkRené 'TeSeS' MadsenDenmarkRasmus 'sjuush' BeckDenmarkJakob 'jabbi' Nygaard LatviaMareks 'YEKINDAR' Gaļinskis Mareks 'YEKINDAR' GaļinskisAge: 23 Team: Virtus.proB Rating 1.0: 1.07 Maps played: 1141 KPR: 0.75 DPR: 0.70 BrazilFURIA #7 FURIABrazilAndrei 'arT' PiovezanBrazilYuri 'yuurih' SantosBrazilKaike 'KSCERATO' CeratoBrazilRafael 'saffee' CostaBrazilAndré 'drop' Abreu United StatesTimothy 'autimatic' Ta Timothy 'autimatic' TaAge: 26 Team: Evil Geniuses Rating 1.0: 1.07 Maps played: 1191 KPR: 0.74 DPR: 0.67 Europefnatic #19 fnaticSwedenFreddy 'KRIMZ' JohanssonDenmarkNico 'nicoodoz' TamjidiDenmarkFredrik 'roeJ' JørgensenUnited KingdomWilliam 'mezii' MerrimanNetherlandsDion 'FASHR' Derksen United StatesJonathan 'EliGE' Jablonowski Jonathan 'EliGE' JablonowskiAge: 25 Team: Liquid Rating 1.0: 1.09 Maps played: 1651 KPR: 0.76 DPR: 0.68 RussiaCloud9 #6 Cloud9KazakhstanAbay 'HObbit' KhassenovRussiaTimofey 'interz' YakushinRussiaSergey 'Ax1Le' RykhtorovRussiaDmitry 'sh1ro' SokolovRussiaVladislav 'nafany' Gorshkov KosovoBad News Eagles #32 Bad News EaglesBad News EaglesSwitzerlandRigon 'rigoN' GashiKosovoSener 'SENER1' MahmutiKosovoFlatron 'juanflatroo' HalimiKosovoDionis 'sinnopsyy' BudeciKosovoGenc 'gxx-' Kolgeci 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 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 AustraliaGrayhound #39 GrayhoundNew ZealandSimon 'Sico' WilliamsAustraliaJay 'Liazz' TregillgasAustraliaAlistair 'aliStair' JohnstonAustraliaJoshua 'INS' PotterAustraliaDeclan 'Vexite' Portelli 顶: 95888踩: 46567