Heroic claim Legends spot after two wins in decider bracket

The Danes took down Vitality and OG to earn a top-16 spot at the Major.

Casper "⁠cadiaN⁠" Møller and co. have joined the likes of FaZe, Ninjas in Pyjamas, and Natus Vincere in the Legends Stage of the IEM Rio Major, which means they will skip the first phase of the competition. They have earned the spot through the third-place decider bracket, overcoming Vitality and OG.

Heroic have joined the elite in the Legends Stage

The matchups were determined based on the team's Buchholz score, with the two lower-ranked teams with a 3W-1L record facing off first, Vitality and HEROIC, while OG awaited in the final game. An uninspired showing from the French-Danish-Israeli side was handled comfortably by HEROIC on Saturday, who lost second map Inferno in overtime but swept Overpass and Mirage 16-5.

IEM Road to Rio 2022 Europe RMR BBest of 3 VitalityMatchpage 1 2 9th October 2022 HEROIC 5Overpass 16 22Inferno 19 5Mirage 16

Vitality	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Mathieu 'ZywOo' HerbautZywOo	57 - 60	-3	77.6	1.05
Lotan 'Spinx' GiladiSpinx	52 - 61	-9	72.5	0.92
Dan 'apEX' MadesclaireapEX	45 - 60	-15	68.4	0.89
Peter 'dupreeh' Rasmussendupreeh	42 - 60	-18	57.9	0.81
Emil 'Magisk' ReifMagisk	42 - 62	-20	66.0	0.74

HEROIC	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
René 'TeSeS' MadsenTeSeS	73 - 52	+21	93.6	1.31
Rasmus 'sjuush' Becksjuush	61 - 47	+14	78.9	1.26
Jakob 'jabbi' Nygaardjabbi	68 - 48	+20	82.1	1.22
Martin 'stavn' Lundstavn	55 - 43	+12	77.2	1.17
Casper 'cadiaN' MøllercadiaN	45 - 48	-3	63.0	0.94

The match against OG was a more contested one, with Martin "⁠stavn⁠" Lund needing to put in a strong performance to ensure his team the Legends spot, averaging a 1.22 rating across the series. René "⁠TeSeS⁠" Madsen was also important, having struggled on the first maps but bouncing back on the decider to convert the series win.

IEM Road to Rio 2022 Europe RMR BBest of 3 OGMatchpage 1 2 9th October 2022 HEROIC 11Inferno 16 16Vertigo 14 13Mirage 16

OG	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Adam 'NEOFRAG' ZouharNEOFRAG	64 - 64	0	85.3	1.13
Abdul 'degster' Gasanovdegster	58 - 57	+1	71.6	1.00
Maciej 'F1KU' MiklasF1KU	54 - 60	-6	71.9	0.98
Nemanja 'nexa' Isakovićnexa	48 - 51	-3	65.3	0.95
Shahar 'flameZ' ShushanflameZ	40 - 63	-23	58.2	0.79

HEROIC	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Martin 'stavn' Lundstavn	65 - 52	+13	83.9	1.22
Rasmus 'sjuush' Becksjuush	63 - 52	+11	73.7	1.15
Casper 'cadiaN' MøllercadiaN	58 - 51	+7	74.0	1.14
Jakob 'jabbi' Nygaardjabbi	56 - 55	+1	67.8	1.04
René 'TeSeS' MadsenTeSeS	49 - 56	-7	67.0	0.94

Now, all of the IEM Rio Major slots for Europe have been distributed and look as follows:

Legends Stage
FaZe
Ninjas in Pyjamas
Natus Vincere
ENCE
Sprout
Spirit
Liquid
HEROIC Challengers Stage
9z
FURIA
00NATION
IHC
fnatic
GamerLegion
Bad News Eagles
Grayhound
BIG
Vitality
Cloud9
MOUZ
Evil Geniuses
Outsiders
OG FaZe #1 Finn 'karrigan' AndersenHåvard 'rain' NygaardRussel 'Twistzz' Van DulkenRobin 'ropz' KoolHelvijs 'broky' Saukants Ninjas in Pyjamas #11 Patrick 'es3tag' HansenFredrik 'REZ' SternerHampus 'hampus' PoserAleksi 'Aleksib' VirolainenLudvig 'Brollan' Brolin BIG #16 Johannes 'tabseN' WodarzFlorian 'syrsoN' RischeNils 'k1to' GruhneJosef 'faveN' BaumannKarim 'Krimbo' Moussa ENCE #18 Marco 'Snappi' PfeifferValdemar 'valde' Bjørn VangsåPavle 'Maden' BoškovićPaweł 'dycha' DychaÁlvaro 'SunPayus' García 9z #50 Maximiliano 'max' GonzalezFranco 'dgt' GarciaDavid 'dav1deuS' Tapia MaldonadoLucas 'nqz' SoaresNicolás 'buda' Kramer Sprout #31 Ismail 'refrezh' AliFritz 'slaxz-' DietrichRasmus 'Zyphon' NordfossVictor 'Staehr' StaehrLaurențiu 'lauNX' Țârlea OG #14 Nemanja 'nexa' IsakovićAdam 'NEOFRAG' ZouharShahar 'flameZ' ShushanAbdul 'degster' GasanovMaciej 'F1KU' Miklas Natus Vincere #2 Oleksandr 's1mple' KostylievDenis 'electroNic' SharipovViktor 'sdy' OrudzhevIlya 'Perfecto' ZalutskiyValeriy 'b1t' Vakhovskiy Vitality #3 Dan 'apEX' MadesclairePeter 'dupreeh' RasmussenEmil 'Magisk' ReifMathieu 'ZywOo' HerbautLotan 'Spinx' Giladi MOUZ #9 Christopher 'dexter' NongDavid 'frozen' ČerňanskýJon 'JDC' de CastroÁdám 'torzsi' TorzsásDorian 'xertioN' Berman HEROIC #10 Casper 'cadiaN' MøllerMartin 'stavn' LundRené 'TeSeS' MadsenRasmus 'sjuush' BeckJakob 'jabbi' Nygaard Casper 'cadiaN' Møller Age: 27 Team: HEROIC Rating 1.0: 1.04 Maps played: 1508 KPR: 0.69 DPR: 0.63 FURIA #7 Andrei 'arT' PiovezanYuri 'yuurih' SantosKaike 'KSCERATO' CeratoRafael 'saffee' CostaAndré 'drop' Abreu Outsiders #12 Evgenii 'FL1T' LebedevAlexey 'Qikert' GolubevDzhami 'Jame' AliDavid 'n0rb3r7' DanielyanPetr 'fame' Bolyshev fnatic #19 Freddy 'KRIMZ' JohanssonNico 'nicoodoz' TamjidiFredrik 'roeJ' JørgensenWilliam 'mezii' MerrimanDion 'FASHR' Derksen Cloud9 #6 Abay 'HObbit' KhassenovTimofey 'interz' YakushinSergey 'Ax1Le' RykhtorovDmitry 'sh1ro' SokolovVladislav 'nafany' Gorshkov Bad News Eagles #32 Rigon 'rigoN' GashiSener 'SENER1' MahmutiFlatron 'juanflatroo' HalimiDionis 'sinnopsyy' BudeciGenc 'gxx-' Kolgeci 00NATION #29 Marcelo 'coldzera' DavidEpitacio 'TACO' de MeloEduardo 'dumau' WolkmerBruno 'latto' RebelattoSantino 'try' Rigal Spirit #15 Leonid 'chopper' VishnyakovBoris 'magixx' VorobievPavel 'S1ren' OgloblinRobert 'Patsi' IsyanovIhor 'w0nderful' Zhdanov IHC #82 Bat-Enkh 'kabal' BatbayarTengis 'sk0R' BatjargalTuvshintugs 'Annihilation' NyamdorjGaridmagnai 'bLitz' ByambasurenSodbayar 'Techno' Munkhbold Evil Geniuses #22 Timothy 'autimatic' TaVincent 'Brehze' CayonteTsvetelin 'CeRq' DimitrovSanzhar 'neaLaN' IskhakovJadan 'HexT' Postma René 'TeSeS' Madsen Age: 21 Team: HEROIC Rating 1.0: 1.05 Maps played: 865 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.67 Martin 'stavn' Lund Age: 20 Team: HEROIC Rating 1.0: 1.05 Maps played: 1153 KPR: 0.73 DPR: 0.68 GamerLegion #60 Frederik 'acoR' GyldstrandMihai 'iM' IvanNicolas 'Keoz' DgusKamil 'siuhy' SzkaradekIsak 'isak' Fahlén Liquid #4 Nick 'nitr0' CannellaKeith 'NAF' MarkovicJonathan 'EliGE' JablonowskiJosh 'oSee' OhmMareks 'YEKINDAR' Gaļinskis Grayhound #39 Simon 'Sico' WilliamsJay 'Liazz' TregillgasAlistair 'aliStair' JohnstonJoshua 'INS' PotterDeclan 'Vexite' Portelli