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ESL One: Road to Rio - Europe

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[e][h]ESL One: Road to Rio - Europe
League Information
Organizer:
Type:
Online
Location:
Europe Europe
Prize Pool:
$115,000 USD
Start Date:
2020-04-22
End Date:
2020-05-17
Teams:
16
Liquipedia Tier:
ESL Pro Tour Tier:
Regional Masters Regional Masters
Valve Tier:
Links
Maps
Dust II • Inferno • Mirage • Nuke • Overpass • Train • Vertigo

About[edit]

Broadcast Talent[edit]

Format[edit]

  • 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: May 12th - 17th, 2020
    • Double-Elimination bracket
    • All matches (excl. Grand Final) are Bo3
    • Grand Final is Bo5 (1 map advantage to the UB team)

Prize Pool[edit]

$115,000 USD are spread among the teams as seen below:

Participants[edit]

Note: Team roster change notes have been moved to their respective team cards, press the Notes button to toggle them.
1 August 23rd - ENCE bench Finland Aleksib, who is replaced by Finland suNny. [1]
1 September 7th - Team Vitality bench France NBK-. [2]
2 September 28th - Team Vitality sign France shox. [3]
3 March 4th - United Kingdom ALEX steps down from Team Vitality. [4]
4 March 5th - Team Vitality sign France misutaaa. [5]
1 September 26th - G2 Esports part ways with France shox. [6]
2 September 30th - G2 Esports bench France Lucky and sign Serbia nexa and Bosnia and Herzegovina huNter- from CR4ZY. [7]
1 September 30th - CR4ZY transfer Serbia nexa and Bosnia and Herzegovina huNter- to G2 Esports. [7]
2 October 4th - CR4ZY move coach Serbia emi to a player position, sign Bulgaria SHiPZ, and acquire Ireland NeiL_M as coach. [8]
3 January 20th - c0ntact Gaming acquire the CR4ZY's roster. [9]
4 March 7th - Poland rallen will stand-in for Serbia LETN1 on c0ntact Gaming in North America due to visa issues. [10]
5 April 8th - Due to c0ntact Gaming returning to Europe to compete in the European qualifier, they will be able to use Serbia LETN1. [11]
1 September 11th - FaZe Clan part ways with Poland NEO. [12]
2 September 20th - FaZe Clan transfer Slovakia GuardiaN to Natus Vincere. [13]
3 September 25th - FaZe Clan sign Brazil coldzera. [14]
4 September 26th - Latvia broky joins FaZe Clan on trial. [15]
1 October 11th - Denmark valde is benched on North and replaced by Denmark cajunb. [16]
2 January 17th - Denmark JUGi is benched on North. They acquire Denmark MSL from OpTic Gaming to replace him. [17][18]
3 February 11th - North replace Denmark mithR with Sweden Jumpy. [19][20]
4 May 7th - Sweden Jumpy stands in for Denmark Kjaerbye due to illness. They will suffer a penalty of 20% of their earned RMR points for this event. [21]

Results[edit]

Group Stage[edit]

Group A[edit]

Group A
1.Astralis AstralisAstralis6-1275-218+5718p
2.Ninjas in PyjamasNinjas in Pyjamas Ninjas in PyjamasNiP6-1301-232+6918p
3.Team Vitality Team VitalityVitality4-3223-227-412p
4.Team Heretics Team HereticsHeretics3-4230-246-169p
5.ENCE ENCEENCE3-4243-256-139p
6.Fnatic FnaticFnatic3-4295-291+49p
7.Complexity GamingComplexity Gaming ComplexityCOL2-5257-296-396p
8.DignitasDignitas DignitasDIG1-6232-290-583p

For detailed match results of Group A, click here.

Group B[edit]

Group B
1.FaZe ClanFaZe Clan FaZe ClanFaZe7-0270-194+7621p
2.G2 EsportsG2 Esports G2 EsportsG24-3248-218+3012p
3.NorthNorth NorthNorth4-3252-252012p
4.GODSENTGODSENT GODSENTGOD4-3224-225-112p
5.Copenhagen FlamesCopenhagen Flames CPH FlamesCPHF3-4254-255-19p
6.Movistar Riders Movistar RidersRiders3-4198-229-319p
7.mousesports mousesportsmouz3-4231-227+49p
8.c0ntact Gamingc0ntact Gaming c0ntact Gamingc0ntact0-7212-289-770p

For detailed match results of Group B, click here.
9th Place Match
ENCEENCEENCE
2
Copenhagen FlamesCopenhagen FlamesCPHF
0
May 12, 2020 - 20:00 CEST
22613
921
20920
612
1610
6
55
0
11th Place Match
FnaticFnaticFnatic
0
Movistar RidersMovistar RidersRiders
2
May 12, 2020 - 16:30 CEST
20902
630
22631
903
21
1
1614
2

Playoffs[edit]

Upper Bracket Semifinals
Upper Bracket Semifinals
UB Semifinals
UBSF
Upper Bracket Final
Upper Bracket Final
UB Final
UBF
Grand Final
Grand Final
Final
GF
FaZe ClanFaZe ClanFaZe
2
Ninjas in PyjamasNinjas in PyjamasNiP
1
May 13, 2020 - 17:00 CEST
98
1
167
9
256112
9222
229221
6110
1962
92
1691
60
AstralisAstralisAstralis
2
G2 EsportsG2 EsportsG2
0
May 13, 2020 - 21:50 CEST
168
8
137
6
1610
6
75
2
FaZe ClanFaZe ClanFaZe
0
AstralisAstralisAstralis
2
May 15, 2020 - 20:30 CEST
128
4
167
9
75
2
1610
6
Lower Bracket Round 1
Lower Bracket Round 1
LB Round 1
LBR1
Lower Bracket Quarterfinals
Lower Bracket Quarterfinals
LB Quarterfinals
LBQF
Lower Bracket Semifinal
Lower Bracket Semifinal
LB Semifinal
LBSF
Lower Bracket Final
Lower Bracket Final
LB Final
LBF
Team VitalityTeam VitalityVitality
2
GODSENTGODSENTGOD
0
May 12, 2020 - 16:30 CEST
1610
6
145
9
168
8
77
0
Ninjas in PyjamasNinjas in PyjamasNiP
1
Team VitalityTeam VitalityVitality
2
May 14, 2020 - 16:30 CEST
1681
70
1972
82
19103
51
1550
100
1751
101
19102
52
Team HereticsTeam HereticsHeretics
2
NorthNorthNorth
0
May 12, 2020 - 20:00 CEST
168
8
147
7
1610
6
135
8
Sweden Jumpy standing-in for Denmark Kjaerbye on North
G2 EsportsG2 EsportsG2
2
Team HereticsTeam HereticsHeretics
1
May 14, 2020 - 21:00 CEST
1610
6
145
9
16101
50
1942
112
165
11
1410
4
Team VitalityTeam VitalityVitality
1
G2 EsportsG2 EsportsG2
2
May 15, 2020 - 16:30 CEST
146
8
169
7
165
11
1410
4
1410
4
165
11
FaZe ClanFaZe ClanFaZe
1
G2 EsportsG2 EsportsG2
2
May 16, 2020 - 20:00 CEST
169
7
116
5
106
4
169
7
117
4
168
8
AstralisAstralisAstralis
3
G2 EsportsG2 EsportsG2
0
May 17, 2020 - 20:00 CEST
169
7
66
0
1613
3
22
0
Astralis have a 1 map advantage as the upper-bracket team.
7th Place Match
GODSENTGODSENTGOD
2
NorthNorthNorth
1
May 16, 2020 - 20:00 CEST
87
1
168
8
168
8
87
1
168
8
147
7
Sweden Jumpy standing-in for Denmark Kjaerbye on North
5th Place Match
Ninjas in PyjamasNinjas in PyjamasNiP
2
Team HereticsTeam HereticsHeretics
1
May 17, 2020 - 20:00 CEST
148
6
167
9
168
8
87
1
168
8
137
6

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Interviews[edit]

Videos and Photos[edit]

Highlights[edit]

References[edit]

  1. "ENCE welcomes Miikka "suNny" Kemppi". ENCE. 2019-08-23.
  2. Team Vitality (2019-09-07). "CSGO Update: we decided to remove @NBK from the starting roster.".
  3. Team Vitality (2019-09-28). "Please give a very warm welcome to @ShoxCSGO in our CSGO team #VforVictory".
  4. Team Vitality (2020-03-04). "Official statement regarding our CS:GO team.".
  5. Team Vitality (2020-03-05). "Fresh blood, new cycle. The young athlete @misutaaa_CSGO joins our CS:GO squad.".
  6. "Thank You, Legend". G2 Esports. 2019-09-26.
  7. 7.0 7.1 Tina Sang (2019-09-30). "G2 CS:GO Goes Global". G2 Esports.
  8. CR4ZY (2019-10-04). "What do you think about our new roster?".
  9. Striker (2020-01-20). "CR4ZY transfer roster to c0ntact Gaming". HLTV.
  10. Striker (2020-03-07). "rallen to stand in for c0ntact in Flashpoint". HLTV.
  11. Striker (2020-04-08). "ESL revise Major slot distribution, finalize Road to Rio team list". HLTV.
  12. FaZe Clan (2019-09-11). "CS:GO Update: NEO will no longer be a substitute for our roster.".
  13. "New Natus Vincere CS:GO roster". Natus Vincere. 2019-09-20.
  14. FaZe Clan (2019-09-25). "We have an Announcement to make...".
  15. FaZe Clan (2019-09-26). "CS:GO Update: Please welcome @brokycs as our newest addition to the team.".
  16. North (2019-10-11). "Today we welcome @cajunbCS!".
  17. Professeur (2020-01-17). "MSL returns to North". HLTV.
  18. North (2020-01-17). "Thank you, @JUGiOfficial!".
  19. North (2020-02-11). "To our fallen brothers and sisters - We salute you".
  20. North (2020-02-11). "We are really happy to welcome “Jumpy” as our new CS:GO Head Coach!".
  21. North (2020-05-07). "Our coach, @Jumpy, will be playing the #ESLOne game versus @Movistar_Riders tonight as @KjaerbyeCS, unfortunately, is ill".
  22. Team Heretics (2020-03-13). "Cambios en el roster de #HeretiCSGO" [Changes in Heretics CS:GO] (in Spain Spanish).
  23. Team Heretics (2020-03-14). "Welcome @Nivera__!" [Welcome @Nivera__ !] (in Spain Spanish).
  24. Heroic (2020-04-08). "We proudly announce the signing of René "TeSeS" Madsen!".
  25. Copenhagen Flames (2020-04-08). "We're happy to announce @QueenixCS as the new member of our CS:GO roster starting tomorrow!".
  26. Copenhagen Flames (2020-05-06). "WELCOME ZEVES".