ESL One Road to Rio: Updated Line-Up and Schedule

ESL have announced the full schedule for their upcoming RMR CS:GO event ESL One: Road to Rio, as well as its finalized line-up. Besides that, c0ntact Gaming moved from North America to Europe, affecting the prize pools of the divisions – European teams will compete for $115,000 (up from $105,000), while the North America’s prize pool decreased from $70,000 to $60,000.

The line-ups for most regions have been finalized by adding teams using the rankings from the Minor Closed Qualifiers. The organizers were not able to choose the final participants of the CIS and Asia divisions due to multiple teams having the same ranking. For this reason, these regions will have tiebreakers.

ESL One: Road to Rio Line-Up:

• Europe: Astralis, ENCE, Team Vitality, mousesports, G2 Esports, FaZe Clan, North, Fnatic, G2 Esports, FaZe Clan, North, Fnatic, Complexity Gaming, Team Heretics, Ninjas in Pyjamas, Movistar Riders, Copenhagen Flames, GODSENT, Dignitas, c0ntact Gaming
• CIS: Virtus.pro, Natus Vincere, Winstrike Team, Gambit Youngsters, Syman Gaming, Team Spirit, ESPADA, Hard Legion, Team Unique, forZe, 2 Tiebreaker Teams
• North America: 100 Thieves, Evil Geniuses, Team Liquid, MIBR, FURIA Esports, Bad News Bears, Gen.G Esports, Cloud9, Triumph, Team Envy, Orgless, Yeah Gaming
• South America: RED Canids, BOOM Esports, Isurus Gaming, Team One
• Oceania: Renegades, ORDER, Chiefs, Ground Zero
• Asia: Vici Gaming, TyLoo, Mazaalai, TIGER, Lucid Dream, Camel Riders, 2 Tiebreaker Teams

In most regions, the competition will begin in late April. The detailed schedule is following:

• Europe: April 22nd – May 17th
• North America: April 22nd - May 10th
• CIS: April 30th – May 17th
• South America: April 22nd – April 26th
• Asia: May 6th – May 10th
• Oceania: May 6th – May 10th

ESL One: Road to Rio was announced last week. The total prize pool of the tournament is set at $255,000. The event is part of the Regional Major Rankings series that will determine the participants of the November major ESL One Rio 2020, which earlier postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic.