Final IEM Rio Major Legends Stage matchups determined

Three final spots in the playoffs are up for grabs heading into the last day of the Swiss stage.

The third day of the IEM Rio Major Legends Stage has concluded, a round of matches which resulted in HEROIC, Outsiders, and fnatic securing spots in the playoffs while Vitality, Bad News Eagles, and Sprout were eliminated from the competition.

Just three spots in the bracket stage remain heading into the round five matchups, which will kick off with MOUZ taking on ENCE. Marco "⁠Snappi⁠" Pfeiffer's side will have their first chance to qualify after recovering from a 1-2 start in the Legends Stage, while MOUZ are hoping to make good on their second attempt after faltering on their first try against Outsiders.

NAVI have one last chance to secure a spot in the Major playoffs

A match between Natus Vincere and BIG will follow, a must-win match for Oleksandr "⁠s1mple⁠" Kostyliev's side who are now one of the clear tournament favorites to take home the title following the elimination of FaZe and Vitality.

The final playoff spot will go to the winner of the match between Liquid and Spirit, the first time the two teams have met since IEM Cologne — a best-of-three series in which Leonid "⁠chopper⁠" Vishnyakov's men narrowly came out on top.

The schedule and match pages for the fifth round of the Legends Stage can be found below:

2-2 pool

Date	Matches
IEM Rio Major 2022
08/11/2022	MOUZ15:00 ENCE	Match
08/11/2022	BIG19:20 Natus Vincere	Match
08/11/2022	Liquid22:05 Spirit	Match

FaZe #2 Finn 'karrigan' AndersenHåvard 'rain' NygaardRussel 'Twistzz' Van DulkenRobin 'ropz' KoolHelvijs 'broky' Saukants Outsiders #6 Evgenii 'FL1T' LebedevAlexey 'Qikert' GolubevDzhami 'Jame' AliDavid 'n0rb3r7' DanielyanPetr 'fame' Bolyshev Leonid 'chopper' Vishnyakov Age: 25 Team: Spirit Rating 1.0: 0.97 Maps played: 1138 KPR: 0.65 DPR: 0.66 BIG #14 Johannes 'tabseN' WodarzFlorian 'syrsoN' RischeNils 'k1to' GruhneKarim 'Krimbo' MoussaElias 's1n' Stein Bad News Eagles #17 Rigon 'rigoN' GashiSener 'SENER1' MahmutiFlatron 'juanflatroo' HalimiDionis 'sinnopsyy' BudeciGenc 'gxx-' Kolgeci Spirit #12 Leonid 'chopper' VishnyakovBoris 'magixx' VorobievPavel 'S1ren' OgloblinRobert 'Patsi' IsyanovIhor 'w0nderful' Zhdanov ENCE #11 Marco 'Snappi' PfeifferValdemar 'valde' Bjørn VangsåPavle 'Maden' BoškovićPaweł 'dycha' DychaÁlvaro 'SunPayus' García Sprout #26 Ismail 'refrezh' AliFritz 'slaxz-' DietrichRasmus 'Zyphon' NordfossVictor 'Staehr' StaehrLaurențiu 'lauNX' Țârlea Natus Vincere #4 Oleksandr 's1mple' KostylievDenis 'electroNic' SharipovViktor 'sdy' OrudzhevIlya 'Perfecto' ZalutskiyValeriy 'b1t' Vakhovskiy Vitality #1 Dan 'apEX' MadesclairePeter 'dupreeh' RasmussenEmil 'Magisk' ReifMathieu 'ZywOo' HerbautLotan 'Spinx' Giladi MOUZ #7 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 Marco 'Snappi' Pfeiffer Age: 32 Team: ENCE Rating 1.0: 0.95 Maps played: 1625 KPR: 0.65 DPR: 0.67 fnatic #16 Freddy 'KRIMZ' JohanssonDion 'FASHR' DerksenNico 'nicoodoz' TamjidiFredrik 'roeJ' JørgensenWilliam 'mezii' Merriman Liquid #3 Nick 'nitr0' CannellaKeith 'NAF' MarkovicJonathan 'EliGE' JablonowskiJosh 'oSee' OhmMareks 'YEKINDAR' Gaļinskis Oleksandr 's1mple' Kostyliev Age: 25 Team: Natus Vincere Rating 1.0: 1.25 Maps played: 1598 KPR: 0.85 DPR: 0.64