Both SAW and Illuminar now require a flawless RMR campaign if they want a shot at reaching IEM Rio.

Monte bounced back from their opening game loss to Outsiders and completely dominated SAW, sending the Portuguese side to the 0-2 pool. OG also avenged their opening round loss with a statement 16-5 win over Illuminar as the Poles remain winless in Malta.

Woro2k was an unstoppable force against SAW

Monte annihilated Portuguese side SAW with a near-flawless 16-3 victory on Nuke. The European mix played fast and aggressive despite starting on the CT side, which Christopher "⁠MUTiRiS⁠" Fernandes' men had no answer for as the Portuguese side trailed by a whopping 13 rounds at halftime.

SAW scored back-to-back rounds coming out of the break and increased their tally in the game to three. Monte converted the next two rounds, both of which initially favored the Portuguese, as Frederik "⁠Fessor⁠" Sørensen delivered the final blow in the 19th to secure his team's first win at the RMR. Volodymyr "⁠Woro2k⁠" Veletniuk topped the scoreboard with 20 kills and a 1.90 rating thanks to a magnificent display of firepower.

IEM Road to Rio 2022 Europe RMR BBest of 1 MonteMatchpage 16 3 5th October 2022 SAW 16Nuke 3

Monte	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Volodymyr 'Woro2k' VeletniukWoro2k	20 - 8	+12	117.1	1.90
Sergiy 'DemQQ' DemchenkoDemQQ	21 - 6	+15	101.8	1.66
Joel 'joel' Holmlundjoel	14 - 8	+6	84.6	1.31
Frederik 'Fessor' SørensenFessor	15 - 12	+3	82.5	1.18
Hristiyan 'REDSTAR' PironkovREDSTAR	13 - 11	+2	55.1	0.93

SAW	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
João 'story' Vieirastory	14 - 17	-3	86.2	1.10
Christopher 'MUTiRiS' FernandesMUTiRiS	9 - 15	-6	67.9	0.76
Ricardo 'roman' Oliveiraroman	11 - 18	-7	55.5	0.60
Michel 'ewjerkz' Pintoewjerkz	6 - 17	-11	43.6	0.51
Tiago 'JUST' MouraJUST	5 - 16	-11	33.7	0.40

Illuminar hit the ground running on Overpass and streaked to an early 5-0 lead. The Poles may have struck first, but OG clapped back even stronger and were unrelenting from that point onwards. The European mix snapped their Polish opponents' streak in the sixth, which was the beginning of the end for Illuminar.

Nemanja "⁠nexa⁠" Isaković's crew won 16 consecutive rounds to win the game as Maciej "⁠F1KU⁠" Miklas Adam "⁠NEOFRAG⁠" Zouhar, and Shahar "⁠flameZ⁠" Shushan all rained bullets on their opposition and finished with 23, 22, and 20 kills respectively.

Monte and OG join K23 and Sangal as teams in the 1-1 pool, while Illuminar and SAW fall to the 0-2 pool alongside HEET and FANTASY and are now one best-of-three loss away from elimination.

IEM Road to Rio 2022 Europe RMR BBest of 1 OGMatchpage 16 5 5th October 2022 Illuminar 16Overpass 5

OG	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Maciej 'F1KU' MiklasF1KU	23 - 9	+14	101.9	1.92
Adam 'NEOFRAG' ZouharNEOFRAG	22 - 13	+9	122.4	1.68
Shahar 'flameZ' ShushanflameZ	20 - 11	+9	104.7	1.65
Nemanja 'nexa' Isakovićnexa	15 - 11	+4	77.7	1.23
Abdul 'degster' Gasanovdegster	9 - 9	0	40.2	0.92

Illuminar	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Bartek 'mASKED' TrybułamASKED	14 - 15	-1	60.1	0.91
Piotr 'morelz' Taterkamorelz	8 - 16	-8	46.1	0.74
Konrad 'EXUS' JeńczeńEXUS	12 - 19	-7	70.0	0.71
Paweł 'reatz' Jańczakreatz	10 - 20	-10	67.0	0.70
Mateusz 'TOAO' ZawistowskiTOAO	8 - 20	-12	48.0	0.40

Group Swiss 1W - 0L BIG Natus Vincere HEROIC Vitality ENCE Outsiders Falcons MOUZ 1W - 1L Monte OG K23 Sangal 0W - 2L HEET FANTASY Illuminar SAW Sangal #37 Robin 'ScrunK' RöpkeKornél 'kory' SzedlárLove 'phzy' SmidebrantCan 'kyuubii' AliCaner 'soulfly' Kesici Outsiders #12 Evgenii 'FL1T' LebedevAlexey 'Qikert' GolubevDzhami 'Jame' AliDavid 'n0rb3r7' DanielyanPetr 'fame' Bolyshev Maciej 'F1KU' Miklas Age: 19 Team: OG Rating 1.0: 1.03 Maps played: 642 KPR: 0.70 DPR: 0.68 K23 #46 Timur 'clax' SabirovBogdan 'xsepower' ChernikovVladislav 'FinigaN' UsovDaniil 'X5G7V' MaryshevKonstantin 'Raijin' Trubarov Adam 'NEOFRAG' Zouhar Age: 21 Team: OG Rating 1.0: 1.10 Maps played: 708 KPR: 0.75 DPR: 0.67 Frederik 'Fessor' Sørensen Age: 21 Team: Monte Rating 1.0: 1.02 Maps played: 296 KPR: 0.71 DPR: 0.70 Illuminar #77 Paweł 'reatz' JańczakPiotr 'morelz' TaterkaKonrad 'EXUS' JeńczeńMateusz 'TOAO' ZawistowskiBartek 'mASKED' Trybuła OG #14 Nemanja 'nexa' IsakovićAdam 'NEOFRAG' ZouharShahar 'flameZ' ShushanAbdul 'degster' GasanovMaciej 'F1KU' Miklas Nemanja 'nexa' Isaković Age: 25 Team: OG Rating 1.0: 1.05 Maps played: 1280 KPR: 0.70 DPR: 0.63 Monte #49 Hristiyan 'REDSTAR' PironkovVolodymyr 'Woro2k' VeletniukSergiy 'DemQQ' DemchenkoMohammad 'BOROS' MalhasJoel 'joel' Holmlund Shahar 'flameZ' Shushan Age: 19 Team: OG Rating 1.0: 1.06 Maps played: 421 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.67 Volodymyr 'Woro2k' Veletniuk Age: 21 Team: Monte Rating 1.0: 1.13 Maps played: 339 KPR: 0.77 DPR: 0.64 SAW #54 Christopher 'MUTiRiS' FernandesRicardo 'roman' OliveiraTiago 'JUST' MouraJoão 'story' VieiraMichel 'ewjerkz' Pinto Christopher 'MUTiRiS' Fernandes Age: 29 Team: SAW Rating 1.0: 1.00 Maps played: 1266 KPR: 0.69 DPR: 0.68 HEET #25 Audric 'JACKZ' JugAlexandre 'bodyy' PianaroThomas 'Djoko' PavoniPierre 'Ex3rcice' BulingeAurélien 'afro' Drapier FANTASY #42 Bastian 'ayken' SchendzielorzThijs 'rilax' IzaksFilip 'tudsoN' TudevAlexander 'br0' BroOleksii 'Topa' Topchiienko