Venue for IEM Rio Challengers and Legends Stages unveiled

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ESL has posted a photo of the setup for the first two stages of the Major in Brazil, which will be held in front of an audience in Riocentro Hall 6.

Less than 24 hours before the IEM Rio Major is set to start, the tournament organizer behind the event unveiled the setup in the multipurpose arena where the first two stages will take place.

The photo shows four team setups, of which two will be used for an active match, and two will be used for the setup of the following match in order to minimize the delay between games. Alongside that, a part of the seating area is visible, with the expected capacity being about 4000 visitors.

The IEM Rio Major venue for October 31 - November 8
(photo: ESLCS Twitter / Adela Sznajder)

As there will be two games played simultaneously for the initial parts of both the Challengers and Legends Stages, some of the games will not be played in front of a crowd, instead taking place backstage. The backstage matches will still be vieweable to the crowd in the venue on the secondary monitors on the sides of the stage.

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To identify which games will be played on the stage, you can refer to the stream link on our match pages. On-stage games will be broadcast on the ESL_CSGO Twitch channel, while backstage games will be broadcast on ESL_CSGO_B. Below is a split of the initial games.

* The article originally displayed MOUZ - Outsiders as an on-stage match, which has since been replaced with 9z - GamerLegion.

On-stage games:

Date	Matches
IEM Rio Major 2022 Challengers Stage
31/10/2022	9z15:00 GamerLegion	Match
31/10/2022	Bad News Eagles16:15 00NATION	Match
31/10/2022	BIG17:35 FURIA	Match
31/10/2022	Vitality19:10 Imperial	Match

Backstage games:

Date	Matches
IEM Rio Major 2022 Challengers Stage
31/10/2022	MOUZ15:00 Outsiders	Match
31/10/2022	OG16:25 Grayhound	Match
31/10/2022	Evil Geniuses19:00 IHC	Match
31/10/2022	Cloud920:20 fnatic	Match