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ESL plans to hold Fall Major CS:GO in Rio de Janeiro
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ESL is working with Valve to host the second Counter-Strike Major of 2022 in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro, according to sources.
As the Graftthat there are tentative plans for an ESL Major called the IEM Rio Major, which will run from October 31st to November 13th. If confirmed, the event will mark ESL's return to mainstream hosting duties after the previous two events of this caliber were hosted by StarLadder and PGL.
In September, ESL announced that the IEM Rio Major was "under consideration with Valve for 2022". The event was originally scheduled to take place in May 2020 under the name ESL One: Rio Major before being postponed and then canceled amid the global health crisis.
It is still unclear what place ESL has in mind for hosting the IEM Rio Major Champions Stage. In 2020, the tournament's playoffs were scheduled to take place in front of a live audience at Jeunesse Arena, an indoor multi-purpose arena that hosted the 2017 League of Legends Mid-Season Invitational and the 8 Rainbow Six Siege Season 2018 Pro League Finals.
As HLTV.org reported in May 2021, Valve plans to host two CS:GO Majors in 2022. The operator of the tournament of the first major, scheduled for May 9-22, remains unclear.
The renaming of Rio Major from ESL One to IEM comes after a "historic" update on ESL's longstanding work with Intel. As part of the new deal, which began in 2022 and will last until IEM Katowice 2025, all ESL Pro Tour circuit CS:GO non-league tournaments will be held under the IEM brand.
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