Imperial defeated Complexity in a barnstormer of a game, winning Inferno (16-13) and Overpass (22-20) on either side of a loss on Nuke (11-16). With the win, the Brazilian legends qualify for the Major held in their home country, where they will hope to capture the crowd's imagination yet again.
Imperial traversed the Swiss System with a 3-2 record, beating Nouns, TeamOne, and Isurus, before getting consecutive best-of-three victories against paiN and Complexity to earn the spot through the sixth-place decider bracket.
FalleN led by example in the closing moments of the series Imperial began inferno in cracking form, winning the pistol round on the offense to secure themselves a 5-1 lead. A short resurgence by Complexity followed as they reduced the margin to two, but Imperial didn't let them back into the game, with Vinicius "VINI" Figueiredo and Fernando "fer" Alvarenga converting a 2vs5 situation in the final round of the half to set the score at 11-4.
Once the sides switched, Complexity found a new lease of life with a six-round streak, almost taking the lead for the first time on the map at 10-11. Imperial adapted to their opponent's playstyle after that, engaging in an exciting back-and-forth affair where neither team was able to run away with the map. Gabriel "FalleN" Toledo found impact with the Big Green round after round and eventually led his team to a 16-12 win, as the series moved to Complexity's map pick of Nuke.
chelo put up 40 kills on Overpass Complexity started Nuke on the Terrorist side, going up to a quick 3-0 lead. Due to the close nature of the rounds, however, Imperial needed just one round win to break the economy of the North Americans, going 5-3 up in the process. They kept the upper hand in the economy all through the first half, enabling them to switch sides three rounds in the lead.
The start of the second half was a scrappy affair, with teams trading rounds on their way to a tied-up score at 11-11. After that, Ricky "floppy" Kemery bailed out Complexity with a beautiful 1vs3 clutch, as they won five rounds in a row to force out the decider of Overpass.
Marcelo "chelo" Cespedes started Overpass like a man possessed, racking up 15 kills in the first seven rounds as his team found themselves 5-1 up. The Brazilians were ahead during the entire half, with chelo and FalleN converting a 2vs4 situation that solidified their position, switching sides with a three-round lead.
The second half didn't start the way the Brazilians envisaged, as Complexity won the pistol and converted it to a lead before FalleN got an ace on the A site to get Imperial their first. An all-out brawl ensued, with Justin "FaNg" Coakley winning two clutches, while chelo and FalleN continued to deliver on the CT side. The teams proved inseparable, meaning overtime was needed to determine the victor.
Once in overtime, Imperial needed two attempts to close out the game, eventually winning 22-20 to secure a spot at their home Major.
IEM Road to Rio 2022 Americas RMRBest of 3 
Complexity
Matchpage 1 2 9th October 2022 
Imperial 13Inferno 16 16Nuke 11 20Overpass 22 Justin 'FaNg' CoakleyFaNg | 70 - 68 | +2 | 76.3 | 1.08 |
Ricky 'floppy' Kemeryfloppy | 62 - 68 | -6 | 73.1 | 1.02 |
Michael 'Grim' WinceGrim | 65 - 68 | -3 | 74.6 | 1.01 |
Håkon 'hallzerk' Fjærlihallzerk | 62 - 61 | +1 | 63.1 | 0.98 |
Johnny 'JT' TheodosiouJT | 44 - 69 | -25 | 60.3 | 0.78 |
Marcelo 'chelo' Cespedeschelo | 79 - 62 | +17 | 85.9 | 1.26 |
Gabriel 'FalleN' ToledoFalleN | 71 - 52 | +19 | 71.6 | 1.23 |
Vinicius 'VINI' FigueiredoVINI | 74 - 60 | +14 | 73.0 | 1.11 |
Fernando 'fer' Alvarengafer | 61 - 66 | -5 | 74.9 | 0.98 |
Ricardo 'boltz' Prassboltz | 47 - 64 | -17 | 67.8 | 0.95 |
The full IEM Rio Major team list is now known and looks as follows:
Legends Stage
FaZe
Ninjas in Pyjamas
Natus Vincere
ENCE
Sprout
Spirit
Liquid
HEROIC Challengers Stage
9z
FURIA
00NATION
IHC
fnatic
GamerLegion
Bad News Eagles
Grayhound
BIG
Vitality
Cloud9
MOUZ
Evil Geniuses
Outsiders
OG
Imperial 
FaZe #1 
Finn 'karrigan' Andersen
Håvard 'rain' Nygaard
Russel 'Twistzz' Van Dulken
Robin 'ropz' Kool
Helvijs 'broky' Saukants 

Ninjas in Pyjamas #11 

Patrick 'es3tag' Hansen
Fredrik 'REZ' Sterner
Hampus 'hampus' Poser
Aleksi 'Aleksib' Virolainen
Ludvig 'Brollan' Brolin 
Nouns #44 
Danny 'Cxzi' Strzelczyk
David 'cynic' Polster
Brendan 'Bwills' Williams
Dominick 'JazzPimp' Dimpfel
Jeorge 'Jeorge' Endicott 
Marcelo 'chelo' Cespedes
Age: 24 Team: Imperial Rating 1.0: 1.07 Maps played: 937 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.66 

BIG #16 

Johannes 'tabseN' Wodarz
Florian 'syrsoN' Rische
Nils 'k1to' Gruhne
Josef 'faveN' Baumann
Karim 'Krimbo' Moussa 
ENCE #18 
Marco 'Snappi' Pfeiffer
Valdemar 'valde' Bjørn Vangså
Pavle 'Maden' Bošković
Paweł 'dycha' Dycha
Álvaro 'SunPayus' García 

9z #50 

Maximiliano 'max' Gonzalez
Franco 'dgt' Garcia
David 'dav1deuS' Tapia Maldonado
Lucas 'nqz' Soares
Nicolás 'buda' Kramer 
OG #14 
Nemanja 'nexa' Isaković
Adam 'NEOFRAG' Zouhar
Shahar 'flameZ' Shushan
Abdul 'degster' Gasanov
Maciej 'F1KU' Miklas 
Sprout #31 
Ismail 'refrezh' Ali
Fritz 'slaxz-' Dietrich
Rasmus 'Zyphon' Nordfoss
Victor 'Staehr' Staehr
Laurențiu 'lauNX' Țârlea 
Natus Vincere #2 
Oleksandr 's1mple' Kostyliev
Denis 'electroNic' Sharipov
Viktor 'sdy' Orudzhev
Ilya 'Perfecto' Zalutskiy
Valeriy 'b1t' Vakhovskiy 
Vitality #3 
Dan 'apEX' Madesclaire
Peter 'dupreeh' Rasmussen
Emil 'Magisk' Reif
Mathieu 'ZywOo' Herbaut
Lotan 'Spinx' Giladi 
Vinicius 'VINI' Figueiredo
Age: 23 Team: Imperial Rating 1.0: 0.99 Maps played: 1017 KPR: 0.66 DPR: 0.66 
MOUZ #9 
Christopher 'dexter' Nong
David 'frozen' Čerňanský
Jon 'JDC' de Castro
Ádám 'torzsi' Torzsás
Dorian 'xertioN' Berman 

HEROIC #10 

Casper 'cadiaN' Møller
Martin 'stavn' Lund
René 'TeSeS' Madsen
Rasmus 'sjuush' Beck
Jakob 'jabbi' Nygaard 

Justin 'FaNg' Coakley
Age: 20 Team: Complexity Rating 1.0: 1.02 Maps played: 690 KPR: 0.71 DPR: 0.68 

paiN #23 

Vinicios 'PKL' Coelho
Wesley 'hardzao' Lopes
Rodrigo 'biguzera' Bittencourt
Felipe 'skullz' Medeiros
Romeu 'zevy' Rocco 
Imperial #21 
Ricardo 'boltz' Prass
Gabriel 'FalleN' Toledo
Vinicius 'VINI' Figueiredo
Fernando 'fer' Alvarenga
Marcelo 'chelo' Cespedes 
FURIA #7 
Andrei 'arT' Piovezan
Yuri 'yuurih' Santos
Kaike 'KSCERATO' Cerato
Rafael 'saffee' Costa
André 'drop' Abreu 

Complexity #17 

Michael 'Grim' Wince
Ricky 'floppy' Kemery
Justin 'FaNg' Coakley
Johnny 'JT' Theodosiou
Håkon 'hallzerk' Fjærli 
Isurus #89 
Roberto 'reversive' Themtham
Ignacio 'meyern' Meyer
Luciano 'luchov' Herrera
Nicolás 'Noktse' Dávila
Marcos 'deco' Amato 
Outsiders #12 
Evgenii 'FL1T' Lebedev
Alexey 'Qikert' Golubev
Dzhami 'Jame' Ali
David 'n0rb3r7' Danielyan
Petr 'fame' Bolyshev 
fnatic #19 
Freddy 'KRIMZ' Johansson
Nico 'nicoodoz' Tamjidi
Fredrik 'roeJ' Jørgensen
William 'mezii' Merriman
Dion 'FASHR' Derksen 
Gabriel 'FalleN' Toledo
Age: 31 Team: Imperial Rating 1.0: 1.07 Maps played: 1603 KPR: 0.69 DPR: 0.60 

Ricky 'floppy' Kemery
Age: 22 Team: Complexity Rating 1.0: 1.09 Maps played: 852 KPR: 0.74 DPR: 0.66 
Cloud9 #6 
Abay 'HObbit' Khassenov
Timofey 'interz' Yakushin
Sergey 'Ax1Le' Rykhtorov
Dmitry 'sh1ro' Sokolov
Vladislav 'nafany' Gorshkov 

Bad News Eagles #32 

Rigon 'rigoN' Gashi
Sener 'SENER1' Mahmuti
Flatron 'juanflatroo' Halimi
Dionis 'sinnopsyy' Budeci
Genc 'gxx-' Kolgeci 
00NATION #29 
Marcelo 'coldzera' David
Epitacio 'TACO' de Melo
Eduardo 'dumau' Wolkmer
Bruno 'latto' Rebelatto
Santino 'try' Rigal 

Spirit #15 

Leonid 'chopper' Vishnyakov
Boris 'magixx' Vorobiev
Pavel 'S1ren' Ogloblin
Robert 'Patsi' Isyanov
Ihor 'w0nderful' Zhdanov 
IHC #82 
Bat-Enkh 'kabal' Batbayar
Tengis 'sk0R' Batjargal
Tuvshintugs 'Annihilation' Nyamdorj
Garidmagnai 'bLitz' Byambasuren
Sodbayar 'Techno' Munkhbold 

Evil Geniuses #22 

Timothy 'autimatic' Ta
Vincent 'Brehze' Cayonte
Tsvetelin 'CeRq' Dimitrov
Sanzhar 'neaLaN' Iskhakov
Jadan 'HexT' Postma 
Fernando 'fer' Alvarenga
Age: 30 Team: Imperial Rating 1.0: 1.08 Maps played: 1456 KPR: 0.75 DPR: 0.68 
GamerLegion #60 
Frederik 'acoR' Gyldstrand
Mihai 'iM' Ivan
Nicolas 'Keoz' Dgus
Kamil 'siuhy' Szkaradek
Isak 'isak' Fahlén 
Liquid #4 
Nick 'nitr0' Cannella
Keith 'NAF' Markovic
Jonathan 'EliGE' Jablonowski
Josh 'oSee' Ohm
Mareks 'YEKINDAR' Gaļinskis 
Grayhound #39 
Simon 'Sico' Williams
Jay 'Liazz' Tregillgas
Alistair 'aliStair' Johnston
Joshua 'INS' Potter
Declan 'Vexite' Portelli 
TeamOne #34 
Mario 'malbsMd' Samayoa
Pedro 'Maluk3' Campos
Matheus 'pesadelo' Panisset
Victor 'iDk' Torraca
Alencar 'trk' Rossato