Fnatic Secures IEM Rio Major Berth

Fnatic comes back to its first Major since IEM Katowice 2019. Fnatic effortlessly sent off a 1WIN in a two-map series, triumphing in the Overpass (16-5) and Ancient (16-9) to go 3-2 in the Europe RMR A tournament and ensure their place at the IEM Rio Major Challengers Stage. Egor "⁠flamie⁠" Vasilyev & co. have been kicked out of the tournament with a 2-3 record after they were not able to capitalize on either of their two opportunities to qualify for the Major with defeats to Cloud9 and the European mix around William "⁠mezii⁠" Merriman.

Fnatic found themselves in a tight spot after they followed up their opening-day win against Aurora with defeats against FaZe and B8. After they shifted from the best-of-one format, they put on a different outlook together, effortlessly defeating Eternal Fire and 1WIN to return to the Major stage.