William "⁠mezii⁠" Merriman's squad came out victorious from a close match against HAVU to lock in their spot at the RMR.

Four teams have confirmed their attendance at the upcoming IEM Rio Europe RMR from the second set of open qualifiers. fnatic, FORZE, Monte, and K23 are set to attend the event and fight for a spot at the Major after securing a spot in the top four, joining the four other teams who qualified from the first open bracket on the team list.

The advancing teams reached the quarter-finals of the online tournament after going through six rounds of single-elimination best-of-ones across two days. The qualifying matches were played in a best-of-three format while the upcoming seeding matches will also be best-of-ones.

Monte were the first team to qualify following their 2-0 victory over Endpoint. The European mix made their way to the quarter-final after victories over eSuba and LDLC, setting up a match between Mohammad "⁠BOROS⁠" Malhas and his old squad. Max "⁠MiGHTYMAX⁠" Heath's men conceded Mirage before collapsing on the CT side of Overpass despite Markus "⁠Kjaerbye⁠" Kjærbye and Joey "⁠CRUC1AL⁠" Steusel's exemplary performances on the map.

The second team to punch their ticket to the event was K23 as the Russian squad comfortably dispatched 1WIN in the seventh round of the qualifiers. Timur "⁠clax⁠" Sabirov and Bogdan "⁠xsepower⁠" Chernikov pushed their team to victory in the Russian derby, sending them into the semi-final.

GamerLegion faced the likes of Anonymo and EYEBALLERS to secure a spot in the qualification match against FORZE. The Russian squad barely made it out through their map against UNGENTIUM, but turned it up against the European mix, eliminating them after an excellent 2-0 sweep.

The last team to secure their attendance in the Regional Major Ranking event was fnatic after their narrow victory against HAVU. The mezii-led squad went to the very last round on Mirage and all the way to four sets of overtime on Nuke before securing their spot in the RMR.

The teams participating at the EU RMR are currently: