Team Seeding Announced for IEM Rio 2024 Groups
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Team Seeding Announced for IEM Rio 2024 Groups

The organizers of Intel Extreme Masters Rio 2024 have revealed the group stage seeding for the 16 participating teams.

The group stage will follow a GSL (double-elimination) format. The opening matches will be best-of-1, while all subsequent matches will be best-of-3.

Group A: Natus Vincere, Rare Atom, Complexity Gaming, Team Liquid, FaZe Clan, FURIA Esports, paiN Gaming, MOUZ.

Group B: Team Vitality, 9z Team, The Mongolz, Virtus.pro, Eternal Fire, Astralis, HEROIC, G2 Esports.

The group winners will advance directly to the playoff semifinals, while the teams finishing in 2nd and 3rd place will proceed to the quarterfinals. All other teams will be eliminated from the tournament.

IEM Rio 2024 will take place in Brazil from October 7 to October 13, with a total prize pool of $250,000.