ESL One Road to Rio: All you need to know

With Valve having revamped the qualifying system for the ESL One Rio Major, we have compiled all the information available about the first tournament that will award points towards the $2 million event.

The qualifying process for the sole Major of 2020 starts later this month with the Spring Series of the Regional Major Ranking (RMR), which will be hosted by ESL. The tournament, called ESL One: Road to Rio, will see 56 teams across six regions compete for ranking points and for their share of a $255,000 prize pool supported by Valve.

The vast majority of the teams competing in ESL One: Road to Rio were the ones that had either secured spots at the Rio Major after finishing top-14 at the StarLadder Major or had qualified for the Minors via the closed qualifiers. However, there are still 11 slots up for grabs, with details about how they will be filled expected to be released in the coming days.

The road to the ESL One Rio Major starts on April 22

Flashpoint partner c0ntact will be taking part in the North American competition as they are currently unable to travel back to Europe to defend their invitation because of the coronavirus outbreak. According to Valve, any points gained will be reset in case the team decide to switch their region to Europe in the future.

HLTV.orghas reached out to ESL for comment about the reason why c0ntact will have to compete in North America while two other European Flashpoint contestants, Dignitas and Copenhagen Flames, will play in their own region.

Below you can find the details about all the ESL One: Road to Rio competitions:

Europe

Starting Date: April 22
Prize Pool: $105,000

Astralis
Vitality
G2
North
Complexity
Ninjas in Pyjamas
Copenhagen Flames
Dignitas ENCE
MOUZ
FaZe
fnatic
Heretics
Movistar Riders
GODSENT
TBD

North America

Starting Date: April 22
Prize Pool: $70,000

Evil Geniuses
100 Thieves
c0ntact
Bad News Bears
Cloud9
Envy Liquid
MIBR
FURIA
Gen.G
Triumph
TBD

CIS

Starting Date: April 30
Prize Pool: $50,000

Virtus.pro
Winstrike
Spirit
Espada
Unique
TBDNatus Vincere
Gambit Youngsters
Syman
Hard Legion
FORZE
TBD

South America

Starting Date: April 22
Prize Pool: $10,000

RED Canids
TBDBOOM
TBD

Oceania

Starting Date: April 23
Prize Pool: $10,000

Renegades
TBDORDER
TBD

Asia

Starting Date: April 22
Prize Pool: $10,000

TYLOO
Mazaalai
Lucid Dream
TBDViCi
TIGER
TBD
TBD

This is just the first tournament that will award points towards the Regional Major Ranking. Future tournaments will be announced in the months leading up to the Rio Major and will feature an invite system based on the Regional Major Ranking competitions.

MIBR #24 Gabriel 'FalleN' ToledoVito 'kNgV-' GiuseppeFernando 'fer' AlvarengaEpitacio 'TACO' de MeloIgnacio 'meyern' Meyer Renegades #27 Simon 'Sico' WilliamsChristopher 'dexter' NongJoshua 'INS' PotterJordan 'Hatz' BajicLiam 'malta' Schembri Dignitas #66 Patrik 'f0rest' LindbergChristopher 'GeT_RiGhT' AlesundRichard 'Xizt' LandströmAdam 'friberg' FribergHåkon 'hallzerk' Fjærli Evil Geniuses #7 Peter 'stanislaw' JarguzTarik 'tarik' CelikVincent 'Brehze' CayonteEthan 'Ethan' ArnoldTsvetelin 'CeRq' Dimitrov 100 Thieves #8 Justin 'jks' SavageAaron 'AZR' WardJoakim 'jkaem' MyrbostadSean 'Gratisfaction' KaiwaiJay 'Liazz' Tregillgas Cloud9 #28 Aran 'Sonic' GroesbeekJohnny 'JT' TheodosiouRicky 'floppy' KemeryIan 'motm' HardyJosh 'oSee' Ohm Complexity #14 William 'RUSH' WierzbaKristian 'k0nfig' WieneckeValentin 'poizon' VasilevOwen 'oBo' SchlatterBenjamin 'blameF' Bremer Mazaalai #96 Temuulen 'Zilkenberg' BattulgaTsog 'Tsogoo' MashbatEnkhtaivan 'Machinegun' LkhagvaIrmuun 'PRISM' TuulUuganbayar 'NEUZ' Nyam-Otgon Ninjas in Pyjamas #12 Simon 'twist' EliassonJonas 'Lekr0' OlofssonFredrik 'REZ' SternerTim 'nawwk' JonassonNicolas 'Plopski' Gonzalez Zamora Natus Vincere #1 Egor 'flamie' VasilyevOleksandr 's1mple' KostylievDenis 'electroNic' SharipovKirill 'Boombl4' MikhailovIlya 'Perfecto' Zalutskiy Unique #75 Evgeny 'fenvicious' MitsikPavel 'PASHANOJ' LegostaevRoberts 'R0b3n' ČigauskisAleksandr 'zorte' ZagodyrenkoVadim 'Polt' Tsyrov Movistar Riders #35 Christian 'loWel' Garcia AntoranRajohn 'EasTor' LinatoLucas 'steel' LopesAlejandro 'alex' MasanetAlejandro 'mopoz' Fernández-Quejo Cano Syman #31 Rustem 'mou' TelepovRasmus 'kreaz' JohanssonSanzhar 'neaLaN' IskhakovNicolas 'Keoz' DgusDavid 'n0rb3r7' Danielyan Bad News Bears #33 Peter 'ptr' GurneyMitch 'mitch' SemagoMichael 'dapr' GulinoJonathan 'Jonji' CareyAustin 'crashies' Roberts FaZe #10 Olof 'olofmeister' KajbjerNikola 'NiKo' KovačHåvard 'rain' NygaardMarcelo 'coldzera' DavidHelvijs 'broky' Saukants Vitality #9 Richard 'shox' PapillonCédric 'RpK' GuipouyDan 'apEX' MadesclaireMathieu 'ZywOo' HerbautKévin 'misutaaa' Rabier Gen.G #16 Hansel 'BnTeT' FerdinandDamian 'daps' SteeleTimothy 'autimatic' TaKenneth 'koosta' SuenSam 's0m' Oh Envy #53 Michał 'MICHU' MüllerBuğra 'Calyx' ArkınNoah 'Nifty' FrancisRyan 'ryann' WelshKaleb 'moose' Jayne ViCi #52 Zhuo 'advent' LiangWeiJie 'zhokiNg' ZhongZhiHong 'aumaN' LiuAndrew 'kaze' KhongYi 'JamYoung' Yang Hard Legion #46 Semyon 'kinqie' LisitsynSvyatoslav 'svyat' DovbakhVladislav 'Krad' KravchenkoIgor 'Forester' BezotecheskiyDmitry 'rAge' Bolotov c0ntact #26 Luka 'emi' VukovićNestor 'LETN1' TanićOtto 'ottoNd' SihvoGeorgi 'SHiPZ' GrigorovRokas 'EspiranTo' Milasauskas G2 #3 Audric 'JACKZ' JugNemanja 'huNter-' KovačKenny 'kennyS' SchrubFrançois 'amanek' DelaunayNemanja 'nexa' Isaković ORDER #59 Ricardo 'Rickeh' MulhollandKarlo 'USTILO' PivacAlistair 'aliStair' JohnstonJireh 'J1rah' YouakimMatthew 'Valiance' Hartrick fnatic #5 Robin 'flusha' RönnquistJesper 'JW' WecksellFreddy 'KRIMZ' JohanssonMaikil 'Golden' SelimLudvig 'Brollan' Brolin FORZE #21 Dmitriy 'facecrack' AlekseyevAlmaz 'almazer' AsadullinEvgenii 'FL1T' LebedevBogdan 'xsepower' ChernikovAndrey 'Jerry' Mekhryakov ENCE #22 Aleksi 'allu' JalliJani 'Aerial' JussilaMiikka 'suNny' KemppiSami 'xseveN' LaasanenJere 'sergej' Salo Espada #64 Dmitriy 'Dimaoneshot' BandurkaDmitry 'S0tF1k' ForostyankoVladislav 'FinigaN' UsovAbdul 'degster' GasanovRobert 'Patsi' Isyanov Triumph #44 Logan 'Voltage' LongMichael 'Grim' WinceGabe 'Spongey' GreinerAlan 'Shakezullah' HardemanPeter 'Asuna' Mazuryk Copenhagen Flames #40 Magnus 'Nodios' OlsenRasmus 'HooXi' NielsenIsmail 'refrezh' AliRené 'TeSeS' MadsenAsger 'Farlig' Jensen Astralis #2 Andreas 'Xyp9x' HøjslethPeter 'dupreeh' RasmussenLukas 'gla1ve' RossanderNicolai 'device' ReedtzEmil 'Magisk' Reif MOUZ #4 Finn 'karrigan' AndersenChris 'chrisJ' de JongÖzgür 'woxic' EkerDavid 'frozen' ČerňanskýRobin 'ropz' Kool RED Canids #80 Renato 'nak' NakanoLincoln 'fnx' LauLucas 'destiny' BulloGabriel 'nython' LinoBruno 'latto' Rebelatto Spirit #25 Leonid 'chopper' VishnyakovNikolay 'mir' BityukovViktor 'sdy' OrudzhevArtem 'iDISBALANCE' EgorovBoris 'magixx' Vorobiev Virtus.pro #20 Dauren 'AdreN' KystaubayevSanjar 'SANJI' KulievTimur 'buster' TulepovAlexey 'Qikert' GolubevDzhami 'Jame' Ali Lucid Dream #87 Thotsaphon 'cbbk' SuphatthanaphalaphonHong-Gyo 'Jinx' JungJong-Min 'Lakia' KimKitikawin 'PTC' RattanasukolChanawin 'JohnOlsen' Nakchain TYLOO #30 YuLun 'Summer' CaiYuanZhang 'Attacker' ShengHaoWen 'somebody' XuWingHei 'Freeman' CheungSeon-Ho 'xeta' Son TIGER #147 Gan-Erdene 'dobu' BatboldBold 'ncl' BatsuhBat-Enkh 'kabal' BatbayarErdenetsogt 'erkaSt' GantulgaYesuntumur 'nin9' Gantulga North #23 René 'cajunb' BorgMathias 'MSL' LauridsenPhilip 'aizy' AistrupMarkus 'Kjaerbye' KjærbyeNicklas 'gade' Gade Winstrike #50 Vladyslav 'bondik' NechyporchukAbay 'HObbit' KhassenovAidyn 'KrizzeN' TurlybekovViktor 'Lack1' BoldyrevAleksei 'El1an' Gusev GODSENT #17 Mikail 'Maikelele' BillJesse 'zehN' LinjalaMartin 'STYKO' StykKevin 'kRYSTAL' AmendPavle 'Maden' Bošković Heretics #49 Fabien 'kioShiMa' FieyAlexandre 'xms' FortéBryan 'Maka' CandaLucas 'Lucky' ChastangNabil 'Nivera' Benrlitom Liquid #6 Nick 'nitr0' CannellaKeith 'NAF' MarkovicJonathan 'EliGE' JablonowskiJake 'Stewie2K' YipRussel 'Twistzz' Van Dulken FURIA #11 Henrique 'HEN1' TelesAndrei 'arT' PiovezanYuri 'yuurih' SantosVinicius 'VINI' FigueiredoKaike 'KSCERATO' Cerato BOOM #47 Ricardo 'boltz' PrassJoão 'felps' VasconcellosGustavo 'yel' KnittelMarcelo 'chelo' CespedesBruno 'shz' Martinelli Gambit Youngsters #37 Timofey 'interz' YakushinAnton 'supra' TšernobaiSergey 'Ax1Le' RykhtorovDmitry 'sh1ro' SokolovVladislav 'nafany' Gorshkov