Astralis, Movistar Riders eliminated from IEM Road to Rio Europe Open Qualifier 3

The No. 4 and No. 6 teams in the world now have just one final chance to book their tickets to the RMR.

Movistar Riders and Astralis have suffered defeats in the IEM Road to Rio Europe Open Qualifier 3's round of 32. The Danes were bested by los kogutos, a result that comes as a surprise after the team's performance in BLAST Fall Groups, where they got the better of the likes of Ninjas in Pyjamas and Vitality. The Spaniards, who recently lost their star sniper Álvaro "⁠SunPayus⁠" García to ENCE, fell to B8 in the same round.

This now means that both Movistar Riders and Astralis face the jarring task of booking one of the remaining six spots available in Friday's Open Qualifier 4, or suffer an early elimination in the Major qualification process. BLAST Groups will run in tandem with the qualifier on Friday, but Ulrich Schulze, SVP of Product at ESL, ensured that the TOs are working together so teams don't miss out on either event.

Astralis have just one more chance to progress on Friday

Astralis faced los kogutos on Ancient in the round of 32 and had a slow start to the game. They went down 1-7 on the CT side before stabilizing to win the half 8-7. Even with the momentum in their favor, they didn't find success on the offense and lost nine rounds in a row, which culminated in an unexpected exit for the Danes.

Meanwhile, Movistar Riders lost 9-16 on Nuke to the Ukrainians of B8. The Spanish team's recent addition, Antonio "⁠MartinezSa⁠" Martinez, had an indifferent game, averaging a 0.83 rating as his team was hampered by an uninspired defensive half they were unable to recover from.

IEM Road to Rio 2022 Europe Open Qualifier 3Best of 1 AstralisMatchpage 8 16 23rd August 2022 los kogutos 8Ancient 16

Astralis	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Benjamin 'blameF' BremerblameF	18 - 16	+2	88.6	1.17
Andreas 'Xyp9x' HøjslethXyp9x	16 - 18	-2	80.0	1.01
Asger 'Farlig' JensenFarlig	16 - 19	-3	62.5	0.74
Lukas 'gla1ve' Rossandergla1ve	9 - 17	-8	53.5	0.67
Kristian 'k0nfig' Wieneckek0nfig	8 - 18	-10	47.9	0.56

los kogutos	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Tomasz 'tomiko' Urodatomiko	28 - 15	+13	115.7	1.81
Szymon 'kRaSnaL' MrozekkRaSnaL	16 - 15	+1	88.1	1.22
Wojciech 'darchevile' Klębadarchevile	15 - 13	+2	60.8	1.19
Martin 'maaryy' Nakoniecznymaaryy	16 - 9	+7	54.1	1.17
Karol 'Enzo' LasotaEnzo	13 - 15	-2	79.6	1.08

IEM Road to Rio 2022 Europe Open Qualifier 3Best of 1 B8Matchpage 16 9 23rd August 2022 Movistar Riders 16Nuke 9

B8	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Artem 'r1nkle' Morozr1nkle	23 - 11	+12	95.7	1.58
Alexey 'alex666' Yarmoshchukalex666	22 - 13	+9	87.4	1.41
Mykyta 'Hkta' RevaHkta	18 - 17	+1	78.6	1.14
Arseniy 'cptkurtka023' Derevinskiycptkurtka023	15 - 14	+1	70.4	1.10
Denys 'amster' Liashenkoamster	11 - 17	-6	47.6	0.81

Movistar Riders	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Alejandro 'alex' Masanetalex	17 - 14	+3	87.8	1.15
David 'dav1g' Granado Bermudodav1g	14 - 16	-2	63.8	0.96
Antonio 'MartinezSa' MartinezMartinezSa	15 - 17	-2	58.9	0.83
Alejandro 'mopoz' Fernández-Quejo Canomopoz	15 - 22	-7	64.9	0.74
Raúl 'DeathZz' Jordán NietoDeathZz	10 - 20	-10	52.0	0.58

Astralis #4 Andreas 'Xyp9x' HøjslethKristian 'k0nfig' WieneckeAsger 'Farlig' JensenLukas 'gla1ve' RossanderBenjamin 'blameF' Bremer Vitality #7 Dan 'apEX' MadesclairePeter 'dupreeh' RasmussenEmil 'Magisk' ReifMathieu 'ZywOo' HerbautLotan 'Spinx' Giladi Antonio 'MartinezSa' Martinez Age: 21 Team: Movistar Riders Rating 1.0: 1.15 Maps played: 45 KPR: 0.79 DPR: 0.65 B8 #85 Arseniy 'cptkurtka023' DerevinskiyArtem 'r1nkle' MorozMykyta 'Hkta' RevaAlexey 'alex666' YarmoshchukDenys 'amster' Liashenko Álvaro 'SunPayus' García Age: 23 Team: ENCE Rating 1.0: 1.12 Maps played: 329 KPR: 0.73 DPR: 0.59 Ninjas in Pyjamas #9 Patrick 'es3tag' HansenFredrik 'REZ' SternerHampus 'hampus' PoserLudvig 'Brollan' BrolinNicolas 'Plopski' Gonzalez Zamora ENCE #12 Álvaro 'SunPayus' GarcíaMarco 'Snappi' PfeifferValdemar 'valde' Bjørn VangsåPavle 'Maden' BoškovićPaweł 'dycha' Dycha Movistar Riders #6 Raúl 'DeathZz' Jordán NietoAlejandro 'alex' MasanetAlejandro 'mopoz' Fernández-Quejo CanoDavid 'dav1g' Granado BermudoAntonio 'MartinezSa' Martinez los kogutos #91 Tomasz 'tomiko' UrodaMartin 'maaryy' NakoniecznySzymon 'kRaSnaL' MrozekKarol 'Enzo' LasotaWojciech 'darchevile' Klęba