The IEM Rio Main 2022 has completed with the CIS Outsiders roster taking residence the trophy and the $500,000 prize. The Grand Last win was a momentous event for Counter-Strike historical past, however it didn’t grip followers like one of many prior matches within the Champion Stage.
FURIA was one of many groups that pushed by way of to the later levels of the match, with the house crowd chanting of their favor. They eradicated one of many present titans of CS:GO, NAVI, and on this bout, lies the height viewership.
In accordance with Esports Charts, NAVI vs. FURIA topped the viewership statistics for the IEM Rio Main 2022. The Grand Last noticed a peak of 1.14 million viewers, which was overshadowed by a stable peak of 1.38 million concurrent viewers.
The quarter-final match noticed a harmful FURIA roster upset the clear favorites. NAVI misplaced 2-1 in opposition to the Brazilian aspect, spurring on the dream of profitable a serious in entrance of a house crowd.
Rio’s last ranked second, with FURIA vs. Heroic following behind in third place.
The English peak barely surpassed the Portuguese peak by solely 15,934 viewers for the second day of the Champions stage.
Sadly, the IEM Rio Main dream got here crashing down in a Counter-Strike semi-final matchup in opposition to Heroic, the place the Danes stopped FURIA of their tracks.
This nonetheless pales compared to the PGL Main Stockholm 2022, the place the ultimate CS:GO match between G2 and NAVI noticed a peak of 2.7 million concurrent viewers.