With regards to competitive CS:GO, we’re slowly waiting for the PGL Stockholm Major event. However, there’s one more regional event which can shape up the seedings for this event. Accordingly, read on for a How to Watch episode covering all the separate regions of the IEM Season XVI Fall!
Event Background
Covering six separate regions is quite difficult. Yet, we’ll be offering a short summary of the essential dates and details for each region.
- Europe: 9th Sep to 10th Oct, 24 teams, Offline, $105,000
- CIS: 29th Sep to 3rd Oct, 12 teams, Online, $50,000
- North America: 5th Oct to 10th Oct, 12 teams, Online, $70,000
- South America: 29th Sep to 3rd Oct, 4 teams, Online, $10,000
- Asia: 5th Oct to 10th Oct, 4 teams, Online, $10,000
- Oceania: 29th Sep to 3rd Oct, 4 teams, Online, $10,000
Furthermore, we have the full list of teams for each region below for the sake of context.
- Europe: Heroic, G2 Esports, mousesports, Ninjas in Pyjamas, Team Vitality, BIG, FunPlus Phoenix, Astralis, Double Poney, Sprout, OG, Complexity Gaming, FaZe Clan, Copenhagen Flames, SKADE, Dignitas, Movistar Riders, SInners Esports, Endpoint, ENCE, Team Fiend, MAD Lions, Fnatic, AURA
- CIS: Natus Vincere, Team Spirit, Gambit Esports, K23, forZe, Virtus.Pro, Entropiq, Team Unique, Nemiga Gaming, Akuma, AVE, INDE IRAE eSports
- North America: EXTREMIUM, Team Liquid, FURIA Esports, Evil Geniuses, 00Nation, Extra Salt, Bad News Bears, paiN Gaming, Team One, GODSENT, ATK, Triumph
- South America: MIBR, Sharks Esports, Bravos Gaming, Imperial Esports
- Asia: TYLOO, ViCi Gaming, Team NIKT, Checkmate
- Oceania: Renegades, ORDER, LookingForOrg, VERTEX Esports Club
Accordingly, everyone’s fighting for RMR Points.
Format
In terms of format, all individual events will run along the same classic format.
Accordingly, for regions with more than 4 teams, we’ll be enjoying a Group Stage followed by a Playoff Bracket immediately afterwards. Do note that most regions will include a double elimination bracket as even placing 3rd compared to 5th helps secure more of those enjoyable RMR points.
Furthermore, regions with 4 teams will be seeded immediately into a playoff bracket to determine a winner.
Schedule for the IEM Season XVI Fall Regionals
For the full schedule for all the regions, we highly recommend visiting the event page here.
Watch the IEM Season XVI Fall Regionals on esportsguide
You can also watch the IEM Season XVI Fall Regionals live stream via our very own website. Providing an extensive list of the biggest esports together with streams for each esports match live today or upcoming matches.
Predictions
For all six regions, we’ll be providing a quick look at the Regional Major Rankings 2021 before this event to help offer some context:
- Europe: 1 – Heroic, 2 – G2 Esports, 3 – mousesports, 4 – Ninjas in Pyjamas, 5 – Team Vitality
- North America: 1 – EXTREMIUM, 2 – Team Liquid, 3 – FURIA Esports, 4 – Evil Geniuses, 5 – 00Nation
- South America: 1 – MIBR, 2 – Sharks Esports, 3 – Bravos Gaming, 4 – Paqueta Gaming, 5 – Imperial Esports
- Asia: 1 – TYLOO, 2 – ViCi Gaming, 3 – Team NIKT
- Oceania: 1 – Renegades, 2 – ORDER, 3 – LookingForOrg
- CIS: 1 – Natus Vincere, 2 – Team Spirit, 3 – Gambit Esports, 4 – K23, 5 – forZe
Based on these standings, teams will try their best to keep advancing or to not fall further. Once again, we’ll remind our readers that teams will either qualify as Legends, Challengers or Contenders.
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