After two unsuccessful attempts, Outsiders made the third count to advance to IEM Rio.

Outsiders have clinched the final IEM Rio Major spot on offer in the European Regional Major Ranking event following a 2-0 thrashing of Falcons in the final round of the B group.

With a 3-2 record overall, the Russian-majority side will start their Major campaign in the Challengers Stage.

Outsiders clinch a Challengers Stage spot after three attempts to qualify

The team around Dzhami "⁠Jame⁠" Ali went 2-0 to start the Swiss stage but were unable to lock in the Major spot in their first two chances, faltering in difficult matchups against Natus Vincere in the third round and to OG in a close three-map affair in the fourth round.

In the fifth against Nathan "⁠NBK-⁠" Schmitt's team, it was a straightforward affair as Outsiders secured a 16-7 win on the opening Dust2, recovering from a 1-4 start with a powerful response, and 16-5 on Inferno in just as a one-sided affair.

"Every time when Outsiders or VP were playing RMRs or Majors, they never won 3-0 or 3-1, it was always hard games from 1-2 or 2-0," David "⁠n0rb3r7⁠" Danielyan said to HLTV.org in a post-match comment. "We were confident that if we lose to OG, it's fine, we will win the next game."

IEM Road to Rio 2022 Europe RMR BBest of 3 OutsidersMatchpage 2 0 9th October 2022 Falcons 16Dust2 7 16Inferno 5

Outsiders	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
David 'n0rb3r7' Danielyann0rb3r7	41 - 17	+24	94.9	1.68
Alexey 'Qikert' GolubevQikert	31 - 19	+12	74.5	1.34
Dzhami 'Jame' AliJame	30 - 20	+10	72.7	1.27
Petr 'fame' Bolyshevfame	31 - 21	+10	74.8	1.23
Evgenii 'FL1T' LebedevFL1T	30 - 24	+6	71.2	1.11

Falcons	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Bryan 'Maka' CandaMaka	29 - 30	-1	75.4	0.98
Ali 'hAdji' HaïnousshAdji	21 - 34	-13	64.2	0.69
Kévin 'misutaaa' Rabiermisutaaa	18 - 32	-14	51.5	0.68
Nathan 'NBK-' SchmittNBK-	18 - 35	-17	50.4	0.61
Jordan 'Python' Munck-FoehrlePython	14 - 32	-18	36.8	0.50

The list of teams qualified for IEM Rio Major looks as follows:

Legends Stage
FaZe
Ninjas in Pyjamas
Natus Vincere
ENCE
Sprout
Spirit
Liquid Challengers Stage
9z
FURIA
00NATION
IHC
fnatic
GamerLegion
Bad News Eagles
Grayhound
BIG
Vitality
Cloud9
MOUZ
Evil Geniuses
Outsiders

To be determined
HEROIC
OG

HEROIC and OG play for a Legends spot

FaZe #1 Finn 'karrigan' AndersenHåvard 'rain' NygaardRussel 'Twistzz' Van DulkenRobin 'ropz' KoolHelvijs 'broky' Saukants Nathan 'NBK-' Schmitt Age: 28 Team: Falcons Rating 1.0: 1.02 Maps played: 2081 KPR: 0.69 DPR: 0.67 Ninjas in Pyjamas #11 Patrick 'es3tag' HansenFredrik 'REZ' SternerHampus 'hampus' PoserAleksi 'Aleksib' VirolainenLudvig 'Brollan' Brolin BIG #16 Johannes 'tabseN' WodarzFlorian 'syrsoN' RischeNils 'k1to' GruhneJosef 'faveN' BaumannKarim 'Krimbo' Moussa ENCE #18 Marco 'Snappi' PfeifferValdemar 'valde' Bjørn VangsåPavle 'Maden' BoškovićPaweł 'dycha' DychaÁlvaro 'SunPayus' García 9z #50 Maximiliano 'max' GonzalezFranco 'dgt' GarciaDavid 'dav1deuS' Tapia MaldonadoLucas 'nqz' SoaresNicolás 'buda' Kramer Sprout #31 Ismail 'refrezh' AliFritz 'slaxz-' DietrichRasmus 'Zyphon' NordfossVictor 'Staehr' StaehrLaurențiu 'lauNX' Țârlea OG #14 Nemanja 'nexa' IsakovićAdam 'NEOFRAG' ZouharShahar 'flameZ' ShushanAbdul 'degster' GasanovMaciej 'F1KU' Miklas Dzhami 'Jame' Ali Age: 24 Team: Outsiders Rating 1.0: 1.13 Maps played: 1212 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.55 Natus Vincere #2 Oleksandr 's1mple' KostylievDenis 'electroNic' SharipovViktor 'sdy' OrudzhevIlya 'Perfecto' ZalutskiyValeriy 'b1t' Vakhovskiy Vitality #3 Dan 'apEX' MadesclairePeter 'dupreeh' RasmussenEmil 'Magisk' ReifMathieu 'ZywOo' HerbautLotan 'Spinx' Giladi MOUZ #9 Christopher 'dexter' NongDavid 'frozen' ČerňanskýJon 'JDC' de CastroÁdám 'torzsi' TorzsásDorian 'xertioN' Berman HEROIC #10 Casper 'cadiaN' MøllerMartin 'stavn' LundRené 'TeSeS' MadsenRasmus 'sjuush' BeckJakob 'jabbi' Nygaard FURIA #7 Andrei 'arT' PiovezanYuri 'yuurih' SantosKaike 'KSCERATO' CeratoRafael 'saffee' CostaAndré 'drop' Abreu Falcons #35 Nathan 'NBK-' SchmittAli 'hAdji' HaïnoussBryan 'Maka' CandaKévin 'misutaaa' RabierJordan 'Python' Munck-Foehrle fnatic #19 Freddy 'KRIMZ' JohanssonNico 'nicoodoz' TamjidiFredrik 'roeJ' JørgensenWilliam 'mezii' MerrimanDion 'FASHR' Derksen Outsiders #12 Evgenii 'FL1T' LebedevAlexey 'Qikert' GolubevDzhami 'Jame' AliDavid 'n0rb3r7' DanielyanPetr 'fame' Bolyshev David 'n0rb3r7' Danielyan Age: 21 Team: Outsiders Rating 1.0: 1.04 Maps played: 1099 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.69 Cloud9 #6 Abay 'HObbit' KhassenovTimofey 'interz' YakushinSergey 'Ax1Le' RykhtorovDmitry 'sh1ro' SokolovVladislav 'nafany' Gorshkov Bad News Eagles #32 Rigon 'rigoN' GashiSener 'SENER1' MahmutiFlatron 'juanflatroo' HalimiDionis 'sinnopsyy' BudeciGenc 'gxx-' Kolgeci 00NATION #29 Marcelo 'coldzera' DavidEpitacio 'TACO' de MeloEduardo 'dumau' WolkmerBruno 'latto' RebelattoSantino 'try' Rigal Spirit #15 Leonid 'chopper' VishnyakovBoris 'magixx' VorobievPavel 'S1ren' OgloblinRobert 'Patsi' IsyanovIhor 'w0nderful' Zhdanov IHC #82 Bat-Enkh 'kabal' BatbayarTengis 'sk0R' BatjargalTuvshintugs 'Annihilation' NyamdorjGaridmagnai 'bLitz' ByambasurenSodbayar 'Techno' Munkhbold Evil Geniuses #22 Timothy 'autimatic' TaVincent 'Brehze' CayonteTsvetelin 'CeRq' DimitrovSanzhar 'neaLaN' IskhakovJadan 'HexT' Postma GamerLegion #60 Frederik 'acoR' GyldstrandMihai 'iM' IvanNicolas 'Keoz' DgusKamil 'siuhy' SzkaradekIsak 'isak' Fahlén Liquid #4 Nick 'nitr0' CannellaKeith 'NAF' MarkovicJonathan 'EliGE' JablonowskiJosh 'oSee' OhmMareks 'YEKINDAR' Gaļinskis Grayhound #39 Simon 'Sico' WilliamsJay 'Liazz' TregillgasAlistair 'aliStair' JohnstonJoshua 'INS' PotterDeclan 'Vexite' Portelli