IEM Rio 2024 Day 2: Short Preview and Schedule

IEM Rio 2024 is already in full swing, yesterday's game day was really eventful, especially the phenomenal performance of Furia, who finished the first game day with two victories. IEM Rio 2024 First Day Results you can read in another article.

Now let's take a quick look at today's matches

Vitality - The Mongolz

The first match of the evening is opened by a pair - Vitality and Mongolz. The match will be very interesting, since Mongolz is not an easy team and always tries to play aggressive CS.

Vitality show stable results and in general the team is in optimal shape, Mongolz also succeed in their region and regularly demonstrate their strength at Tier-1 tournaments. Both teams have met each other, only 2 times. At ESL Pro League S19, where the French won with a score of 2-0 and the second time and directly at PGL Copenhagen Major 2024, where Vitality also won with a score of 13-9.

Let's see if the Mongols can finally take at least one map from the French or Vitality will again prove unyielding

9z - Virtus.pro

Definitely an interesting match. First of all, it will be interesting to see 9z, who continue their march in the tournament. Will they be able to overcome unstable VP, who are playing terribly at the moment, or will the "bears" pull themselves together and not give in, at least in this match?

Heroic - Astralis

Next on the schedule we have the Danish derby: Astralis vs. Heroic, a match that will not leave fans of both teams indifferent. Of course, we cannot fail to mention the meeting of Cadian with his former team, since it was in Heroic that the Dane declared himself on the world stage. Dev1ce and co. are moving slowly but surely and today's match is the perfect option for them to finally move forward. For Heroic, this match will certainly not be easy, but it is quite possible that this time, desire and skill will merge together.

G2 - Eternal Fire

A meeting of teams that both disappointed yesterday. G2 were very disappointed yesterday by unexpectedly losing to Heroic, and EF actually lost to Astralis. Funny, right?

A very serious match for both teams, so we expect a serious fight from this pair, not for life, but to the death.

MOUZ - Complexity

MOUZ vs Complexity will probably be the most unpredictable match of the evening. Both teams play approximately equally, so there is no clear favorite of this pair. It will be interesting to see how Mouz will recover from the defeat of Furia today and whether they will be able to put all their anger against Complexity or whether the Americans will be quicker and will not let themselves be beaten.

Faze - Liquid

The last match of the evening promises to be no less interesting than the others. Liquid couldn't resist Navi's anger yesterday and lost 1-2, but Faze defeated Pain, thereby knocking them out of IEM Rio 2024. Despite the more serious status of Faze Clan, most viewers are sure that Liquid will turn on the high-power mode and will be able to squeeze further along the tournament grid, taking advantage of Faze's instability.

We remind you that you can watch all the matches of the tournament on the official ESL Twitch channel. You can find more information about the tournament in our main article. Let's follow IEM Rio together!