DeKay: ESL will host their first major tournament of 2020 in Rio de Janeiro

Well-known journalist and insider Yarek 'DeKay' Lewis talked about that. that ESL is likely to hold the first major next year. The city where the next Major Championship will take place is Rio de Janeiro, and the tournament will be called ESL One Rio Major 2020.

ESLs have the richest experience in conducting Major tournaments and, if these rumors are true, the competition will become the seventh major for this company. The last such event and part-time most successful was Intel Extreme Masters Katowice 2019.

This is not the first time the public has learned that the first major tournament of next year can be held in Rio de Janeiro. Earlier, s1mple on his Instagram stream was able to talk a little with the famous Brazilian footballer Neymar, where during the dialogue he talked about the fact that the next Major-championship will be held in his native land.

Guillaume 'neL' Canelo recently said that the idea of holding such a major tournament in Brazil is extremely unsuccessful. Earlier in this region, majors were not held. The championship will be held from May 11-24, and the total prize pool of the competition will be $ 1,000,000.