IEM Rio Major to feature showmatch between Brazilian and Swedish legends

The fabled Brazilian lineup will reunite in front of their home crowd.

ESL has announced the lineups for the IEM Rio Major 2022 showmatch between the teams of Sweden and Brazil. The match will take place on November 13 at 18:00 before the start of the grand final and will be played in the Jeunesse Arena.

The lineups for both teams contain some of the most legendary names from the CS:GO scene, with the Brazil team consisting of the two-time Major winning lineup that represented SK and Luminosity throughout their era-defining period. Meanwhile, the Swedish team unites distinguished names most known for their respectful times in Ninjas in Pyjamas and fnatic.

The full Major-winning Brazilian lineup will play together in Rio

All of the Brazilian team members qualified for the Major with their current teams, with Fernando "⁠fer⁠" Alvarenga, Lincoln "⁠fnx⁠" Lau, and Gabriel "⁠FalleN⁠" Toledo set to represent Imperial at their home Major after defeating Complexity in a nail-biting series at the RMR. Meanwhile, Epitacio "⁠TACO⁠" de Melo and Marcelo "⁠coldzera⁠" David will be representing 00NATION, with both teams starting their Major runs in the Challenger Stage.

The Swedish team consists of the former Ninjas in Pyjamas trio of Adam "⁠friberg⁠" Friberg, Christopher "⁠GeT_RiGhT⁠" Alesund, and Patrik "⁠f0rest⁠" Lindberg, who won the ESL One Cologne 2014 Major with the famous Swedish organization. They are joined by Olof "⁠olofmeister⁠" Kajbjer and Jesper "⁠JW⁠" Wecksell, who won two back-to-back Majors in the black-and-orange of fnatic in 2015, with JW also victorious in the first CS:GO Major — DreamHack Winter 2013.

The showmatch lineup has a combined total of 18 Major titles throughout their time at the top of CS:GO, with the players being a part of three different legendary teams.

Team Brazil will line up as:

Marcelo "⁠coldzera⁠" David
Fernando "⁠fer⁠" Alvarenga
Lincoln "⁠fnx⁠" Lau
Epitacio "⁠TACO⁠" de Melo
Gabriel "⁠FalleN⁠" Toledo

Team Sweden will be:

Olof "⁠olofmeister⁠" Kajbjer
Patrik "⁠f0rest⁠" Lindberg
Christopher "⁠GeT_RiGhT⁠" Alesund
Adam "⁠friberg⁠" Friberg
Jesper "⁠JW⁠" Wecksell

Marcelo 'coldzera' David Age: 27 Team: 00NATION Rating 1.0: 1.15 Maps played: 1434 KPR: 0.77 DPR: 0.62 Luminosity Epitacio 'TACO' de Melo Age: 27 Team: 00NATION Rating 1.0: 0.92 Maps played: 1431 KPR: 0.61 DPR: 0.65 Imperial #20 Gabriel 'FalleN' ToledoFernando 'fer' AlvarengaRicardo 'boltz' PrassMarcelo 'chelo' CespedesVinicius 'VINI' Figueiredo Ninjas in Pyjamas #11 Patrick 'es3tag' HansenFredrik 'REZ' SternerHampus 'hampus' PoserAleksi 'Aleksib' VirolainenLudvig 'Brollan' Brolin Complexity #18 Johnny 'JT' TheodosiouRicky 'floppy' KemeryHåkon 'hallzerk' FjærliMichael 'Grim' WinceJustin 'FaNg' Coakley Christopher 'GeT_RiGhT' Alesund Age: 32 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 1.09 Maps played: 1745 KPR: 0.74 DPR: 0.64 Gabriel 'FalleN' Toledo Age: 31 Team: Imperial Rating 1.0: 1.07 Maps played: 1608 KPR: 0.69 DPR: 0.60 Jesper 'JW' Wecksell Age: 27 Team: EYEBALLERS Rating 1.0: 1.05 Maps played: 2007 KPR: 0.73 DPR: 0.68 00NATION #25 Marcelo 'coldzera' DavidEpitacio 'TACO' de MeloEduardo 'dumau' WolkmerBruno 'latto' RebelattoSantino 'try' Rigal Adam 'friberg' Friberg Age: 31 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.95 Maps played: 1964 KPR: 0.65 DPR: 0.68 Lincoln 'fnx' Lau Age: 32 Team: ImperialC Fernando 'fer' Alvarenga Age: 30 Team: Imperial Rating 1.0: 1.08 Maps played: 1461 KPR: 0.75 DPR: 0.68 Olof 'olofmeister' Kajbjer Age: 30 Team: FaZeB Rating 1.0: 1.05 Maps played: 1565 KPR: 0.71 DPR: 0.65 SK Marcelo 'coldzera' DavidLincoln 'fnx' LauGabriel 'FalleN' ToledoFernando 'fer' AlvarengaEpitacio 'TACO' de Melo Time is adjusted to your selected timezone fnatic #17 Freddy 'KRIMZ' JohanssonDion 'FASHR' DerksenNico 'nicoodoz' TamjidiFredrik 'roeJ' JørgensenWilliam 'mezii' Merriman Patrik 'f0rest' Lindberg Age: 34 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 1.10 Maps played: 2100 KPR: 0.75 DPR: 0.65