Our three-man team will be on-site in Malta as 32 teams fight for spots at the IEM Rio Major.

Just two days after the end of ESL Pro League Season 16, the IEM Road to Rio European RMRs are underway. 32 teams on the ground in Malta are fighting for 16 spots at the second Major of the year, with Bad News Eagles already locked in battle with Eternal Fire while Sprout and FORZE are duking it out on the B stream.

The Europe RMRs for the IEM Rio Major are now underway

Over the next six days, HLTV will bring you comprehensive coverage of the teams as they battle through the two concurrently-running 16-team Swiss tournaments.

Photography will be handled by Radosław "⁠MAKKU⁠" Makuch, while interview coverage will be split between Danish "Nohte" Allana and Arron "King Dempz" Dempsey. You can also check in with us on Instagram and Twitter for snippets of behind-the-scenes action throughout the event.

Sprout #31 Ismail 'refrezh' AliFritz 'slaxz-' DietrichRasmus 'Zyphon' NordfossVictor 'Staehr' StaehrLaurențiu 'lauNX' Țârlea Radosław 'MAKKU' Makuch Age: 24 Team: HLTV.org Staff Rating 1.0: 1.33 Maps played: 14 KPR: 0.94 DPR: 0.63 FORZE #26 Andrey 'Jerry' MekhryakovAleksandr 'zorte' ZagodyrenkoAleksandr 'shalfey' MarenovAleksandr 'KENSI' GurkinEvgeny 'Norwi' Ermolin Eternal Fire #20 Engin 'MAJ3R' KüpeliIsmailcan 'XANTARES' DörtkardeşÖzgür 'woxic' EkerAhmet 'paz' KarahocaÖmer 'imoRR' Karataş Bad News Eagles #32 Rigon 'rigoN' GashiSener 'SENER1' MahmutiFlatron 'juanflatroo' HalimiDionis 'sinnopsyy' BudeciGenc 'gxx-' Kolgeci