According to the latest news from the Counter-Strike: Global Offensive village, Valve said that ESL One: Rio Major 2020 has been canceled due to the global COVID-19 epidemic. The tournament was originally scheduled to take place from May 11 to 24, then the event was delayed to November. The tournament has an estimated prize pool of 2 million USD in prize money and at the same time Rio will also be the venue. for both Majors this year.
“We will not be asking players and fans to risk their health to attend the Major while the pandemic is still threatening tourists. Therefore, we had to make the regrettable decision to cancel the Major,” according to the official statement.
This means that the Major tournament system will be paused while ESL and Valve have to wait and see how the future plays out as the epidemic situation is still very complicated on a global scale.
“We will be suspending the Major schedule until the Regional Major Ranking (RMR) tournaments are safe to take place around the world. Until then, the team plans to continue to organize online RMR tournaments for the strongest team in each region,” Valve explained.
ESL Vice President Michal “CARMAC” Blicharz also spoke about the canceled tournaments and future plans. “It is really sad that we need to cancel this year’s CSGO Major, but we are doing everything we can to resume tournaments as before as soon as possible. The IEM Global Challenge will be our first step towards that. All plans will of course change as we need to wait for the COVID-19 situation. ESL’s top priority has always been the health and safety of the teams, coaches, management and support staff.”
This will mark 2020 as the first time since the launch of the tournament system (2013), a Valve-hosted CSGO Major has been cancelled.
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