The open qualifiers of IEM Rio Major 2022 have commenced for all eligible regions across the world. Talking about the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region, due to its vast scale the organizers have further divided it into four subregions, Asia, China, Oceania, and Middle East.

Each one of these subregions will be hosting two open qualifiers through which a total of four teams will be shortlisted for the respective closed qualifiers.

Finally, a single team from each subregion will move on to compete in the IEM Road to Rio 2022: APAC RMR (Regional Major Rankings), from where the top two teams will secure a contender status at the Rio Major.

With the first open qualifiers for all the four subregions coming to an end on 16^th August, two of the four teams have been finalized for the respective regional closed qualifiers.

APAC RMR: The first set of eight CS:GO teams qualify for respective regional closed qualifiers

The first open qualifiers for all the four subregions under the Asia-Pacific region took place place from 15^th to 16^th August. Following its conclusion, the first set of eight teams have been obtained for the respective regional closed qualifiers.

All the teams that managed to qualify through the various open qualifiers are as follows,

Asian Closed Qualifier

1. IHC Esports - Asian Open Qualifier #1

2. Team NKT - Asian Open Qualifier #1

3. TBD - Asian Open Qualifier #2

4. TBD - Asian Open Qualifier #2

Chinese Closed Qualifier

1. Rare Atom - Chinese Open Qualifier #1

2. Lynn Vision Gaming - Chinese Open Qualifier #1

3. TBD - Chinese Open Qualifier #2

4. TBD - Chinese Open Qualifier #2

Middle Eastern Closed Qualifier

1. Triple 6 - ME Open Qualifier #1

2. JiJieHao International - ME Open Qualifier #1

3. TBD - ME Open Qualifier #2

4. TBD - ME Open Qualifier #2

Oceanic Clsoed Qualifier

1. ORDER - Oceanic Open Qualifier #1

2. Rooster - Oceanic Open Qualifier #1

3. TBD - Oceanic Open Qualifier #2

4. TBD - Oceanic Open Qualifier #2

The second set of open qualifiers through which the remaining eight teams will be obtained for all these subregions is still left to be played. They are scheduled to take place from 22^nd to 23^rd August, following which the closed qualifiers will take place from 27^th to 28^th August.

Only one team from each subregion will move on to compete in the IEM Road to Rio 2022: APAC RMR, scheduled to take place from 4^th to 9^th October.