It featured a US$2,000,000 prize pool, a rise from the $1,000,000 of previous Majors due to the absence of offline competition amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Previously, the ESL One Rio Major 2020 was planned for May 2020,[6] but was postponed to November,[7] before later being canceled in September.

As a compensation, teams who qualified as a Legend for the Rio Major were awarded with 600 points, Challengers with 300 and Contenders with 100.

Initial seeding was determined using RMR srandings, from the 3rd round forward the Buchholz system was used.

With eight teams remaining, the final stage of the Major is a single-elimination bracket, with all matches played as best-of-3 maps.