The Rio CS:GO Major has finally been cancelled

It's finally official: Valve and ESL have cancelled the Rio 2020 Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Major. The tournament, which was scheduled to take place in Brazil in November, has now been cancelled due to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic.

In a statement released today, ESL says it worked hard on "alternative options" but that it was forced to "face the fact that the global situation does not allow for a Major to take place." This now leads fans without a Major for the first time in seven years.

However, the news has hardly come as a surprise. Like many countries worldwide, Brazil has struggled to cope with coronavirus, recording a total of 4.18 million cases to date, 5.57% of which originated in Rio. Despite being postponed once before, ESL says its remains committed to bringing a Major event to Brazil again in the future.

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