Rocket League Championship Series

The Rocket League Championship Series (RLCS) is a biannual Rocket League video game tournament series produced by Psyonix, the game's developer. It consists of qualification rounds in North America, South America, Europe, and Oceania, and culminates in a twelve-team playoff bracket with four teams from North America and Europe, and two teams from Oceania and South America. The qualification rounds are played as an online round-robin tournament and the finals are played in different cities, the most recent being in Madrid at the end of season 8 in 2019. In March 2020 Rocket league Announced that the rlcs season 9 world championship is cancelled due to Covid-19 and replaced with the rocket league spring series.

Rocket League Championship Series
GenreRocket League tournament
FrequencyBiannual
Location(s)Varies
Years active2016–present
InauguratedApril – August 2016
Most recentFebruary - May 2020
Participants32
Organized byPsyonix
Websitewww.rocketleagueesports.com

History

Psyonix had observed the popularity of Rocket League matches on Twitch and other live streaming platforms, and were looking to use the game more in eSports by February 2016.[1] In March 2016, Psyonix announced the first Rocket League Championship Series; the finals took place in August 2016 with a $55,000 prize pool.[2][3] The second season of the championship series took place in December 2016 with a $125,000 prize pool.[4] A third series began in March 2017, with the $300,000 prize pool finals taking place three months later. In this season, two teams from the oceanic region were also invited to compete.[5] A second division, the Rocket League Rival Series (RLRS), was added in Season 4. The two teams finishing at the bottom of the RLCS and the two teams finishing at the top of the RLRS for each region play each other in a promotion tournament at the end of the season to determine if teams are promoted or relegated. At the advent of Season 5 in June, 2018, Psyonix organised and managed the event alone. Previous to this, they partnered with Twitch. Season 6 started in September 2018 and featured a million dollar prize pool.[6] For Season 7, Psyonix introduced South America as a new region.[7] Season 8 of RLCS took place in December, 2019. This continues Psyonix's desire for twice a year championships.

Results
Season Dates Location Champions
1 April – August 2016 Los Angeles iBUYPOWER[8]
2 October – December 2016 Amsterdam Flipside Tactics[9]
3 April – June 2017 Los Angeles Northern Gaming[10]
4 September – November 2017 Washington, D.C. Gale Force eSports[11]
5 March – June 2018 London Dignitas[12]
6 September – November 2018 Las Vegas Cloud9[13]
7 April – June 2019 Newark Renault Vitality[14]
8 October – December 2019 Madrid NRG Esports[15]
9 February – April 2020 Dallas Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[16]

References
  1. Hussain, Tamoor (February 15, 2016). "Rocket League Dev Explains New Esports Drive". GameSpot. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved March 2, 2016.
  2. Makuch, Eddie (March 2, 2016). "Rocket League Pro League Announced, Offers $75,000 in Prizes". GameSpot. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved March 2, 2016.
  3. Lemmon, Kyle. "Introducing the Rocket League Championship Series". Rocket League. Archived from the original on October 17, 2016. Retrieved April 4, 2016.
  4. Faletti, Ian. "FlipSid3 Tactics conquer RLCS Season 2 grand finals". ESPN. Archived from the original on December 7, 2016. Retrieved December 7, 2016.
  5. Minotti, Mike (February 7, 2017). "Rocket League Championship Series season 3 will have a $300,000 prize pool". Venture Beat. Archived from the original on February 7, 2017. Retrieved February 7, 2017.
  6. "Introducing RLCS Season 6". rocketleagueesports.com. Retrieved July 25, 2018.
  7. Nowakowski, Ian (January 29, 2019). "Introducing RLCS Season 7". Rocket League. Retrieved February 18, 2019.
  8. Faletti, Ian. "A chat with Season 1 champions iBUYPOWER Cosmic". ESPN. Retrieved July 9, 2018.
  9. Faletti, Ian. "FlipSid3 Tactics conquer RLCS Season 2 grand finals". ESPN. Retrieved July 9, 2018.
  10. Hayward, Andrew. "Northern Gaming on Their RLCS Win and What's Next". Red Bull. Retrieved July 9, 2018.
  11. Parker, Max. "Gale Force's RLCS win marks new era in Rocket League supremacy". post-gazette.com. Retrieved July 9, 2018.
  12. Mejia, Ozzie. "Team Dignitas Wins Rocket League Season 5 Championship After Wild Final Flurry". Shacknews. Retrieved July 9, 2018.
  13. Mejia, Ozzie. "Cloud9 shocks Team Dignitas to win Rocket League Season 6 Championship". Shacknews. Retrieved November 12, 2018.
  14. Mejia, Ozzie. "Renault Vitality wins Rocket League Season 7 Championship". Shacknews. Retrieved June 24, 2019.
  15. Mejia, Ozzie. "NRG Esports wins Rocket League Season 8 Championship". Shacknews. Retrieved December 15, 2019.
  16. "Rocket League developer boosts prize pool after canceling event". Reuters. Field Level Media. Retrieved March 26, 2020.
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