Find out all about the upcoming Rocket LEague Championship Series (RLCS) 2021-2022 World Championship including the prize pool, format, teams, and more.
Finally, we are going to witness the largest Rocket League tournament in the Rocket League's competitive scene, the RLCS 2021-2022 World Championship. It's been a long, long time since the last World Championship, 956 days to be exact - but who is counting? Definitely us!
The championship will be held from August 4 to 14 at Dickies Arena, Texas, USA. Fasten your seatbelt and rev your engines, here are all the things you need to know about the RLCS 2021-2022 World Championship.
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Who is going to the RLCS World Championship?
There are twenty-four teams in total: where eight teams auto-qualified for the Group Stage of the World Championship. Meanwhile, the other sixteen teams have to fight in the World Championship Wildcard before proceeding to the Group Stage. You can check out the teams over here.
The opening matchups in the Wildcard stage have just been determined on the Rocket League's official podcast, the First Touch. The teams ranked 9th-16th in Worlds Region Spots have selected one of the remaining eight teams to decide the WIldcard Round 1 matchup. These are the first matchups that we are going to see in the Wildcard.
Opening Matches of World Championship Wildcard |
Version1 vs. Orlando Pirates Exdee |
Renegades vs. Bravado Gaming |
Dignitas vs. Gaimin Gladiators |
Spacestation vs. The Club |
Karmine Corp vs. 01 Esports |
KC Pioneers vs. Veloce Esports |
Team Secret vs. SMPR Esports |
Tokyo Verdy Esports vs. OpTic gaming |
When will the event take place?
The championship will go on for eleven days (with one day break in between) starting from 4 August until 14 August 2022. The dates will be as follows:
- Wildcard: 4 - 7 August 2022
- Group Stage: 9 - 13 August 2022
- Playoffs: 14 August 2022
What is the prize pool for RLCS World Championship?
The RLCS 2021-2022 World Championship has the largest prize pool in Rocket League's competitive history. It has a total prize pool of $2,085,000 USD! The prize pool distribution is as follows:
Place | $USD |
1st | $600 000 USD |
2nd | $400 000 USD |
3rd - 4th | $200 000 USD |
5th – 8th | $100 000 USD |
9th – 12th | $30 000 USD |
13th – 16th | $20 000 USD |
17th – 19th | $13 600 USD |
20th – 22nd | $10 200 USD |
23rd – 24th | $6 800 USD |
What is the format for RLCS World Championship?
The World Championship will be divided into three stages: the Wildcard, the Group Stage, and the Playoffs.
- Wildcard
- There will be sixteen teams.
- They will compete using the Swiss System format.
- All matches will be a best-of-five (Bo7).
- The top eight teams will proceed to the Group Stage.
- Group Stage
- There will be sixteen teams dived into two groups of eight.
- They will compete using the Double Elimination bracket.
- All matches will be a best-of-seven (Bo7).
- The top four teams from each group will proceed to the Playoffs.
- Playoffs
- There will be eight teams.
- They will compete using the Single Elimination bracket.
- All matches will be a best-of-seven (Bo7).
Where to watch
You can catch all the live action on these channels:
- English (Main Stream)
- English (Alternate Stream)
- Brazilian Portuguese – twitch.tv/rocketleaguesam
- Dutch – twitch.tv/rocketbenelux
- French – twitch.tv/rocketbaguette
- Spanish – twitch.tv/rocketstreetlive
- Russian - twitch.tv/rocketleaguemc
Find Rocket League’s official channels here:
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