Presenting the eventual winners, recaps, and rankings of the RLCS 2022-23 Winter Cup for NA, MENA, and OCE regions.

The Rocket League Championship Series (RLCS) for the Winter Season 2022-23 has wrapped up its second qualifier, the Winter Cup.

The results from the Winter Cup will be used to determine rankings for the upcoming RLCS Winter Major in April as well as the RLCS World Championship in August.

Let's look at the winners, a recap of the events, and rankings for the RLCS Winter Cup for North America (NA), Middle East & North Africa (MENA), and Oceania (OCE) regions.

You can check out RLCS Winter Open winners from other regions over here.

FaZe Clan takes down NA number one Gen.G Mobil Esports

It was a wonderful day for FaZe Clan as they managed to emerge as the champion of the RLCS Winter Cup. They took down the previous champion Gen.G Mobil1 Racing in an intense grand final that ended with a score of 4:3. This is definitely a better result compared to their last Winter Open appearance where they placed at the 9th-12th place.

FaZe Clan is the winner of the RLCS NA Winter Open. (Image from FaZe Clan)
FaZe Clan is the winner of the RLCS NA Winter Open. (Image from FaZe Clan)

FaZe Clan has the Rocket League scene doubting them as they were struggling to find their footing and utilize each other in-game. In this Winter Cup, FaZe Clan appeared to have worked on their teamplay pulling off a dominating display.

Firstkiller was asked in the winner's interview about what helped them win the qualifier. He answered "I think our teamplay. We were using each other a lot more. We weren't just trying to subtle play all over the place. It just shows how good we are if we play as a team."

Gen.G Mobil1 Racing stays on top of the RLCS NA Winter Ranking and was already confirmed to go to the Winter Major. They are followed by Complexity Gaming, FaZe Clan, G2 Esports, and Dignitas. There are four slots left to be contested and we will know the complete list of invited teams this coming Winter Invitational.

Winter
Ranking
Team
Points
1
Gen.G Mobil1 Racing
39
2
Complexity Gaming
31
3
FaZe Clan
28
4
G2 Esports
28
5
Dignitas
20
6
M80
19
6
Spacestation Gaming
19
8
FURIA Esports
16
8
Knights
16
8
NRG
16
RLCS NA WInter Rankings

Team Falcons takes another Winter qualifier win

The Saudi Arabian team is still the strongest team in the MENA region. They dominated the RLCS MENA Winter Cup and defeated Rule One in the grand final, not giving anyone a chance to take the crown.

Team Falcons remains in the lead in the RLCS MENA Winter Ranking. There is only one slot for the MENA region in the RLCS Winter Major. This means that unless a shock result takes place, their slot is close to guaranteed.

Winter
Ranking
Team
Points
1
Team Falcons
43
2
Rule One
35
3
Vision Esports
27
4
Cola
23
4
Twisted Minds
23
6
EMPTY
19
7
Outsiders
16
8
Arrows
14
9
Mountain
13
10
Nightmare
11
RLCS MENA Winter Rankings

Ground Zero Gaming is your back-to-back OCE champions

It seems like Ground Zero Gaming is determined to be the new power of Oceania with the second qualifier win in the RLCS Winter season. In a repeat of last Winter Open, we saw them taking down the veteran Australian team Pioneers in the grand final of the OCE Winter Cup.

Ground Zero Gaming sits in first place in the RLCS OCE Winter Ranking followed by Pioneers, the him police, and Dumb Luck Esports. There are two slots for the Oceania region and the invited teams are not yet confirmed.

Winter
Ranking
Team
Points
1
Ground Zero Gaming
43
2
Pioneers
35
3
the him police
27
4
Dumb Luck Esports
20
4
Tsurani
20
6
Hustle g
19
6
Merge Esports
19
6
PWR
19
9
Attack of the Invisible Ninja
14
10
Dire Wolves
13
RLCS OCE Winter Rankings

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