Here’s all you need to know about the upcoming Gamers8 Rocket League tournament featuring a $2,000,000 USD prize pool.
The Gamers8 tournament is in full swing celebrating all things gaming as part of their multi-game event. Esports tournaments for games like DOTA 2, Fortnite and CS:GO have already crowned their champions with mouth-watering amounts of prize money. It is now time to strap on your wheels and sprint to the field as we will witness the top Rocket League teams compete in one of the largest Rocket League tournaments of 2023!
This is the second year Gamers8 is featuring Rocket League with a humongous amount of prize pool of $2,000,000 USD. The event will be live in Riyadh Boulevard, Saudi Arabia starting August 24 until August 27.
Teams participating in Gamers8 Rocket League
There will be twenty-four teams from across six regions participating in the tournament.
- FaZe Clan
- FURIA Esports
- Gen.G Mobil2 Racing
- Karmine Corp
- Team Liquid
- Team BDS
- Ninjas in Pyjamas
- Team Secret
- Ground Zero Gaming
- Pioneers
- Rule One
- Team Falcons
- Elevate
- Gaimin Gladiators
- Limitless
- Twisted Minds
- Version1
- KOI
- G2 Esports
- OpTic Gaming
- Team Vitality
- Monkeys
- Oxygen Esports
- suhhh
What is the format of the tournament?
Group Stage
The group stage will feature four groups of six teams with double-elimination brackets.
All matches will be a best-of-five (Bo5) with alternating Game Modes. The teams will choose which players to play in the games. The order of the games are:
- G1: 3v3
- G2: The team who loses Game 1 will pick either 1v1 or 2v2 Game Mode
- G3: 3v3
- G4: The match will be the Game Mode that has not been chosen in Game 2
- G5: 3v3
The top two teams from each group will advance to the Playoffs and the rest of the teams will be eliminated.
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Playoffs
The Playoffs will be a single elimination bracket with eight teams.
All matches will be a best-of-seven(Bo7) with alternating Game Modes. The teams will choose which players to play in the games. The order of the games are:
- G1: 3v3
- G2: The team who loses Game 1 will pick either 1v1 or 2v2 Game Mode
- G3: 3v3
- G4: The match will be the Game Mode that has not been chosen in Game 2
- G5: 3v3
- G6: The team who loses game 5 will pick either 1v1 or 2v2 Game Mode
- G7: 3v3
Gamers8 Rocket League Groups
Group A | Group B | Group C | Group D |
|---|---|---|---|
| Team Vitality | Team BDS | Karmine Corp | Team Liquid |
| G2 Esports | Gen.G Moibl1 Racing | Team Falcons | Rule One |
| Ground Zero Gaming | Twisted Minds | FaZe Clan | Version1 |
| Oxygen Esports | Elevate | Pioneers | suhhh |
| OpTic Gaming | Ninjas in Pyjamas | FURIA Esports | Team Secret |
| Gaimin Gladiators | Monkeys | Limitless | KOI |
What is the schedule of the tournament?
As of now, the full schedule has not yet been released.
Where to watch Gamers8 Rocket League
You can watch all the exciting matches on the following channels:
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