Only eight teams remain in the Rocket League 2025 World Finals. We have underdogs in the upper brackets and tournament favorites on the verge of elimination.
Driving the road to the World Champions title is a tough challenge indeed. During the Group stage, we could witness the downfall of Team Vitality and the substantial struggles of Karmine Corp. At the same time, Wildcard earned two amazing wins to play in the upper brackets of the RLCS 2025 World Championship Playoffs. We definitely love the stories of big upsets and brilliant comebacks in Rocket League!
The most important tournament matches happen on Sept. 13 and Sept. 14 in front of a live crowd. Fans in Lyon, France, heartily support their teams. Karmine Corp receives all the cheers you can imagine, while their opponents should make it through loud boos.
In this article, you’ll find all the details about the Rocket League World Championship 2025 Playoffs. Watch the stream and check out the live results here!
RLCS 2025 World Championship Playoffs
All the 2025 World Championship matches are on the official Rocket League Esports YouTube channel. You can watch the Playoffs stream here.
Schedule
On the first day of the Playoffs, we can witness four Round 1 matches in both the lower and upper brackets. Also, Sept. 13 is the day of the RLCS 2025 1v1 World Final: Mawkzy vs Nwpo.
Rocket League World Finals: Playoffs matchups and results
All final bracket matches at the RLCS 2025 World Finals are under the best-of-seven (Bo7) format, so the teams need to secure four games to advance further.
Final standings
Placement | Team | Prize Money |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | TBD | $300,000 |
| 2nd | TBD | $153,000 |
| 3rd–4th | TBD TBD | $99,000 |
| 5th–6th | TBD TBD | $84,000 |
| 7th–8th | Ninjas in Pyjamas Spacestation | $66,000 |
Rocket League 1v1 World Championship 2025
1v1 Final | Games | Winner |
|---|---|---|
| Mawkzy 0:0 Nwpo | TBD | TBD |
Brackets
Upper Round 1 | Semifinals | Grand Final |
|---|---|---|
| The Ultimates vs NRG | TBD vs TBD | TBD vs TBD |
| Team Falcons vs Wildcard | TBD vs TBD |
Lower Round 1 | Lower Quarterfinals |
|---|---|
| Karmine Corp 4:2 Ninjas in Pyjamas 1:4; 5:0; 3:0; 0:1; 3:2; 2:1 | Karmine Corp vs TBD |
| Spacestation 2:4 Geekay Esports 3:2; 2:3; 2:4; 3:2; 3:0 | Geekay Esports vs TBD |
Breaking the illusion of stability in Rocket League esports
The pro scene of Rocket League is extremely tough. Making it to the top here is an extraordinary achievement. For a pretty long time, it felt like only a few top teams battled against each other at big international events. This illusion of stability and even predictability was broken during the Group stage of the Rocket League World Championship 2025.
Not all of the tournament favorites advanced to the final bracket, and not all of them took an advantageous position.
Ninjas in Pyjamas eliminate Vitality
Team Vitality got eliminated after losing to Team Falcons and Ninjas in Pyjamas. The match versus Falcons was expectedly difficult — it was a rerun of their battle at the Rocket League Esports World Cup 2025, and Team Falcons won again.
As for Ninjas in Pyjamas, this loss is a big surprise. NiP made it to the World Championship from the European Last Chance Qualifier and the Play-In stage. Vitality has two players and a coach who won the World Finals in 2024. Seeing M0nkey M00n, zen, and ExoTiiK not making it to the Playoffs wasn’t on people’s bingo cards.
A wild roster of Wildcard
Wildcard consists of Australian players now. They qualified from the Oceania region, and they are clearly considered underdogs. To break this reputation, Wildcard defeated two pretty strong teams: FURIA, the best in South America, and Dignitas, who were in the grand final of the Raleigh Major.
A risky position for Karmine Corp
Karmine Corp is the people's favorite in their home ground. The Birmingham Major Champions and the winners of the Rocket League EWC 2025 had unexpected troubles, though. They lost to The Ultimates, which was a rerun of the grand final in Birmingham — but with a different result.
The team starts the final bracket in a dangerous position: one loss, and Karmine Corp is out.
Even if the success of NRG and Falcons was quite expected, the tournament still has a decent portion of chaos. It makes the RLCS 2025 World Championship Playoffs an even better esports show!
After the World Finals, pro teams enter the transfer window before the next season, RLCS 2026. For everyone in the community, the game has prepared Season 20, which starts on Sept. 16.
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