Rocket League unveils three in-person events for 2025

We are still in the middle of the off-season break, but the hearts of the Rocket League esports fans are already aimed at the upcoming tournaments of RLCS 2025. To heat up this anticipation even more, the organizers revealed some details on the biggest offline events. Everything you need to know is here.

RLCS 2025 Major 1 happens from March 27 to March 30 in Birmingham, United Kingdom. It’s the first big in-person event for Rocket League esports for the next year. Fans will eagerly be excited for the event and looking forward to some exciting matches in the UK.

You can plan your presence even now, as the tickets for Birmingham Major can be purchased starting from Oct. 30.

While the location of Major 2 is still a secret (we will add the info to this article when it’s available), the dates of this Rocket League esports event have already been revealed.

Even if the competitive journey to the RLCS 2025 World Championship is still pretty long, we know the dates of this event.

The RLCS World Championship 2024 took place in Fort Worth, United States. This time, the organizer may settle with a European location.

The Rocket League Birmingham Major is pretty far away, and the teams have to qualify for it via online tournaments. The first RLCS 2025 Qualifier is on January 3.

Meanwhile, pro teams have some competitive training at various off-season events, such as the recent one in Paris, France: Rocket League Flip & Spin 2024.

The new Rocket League esports season comes with some exciting changes. There will be an additional circuit with a unique format. The number of Rocket League esports teams in the World Championship 2025 has been increased. One more opportunity to qualify for the main event of RLCS 2025 is now available for the competitors. Here are all these changes in detail.

It’s a new format for the official Championship Series. After Open Qualifiers in both splits, top participants proceed to the 1v1 Finals at RLCS Major 1 and 2. The winners from the EU and SAM regions play at Birmingham Major. NA and MENA players advance to Major 2. The ultimate clash of two Major winners happens at the RLCS 2025 Worlds.

In 2025, the number of the Worlds participants will increase to 20. There were 16 teams starting the 2024 main event from the Swiss stage. 

The yearly prize pool has been increased to $5M. The money will be divided between all the official tournaments.

Four additional RLCS 2025 World Championship spots are for the top teams at the LCQ. It’s an online Rocket League tournament, and it’s planned to happen after Major 2. The winners in four main regions proceed to the main in-person event.

During the 2025 RLCS season, the top 8 teams at a qualifying event get spots at later stages of the following Open Qualifiers. They will not need to compete in the early stages, and therefore, the high placements open doors for quicker Major qualifications.

Team BDS won the RLCS 2024 World Championship. But there is an interesting detail. The whole roster and the coach are not in Team BDS in 2025.

Team BDS has not announced the new active roster yet, but the achievement of winning the Worlds is still connected to this esports organization.

That's all about the 2025 RLCS Season for now. For all Rocket League news and updates, stick around on esports.gg!