RLCS 2021-22 - Winter: Middle East and North Africa Regional Event 1

[e][h]RLCS 2021-22 - Winter: MENA Regional Event 1

League Information

Series:

RLCS

Organizer:

Psyonix

Type:

Online

Location:

Middle East

Prize pool:

$30,000 USD

Start Date:

2022-01-14

End Date:

2022-01-16

Mode:

3v3

Liquipedia tier:

A-Tier

Links

Teams

Number of teams:

16

Chronology

Season X

2022-23

Upcoming Matches

RLCS 2021-22 is the second RLCS season in 2021, crossing over into 2022. This season introduces the most major changes to the RLCS system yet with more regions and an updated format. 3 splits - Fall, Winter, Spring - each have 3 regional events leading into an international major. Within all these events, each team collects points that will determine whether they will qualify for the World Championship or World Championship Wildcard.

About[edit]

Broadcast talent[edit]

Primary Broadcast[edit]

Host:
- Kayyali (Muhammed Kayyali)

Commentators/Analysts:
- Naywis (Nawwaf Abdullah Almalky)
- MVP3x (Anas Obaid Alghamdi)
- Fly (Saleh B.)
- Em27 (Ahmad Shehada)

Observer:
- Stomp (Hannes Nordkvist)

Team Broadcasts[edit]

Falcons Esports

Commentators/Analysts
- Awosch (Sean Salomon)
- MorkyMork (Mark Kelly)
- TimeToLight (Daniel Rodier)
- StumblingEnd (Mackinnely Price)

Producer
- JustStayinAlive (Jesse English)
All team broadcasts' channels are listed in the Streams section.

Format[edit]

Group Stage - January 14th, 2022
- 16 teams - split into 4 groups of 4.
- Round Robin Bo5
  - Tiebreakers:
    - In the event of 2 teams being tied on the same record, a Bo5 tiebreaker match will be played out to separate the two teams.
    - In the event of 3 teams being tied on the same record, the following 3 tiebreakers will be used with the order outlined below to remove one of the teams from the contention towards a tiebreaker match:
      - Game Differential
      - Game Differential among tied teams
      - Initial Seed
    - When 3 teams tie on a 2-1 record, the team that places lowest within the tiebreaker criteria will be awarded 3rd place in the group. The other 2 teams will play a Bo5 tiebreaker match for 1st place.
    - When 3 teams tie on a 1-2 record, the team that places highest within the tiebreaker criteria will be awarded 2nd place in the group. The other 2 teams will play a Bo5 tiebreaker match for 3rd place.
- Winner of each group qualifies to the Winners' Bracket of the Playoffs.
- Places 2 and 3 of each group qualify to the Losers' Bracket of the Playoffs.
- 4th place of each group is eliminated.

Playoffs - January 14th - 16th, 2022
- Double Elimination Bracket.
  - Upper Bracket: All matches are Bo7.
  - Lower Bracket: Round 1 and 2 are Bo5. Quarterfinals, Semifinals and Finals are Bo7.
  - Grand Finals are Bo7 with a Bracket Reset, where the team coming from the Lower Finals must win 2 Bo7 series.

Prize Pool[edit]

$30,000 USD and RLCS Circuit Ranking Points are spread among the teams as seen below:

Place	$ USD	Points	Team
1st	$9,000	351	Sandrock Gaming
2nd	$6,000	300	SCYTES
3rd	$3,600	260	The Ultimates
4th	$3,000	220	Joga Bonito
5th-6th	$2,400	190	The Evil eSports
5th-6th	$2,400	190	Team Falcons
7th-8th	$1,800	160	Birds
7th-8th	$1,800	160	Revolution
9th-12th	-	110	quadruple
			Forest Hunters
			Saudi Hurricane
			25eSports
13th-16th	-	60	Cringe
			Fox Gaming
			Ruin Your Day
			Rapzers Esports

Roster Moves[edit]

What happened in the Trade Window?
Date Player Old New 2022-01-11 Firas oVaMPiERz Suspect ⇒ ^{[Inside Source]} 2022-01-04 Venom None ⇒ [1] 2022-01-04 Impressive ⇒ (Substitute) [2] 2022-01-04 Ali. ⇒ None [3] 2022-01-03 ncj None ⇒ (Coach) [4] 2022-01-02 Nwpo ⇒ [5] 2022-01-02 T7LM ⇒ [6] 2022-01-01 Hisoka Twty ScoB None ⇒ [7] 2022-01-01 Sqy Mag. NawaF90 None ⇒ [8] 2022-01-01 B2seL None ⇒ [9] 2021-12-31 Abdulaziz LEGEND. chikage None ⇒ [10] 2021-12-29 chikage ⇒ None [11] 2021-12-27 Venom ⇒ None ^{[Inside Source]} 2021-12-21 Fahad77 (Inactive) ⇒ [12] 2021-12-12 Steue None ⇒ (Coach) [13] 2021-12-06 B2seL Abdulaziz Night. ⇒ None [14]

Participants[edit]

Sandrock Gaming

1	Ahmad
2	oKhaliD
3	trk511
C	mits
Substitutes

S	Senzo
Main Roster


Point Ranking

The Ultimates

1	ams.
2	M7sN
3	Zez0nix
C	ncj
Substitutes

S	DNP crespor
Main Roster


Point Ranking

Team Falcons

1	Twiz
2	Smw.
3	Venom
C	Duggy
Substitutes

S	DNP Impressive
Main Roster


Point Ranking

Birds²

1	Firas
2	oVaMPiERz
3	Suspect


Point Ranking

Cringe¹

1	OSAMA
2	Twty
3	ScoB


Point Ranking

SCYTES

1	EviL
2	ix
3	Fahad
C	Steue
Substitutes

S	DNP Sythe
Main Roster


Point Ranking

The Evil eSports

1	Msh
2	d7oom-24
3	B2seL
Substitutes

S	DNP SKiES
Main Roster


Point Ranking

quadruple

1	Glowz
2	Nadr
3	Adot


Point Ranking

Forest Hunters

1	chikage
2	Abdulaziz
3	LEGEND.


Closed Qualifier

Saudi Hurricane

1	MySTeriOuS.
2	Talal
3	Vipex


Closed Qualifier

Revolution

1	LGGS
2	Hatem
3	tmim.
Substitutes

S	DNP mzxy.
Main Roster


Closed Qualifier

Joga Bonito

1	Yahya
2	SiAT
3	Ali.


Closed Qualifier

Fox Gaming³

1	Nine
2	AbuLba
3	Suliman3nb
C	iXJ4


Closed Qualifier

Rapzers Esports

1	xScary
2	5alid
3	Totti
C	Rocket Dose
Substitutes

S	DNP HMO
Main Roster


Closed Qualifier

Ruin Your Day

1	t9berh
2	BKQSS
3	ixKillerx
Substitutes

S	DNP meesh18
Main Roster


Closed Qualifier

25eSports

1	Azooz
2	Sanji
3	Ayoub
Substitutes

S	Eizo
Main Roster


Closed Qualifier

¹ ANKAA renames to Cringe prior to the event.^[1]

² Hawks eSports release their roster prior to the event.^[2]

³ Fox Gaming acquires FOR THE WIN's roster prior to the event..^[3]

Substitutes[edit]

Substitutes Information
Team	C.	ID	Replacing	C.	ID	Description
		Senzo			oKhaliD	Group Stage
		Eizo			Azooz	vs. Group Stage - Tiebreaker (Games 2,3,4,5) vs. Playoffs

Results[edit]

Group Stage[edit]

Legend
Advance to the Playoffs - Upper Bracket
Advance to the Playoffs - Lower Bracket
Eliminated

Group A[edit]

Group A Week 1 Week 1
1.	Sandrock Gaming	3-0	9-0	+9
2.	Revolution	2-1	3-5	-2
3.	quadruple	1-2	5-6	-1
4.	Rapzers Esports	0-3	0-6	-6

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Group B[edit]

Group B Week 1 Week 1
1.	SCYTES	3-0	9-0	+9
2.	Team Falcons	2-1	6-3	+3
3.	Saudi Hurricane	1-2	3-6	-3
4.	Ruin Your Day	0-3	0-9	-9

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Group C[edit]

Group C Week 1 Week 1
1.	The Ultimates	3-0	9-1	+8
2.	Forest Hunters	2-1	7-5	+2
3.	The Evil eSports	1-2	5-6	-1
4.	Fox Gaming	0-3	0-9	-9

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Group D[edit]

Group D Week 1 Week 1
1.	Joga Bonito	2-1	8-5	+3
2.	25eSports	2-1	8-5	+3
3.	Birds	2-1	7-7	0
4.	Cringe	0-3	3-9	-6

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Tiebreaker Matches

Playoffs[edit]

Upper Bracket Semi-Finals

Upper Semi-Finals

UB Semi-Finals

UB SF

Upper Bracket Final

Upper Final

UB Final

Grand Final

GF

Lower Round 1

LB Round 1

LB R1

Lower Round 2

LB Round 2

LB R2

Lower Bracket Quarter-Finals

Lower Quarter-Finals

LB Quarter-Finals

LB QF

Lower Bracket Semi-Finals

Lower Semi-Finals

LB Semi-Finals

LB SF

Lower Bracket Final

Lower Final

LB Final

Additional content[edit]

Streams[edit]

Language
Streams

Viewership Stats
Peak Viewers	32 103
Average Viewers	17 615
Hours Watched	277 436

Team Broadcasts[edit]

Team
Twitch

Replays[edit]

Replays on Ballchasing

Previews[edit]

Interviews[edit]

References[edit]

↑ Hisoka (2022-01-01). "Roster for RLCS 21-22 Winter Split".
↑ ^{[Inside Source]}
↑ ^{[Inside Source]}

[cringe-1] Hisoka (2022-01-01). "Roster for RLCS 21-22 Winter Split".

[not_hawks-2] ^{[Inside Source]}

[fox-3] ^{[Inside Source]}

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[2]

[3]

General

Specific

Contents

RLCS 2021-22 - Winter: Middle East and North Africa Regional Event 1

About[edit]

Broadcast talent[edit]

Primary Broadcast[edit]

Team Broadcasts[edit]

Format[edit]

Prize Pool[edit]

Roster Moves[edit]

Participants[edit]

Substitutes[edit]

Results[edit]

Group Stage[edit]

Group A[edit]

Group B[edit]

Group C[edit]

Group D[edit]

Playoffs[edit]

Additional content[edit]

Streams[edit]

Team Broadcasts[edit]

Replays[edit]

Previews[edit]

Interviews[edit]

References[edit]