RLCS 2021-22 - Winter: North America Regional Event 1 - X Games Open
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RLCS 2021-22 - Winter: NA Regional Event 1 - X Games Open
League Information
Series:
Organizer:
Type:
Online
Location:
North AmericaPrize Pool:
$100,000 USD
Start Date:
2022-01-14
End Date:
2022-01-16
Mode:
3v3
Liquipedia Tier:
Links
Teams
Number of teams:
16
Chronology
About[edit]
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 having 3 regional events leading into an international major. Within all these events, each team collected points that determined whether they would qualify for the World Championship or World Championship Wildcard.
Broadcast Talent[edit]
Primary Broadcast[edit]
- Analyst:
Gibbs (Randy Gibbons)
- Commentators/Analysts:
- Observer:
ThatGuyCrasher (Robin Engström)
French Broadcast[edit]
- Commentators/Analysts:
Finish (Geoffrey Perrot)- Razorback (Thomas Dardart)
- Bachi (Léo Bouchoux)
- ImaginaXion (Thibaut Mghaoues)
- LifeIsCool (Robin Pachot-Giroux)
Boyan (Boyan Kaftandjiev)
Spanish Broadcast[edit]
- Hosts:
Hiruko (Aldo Zepeda)- MasterPatriot (Adán Rodríguez)
- Commentators/Analysts:
- Mr. Gonsons (Gonzalo Federico Alegre Leonardi)
Luce (Luciano Cernello)
Chamako09 (Abner Custodio Gonzalez)- Bloodoh (Max Sus)
Alternix (Felipe Bedoya)- GoldShadow (Juan Pablo Vázquez)
Faitti (Jorge Ramírez)
- Commentators/Analysts:
- Tri House (Kevin C. Fredrick)
- King Ranny (Ryan Alexander)
- Producer:
- All 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.
- Tiebreakers:
- 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.
- Double Elimination Bracket.
Prize Pool[edit]
$100,000 USD and RLCS Circuit Ranking Points are spread among the teams as seen below:
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
Roster Moves[edit]
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Participants[edit]
Results[edit]
Group Stage[edit]
| Legend |
|---|
| Advance to the Playoffs - Upper Bracket |
| Advance to the Playoffs - Lower Bracket |
| Eliminated |
[edit]
| Group A | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 3-0 | 9-5 | +4 | |||
| 2. | 2-1 | 7-6 | +1 | |||
| 3. | 1-2 | 7-6 | +1 | |||
| 4. | 0-3 | 3-9 | -6 | |||
Round 1
3
2
3
: 2
January 14, 2022 - 13:00 EST
1
3
1
: 3
January 14, 2022 - 13:00 EST
Round 2
3
1
3
: 1
January 14, 2022 - 13:45 EST
3
0
3
: 0
January 14, 2022 - 13:45 EST
Round 3
3
2
3
: 2
January 14, 2022 - 14:30 EST
3
2
3
: 2
January 14, 2022 - 14:30 EST
[edit]
| Group B | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 2-1 | 8-6 | +2 | |||
| 2. | 2-1 | 8-5 | +3 | |||
| 3. | 1-2 | 6-7 | -1 | |||
| 4. | 1-2 | 4-8 | -4 | |||
Round 1
2
3
2
: 3
January 14, 2022 - 13:00 EST
3
2
3
: 2
January 14, 2022 - 13:00 EST
Round 2
1
3
1
: 3
January 14, 2022 - 13:45 EST
Round 3
3
1
3
: 1
January 14, 2022 - 14:30 EST
3
2
3
: 2
January 14, 2022 - 14:30 EST
Tiebreaker Matches
3
1
3
: 1
January 14, 2022 - 15:45 EST
3
1
3
: 1
January 14, 2022 - 15:45 EST
[edit]
| Group C | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 3-0 | 9-3 | +6 | |||
| 2. | 2-1 | 8-3 | +5 | |||
| 3. | 1-2 | 3-7 | -4 | |||
| 4. | 0-3 | 2-9 | -7 | |||
Round 1
3
1
3
: 1
January 14, 2022 - 13:00 EST
Round 2
Round 3
3
2
3
: 2
January 14, 2022 - 14:30 EST
3
1
3
: 1
January 14, 2022 - 14:30 EST
[edit]
| Group D | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 3-0 | 9-4 | +5 | |||
| 2. | 2-1 | 7-4 | +3 | |||
| 3. | 1-2 | 4-8 | -4 | |||
| 4. | 0-3 | 5-9 | -4 | |||
Round 1
2
3
2
: 3
January 14, 2022 - 13:00 EST
Round 2
1
3
1
: 3
January 14, 2022 - 13:45 EST
3
2
3
: 2
January 14, 2022 - 13:45 EST
Round 3
3
1
3
: 1
January 14, 2022 - 14:30 EST
3
1
3
: 1
January 14, 2022 - 14:30 EST
Playoffs[edit]
Upper Bracket Semifinals
Upper Bracket Semifinals
UB Semifinals
UBSF
Upper Bracket Final
Upper Bracket Final
UB Final
UBF
Grand Final
Grand Final
Final
GF
4
0
4
: 0
January 15, 2022 - 14:15 EST
0
4
0
: 4
January 15, 2022 - 15:00 EST
4
3
4
: 3
January 16, 2022 - 13:00 EST
Lower Bracket Round 1
Lower Bracket Round 1
LB Round 1
LBR1
Lower Bracket Round 2
Lower Bracket Round 2
LB Round 2
LBR2
Lower Bracket Quarterfinals
Lower Bracket Quarterfinals
LB Quarterfinals
LBQF
Lower Bracket Semifinal
Lower Bracket Semifinal
LB Semifinal
LBSF
Lower Bracket Final
Lower Bracket Final
LB Final
LBF
3
1
3
: 1
January 14, 2022 - 16:30 EST
3
1
3
: 1
January 14, 2022 - 16:30 EST
1
4
1
: 4
January 15, 2022 - 15:50 EST
2
3
2
: 3
January 14, 2022 - 16:30 EST
3
2
3
: 2
January 14, 2022 - 16:30 EST
4
3
4
: 3
January 15, 2022 - 16:40 EST
4
0
4
: 0
January 16, 2022 - 14:00 EST
2
4
2
: 4
January 16, 2022 - 15:00 EST
4
2
4
: 2
January 16, 2022 - 16:00 EST
