Rocket League Championship Series Season 5 - Finals
RLCS Season 5 - Finals
League Information
Organizer:
Psyonix
Mode:
3v3
Type:
Offline
Location:
London Venue:
Copper Box Arena
Format:
Double Elimination
Prize pool:
$250,000 USD
Start Date:
2018-06-08
End Date:
2018-06-10
Liquipedia Tier:
Links
Maps
Teams
Number of Teams:
10
Chronology
Upcoming Matches
RLCS Season 5 is the first RLCS season in 2018. It is the first time the RLCS is operated by Psyonix themselves, instead of Twitch.[1]
The World Championship Finals are taking place in London, England at the Copper Box Arena.
About[edit]
Broadcast Talent[edit]
- Stage Host:
Liefx (Brody Moore)
- Desk Host:
Axeltoss (Alex Rodriguez)
- Analysts:
- Gibbs (Randy Gibbons)
Markydooda (Mark Exton)
CJCJ (Cameron Johns)
- Commentator/Analysts:
- FindableCarpet (Kevin Brown)
- Lawler (Adam Thornton)
- Quinn Lobdell (Michael Behrouzi)
- WavePunk (Caleb Simmons)
- Shogun (Callum Keir)
- Jamesbot (James Villar)
- yumi_cheeseman (David Lane)
Format[edit]
- Double Elimination
- All games Bo5, except: Winners', Losers', and Grand Finals. Those are Bo7.
Prize Pool[edit]
$250,000 (USD) are spread among the teams as seen below:
| Place | $ USD | Team |
|---|---|---|
 1st
|
$100,000 |  Team Dignitas
|
 2nd
|
$60,000 |  NRG Esports
|
 3rd
|
$30,000 |  compLexity Gaming
|
 4th
|
$15,000 |  Cloud9
|
| 5th-6th | $10,000 |  Evil Geniuses
|
 Chiefs Esports Club
| ||
| 7th-8th | $7,000 |  Team Envy
|
 G2 Esports
| ||
| 9th-10th | $5,500 |  Tainted Minds
|
 Renault Vitality
|
Participants[edit]
| 1 | CJCJ |
|---|---|
| 2 | julz |
| 3 |  Kamii |
| S | xkorez |
 | |
| Oceania #2 | |
- 1 Team Dignitas acquires the Gale Force eSports roster prior to the World Championship.[2]
Results[edit]
Round of 10
Evil Geniuses
2
June 8, 2018 - 14:00 BST
· 
Chiefs Esports Club
3
compLexity Gaming
3
Tainted Minds
0
Quarterfinals
Team Dignitas
3
Chiefs Esports Club
1
NRG Esports
3
Team Envy
1
G2 Esports
0
compLexity Gaming
3
Renault Vitality
0
Cloud9
3
Semifinals
Team Dignitas
1
· NRG Esports
3
compLexity Gaming
3
· Cloud9
1
Winners' Finals (Bo7)
NRG Esports
4
· compLexity Gaming
0
Losers' Round 1
Renault Vitality
2
June 9, 2018 - 16:00 BST
· Evil Geniuses
3
Team Envy
3
June 9, 2018 - 17:00 BST
· Tainted Minds
2
Losers' Round 2
G2 Esports
2
June 9, 2018 - 18:00 BST
· Evil Geniuses
3
Chiefs Esports Club
3
Team Envy
0
Losers' Round 3
Team Dignitas
3
· Evil Geniuses
0
Cloud9
3
Chiefs Esports Club
0
Losers' Round 4
Team Dignitas
3
Cloud9
0
Losers' Finals (Bo7)
compLexity Gaming
2
June 10, 2018 - 18:00 BST
· 
Team Dignitas
4
Grand Final (Bo7)
NRG Esports
1
3
June 10, 2018 - 19:15 BST
· 
Team Dignitas
4
4
Player Accolades[edit]
- World Championship MVP: Determined by a panel of RLCS Analysts and administrators.
| Award | $ USD | Player | Team | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Championship MVP | $1,000 | - |  Kaydop
|
Team Dignitas
|
For the North American region Player Accolades, click here.
For the European region Player Accolades, click here.
For the Oceania region Player Accolades, click here.
Player of the Day[edit]
| Award | Player | Team |
|---|---|---|
| Day 1 MVP | GarrettG
|
NRG Esports
|
| Day 2 MVP |  Mognus
|
compLexity Gaming
|
| Day 3 MVP |  Team104
|
 RLChants
|
Additional content[edit]
Streams[edit]
Replay Files[edit]
Previews[edit]
- 2018-06-04 | The 10 teams that will fight for the World Championship by Dorian Gorr of Rocketeers.gg
- 2018-06-05 | The Road to Rocket League Worlds - Season 5 by Murty Shah of RLCS
- 2018-06-05 | We checked if the team’s substitute players are also coming to the World Championship by Dorian Gorr of Rocketeers.gg
- 2018-06-06 | Rocket League World Championships: All The Teams Previewed by Coolcole93 of Ginx.tv
- 2018-06-06 | Renault Sport Team Vitality's Road to the RLCS World Championship by Andrew Hayward of Red Bull
- 2018-06-07 | How Oceania Can Win the World Championship! by Gibbs of RLCS
- 2018-06-07 | 3 Storylines you should follow during the World Championship by Dorian Gorr of Rocketeers.gg
- 2018-06-07 | How North America Can Win the World Championship! by Gibbs of RLCS
- 2018-06-08 | How Europe Can Win the World Championship! by Gibbs of RLCS
Videos and Photos[edit]
Photos[edit]
- 2018-06-16 | RLCS Season 5 World Championship by ItsZeebo
Highlights[edit]
Top 10 Plays[edit]
Day-by-day Goals[edit]
Aftermovie[edit]
Interviews[edit]
- 2018-06-09 | NRG’s jstn about proving his critics wrong by Dorian Gorr of Rocketeers.gg
- 2018-06-09 | Cloud9’s SquishyMuffinz on playing without pressure—and controversial tweets by Andrew Hayward of Rocketeers.gg
- 2018-06-10 | Rizzo on finding his role on G2—and being called “daddy” by Andrew Hayward of Rocketeers.gg
- 2018-06-11 | What World Champions Dignitas said after the Grand Finals of Rocketeers.gg
Additional Data[edit]
Country Representation[edit]
| # | Country / Region | #P | ΔRLCS S4 | Players |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States
|
9/30 (30%) | 0 | Kronovi, Rizzo, Fireburner, GarrettG, JSTN, Torment, Gimmick, Chrome, Klassux |
| 2 | Australia
|
5/30 (17%) | 0 | Jake, Drippay, Torsos, CJCJ, Julz |
| 3 | Canada
|
3/30 (10%) | 0 | JKnaps, SquishyMuffinz, CorruptedG |
| 4 |  Netherlands
|
2/30 (7%) | +1 | ViolentPanda, Remkoe |
| 4 | France
|
2/30 (7%) | -2 | Fairy Peak, Kaydop |
| 4 |  Germany
|
2/30 (7%) | 0 | Paschy90, FreaKii |
| 4 |  Sweden
|
2/30 (7%) | 0 | Turbopolsa, al0t |
| 4 | England
|
2/30 (7%) | +1 | Deevo, EyeIgnite |
| 4 | Finland
|
2/30 (7%) | 0 | Mognus, Metsanauris |
| 10 | New Zealand
|
1/30 (3%) | 0 | Kamii |
Trivia[edit]
- 6 out of 10 organizations in this season's RLCS LAN are making their debut outside of League Play, which includes all organizations representing Europe.
- This is the first RLCS LAN without Mock-it eSports.
- NRG Esports have qualified for RLCS LAN 4 times in a row.
- For the first time, 2 English players will represent their nation at an RLCS LAN (Deevo & EyeIgnite). Season 2, 3 & 4 had one participant from England.
- Fireburner and GarrettG are the only players that have participated in every RLCS LAN.
- 6 former World Champions took part in this season's RLCS LAN (specifically Turbopolsa, Kaydop, ViolentPanda, Remkoe, Deevo & Kronovi).
- This season's RLCS LAN marks the first appearance of 4 players in this event (specifically JSTN, EyeIgnite, Chrome & Julz).
- This is the second season where North American team (Specifically NRG eSports) went to the grand finals, the other being RLCS Season 1.
External links[edit]
References[edit]
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