Rocket League Championship Series Season 5 - Finals

[e][h]RLCS Season 5 - Finals

League Information

Series:

RLCS

Organizer:

Psyonix

Sponsor(s):

Old Spice
StateFarm
Snickers
Mobil 1
HyperX

Type:

Offline

Location:

London

Venue:

Copper Box Arena

Prize Pool:

$250,000 USD

Start Date:

2018-06-08

End Date:

2018-06-10

Mode:

3v3

Liquipedia Tier:

S-Tier

Links

Maps

DFH Stadium • Mannfield • Urban Central • Utopia Coliseum • Wasteland • Neo Tokyo • Aquadome • Champions Field

Teams

Number of teams:

10

Chronology

Season 4

Season 6

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 took 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)

Commentators/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:

Participants[edit]

Team Dignitas¹

S	DNP Reepex
Main Roster

1	ViolentPanda
2	Kaydop
3	Turbopolsa
Substitutes


Europe #1

Renault Vitality

S	DNP Gnagflow06
Main Roster

1	Fairy Peak!
2	paschy90
3	FreaKii.
C	Gregan
Substitutes


Europe #2

Team Envy

S	DNP gReazymeister
Main Roster

1	remkoe
2	Deevo
3	EyeIgnite
Substitutes


Europe #3

compLexity Gaming

S	DNP Speed
Main Roster

1	al0t
2	Mognus
3	Metsanauris
Substitutes


Europe #4

G2 Esports

S	DNP Satthew
Main Roster

1	Kronovi
2	Rizzo
3	JKnaps
C	Jahzo
Substitutes


North America #1

NRG Esports

S	DNP Moses
Main Roster

1	Fireburner
2	GarrettG
3	jstn.
Substitutes


North America #2

Cloud9

S	DNP Sadjunior
Main Roster

1	SquishyMuffinz
2	Torment
3	Gimmick
Substitutes


North America #3

Evil Geniuses

S	DNP DarkFire
Main Roster

1	CorruptedG
2	Chrome
3	Klassux
C	Fireworks
Substitutes


North America #4

Chiefs eSports Club

S	DNP Requiem
Main Roster

1	Jake
2	Torsos
3	Drippay
Substitutes


Oceania #1

Tainted Minds

S	DNP xkorez
Main Roster

1	CJCJ
2	Julz
3	Kamii
Substitutes


Oceania #2

¹ Team Dignitas acquires the Gale Force eSports roster prior to the World Championship.^[2]

Results[edit]

Upper Bracket Round 1

UB Round 1

UBR1

Upper Bracket Quarterfinals

UB Quarterfinals

UBQF

Upper Bracket Semifinals

UB Semifinals

UBSF

Winners' Finals (Bo7)

Grand Final (Bo7)

Lower Bracket Round 1

LB Round 1

LBR1

Lower Bracket Round 2

LB Round 2

LBR2

Lower Bracket Quarterfinals

LB Quarterfinals

LBQF

Lower Bracket Semifinal

LB Semifinal

LBSF

Losers' Finals (Bo7)

Player Accolades[edit]

World Championship MVP: Determined by a panel of RLCS Analysts and administrators.

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]

Additional Content[edit]

Streams[edit]

Rocket League on Twitch

Replays[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
2018-06-16 | RLCS Season 5 Worlds by RLCS

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]

↑ CloudFuel (2018-01-11). "Psyonix start managing the RLCS".
↑ Team Dignitas (2018-05-22). "First order of business - bringing in a world class team. Welcome @DigViolentPanda @DIG_Kaydop @Turbopolsa to #DIGRL!".

[Psyonix_starts_managing_the_RLCS-1] CloudFuel (2018-01-11). "Psyonix start managing the RLCS".

[Dignitas_acquires_GFE-2] Team Dignitas (2018-05-22). "First order of business - bringing in a world class team. Welcome @DigViolentPanda @DIG_Kaydop @Turbopolsa to #DIGRL!".

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