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Rocket League Championship Series Season 8 - North America

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[e][h]RLCS Season 8 - North America
League Information
Series:
Organizer:
Type:
Online
Location:
North America North America
Prize Pool:
$214,250 USD
Start Date:
2019-10-05
End Date:
2019-11-16
Mode:
3v3
Liquipedia Tier:
Links
Teams
Number of teams:
8
Chronology

RLCS Season 8 is the second RLCS season in 2019. This marks the RLCS season prior to where Epic Games has acquired Psyonix - the developer of Rocket League.[1] The main change to the season comes in the Rocket League Rival Series as the second division in the RLCS has been extended to 10 teams from 8.[2]

About[edit]

Broadcast Talent[edit]

English Broadcast[edit]

  • Host:
  • Analysts:

French Broadcast[edit]

German Broadcast[edit]

  • Commentators/Analysts:

Format[edit]

  • Group Stage - October 5th - November 2nd
    • Round Robin Bo5
      • Tiebreakers:
        • In the case of a tie, game differential is the primary tiebreaker that seeds the teams.
    • Top two auto-qualify for the Finals
    • Top six qualify for the Regional Championship
    • Bottom two teams are relegated to the Promotion Playoffs
  • Regional Championship - November 16th
    • Bo7 Page Playoff System.
    • 5th and 6th start against each other in the Lower Bracket with 3rd and 4th in the Upper Bracket, playing a Double Elimination Bracket to determine the 2 other teams which qualify for the Finals.
    • The rest stands as a Single Elimination Bracket to determine seedings.
    • 3rd Place is determined via League Play tiebreakers.
    • Teams in the Regional Championship auto-qualify for RLCS Season 9.

Prize Pool[edit]

$214,250 USD are spread among the teams as seen below:

Roster Moves[edit]

Participants[edit]

1 Pittsburgh Knights acquires The Peeps prior to Week 1 of League Play.[3]
2 eUnited acquires Birds prior to the Regional Championship.[4]

Results[edit]

Regular Season[edit]

Overview[edit]

Regular Season
1.Cloud9Cloud9 Cloud91-03-0+3
2.G2 EsportsG2 Esports G2 Esports1-03-1+2
2.NRG EsportsNRG Esports NRG Esports1-03-1+2
4.Pittsburgh KnightsPittsburgh Knights Pittsburgh Knights1-14-3+1
5.Ghost GamingGhost Gaming Ghost Gaming1-13-4-1
6.BirdsBirds Birds0-11-3-2
6.Spacestation GamingSpacestation Gaming Spacestation Gaming0-11-3-2
8.RogueRogue Rogue0-10-3-3
1.NRG EsportsNRG Esports NRG Esports▲13-09-1+8
2.Ghost GamingGhost Gaming Ghost Gaming▲32-16-4+2
3.Pittsburgh KnightsPittsburgh Knights Pittsburgh Knights▲12-17-5+2
4.Cloud9Cloud9 Cloud9▼31-15-3+2
5.G2 EsportsG2 Esports G2 Esports▼31-13-4-1
6.BirdsBirds Birds1-24-7-3
7.Spacestation GamingSpacestation Gaming Spacestation Gaming▼10-22-6-4
8.RogueRogue Rogue0-20-6-6
1.NRG EsportsNRG Esports NRG Esports4-012-2+10
2.Pittsburgh KnightsPittsburgh Knights Pittsburgh Knights▲13-110-5+5
3.Ghost GamingGhost Gaming Ghost Gaming▼12-27-70
4.G2 EsportsG2 Esports G2 Esports▲12-26-8-2
5.BirdsBirds Birds▲12-38-11-3
6.Spacestation GamingSpacestation Gaming Spacestation Gaming▲11-25-8-3
7.Cloud9Cloud9 Cloud9▼31-38-9-1
8.RogueRogue Rogue1-34-10-6
1.NRG EsportsNRG Esports NRG Esports6-018-4+14
2.Pittsburgh KnightsPittsburgh Knights Pittsburgh Knights4-215-10+5
3.Spacestation GamingSpacestation Gaming Spacestation Gaming▲33-211-10+1
4.Ghost GamingGhost Gaming Ghost Gaming▼13-312-11+1
5.G2 EsportsG2 Esports G2 Esports▼12-37-11-4
6.BirdsBirds Birds▼12-410-14-4
7.Cloud9Cloud9 Cloud91-48-12-4
8.RogueRogue Rogue1-44-13-9
1.NRG EsportsNRG Esports NRG Esports6-119-7+12
2.Spacestation GamingSpacestation Gaming Spacestation Gaming▲15-217-12+5
3.Pittsburgh KnightsPittsburgh Knights Pittsburgh Knights▼14-315-13+2
4.Ghost GamingGhost Gaming Ghost Gaming3-413-14-1
5.BirdsBirds Birds▲13-413-15-2
6.RogueRogue Rogue▲23-410-15-5
7.Cloud9Cloud9 Cloud92-512-17-5
8.G2 EsportsG2 Esports G2 Esports▼32-511-17-6
Legend
Qualify for Finals
Proceed to Regional Championship
Upper Bracket
Proceed to Regional Championship
Lower Bracket
Relegated to Promotion Playoffs
Show DuplicatesHide Duplicates
BirdsBirds3-1
Oct 19
1-3
Oct 05
3-1
Nov 02
0-3
Oct 12
2-3
Oct 26
1-3
Oct 19
3-1
Oct 12
Cloud9Cloud91-3
Oct 19
3-2
Nov 02
3-0
Oct 05
0-3
Oct 26
2-3
Oct 12
1-3
Nov 02
2-3
Oct 19
G2 EsportsG2 Esports3-1
Oct 05
2-3
Nov 02
1-3
Oct 26
0-3
Oct 12
0-3
Oct 19
3-1
Oct 19
2-3
Nov 02
Ghost GamingGhost Gaming1-3
Nov 02
0-3
Oct 05
3-1
Oct 26
1-3
Oct 19
3-1
Oct 05
3-0
Oct 12
2-3
Oct 26
NRG EsportsNRG Esports3-0
Oct 12
3-0
Oct 26
3-0
Oct 12
3-1
Oct 19
3-2
Oct 26
1-3
Nov 02
3-1
Oct 05
Pittsburgh KnightsPittsburgh Knights3-2
Oct 26
3-2
Oct 12
3-0
Oct 19
1-3
Oct 05
2-3
Oct 26
3-0
Oct 05
0-3
Nov 02
RogueRogue3-1
Oct 19
3-1
Nov 02
1-3
Oct 19
0-3
Oct 12
3-1
Nov 02
0-3
Oct 05
0-3
Oct 26
Spacestation GamingSpacestation Gaming1-3
Oct 12
3-2
Oct 19
3-2
Nov 02
3-2
Oct 26
1-3
Oct 05
3-0
Nov 02
3-0
Oct 26
BirdsBirdsCloud9Cloud9G2 EsportsG2 EsportsGhost GamingGhost GamingNRG EsportsNRG EsportsPittsburgh KnightsPittsburgh KnightsRogueRogueSpacestation GamingSpacestation Gaming

Detailed Results[edit]

Round 1[edit]
Week 1 Matches
October 5, 2019 - 12:00 PDT
Pittsburgh KnightsPittsburgh KnightsPK
1
3
Ghost GamingGhost GamingGG
1
 :
3
October 5, 2019 - 12:00 PDT
0
- OT
(+2:16)
1
BirdsBirdsBIRD
1
3
G2 EsportsG2 EsportsG2
1
 :
3
October 5, 2019 - 12:50 PDT
4
- OT
(+1:47)
3
Pittsburgh KnightsPittsburgh KnightsPK
3
0
RogueRogueRGE
3
 :
0
October 5, 2019 - 13:40 PDT
3
- OT
(+0:23)
2
Ghost GamingGhost GamingGG
0
3
Cloud9Cloud9C9
0
 :
3
October 5, 2019 - 14:30 PDT
2
- OT
(+1:33)
3
2
3
NRG EsportsNRG EsportsNRG
3
1
Spacestation GamingSpacestation GamingSSG
3
 :
1
October 5, 2019 - 15:10 PDT
Round 2[edit]
Week 2 Matches
October 12, 2019 - 12:00 PDT
NRG EsportsNRG EsportsNRG
3
0
BirdsBirdsBIRD
3
 :
0
October 12, 2019 - 12:00 PDT
Ghost GamingGhost GamingGG
3
0
RogueRogueRGE
3
 :
0
October 12, 2019 - 12:50 PDT
Pittsburgh KnightsPittsburgh KnightsPK
3
2
Cloud9Cloud9C9
3
 :
2
October 12, 2019 - 13:40 PDT
0
- OT
(+0:43)
1
Spacestation GamingSpacestation GamingSSG
1
3
BirdsBirdsBIRD
1
 :
3
October 12, 2019 - 14:30 PDT
1
- OT
(+4:45)
2
NRG EsportsNRG EsportsNRG
3
0
G2 EsportsG2 EsportsG2
3
 :
0
October 12, 2019 - 15:20 PDT
4
- OT
(+1:55)
3
Round 3[edit]
Week 3 Matches
October 19, 2019 - 12:00 PDT
Cloud9Cloud9C9
1
3
BirdsBirdsBIRD
1
 :
3
October 19, 2019 - 12:00 PDT
1
- OT
(+1:17)
2
Pittsburgh KnightsPittsburgh KnightsPK
3
0
G2 EsportsG2 EsportsG2
3
 :
0
October 19, 2019 - 12:50 PDT
RogueRogueRGE
3
1
BirdsBirdsBIRD
3
 :
1
October 19, 2019 - 13:30 PDT
NRG EsportsNRG EsportsNRG
3
1
Ghost GamingGhost GamingGG
3
 :
1
October 19, 2019 - 14:30 PDT
0
- OT
(+4:34)
1
Cloud9Cloud9C9
2
3
Spacestation GamingSpacestation GamingSSG
2
 :
3
October 19, 2019 - 15:20 PDT
0
- OT
(+3:57)
1
1
- OT
(+5:04)
2
RogueRogueRGE
1
3
G2 EsportsG2 EsportsG2
1
 :
3
October 19, 2019 - 16:10 PDT
2
- OT
(+0:29)
1
4
5
Round 4[edit]
Week 4 Matches
October 26, 2019 - 12:00 PDT
Ghost GamingGhost GamingGG
2
3
Spacestation GamingSpacestation GamingSSG
2
 :
3
October 26, 2019 - 12:00 PDT
2
- OT
(+1:18)
3
4
3
2
- OT
(+1:15)
3
NRG EsportsNRG EsportsNRG
3
2
Pittsburgh KnightsPittsburgh KnightsPK
Ghost GamingGhost GamingGG
3
1
G2 EsportsG2 EsportsG2
3
 :
1
October 26, 2019 - 13:40 PDT
Pittsburgh KnightsPittsburgh KnightsPK
3
2
BirdsBirdsBIRD
3
 :
2
October 26, 2019 - 14:30 PDT
2
- OT
(+3:26)
1
Spacestation GamingSpacestation GamingSSG
3
0
RogueRogueRGE
3
 :
0
October 26, 2019 - 15:20 PDT
NRG EsportsNRG EsportsNRG
3
0
Cloud9Cloud9C9
3
 :
0
October 26, 2019 - 16:10 PDT
3
- OT
(+0:50)
2
Round 5[edit]
Week 5 Matches
November 2, 2019 - 12:00 PDT
RogueRogueRGE
3
1
Cloud9Cloud9C9
3
 :
1
November 2, 2019 - 12:00 PDT
3
- OT
(+0:15)
2
2
- OT
(+0:26)
1
Spacestation GamingSpacestation GamingSSG
3
2
G2 EsportsG2 EsportsG2
3
 :
2
November 2, 2019 - 12:50 PDT
1
- OT
(+1:32)
0
NRG EsportsNRG EsportsNRG
1
3
RogueRogueRGE
1
 :
3
November 2, 2019 - 13:40 PDT
1
- OT
(+0:35)
0
Cloud9Cloud9C9
3
2
G2 EsportsG2 EsportsG2
3
 :
2
November 2, 2019 - 14:30 PDT
2
- OT
(+1:28)
1
Spacestation GamingSpacestation GamingSSG
3
0
Pittsburgh KnightsPittsburgh KnightsPK
3
 :
0
November 2, 2019 - 15:20 PDT
Ghost GamingGhost GamingGG
1
3
BirdsBirdsBIRD
1
 :
3
November 2, 2019 - 16:10 PDT
3
- OT
(+1:28)
2
2
- OT
(+5:59)
3

Playoffs[edit]

Upper Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Grand Finals
Pittsburgh KnightsPittsburgh KnightsPK
4
Ghost GamingGhost GamingGG
3
Spacestation GamingSpacestation GamingSSG
2
Pittsburgh KnightsPittsburgh KnightsPK
4
2
 :
4
November 16, 2019 - 15:00 PST
3
- OT
(+0:53)
2
1
- OT
(+1:25)
2
Lower Round 1
Lower Quarterfinals
 
eUnitedeUnitedEU
4
RogueRogueRGE
2
Ghost GamingGhost GamingGG
3
eUnitedeUnitedEU
4
NRG EsportsNRG EsportsNRG
4
eUnitedeUnitedEU
2
Pittsburgh KnightsPittsburgh KnightsPK
0
NRG EsportsNRG EsportsNRG
4
0
 :
4
November 16, 2019 - 17:00 PST
2
- OT
(+3:18)
3

Player Accolades[edit]

  • Golden Striker ($1,000 USD): Awarded to the clinical finisher who scores the most goals per game in League Play for their region.
  • Clutch Playmaker ($1,000 USD): Awarded to the cunning player who records the most assists per game in League Play for their region.
  • Savior of the Season ($1,000 USD): Awarded to the player who racks up the highest saves per game in League Play for their region.
  • Regular Season MVP ($2,500 USD): Awarded to the player who contributes the most to his team's success in League Play as determined by a panel of RLCS Analysts and administrators.


Final Standings:

Golden Striker[edit]

Clutch Playmaker[edit]

Savior of the Season[edit]

Regular Season MVP[edit]

Player of the Week[edit]

Statistics[edit]

RLCSRLCS Season 8 - North America Stats
WeekTotal ScoreScore per game per playerTotal GoalsGoals per game per playerTotal AssistsAssists per game per playerTotal SavesSaves per game per playerTotal ShotsShots per game per playerTotal GamesTotal Overtimes
RLCS
Week 1
38,826359.50670.62520.481611.492732.53185
RLCS
Week 2
40,536375.33690.64560.521801.673072.84183
RLCS
Week 3
51,383356.83750.52580.402331.623912.72246
RLCS
Week 4
55,587370.58890.59720.482601.734092.73255
RLCS
Week 5
56,600377.33960.64720.482601.734112.74257
RLCS
Playoffs
79,150366.441380.641030.483351.555702.64366
Combined322,082367.675340.614130.4714291.6323612.7014632

Additional Content[edit]

Streams[edit]

Highlights[edit]

Week 1[edit]

Week 2[edit]

Week 3[edit]

Week 4[edit]

Week 5[edit]

Regional Championship[edit]

Replays[edit]

Replay files can be found here:

Previews[edit]

External Links[edit]

References[edit]