Rocket League Champions Road open tournament series announced

Luis Gomez

Luis Gomez

Sign-ups for the Rocket League Champions Road are open now!

Rocket League has announced a new Champions Road open tournament series leading up to this year's RLCS World Championship. The competitions span across 1v1, 2v2, 3v3 Rumble, and Sideswipe 1v1 and feature over $484k in prizing.

Each tournament will be fully online and available to players in all seven current RLCS 2024 regions!

Introducing Rocket League Champions Road Opens

RLCS 2021-2022 World Championship at the Dickies Arena (Image via ShiftRLE)
RLCS 2021-2022 World Championship at the Dickies Arena (Image via ShiftRLE)

There has been a lot of downtime between the last RLCS event and the upcoming 2024 World Championship. In fact, outside of the 16 teams that qualified for each of those events, there have been no official Psyonix competitions since late May. Currently, the Shift Summer League is filling some of that gap, but even that only involves a handful of the best teams in the world.

Finally, the Rocket League Champions Open is giving everyone else something to play for. The three main tournaments in 1v1, 2v2, and 3v3 Rumble will take place each weekend leading up to RLCS 2024 Worlds. Immediately following that, there will be an additional Sideswipe 1v1 for Rocket League's mobile title.

Rocket League Champions Road format, schedule, and prizing

The Rocket League Champions Road open tournament series will feature separate competitions for 1v1, 2v2, 3v3 Rumble, and Sideswipe. Tournaments will be available in all current RLCS 2024 regions and boast a whopping $484,450 total prize pool with a very generous distribution.

Every tournament will be a simple double-elimination bracket playing out across three days with seeding based on each team's average in-game rank. Additionally, Rocket League has scheduled each mode's Champions Road Open for the same days in every region. Registration is already open on the tournament homepage.

3v3 Rumble Open: August 23 - 25 (Registration closes August 18)

  • NA & EU: $39,300 USD total prizing per region distributed amongst the top 64
  • SAM, MENA, & OCE: $21,600 USD total prizing per region distributed amongst the top 32
  • APAC & SSA: $16,800 USD total prizing per region distributed amongst the top 16

2v2 Open: August 30 - September 1 (Registration closes August 25)

  • NA & EU: $39,300 USD total prizing per region distributed amongst the top 64
  • SAM, MENA, & OCE: $21,600 USD total prizing per region distributed amongst the top 32
  • APAC & SSA: $16,800 USD total prizing per region distributed amongst the top 16

1v1 Open: September 6-8 (Registration closes September 1)

  • NA & EU: $18,000 USD total prizing per region distributed amongst the top 64
  • SAM, MENA, & OCE: $10,150 USD total prizing per region distributed amongst the top 32
  • APAC & SSA: $6,000 USD total prizing per region distributed amongst the top 16

Sideswipe 1v1 Open: September 20 - 22 (Registration closes September 16)

  • NA & EU: $11,150 USD total prizing per region distributed amongst the top 64
  • SAM, MENA, & OCE: $7,100 USD total prizing per region distributed amongst the top 32
  • APAC & SSA: $4,200 USD total prizing per region distributed amongst the top 16

The Rocket League Champions Road Opens are sure to be lots of fun for competitors everywhere, regardless of rank. Make sure you and your friends sign up on time!

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