Rocket League Salt Mine 4: The 1v1 tourney details and results

We are in the middle of the off-season period in Rocket League, but that doesn’t mean pro players are free from tournament practice. Some pretty interesting events happen to keep the competitive excitement before the official Championship series returns in January 2025. One of them is Rocket League Salt Mine 4: EU and NA players can compete in the 1v1 series, having a few qualifications and two big final events.

While Solo matches have been part of the Rocket League experience for quite a while, they are boosted to the next level in 2025. The community will be able to witness qualifiers and two 1v1 Majors during RLCS 2025. The World Championship 2025 has a separate 1v1 Final.

The Salt Mine Rocket League is an opportunity for the professionals to test and improve their skills in this type of competition. For the viewers and fans, it’s a chance to witness great matches with favorite players and probably learn something new for the personal 1v1 Rocket League progress. 

The tournament is divided into two divisions: European and North American. Each has four qualifiers and a main event. Here is the schedule of Rocket League Salt Mine 4.

John "JohnnyBoi_i" MacDonald is the organizer of this Rocket League 1v1 esports event. The Salt Mine 4 Playoff matches (Day 2) are streamed on his Twitch channel, and the VODs are on his YouTube. The start time is 7pm CET / 2pm ET.

The Salt Mine Rocket League stream is also embedded below, so watch the tournament right here.

To win the tournament, players should qualify for the main event from one of four qualifiers and then make it through the final brackets. There are eight qualification spots to battle for: two for each qualifier.

In Europe, nass and Atow. were among eight players who proceeded to the Playoffs. They faced each other in the upper-bracket semi-final, and nass sent Atow. to the lower bracket. In the final match, nass played against Mawkzy and won 3:1. Atow. made it to the lower-bracket final after defeating shadi and ApparentlyJack (from Gen.G Mobil1 Rasing). In the match for the second qualification spot,  Atow. won over  Mawkzy, 3:0.

nass is the winner of the EU 1v1 Champions Road 2024. During the Rocket League Esports World Cup 2024, nass was a replacement player in G2 Stride (instead of BeastMode). The team finished 3rd-4th at that tournament. 

Atow. plays for Karmine Corp. With the team, he finished 3rd-4th at the RLCS 2024 World Championship and won the recent off-season tournament Rocket League Flip & Spin 2024.

In North America, diaz and Chronic successfully advanced to the Playoffs after the Day 1 matches. diaz had a great run in the upper brackets: he defeated Cam, Firstkiller, and S5-Cosmic. Chronic sent Daniel (from G2 Stride) to the lower brackets and then eliminated wisty, Wahvey, and S5-Cosmic — to get his qualification spot.

diaz represents Complexity Gaming. The team had pretty good results in the SAM qualifiers during RLCS 2024, but they couldn’t advance to the Majors.

Chronic played for Gen.G Mobil1 Racing, but he left the team in late October 2024. His achievements include being 3rd-4th at the Esports World Cup 2024 and reaching the top 8 at the RLCS 2024 London Major.

Mawkzy and Joreuz advanced to the Playoffs on Day 1 of Rocket League Salt Mine 4 EU Qualifier 2. They faced each other in the upper-bracket semi-final, and the match was super close. First, Joreuz won two games in a row, but eventually, Mawkzy performed a full reverse sweep and won. Both these players defeated shadi in their qualification matches. During his run, Joreuz eliminated ApparentlyJack (from Gen.G Mobil1 Racing).

Mawkzy finished 2nd at the European 1v1 Champions Road. In 2023, the player was a content creator for SK Gaming.

Joreuz played for M80 in the first half of 2024. As part of the team Chiefs Esports Club, he finished in the top 8 at the Esports World Cup 2024.

In North America, two qualified players, S5-Cosmic and Daniel, faced each other in the playoff semi: Daniel sent his opponent to the lower brackets. After a very close final vs Wahvey, Daniel advances to the Final event of Rocket League Salt Mine 4. S5-Cosmic earns his spot via the lower-bracket run.

Daniel was part of G2 Stride, but the organization released their roster on Nov. 7. With G2, Daniel was 2nd at RLCS 2024 World Championship and won RLCS 2024 London Major 2.

S5-Cosmic plays for Zero2One. He got some top 8 placements in C-tier and college tournaments. May this success open doors for S5-Cosmic to big Rocket League esports?

shadi and Rw9 successfully finished Day 1 of Salt Mine 4 EU Qualifier 3 and got their Playoff spots. On Day 2, shadi had a great run in the upper brackets. He defeated Krabby!, Toxiic, and TempoH. Rw9 faced more difficulties. He won the first match against Purposa but then fell to the lower brackets after the semi-final against TempoH. Rw9 had to win elimination matches vs Mozzarella and Toxiic to face TempoH again — Rw9 won this time and qualified for the main event.

shadi finished 5th-6th in Qualifier 1, and he was 3rd in Qualifier 2. shadi is a Rocket League player from Saudi Arabia, representing 404error.

Rw9 has been playing for Team Falcons since Dec. 2023. He is one of the best Rocket League competitors in the world. His successes include 2nd place at the Esports World Cup 2024 and RLCS 2024 London Major. Team Falcons finished 3rd-4th at the World Championship 2024.

In the NA Qualifier for Rocket League Salt Mine 4, Firstkiller and Evoh played in the parallel Playoff brackets. They defeated their opponents and faced each other in the upper-bracket final. Firstkiller won that match with a clear 3:0. In the lower-bracket final, Evoh got the same confident victory over Wahvey.

Firstkiller played for Gen.G Mobil1 Racing from Oct. 2023 to Sep. 2024. With the team, he finished in the top 8 of both RLCS 2024 Majors and was in the top 4 of the Rocket League EWC 2024.

Evoh was part of Dignitas in 2024, from April to September. The player was 2nd at Champions Road 1v1 Open: NA.

The last qualifiers of this 1v1 Rocket League esports series is from Nov. 21 to Nov. 22. Final participants of the main event will be decided in both regions.

The main event of this 1v1 series happens from Dec. 11 to Dec 13 in North America and from Dec. 18 to Dec. 20 in Europe.

Solo matches are not new to Rocket League and even to the official competition. In 2024, pro players participated in the 1v1 Champions Road series. nass won it in Europe, and Wahvey is the North American champion. However, in 2025, the 1v1 matches are featured in the main officials circuit: the Rocket League Championship Series 2025 (RLCS 2025).

The RLCS 2025 qualification period starts on Jan. 3. The pro players have some off-season tournaments to prepare for it, and they are mainly traditional 3v3 matches. For all Rocket League news and updates, stick around on esports.gg!