For reasons known, the legendary Olympics had to be postponed last year to this year. Accordingly, the event leading up to the Olympics, the Intel World Open Regional Finals, were also moved. Now, the event is only a few days away and is a buzzing national competition of Rocket League and Street Fighter V.
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Event Background
With regards to Rocket League, Intel is throwing $250,000 on the line between four main regions. For each region, the 3 player teams will all be hailing from separate nations, representing their country. Furthermore, the prize pool and number of countries varies for each region.
Namely, the four regions are Americas, EMEA, Asia Mainland and Asia Maritime & Oceania. Below, find a list of facts for all four regions:
- Americas – $80,000 – 13 to 14th July – Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Mexico, USA, Uruguay, Puerto Rico
- EMEA – $80,000 – 13 to 14th July – South Africa, Czech Republic, Norway, Netherlands, Saudi Arabia, United Kingdom, France, Germany
- Asia – $45,000 – 11 to 12th July – Japan, Singapore A, Singapore B, Malaysia
- AMO – $45,000 – 11 to 12th July – Australia, New Zealand, Indonesia A, Indonesia B
While not exactly a ‘World Cup’, it’s quite close to being one.
Format
Indeed, the format will differ slightly between the 4 and 8 team events.
Starting with the 8 team format, there will be two main stages of play:
- Group Stage – from 2 groups of 4, only 4 will advance to the Playoffs. Groups will be played out in BO5 matches in a Round Robin style. Do note that tiebreakers will be resolved by differential and Head to Head.
- Playoffs – the final 4 teams will be thrown into a bracket to determine a winner
The 4 team events are simply similar, just on a smaller scale.
Schedule for the Intel World Open Regional Finals
As of right now, the schedules for all regions are not available, though we recommend to keep up to date with the official page. Beyond that, find the entire schedule in the following tweet:
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Predictions for the Intel World Open
So, let’s discuss our predictions for each region.
- EMEA – France as winners, England as contenders
Indeed, I am basing this prediction on the recent RCLS Season X European Championship performances. Here, out of all the teams, Team Vitality rose to success. As you can guess, this team offered a French roster, the same roster which will now be competing for the Intel World Open.
Secondly, I would list the UK as perhaps a contender to place second in the groups. Again, the players on this team all hail from Guild Esports, placing fifth at the RCLS Seaosn X event.
Notably, if Spain were to compete, I would list them here.
- Americas – USA as winners, Argentina as contenders
Moving over to Americas, it’s difficult to not place USA as your favourites. While not all players hail from the same team, the best 3 players have been picked – noting that the US dominated the North American RCLS Season X Championship. Otherwise, Argentina could hold their ground as South American champions and clinch a second in Groups.
- Asia Maritime – Australia as winners
- Asia Mainland – with no official regional competition prior to this event, it’s impossible to predict who’ll come out on top.
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