Accordingly, the RLCS this year involves multiple stages of competition every split. Indeed, the RLCS EU Winter Cup 2022-23 is the second stage of the Winter Split for Europe. Bearing this in mind, the competition is getting tighter – read on to learn how to watch the event kicking off this weekend!
Event Background
With regards to the event background, the RLCS 2022-23 is the twelfth season of the Rocket League Championship Series.
Following up from the changes of last year, there are three splits in the season – Fall, Winter and Spring. Within each Split, there are three stages – an Open, a Cup followed by an Invitational.
Accordingly, following the EU Winter Open, now we have the Winter Cup. Taking place online with $100,000 on the line, the event will take place from 10th February to 12th February.
Here are the 16 teams of three taking part below:
Point Ranking
- Karmine Corp
- Oxygen Esports
- Team Liquid
- Quadrant
- Moist Esports
- G1
- German Amigos
- Team Vitality
Closed Qualifier
- Team BDS
- Williams Resolve
- Soniqs
- Endpoint CeX
- MuchDelight
- Solary
- suhhh
- Tundra Esports
Beyond the prize pool, teams are also fighting for RLCS Circuit Ranking Points which will be essential to seed to the top events later this season such as the World Championship.
Format
Moreover, the format will be similar to the Winter Open, with two stages of competition.
Firstly, we have a Group Stage with the 16 teams split into 4 groups of 4.
Here’s how the seeds have been randomly drawn:
- A: Karmine Corp, G1, Solary, suhhh
- B: Moist Esports, Quadrant, Team BDS, Tundra Esports
- C: Team Liquid, Team Vitality, Williams Resolve, MuchDelight
- D: Oxygen Esports, German Amigos, Soniqs, Endpoint CeX
Within each group, a round robin with BO5 matches will take place where each team faces one another once. Seeding into the Playoffs is as follows:
- 1st of each group – Quarterfinals Playoffs
- 2nd-3rd of each group – Round 1 Playoffs
- 4th of each group – Eliminated
Moreover, the Playoffs will involve a single elimination bracket. Overall, the final 12 teams will have to battle through Round 1 BO5 matches, while all other matches will be BO7.
Schedule for the RLCS EU Winter Cup
Concerning the schedule, there are a tonne of matches to look forward to.
For context, here’s the schedule for Group A below for the CET time zone:
February 10th 2023
Round 1
- Karmine Corp vs suhhh (17:00)
- G1 vs Solary (17:00)
Round 2
- Karmine Corp vs Solary (17:45)
- G1 vs suhhh (17:45)
Round 3
- Karmine Corp vs G1 (16:30)
- Solary vs suhhh (16:30)
For further details on the other matches, feel free to check out the official Rocket League esports page here.
Watch the RLCS EU Winter Cup on esportsguide
You can also watch the RLCS EU Winter Cup live stream via our very own website. Providing an extensive list of the biggest esports together with streams for each esports match live today or upcoming matches.
Predictions
Moreover, predictions are best based on the Winter Open event which took place last week. Here’s how the competition stacked up back then:
- #1 – Karmine Corp
- #2 – Team Vitality
- #3-4 – Oxygen Esports, German Amigos
Let’s see if Karmine Corp can repeat their impressive performance from last week and win the competition once again!
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