Overall, the RLCS 2023 season has seen multiple stages of competition. Moreover, following the Winter Cup, the European region is moving towards the RLCS Winter Invitational Europe 2023. Kicking off in the coming week, read on to learn How to Watch this epic event!
Event Background
With regards to the event background, this RLCS season is the twelfth season of the Rocket League Championship Series. As one of the 3 splits, Fall, Winter and Spring, Winter is only the first stage.
Moreover, after the Winter Open and Winter Cup, the Winter Invitational remains.
Taking place between 24th February and 26th February, a total of $100,000 of prize is on the line between the 16 European trios. Hosted online by Psyonix, the following are your participating teams:
Point Ranking
- Karmine Corp
- Oxygen Esports
- Quadrant
- Team Liquid
- Moist Esports
- G1
- German Amigos
- Team Vitality
- Team BDS
- Soniqs
- Tundra Esports
- Williams Resolve
- Solary
- suhhh
- Monaco Esports
- FUFAXDOP
All teams have earned their spot through points rankings.
Do note that apart from the prize, teams are also playing for RLCS Circuit Ranking Points too as determined here:
- 1st – 20 RLCS Points
- 2nd – 16 RLCS Points
- 3-4th – 12 RLCS Points
- 5-8th – 8 RLCS Points
- 9-12th – 5 RLCS Points
- 13-16th – 3 RLCS Points
Format
When it comes to the format, there are two stages of competition.
Kicking off with the Group Stage, all 16 teams have been split into 4 groups of 4, with the seeds undetermined. Moreover, a round robin will take place with BO5 matches.
Specifically, this means that each team will face one another once, progressing to the Playoffs with the following criteria:
- Winner of each group – qualifies to Quarterfinals of Playoffs
- 2-3rd of each group – Round 1 of the Playoffs
- 4th of each group – Eliminated
Following this stage, we have the Playoffs to look forward to. Once here, the Playoffs will consists of a Single Elimination Bracket. Moreover, each team only has one life – where losing results in instant elimination.
Notably, round 1 will be BO5 matches, while the rest of the bracket will be BO7.
Schedule for the RLCS Winter Invitational Europe 2023
When it comes to the schedule, we recommend tuning into the official Rocket League Esports Twitter page here for any updates.
Watch the RLCS Winter Invitational Europe 2023 on esportsguide
You can also watch the RLCS Winter Invitational Europe 2023 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
When it comes to the predictions, we’ve had two heats of competition already.
Bearing this in mind, we have the placements from the Winter Cup and Winter Open events to consider.
Winter Open:
- Karmine Corp
- Team Vitality
- Oxygen Esports/German Amigos
Winter Cup
- Karmine Corp
- Team Liquid
- Oxygen Esports/Quadrant
Moreover, we’d like to suggest Karmine Corp as the favourites for this event considering that they’ve managed to win the past two European events.
Do note that this is the last event prior to the Winter Major. Performances here will help teams earn a spot at this highly coveted event which will feature international competitors from all over the world.
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