RLCS 2025 Esports Format Changes – $5 Million Prize

After the Rocket League World Championship concluded, Psyonix announced RLCS 2025 esports format changes. Let’s dive into these changes and how they aim to change Rocket League for the better.

A New RLCS 1v1 Format

RLCS 2025 Esports Format Changes - $5 Million Prize
Image Credits: Psyonix

Undoubtedly, the new RLCS 1v1 format is the most significant change to the RLCS 2025 season. Accordingly, a new 1v1 tournament series is planned to take part besides the traditional 3v3 tournament – a huge decision from Psyonix.

This opens up a whole new realm for Rocket League betting markets.

Hosted separately, the 1v1 series will involve Open Qualifiers in the regions of EU, SAM, APAC, North America, MENA, OCE and SSA regions across two Splits. After two grand final matches in Major 1 and Major 2 – winners earn a spot at the 2025 RLCS World Championship.

The best part? Players can compete in both 3v3 and 1v1 tournaments to make for thrilling RLCS betting.

RLCS 2025 Esports – Full Schedule

RLCS 2025 TournamentsSchedule
RLCS Major 1 Open Qualifiers #1-3January-March 2025
RLCS Major 1 Regional 1v1 Window AFebruary-March 2025
RLCS Major 1 + 1v1 FinalMarch 2025
RLCS Major 2 Open Qualifiers #4-6April-June 2025
RLCS Major 1 Regional 1v1 Window BJune 2025
Last Chance QualifiersJuly-August 2025
Rocket League World Championship + 1v1 FinalSeptember 2025

At the end of the season, the RLCS World Championship is the climax of competitive Rocket League.

Now featuring 20 teams, the expanded tournament now features a Play-Ins stage. This allows teams from the Last Chance Open Qualifiers to fight one last time.

Another improvement is the seeding system for Open Qualifiers to minimize the need for teams to grind excessively for multiple tournaments each time.

In total, this confirms a prize pool of $5,000,000 for the entire season which is a record-high for Rocket League esports.

All of this is fantastic for Rocket League esports – we can’t wait to see Psyonix execute on these promises.

Gabriel Sciberras
Gabriel Sciberras

Since: February 7, 2023

Gabriel is a content writer and editor at EsportsBets, covering every related esports scene and topic under the sun, apart from plenty of experience in the realm of technology and gaming. When he's not covering international news, he's focused on the local Maltese scene.

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