The World Finals of the Rocket League Championship Series 2026 are under way, running from September 15 to September 20 at Dickies Arena in Texas, which once again hosts the event. Esports.gg reports a $1,200,000 prize pool for the event, which stages three separate competitions: the main 3v3 World Championship, a 2v2 bracket and a 1v1 bracket.
The 3v3 tournament is split into three stages. Play-in matches opened the event on September 15, giving lower-seeded teams a route into the group stage, where 16 teams are divided into four groups with seeding set by the play-in results. Each group plays a round robin, the lower placements are eliminated, and the top 12 teams advance to hybrid playoff brackets in which group winners start from the upper quarter-finals and can absorb one loss.
The 1v1 and 2v2 brackets
Four players have qualified for the 1v1 final. The two semi-finals are played on September 16, with the grand final to follow on September 18.
- Hisham "Nwpo" Alqadi (Twisted Minds), the 2025 1v1 champion
- Danilo "kv1" Michelini (BS+COMPETITION)
- Nassim "nass" Bali (Gentle Mates)
- João "diaz" Henrique (Spacestation Gaming)
The 2v2 competition follows the same shape, with semi-finals on September 17 and the grand final on September 19. Team Falcons enter with Saleh Abdullah "Rw9" Bakhashwin and Yazeed Abdullah "Kiileerrz" Bakhashwin, and Spacestation Gaming with Jack "reveal" LeDuc and Zachary "zach" Stone. They are joined by Backyardigans, pairing FURIA's Yan Bernardo "yANXNZ" Xisto Nolasco and Pedro Henrique "swiftt." Lewy Gomes, and by No Miss Just Fake, a cross-organisation duo of Alexis "zen" Bernier and Tristan "Atow." Soyez from Karmine Corp and Team Vitality.
How to watch
The official Rocket League Twitch and YouTube channels carry the main broadcast, with an alternate stream on the Rocket League Esports Twitch and YouTube channels. Esports.gg names Team Falcons, winners of the Esports World Cup 2026, among the contenders for the 3v3 title, alongside FUT Esports, who won the Esports World Cup 2026 last chance qualifier, and R8 Esports. Announcements covering Season 24 and Rocket League on Unreal Engine 6 are also expected during the event.