The 2024 RLCS Offseason Heats Up With More Ways to Compete!

With the 2024 Rocket League World Championship in the rearview mirror, and Team BDS (M0nkey M00n, ExoTiiK, and dralii) taking the trophy back across the sea from Dickies Arena once more, we wanted to give a huge thank you to all the fans, players, and community for supporting RLCS this year. 

As we gear towards the 2025 Season in January, it’s all boost and no brakes! We’re creating more 1st party offerings and partnering with several well known community organizers to offer more Rocket League competitive opportunities from October to December all over the world! Read on below for what tournaments you can expect to participate in and watch before the start of the upcoming 2025 RLCS Season:

Back to school just got a little more fun. Collegiate Rocket League (CRL) has returned for the 2024 Fall Semester in North America! It is open to all college teams and will consist of four open tournaments, each awarding CRL Points. At the end of the fourth open tournament, the top 8 teams in total CRL Points will participate in a Semester Championship. Play kicked off on October 5, but there’s still time to gather your team and sign up. 

Following the success of the Champions Road Opens, we’re running it back with some Offseason Opens before the end of the year. These tournaments will feature multiple game modes - 1v1 Soccar, 3v3 Soccar, and 2v2 Hoops! These tournaments will also continue to pay out deep cash prizes globally totaling over $435,000! Be sure to keep an eye on the Rocket League Esports social feeds linked below for StartGG registration information coming soon.

These featured community tournaments will have prize pools officially supported by Epic, along with Epic assisting with some operational costs. Many will consist of a fully open way to qualify. Make sure to read on, sign up, and cheer for your favorite players this offseason!

Organizer: Chalked Cast

Organizer Links: Chalked Cast, Johnnyboi

Format: 1v1 Duel

Regions: EMEA (EU Server) and Americas (USE Server)

Dates: November - December

Tournament Info: The Salt Mine returns for its fourth iteration! Presented and organized by Chalked Cast, Salt Mine 4 will feature 5 Double Elimination Qualifiers, all ending in a Main Event Final for each region. For more information, be sure to check in on the link above.

Organizer: Rizzo and Jamesbot
Organizer Link: Rizzo Twitter and Jamesbot Twitter

Format: 3v3 Standard

Region: North America

Dates: Early till Late November
Tournament Info: Hosted by Rizzo and Jamesbot, Club Dub is a series of tournaments that pits top RLCS teams against rising competitors in North America. The inaugural season of Club Dubs will showcase 3 main events over 3 weekends, with each event featuring 4 creators from the community. In the finale, the 4 creator-tournament winners face off to win ultimate glory for their club and all events will have Open Qualifiers and a Main Event. Be sure to keep an eye on the organizer links above for more information on how to sign up. 

Organizer: Webedia
Organizer Links: Webedia Twitter
Format: 3v3 Standard

Region: Europe

Dates: September 23 - October 26
Tournament Info: Flip and Spin begins with 4 Open Qualifiers, with the top 2 teams from each qualifier competing in a final Closed Qualifier. The top-4 teams from the Closed Qualifier will move on to the Playoffs, which will take place Live and on LAN at Paris Games Week. 

Organizer: PlayVS
Organizer Links: PlayVS Upgrade Arena, PlayVS Twitch
Format: 3v3

Region: North America (US and Canada)

Dates: October 11 - 19
Tournament Info: PlayVS is offering opportunities to compete in the 3v3 Standard format in NA, with the Rocket League Upgrade Arena. Teams will compete in a best of 5 leading up to the Semi-Finals. Semi-Finals and Finals will all be best of 7 and will be broadcast.

Organizer: Lawler and Lethamyr
Organizer Links: Lawler,  Lethamyr, The Apex
Format: Training / Custom Maps

Region: All regions with an in-person finals in Canada

Dates: Open Qualifier: November 15 - 17  |  In-Person Event: December 5 - 8
Tournament Info: The Apex is an online event where players will practice their skills in training maps across 3 days. Each day will be a different challenge, where the individual who places the highest across all training packs will be invited to The Apex LAN. The player who qualified will join 2 of the largest content creators, and 6 pro players to compete in various challenges in a round robin tournament on maps never seen before at this level of competition.

Organizer: MYI Entertainment Deutschland GmbH
Organizer Links: Rival Rush 
Format: 3v3 Bo7

Region: Germany, Switzerland, Austria

Dates: October - November
Tournament Info: The league consists of 7 divisions. In each divisional group, 10 teams compete against each other in a round-robin format. Up to 220 teams can participate in the league. A total of €10,000 in prize money is up for grabs! Division 1 in the first season is made up of invited organizations, which will play two splits in a round-robin format. For Divisions 2 to 7, there will be a qualifying tournament in October. These divisions will play one split in a round-robin format. Between splits, teams can be promoted or relegated based on their standings.

Organizer: Fantasy Expo 
Organizer Links: FantasyExpo and Predator Games

Format: 3v3, Single Elimination bracket, offline finals in January 

Region: Poland

Dates: Oct 9 - 15 and offline Finals in January
Tournament Info: Rocket League 3v3 online competition for secondary and primary school players looking to qualify for the LAN competition at the Predator Games in January 2025. This is open to all Polish players 13 and up and will have prizing of $20,000 for each tournament.

Organizer: Raidiant
Organizer Links: Discord.gg/Raidiant
Format: 8 Team Double Elimination Bracket - Bo5 until LB Finals & Grand Finals, then Bo7

Region: EU & NA

Dates: November 2 - 3

Tournament Info: The best Star Chasers Showdown players will team up with some of the best RLCS pros from NA and Europe, and alongside many of your favorite Rocket League content creators for a unique, co-ed event that will crown the best Ally All Star players across the two regions. $7,800 USD is on the line for each region!

While sad to see the Shift Summer league abruptly end without a true conclusion, Epic has decided to ensure all teams that made it to the playoffs will receive the original allocated prizing based on their tournament results from the League Play leaderboard. Epic will reach out to the winning players soon to begin the normal prize verification and distribution process. 

FIFA is bringing forth a whole new country-based competition series this offseason. The FIFAe World Cup 2024 Featuring Rocket League will have 16 nations represented across the world. Each invited country will host open qualifiers for that country’s residents, to determine which top squad will travel and nationally represent their country against the world at the FIFAe World Cup later this year. 

For more information on how to make a national qualifier team, and to follow the ongoing qualifiers visit the FIFAe World Cup registration and information page, here or on the official FIFAe Twitter. 

Now's the time to assemble your squad, sign up for some Open Qualifiers, and compete for prizing against some of the best Rocket League players on the planet.

Additional community events, updates to community guidelines, and more details on RLCS 2025 are incoming, so make sure to follow @RLEsports on Twitter and Instagram to keep up-to-date on everything Rocket League Esports. Good luck, and have fun!