RLCS 2022-23 SSA Winter Invitational this weekend
Following the RLCS SSA Winter Open and Cup, the top Rocket League teams in Sub-Saharan Africa (filled with mostly players from South Africa) will compete in the RLCS 2022-2023 SSA Winter Invitational. Here’s what you need to know about the event, including how you can watch all the Rocket League esports action.
RLCS SSA Winter Invitational details
This weekend, from 24 to 26 February 2023, the conclusion of the RLCS SSA Winter series will take place. The RLCS 2022-2023 SSA Winter Invitational features the 16 best teams in the region, competing for the $20,000 prize pool and some RLCS points. At the current Dollar to Rand exchange rate, that’s roughly R360,000!
In terms of the tournament format, we will first see a group stage where the 16 teams competing are split into four groups of four. This stage features a Round Robin format, where all matches are best-of-five. The winner of each group advances to the Quarterfinals of the playoffs, while 2nd and 3rd-place finishers in each group qualify for Round 1o fo the playoffs, and the 4th-placed teams are eliminated.
The playoffs will feature a single-elimination bracket format. The Round 1 matches of the playoffs are best-of-five, while the rest are best-of-seven slugfests. Going into the RLCS 2022-2023 SSA Winter Open, Limitless is the team to beat, following dominating performances in the Fall and Winter Series thus far. For those who don’t recognize the name, they used to be called May Contain Nuts and won numerous RLCS SSA tournaments in a row.
Teams competing:
- Limitless
- Orlando Pirates Exdee
- Nixuh
- ATK
- White Rabbit Gaming
- AIPX Gaming
- SRZ
- Red Crown Esports
- Digital Devils
- Astronic Esports
- Team Fusion
- Nkosi Ballers
- ICE Esports
- Mythicx Esports
- Unity
- Lupo Rosso
You can tune into the ACGL Alpha Twitch channel to watch all the Rocket League esports action. The Winter Invitational matches will be streamed from 16:30 to 22:00 on 24, 25 and 26 February 2023, with some excellent casting included, so don’t miss out!
For more awesome South African esports tournaments, you can keep up to date with all their announcements by following ACGL on Twitter and Facebook and joining their Discord server.
Header image via Psyonix.
