Rocket League Rivals Series with R10,000 prize pool

South African tournament organizer Mettlestate has announced another big series perfect for Rocket League esports fans. We are, of course, talking about the Rocket League Rivals Series, which features a huge R10,000 prize pool in Season 1. Here’s everything you need to know.

Rocket League Rivals Series Season 1 details

The Rocket League Rivals Series Season 1 is completely free to enter. You can grab your squad of three and register on the event’s dedicated Mettlestate page to enter. It is open to PC, PlayStation, and Xbox gamers.

Registration closes on 26 March, and the group stage will begin on 27 March. The teams who make it through the group stage will participate in the playoffs, which run from 17 to 21 April. The grand finals of the Rocket League Rivals Series Season 1 will be played on 22 April 2023.

Prize pool distribution:

• 1st place – R5,000
• 2nd place – R3,000
• 3rd place – R2,000

Check out the tournament format below, as per the official Rules page.

Group Stages:

• Registrations for the group stages open 13th March and close 26th March.  
• Group stages will be played between 27th March and 16th April. 
• All participants will be placed into separate groups.
• All Participants will schedule their matches via the allocated WhatsApp group for the league.
• All matches will be played as a best-of-5.
• Top 2 from each group will qualify for playoffs at the end of the group stage.
• For game settings, please refer to the “Game Settings” below. 

Playoffs stage:

• The top 2 participants from each group will be promoted to the playoffs.
• Playoffs will be played between 17th April and 21st April.   
• Qualifying participants will be placed into a single elimination bracket 
• Each bracket will play a best-of-5 to determine which participant proceeds through to the next round. 
• Participants will play up until the final round to determine who proceeds to the grand finals. 

Grand finals:

• The final two participants will play a best-of-7 matches.
• Grand Final will take place on the 22nd of April.  
• The grands finals will be streamed to twitch and potentially more platforms. 
• At the end of the best-of-7, the participant with 4 match wins will be crowned the grand champions.   

You will be able to watch the Rocket League Rivals Series Season 1 final on Mettlestate’s Twitch channel. Good luck to everyone who enters the event!

Don’t forget to keep up to date with the latest happenings for Mettlestate tournaments by following them on Twitter and joining their Discord server.

Header image via Mettlestate.