Season 5 of the Rocket League Championship Series (RLCS) World Championship will take place in the UK this summer.
After two consecutive events in North America, the Season 5 RLCS World Championship will get underway in The Copper Box Arena in London’s Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park from June 8th to 10th.
The World Championship will feature ten of the world’s best Rocket League teams and a $250,000 prize pool, with what developer Psyonix says will likely be ‘the biggest weekend of RLCS action yet’.
$250,000 is just for the World Championship – the RLCS League has a $500,000 pool.
Tickets are set to go on sale soon.
The #RLCS Season 5 World Championship is heading to Europe!
We’ll see you all on June 8-10, at The Copper Box Arena!https://t.co/OxITeyDcif pic.twitter.com/cNDXGTINNL
— Rocket League Esports (@RLEsports) April 26, 2018
The Copper Box Arena might not be an obvious choice of venue for esports tournaments in the UK, but it has hosted a few over the years.
In late 2015 it hosted DreamHack London, where Esports News UK interviewed female CSGO side Team Property. The event included Smash Bros, CSGO and Call of Duty competitions plus an expo.
Then, in December 2017, the Copper Box Arena hosted the Clash Royale Crown Championship finals. While Clash Royale might not be an esports giant in the vein of CSGO or League of Legends, it has many players the world over, and the venue was transformed into an impressive giant game screen.
Rocket League may find an impressive home at the Copper Box Arena.
And the game heading to the UK makes sense. Rocket League has some good talent here, from players to casters, tournaments (like the Gfinity Elite Series) and more.
Earlier this year, Gregan, Team Vitality’s Rocket League and Gfinity esports manager, told us how people understimate UK Rocket League:
‘People underestimate UK Rocket League’ – @Gregan25 from @Team_Vitality speaking to me at #DSHesports today pic.twitter.com/dQn7xgKTaB
— Dominic Sacco (@Dom_Sacco) March 13, 2018
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Dom is an award-winning writer and finalist of the Esports Journalist of the Year 2023 award. He graduated from Bournemouth University with a 2:1 degree in Multi-Media Journalism in 2007.
As a long-time gamer having first picked up the NES controller in the late ’80s, he has written for a range of publications including GamesTM, Nintendo Official Magazine, industry publication MCV and others. He worked as head of content for the British Esports Federation up until February 2021, when he stepped back to work full-time on Esports News UK and offer esports consultancy and freelance services. Note: Dom still produces the British Esports newsletter on a freelance basis, so our coverage of British Esports is always kept simple – usually just covering the occasional press release – because of this conflict of interest.
