Team Dignitas won the Rocket League World Championship in London earlier this month.
The team beat NRG Esports 4-3 in a best-of-seven series at the Copperbox Arena last weekend.
Dig went 3-1 up, but NRG came back into the match, levelling it to 3-3 after a couple of dominant (5-2 and 3-0) games.
However, the teams left the crowd with a final game thriller, with seven goals in it and Dig taking the trophy and the $100,000 top prize by winning 4-3 in overtime.
There was an incredible comeback from NRG at one point in overtime, which led to UK caster Shogun calling the famous line, ‘this is Rocket League!’
WORLD CHAMPIONS! @DIG_Kaydop @DigViolentPanda @Turbopolsa pic.twitter.com/E1pbP43Ed0
— Team Dignitas (@TeamDignitas) June 10, 2018
Team Dignitas’ Swedish player Pierre “Turbopolsa” Silfver secured the record for the most goals scored in a single Rocket League esports LAN, and became a three-time world champion too.
Dignitas’ Frenchman Alexandre “Kaydop” Courant was also named World Championship MVP, while Dutch player Jos “ViolentPanda” van Meurs put in a solid performance as team captain.
Earlier in the tournament, Dig lost to NRG in the upper bracket semi-finals, but came back through the lower bracket to earn themselves a rematch with NRG in the finals.
The roster was signed by Dig back in May, following the org’s appointment of Michael Prindiville as CEO.
“From the entire Psyonix team, thank you to the players, families and fans who showed up last weekend to make the Copper Box an unforgettable event in our history.”
It was announced back in April that Season 5 of the Rocket League Championship Series (RLCS) World Championship would take place in London, and the event was soon dubbed #LANDON.
Developer Psyonix said in a post-match review: “What the London crowd brought to the World Championship is the epitome of what we strive to achieve with Rocket League Esports.
“From the entire Psyonix team, thank you to the players, families and fans who showed up last weekend to make the Copper Box an unforgettable event in our history.”
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.
