RLCS 2025 - Raleigh Major: Format, Teams, Schedule, 1v1, and More

The second major of the fourteenth season of RLCS takes us to Raleigh, USA. Starting June 26, the Lenovo Center will host 16 teams participating in the Raleigh Major 2025.

Format and Teams

RLCS 2025 Raleigh Major features 16 teams representing seven regions. These teams are:

• Europe
  • Karmine Corp
  • Dignitas
  • Team Vitality
  • Gentle Mates Alpine
• North America
  • NRG
  • Spacestation Gaming
  • Gen.G Mobil1 Racing
  • The Ultimates
• Oceania
  • Wildcard
  • TSM
• South America
  • FURIA
  • Team Secret
• Middle East & North Africa
  • Team Falcons
  • Twisted Minds
• Asia-Pacific
  • Virtus.pro
• Sub-Saharan Africa
  • FUT Esports

These teams will play two stages of competition.

Swiss Stage

• 16-team Swiss bracket
• Teams must win three series before losing three
• All matches are Best-of-5 (Bo5)
• Top 8 teams advance to Playoffs
• Top 4 seeds start in Upper Bracket Qualifiers
• Bottom 4 start in Lower Bracket

RLCS 2025 - Raleigh Major Swiss stage (credit: BLAST.tv)

Playoffs

• 8-team hybrid single-elimination bracket
• Bottom 4 teams play Lower Bracket Round 1
• Top 4 teams play Upper Bracket Quarterfinals
• Losers of Upper Quarterfinals face winners from Lower Bracket
• From Semifinals onward: Single Elimination
• All matches are Bo5, Grand Final is Bo7

RLCS 2025 - Raleigh Major Playoffs bracket (credit: BLAST.tv)

1v1 Raleigh Major

The Raleigh Major 1v1 tournament will feature the winner of NA 1v1 Open taking on the MENA 1v1 Open. Thes competitors are:

• Diaz (Complexity - NA)
• Nwpo (Twisted Minds - MENA)

The winner of the duel will qualify for the RLCS 2025 - 1v1 World Championship coming later this year.

Opening Games and Schedule

The tournament kicks off June 26 and spans for 4 days before culminating with the Grand Finals on June 29.

• Thursday, June 26:
  • 10:00 am ET / 07:00 am PT:
    • Karmine Corp vs Twisted Minds
    • Gentle Mates Alpine vs FUT
  • 11:00 am ET / 08:00 am PT:
    • FURIA vs Wildcard
    • Dignitas vs Virtus.pro
  • 12:00 pm ET / 09:00 am PT:
    • Space Station Gaming vs The Ultimates
    • Team Falcons vs. Team Secret
  • 01:00 pm ET / 10:00 am PT:
    • NRG vs Gen.G
    • Team Vitality vs TSM
  • 02:00 pm ET / 11:00 am PT: Swiss Round 2
• Friday, June 27
  • 10:00 am ET / 07:00 am PT: Swiss Rounds 3, 4 and 5
• Saturday, June 28
  • 11:00 am ET / 08:00 am PT: Lower bracket Round 1 and Upper Bracket Quarterfinals
  • TBD - 1v1 Raleigh Major
• Sunday, June 29
  • 11:00 am ET / 08:00 am PT: Semifinals, Grand Finals and Showmatch

Where to Watch 

RLCS will broadcast the tournament on TikTok, YouTube and Twitch

• Stream A (Main)
  • Rocket League Twitch
  • Rocket League TikTok
  • Rocket League Esports YouTube
• Stream B
  • Rocket League Esports Twitch
  • Rocket League Esports YouTube

You can also watch the stream in your preferred language. Check out the complete list of streams here.

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