In what was a similar story to most of the BDS’ series throughout the playoffs, Evan “M0nkey M00n” Rogez and co. stormed back from a series deficit to lift the trophy.
In the lead-up to the World Championship grand final, BDS defeated FURIA Esports 3-2 in the tiebreaker for the fourth seed before beating G2 Stride 4-3 for the first time in the upper bracket semi-finals and Team Falcons 4-3 in the semi-finals.
Outside of the Falcons clash, BDS were made to come from behind to win in the other two series, which appeared to set them up perfectly for the grand final, when they fell behind 1-0 and 2-1 throughout the best-of-seven clash.
G2 couldn’t have asked for a better start to the final, as the North American squad, spurred on by the home crowd, smashed BDS 5-0 in the opening game.
The second game was much closer and overtime was needed; however, Brice “ExoTiiK” Bigeard didn’t need much longer as he scored the first and winning goal of the match within 10 seconds of play to level the series at 1-1.
BDS started the third game with more confidence and put up a strong fight, but thanks to a strong performance from the G2 squad, they regained the series lead with a 3-1 victory.
With the score sitting at 2-1 in the grand final series, BDS took a timeout to talk things over, and it paid off quickly.
Team BDS went on to dominate the fourth and fifth games, winning 4-1 and 5-2, respectively, giving themselves a championship point in the sixth game.
Although the game score reads 3-2, BDS jumped out to an early lead and controlled possession for most of the game to secure the championship title.
YOUR ROCKET LEAGUE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 2024 CHAMPIONS: @TeamBDS!
— Rocket League Esports (@RLEsports) September 15, 2024
For M0nkey M00n, the victory earned him his second World Championship title following his maiden title with BDS in 2022, which was also played in Dickies Arena in Fort Worth.
ExoTiiK took the highest individual honour of the event, as he was awarded the Most Valuable Player following a stellar grand final performance for the champions.
On the other side of the pitch, history repeated itself for G2, as they fell to BDS once again in the grand final of the World Championship in the same arena as their 2022 loss.
G2 Stride entered Worlds full of confidence following their third-fourth-place finish at the Esports World Cup, victory at the London Major, and runner-up finish at the Copenhagen Major throughout the season.
However, it was BDS that they couldn’t defeat, losing their only two series of the tournament to the European powerhouse.
With the 2024 season now over, we look forward to a bigger and better 2025 season of the RLCS.
During the broadcast of the grand final, the RLCS announced that the 2025 season will offer US$5 million in prize money and kick off much earlier than previous seasons, returning in January.
Your @Ally #RLCS 2024 Season MVP: @exotiikrl!
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— Rocket League Esports (@RLEsports) September 15, 2024
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As a North American team, they also became the first squad from their region to win a Major on European soil since NRG Esports won the RLCS World Championship in Madrid, Spain, in 2019.
G2 REIGNS IN LONDON, WINNING THEIR SECOND RLCS LAN EVENT BY TAKING DOWN TEAM FALCONS!
— Rocket League Esports (@RLEsports) June 23, 2024
Following their second-place finish at the Copenhagen Major earlier in the year, G2 entered the year��s second Major as one of the favourites with most esports betting sites.
With a roster featuring Massimo ��Atomic�� Franceschi, Daniel ��Daniel�� Piecnenski, and Landon ��BeastMode�� Knoerman, who are all established players in the Rocket League scene, G2 cruised through their early games, recording back-to-back 3-0 series victories.
However, it would be Team Falcons that would hand them their first and only defeat of the tournament in the third round of the group stage, as they dominated G2 3-0 (4-2, 2-0, 6-0).
G2 bounced back with a tough win against Gen.G to book their place in the playoffs and set up a clash with Spacestation Gaming in the quarter-finals.
Both G2 and Falcons claimed 4-1 victories in their quarter-final series against Spacestation and Gen.G, respectively, setting up mouth-watering matches against FURIA and Gentle Mates in the semi-finals.
G2 played out a back-and-forth encounter with FURIA before taking the series with a 4-2 (2-0, 3-0, 1-3, 1-3, 2-1, 2-1) score line, while Falcons was pushed all the way to seven maps in their 4-3 (1-2, 4-0, 1-3, 1-0, 2-3, 2-1, 2-1) win over Gentle Mates.
Although Falcons took the opening map of the grand final 2-1, G2 didn��t let the demons of their previous clash get to them, and thanks to an outstanding performance by BeastMode, they won the next four to wrap up the series 4-1 (1-2, 2-0, 2-1, 1-0, 3-0).
BeastMode was awarded the London Major Most Valuable Player after his stand-out performance for G2 Stride, with the 18-year-old earning his second MVP award of his career.
]]>Team BDS, G2 Stride and Team Vitality entered the second Major of the 2024 RLCS season as the favourites with esports betting sites and they didn��t let their followers down, as they all claimed dominant round one victories.
All but one of the favourites won their round one clashes, with only Oxygen Esports losing to PWR in a 3-1 (2-1, 3-1, 2-0, 5-4) upset in the first match of the tournament.
Heading into the second round of series, G2 Stride drew the easiest match-up in the winners�� bracket, as they took on PWR and thrashed the Oceania squad 3-0 (6-0, 5-1, 3-2), maintaining their perfect record after a 3-0 (1-0, 3-2, 3-1) win in round one.
COMMANDING VICTORY!
@G2RocketLeague sweep Team PWR to go 2-0! #RLCS pic.twitter.com/mqUpYE38EI
— Rocket League Esports (@RLEsports) June 20, 2024
Team Vitality clashed with Gen.G and were forced to play all five maps before claiming a gritty 3-2 (5-0, 2-1, 1-3, 1-3, 1-0) win to remain undefeated on the opening day.
Joining G2 and Vitality in the round three winners�� bracket will be Team Falcons and FURIA, who bested Team BDS and Gentle Mates in their respective clashes in round two.
The winners of each of the two round three winners�� bracket series will qualify for the playoffs, earning themselves the rest of the day off to prepare for Saturday��s quarterfinals.
On the other end of the spectrum, Twisted Minds, Chieds Esports Club, Gaimin Gladiators and Team Mobula will play for their tournament lives on day two, following back-to-back losses on the opening day, with a third loss resulting in elimination from the London Major.
The RLCS London Major will resume at 2pm BST on Friday.
Friday’s round three matches
- Gen.G ($1.68) vs Oxygen Esports ($2.06) @ 2pm BST
- PWR ($4.44) vs Spacestation Gaming ($1.17) @ 2pm BST
- Team BDS ($1.19) vs OG ($4.17) @ 3pm BST
- Gentle Mates ($1.22) vs Team Secret ($3.84) @ 3pm BST
- Chiefs Esports Club ($1.49) vs Gaimin Gladiators ($2.45) @ 4pm BST
- Twisted Minds ($1.19) vs Team Mobula ($4.17) @ 4pm BST
- G2 Stride ($1.46) vs Team Falcons ($2.53) @ 5pm BST
- Team Vitality ($1.42) vs FURIA ($2.66) @ 5pm BST