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Team BDS secured their second Rocket League Championship Series (RLCS) World Championship title in Fort Worth, Texas, after the European team came from behind to defeat G2 Stride 4-2 in the grand final.
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.
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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.
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