Rocket League Week 5 Day 2 - NA Group Stage!

Group A - iBP Cosmic, No Clue, Checkmate, Goomba Squad(18th Seed)

Group A featured iBP with sub OverZero and a last hoorah for No Clue playing with Knuggs, Azi, and Magicgoodies. The day started with a rather expected result with iBP moving past Goomba 4-1 with one small hitch in game 1. Checkmate then beat the disbanding No Clue(This is the last time this iteration of the team will be out in Royale at least) 3-2 . in Round 2 iBP continued a trend winning 4-1 again, this time over No Clue, while Checkmate did what iBP could not and swept Goomba Squad. In the final match with the teams advancing already guaranteed iBP completed their trend of 4-1 victories while Goomba managed to take a set win from the weakened No Clue, 3-2. iBP Cosmic and Checkmate advanced from group A into the thursday knockout stage.

Group B- Kings of Urban, Vexx, Postbusters(17th Seed), and Phoenix Infinity

Group B had 2 clear favorites who looked to be the dominant forces throughout, Vexx and Kings of Urban. Set 1 started with a sweep for KoU dismantling Postbusters 5-0 and looking like strong favorites to progress. Vexx on the other hand looked less sure beating PXI only 3-2. Despite trading opponents the scores remained the same, KoU with another sweep and Vexx with another 3-2. Moving into the final match the marquee match of KoU vs Vexx was slightly tarnished as the series was ended at 1-1 with Kings of Urban forfeiting the last 3 matches due to time constraints. Overall this didn’t affect the group because Kings of Urban and Vexx advanced out of the group 1st and 2nd seed, respectively.

Group C- Genesis, Onslaught, Cobalt, Kindergarden

Group C featured a surging Genesis who beat Mockit on the weekend to qualify for the RLCS group stages. Group C started with no hitches as Onslaught beat Cobalt by a solid 3-2 score while Genesis beat Kindergarden 4-1. Onslaught continued their 3-2 streak beating Kindergarden by the same score 3-2. Genesis also continued by beating Cobalt 4-1, moving into set 3 we had a close set with Onslaught needing to take a couple games off Genesis to guarantee advancement. They unfortunately didn’t as they got swept. On the other hand Kindergarden beat Cobalt 5-0(2 forfeits) to advance to the knockout.

Group D- Mockit, Orbit, Chemistry, Vision

Mockit began with a rather comfortable 4-1 win over Vision while Orbit beat Chemistry by the same margin to immediately establish themselves as favorites alongside Mockit. Mockit then took down Chemisty 4-1 to pretty much guarantee their advancement out of the group. Orbit had a surprisingly close set against Vision only beating them 3-2. In the final set Mockit beat Orbit 3-2 to secure guaranteed advancement for both teams while Chemisty beat Vision 3-2.











**Seeds are listed if they’re outside of the top 16

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