​iBuyPower Cosmic cemented themselves as the top Rocket League team in the world last Sunday when they won the Season One Rocket League Championship Series International Finals.





iBP Cosmic has held one of the top spots in the world since the beginning of Rocket League, winning the first ESL tournament and only losing a few tournaments since their inception. The RLCS was no different. iBP took the Qualifier 1 championship back in May practically clinching their appearance in the Live Finals.





However, it was not all sunshine and rainbows for iBP during Qualifier 2 as they had a rough time throughout the whole season, finishing with 19 wins and 16 losses and only getting fifth at the finals. Comparatively, iBP finished with 10 more losses during the second qualifier than they had in the first qualifier. But their record was not the only thing iBP was worried about in the days leading up to the Live Finals. Gambit, one of the best players in the world and one of the biggest stars of Cosmic, was not able to get to the LAN event so 0ver_zer0 was subbed in.





iBuyPower did not let these factors affect them as they went straight through the upper bracket to the grand finals where they met FlipSid3 Tactics. To say that FlipSid3 Tactics put up a fight in the grand finals would be a drastic understatement, taking game one of the best of seven series with a score of 1-0. The second game of the series was another close one, but Cosmic prevailed after an overtime goal by Kronovi. Game three, much like the second, was decided by an overtime goal, but this time it was be M1k3Rules stealing the game from Cosmic.









Kronovi made another huge play in the fourth game of the series as he took a fast break pass and put it in the middle of the net, breaking a 2-2 tie with 7 seconds left to go. Cosmic continued their momentum into the fifth game, partially thanks to 0ver_zer0's 1v1 skills. Cosmic took the fifth game with a score of 5-3 and their dominance would not stop there as they went into tournament point. Game six, and the final game, was all iBP Cosmic needed as they got off to a fast 3-0 start. But to give Flipsid3 credit, they did not stop trying as they scored 2 goals and almost a third with a near miss last second goal that would have tied the game. iBP went on to win the game 3-2 and the series 4-2.







0ver_zer0 was named the MVP of the Live Finals thanks to his ​precision play, but all of the members of iBP Cosmic deserved this championship. Cosmic are and always have been one of the hardest working teams in the Rocket League competitive scene, c ongratulations to them on their first RLCS championship!



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