One thing to know about every RLCS World Championship qualified team

July 8, 2022

by Brian Bencomo

The 2022 RLCS World Championship will be the first season-ending championship event since 2019 when NRG beat Team Vitality to be crowned Season 8 champions. Whereas that championship featured only 12 teams, the 2022 edition will be the biggest ever in RLCS history with 24 teams competing from seven different regions. For the first time ever, teams from Sub-Saharan Africa will compete at an RLCS international event. In addition to new teams showing up in Arlington, Texas, there has been lots of parity this season, which could make this one of the most unpredictable RLCS tournaments ever. To get you up to speed on all the teams, here’s one thing you should know about each of the 24 teams competing at the RLCS World Championship aka Worlds.

Group stage teams

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G2 Esports

North America

The champions of the Winter Major won all but three matches during the North American spring split.

FaZe Clan

North America

FaZe are the only North American team with multiple top-four finishes at Majors this season.

NRG

North America

The best result this season for the reigning world champions (2019) and North American champions (2021) was reaching the Fall Major final.

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Moist Esports

Europe

Formerly playing for Team Queso, Moist Esports’ Finlay "rise." Ferguson, Joe "Joyo" Young and Axel "vatira" Touret are the only players that reached two Major finals this season.

Team BDS

Europe

BDS won the Fall Major but have failed to crack the top six at subsequent Majors.

Endpoint

Europe

They’re the only team from Europe besides BDS that qualified for every Major this season.

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FURIA Esports

South America

With back-to-back top-six finishes at the Winter and Spring Majors, FURIA have been the most successful South American team ever at RLCS LAN events.

Team Falcons

Middle East and North Africa

The Spring Major runners-up became the first team outside of Europe and North America to reach an international RLCS tournament final.

Wild card teams

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Version1

North America

V1 were the only team to win a match against Moist Esports during the Spring Major.

Spacestation Gaming

North America

They were a tiebreaker win away from qualifying for all three Majors this season.

OpTic Gaming

North America

OpTic’s best result this season was a 7th-8th finish at the Spring Major.

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Dignitas

Europe

They had a flawless run during the Swiss stage of the Fall Major, starting the tournament with a perfect 3-0 (9-0 in maps) record before getting knocked out in the quarterfinals.

Karmine Corp

Europe

Karmine Corp finished fourth in their RLCS international debut at the Spring Major.

SMPR Esports

Europe

This team finished 3rd-4th in their only Major appearance this season at the Fall Major.

Renegades

Oceania

Renegades won only three matches in their two Major appearances, and two of those wins came against FURIA.

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Pioneers

Oceania

An upset win over Europe’s Team BDS at the Spring Major gave Pioneers just enough points to qualify for Worlds over PWR.

Team Secret

South America

Team Secret’s only win across two Majors was a 3-0 victory over Team BDS at the Spring Major.

The Club

South America

The Club’s best result this season was winning the second South American regional event when they were known as eRa Eternity and qualifying for the Fall Major.

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Tokyo Verdy Esports

Asia-Pacific North

Tokyo Verdy finished first or second in all nine APAC North RLCS regional events this season.

Gaimin Gladiators

Asia-Pacific South

The team formerly known as 3RATS became the first team from the APAC South region to compete in an RLCS international event when they qualified for the Spring Major.

Veloce Esports

Middle East and North Africa

Veloce are one of only four teams that beat Sandrock Gaming/Falcons Esports across the entire season of Middle East and North Africa RLCS regional play.

01 Esports

Middle East and North Africa

The players on this roster (who played for The Ultimates during the fall and winter splits) finished second in three of the nine MENA regional events.