After qualifying for the
Rocket League Boston Major, Geekay Esports failed to maintain its momentum during the second half of the season and ultimately fell just short of qualifying for the
World Championship. The Saudi organization, ranked a disappointing sixth in Europe, will therefore have to go through the Last Chance Qualifier in hopes of securing a spot at Fort Worth and is reportedly making two roster changes ahead of the event. According to sources speaking to
Sheep Esports, the team’s two English players, Joseph
"Joyo" Young and Jack
"ApparentlyJack" Benton, are expected to be benched and replaced by two French players, Yanis
"Alpha54" Champenois and Mathis
"mtzr". First reported by MajorRLCS on X.
Still according to our reporters’ information, Christian Fabricius
"TempoH" Mortensen, who joined ahead of the Open events leading into the
Paris Major, is expected to remain part of the project, alongside Victor
"Fairy Peak!" Locquet, the team’s coach, who arrived for the final Open of the year. World champion with Team Vitality in 2023, Alpha54 is one of the most recognizable names in the global
Rocket League scene, having competed at the highest level since 2019. After stints with FC Barcelona and TSM, he spent the majority of his career with Vitality, remaining under the organization’s banner for more than six years, although he was no longer part of the active roster in 2025.
In this new chapter, he will team up with mtzr for the first time. The young French player is set to join only the second professional organization of his career after spending a few months with Team BDS, now known as Shifters, in 2025. With them, he came within one match of qualifying for the World Championship, eventually losing the LCQ grand final to Ninjas in Pyjamas. In 2026, alongside competing in various mixes, mtzr also represented France in the
FIFAe Nations League, where the team won the first week of the European qualifier in dominant fashion, dropping only a single game in the final.
With its new French duo, Geekay will compete in the European LCQ starting on July 3, aiming to secure the final spot for the 2026 Worlds. The LCQ will also take place simultaneously across four regions, with the final four World Championship spots on the line alongside the 16 organizations that either qualified or will qualify through the points system.
That system runs throughout the entire season and takes into account the six Open tournaments to determine which teams qualify for the Majors, with Boston and Paris serving as this year’s destinations. Those two international events also award points. Across the seven regions established by Psyonix, these points determine not only the teams directly invited to Fort Worth, but also the four strongest regions in the Rocket League esports ecosystem. As previously explained, those four regions will each host an LCQ and award an additional Worlds spot to the team that wins the tournament.
