TSM earned a historic victory over the reigning RLCS World Champions
NRG on the first day of the
Rocket League Esports World Cup. The Asia-Pacific representative defeated their opponents 3-1 to set up a match against
Team Vitality in the upper bracket tomorrow. German professional Leonardo Raffael
"Catalysm" Christ Ramos, who has been competing in APAC since January 2025, was responsible for six goals. NRG, whose top 12 placement at the Paris Major had elicited doubts from the general public over their form coming into this event, will now have to recover against a strong
FURIA squad in the lower bracket to have any chance of achieving a respectable result at the EWC 2026.
Overall, this has been a poor day for North America. Europe’s fourth seed Ninjas in Pyjamas eStar earned their first victory over a North American team this year, defeating the NA second seed Shopify Rebellion 3-1. FUT Esports, who had survived the gruelling EWC LCQ to reach the Main Event, lost 1-3 to Twisted Minds. The pair will now face each other in the lower bracket tomorrow. It wasn’t even easy going for Spacestation Gaming who were North America’s lowest seed before FUT Esports qualified. They managed to defeat MIBR.LOS 3-2 in an attritional battle featuring three overtimes. The Utah-based organization will face crowd favourites Karmine Corp in the winners bracket tomorrow.
