A guide to watch the NBC's Rocket League Universal Open: Grand Finals this weekend
General Information
This weekend 8 teams of 2s (4 NA, 4 EU) will compete in NBC's Rocket League Universal Open Season 2 Grand Finals live in Stamford, CT (USA) at the NBC Sports Group’s International Broadcast Center for their share of $86,500 USD. The studio won't be equiped for an audience this time but you can catch all the action live on Twitch or Youtube August 24-26 starting at 12 PM EDT / 6 PM CEST each day.
The Universal Open is the only major 2v2 Tournament there is so if you always wanted to watch professional 2v2 players now is your chance! Last seasons most iconic duo SizzleurCob (Sizz, Jacob) and the Season 1 Champions (Kaydop, Violentpanda) aren't this time around because they failed to qualify. Teams qualfied after months of 2v2 competition in several
qualifier stages.
Below you can find the qualified teams for the Grand Finals. If you want to see how the teams qualified check out
Liquipedia! The european closed qualifier was the most stacked one with a lot of tight series. It's recommended to
watch if you haven't already!
- G2 Esports (Jknaps, GarrettG)
- Cloud9 (Gimmick, Squishy)
- Selfless Gaming (Dappur, Mijo)
- Ghost Gaming (Lethamyr, Memory)
- Team Secret (FreaKii, Killerno7)
- compLexity Gaming (Metsanauris, Mognus)
- Girls (ScrubKilla, gReazymeister)
- Double Trouble (Tadpole, Ronaky)
The teams will compete in a
Double Elimination Bracket. All Matches are Bo5 except Grand Finals which is a Bo7. If you need more information about the tournament check out
Liquipedia's Universal Open Page. They will provide live coverage of results as well!
Broadcast Information
Date PDT MDT CDT EDT UTC BST CEST AEST Local Time
Fri, August 24 9 AM 10 AM 11 AM 12 PM 4 PM 5 PM 6 PM
2 AM Link
Sat, August 25 9 AM 10 AM 11 AM 12 PM 4 PM 5 PM 6 PM
2 AM Link
Sun, August 26 9 AM 10 AM 11 AM 12 PM 4 PM 5 PM 6 PM
2 AM Link
Streams
You can catch all the action live on Twitch or Youtube in english language.
Fan Rewards
Phase 2 Fan Rewards will be active for all three days on the Faceit Twitch Channel. Make sure have linked your Twitch ID with your platform of choice on the official fan rewards site and then simply tune in to the stream to possible earn some rewards. No, you don't have to type anything in chat.
TV Coverage
There will be no live coverage on NBC Channels. NBC Sports will show "Universal Open Rocket League: Grand Final Highlights" on the channel NBCSN on Thursday August 30th at 12:00 AM / midnight EDT.
Source
VODs
Unfortunately Twitch VODs won't be available for non-subscribers. But you can watch the Youtube VOD. It's recommended to watch the VOD via the website Eventvods.com since it's spoiler free and the navigation between matches you want to watch is super easy.
Rocket League Esports Subreddit
If you're a fan of Rocket League Esports, be sure to check out and subscribe to
/r/RocketLeagueEsports for the latest news, articles, events, rumors, discussions, match threads, etc. relating to the esports scene.
This is the place where you will find live-discussion threads for the Universal Open Grand Finals too!