Team Falcons — Champions of the RLCS 2026 World Championship in Rocket League
On September 20, the RLCS 2026 Rocket League World Championship concluded in the United States. In the grand final of the main tournament, played in a 3-on-3 format, Team Falcons defeated Spacestation Gaming 4–0.
Team Falcons began the championship in the play-in stage and, after the group stage, advanced to the lower bracket of the playoffs. On their way to the title, the team defeated FURIA (4–1), Shopify Rebellion (4–1), NRG (4–1), and Karmine Corp (4–2) in succession, and then did not drop a single game to Spacestation Gaming in the finals series.
This is Team Falcons’ first Rocket League world championship title; last year, the “Falcons” finished in second place. The club also became the first team from the MENA region to win the RLCS World Championship. Yazid “Kiileerrz” Bahashvin was named the tournament’s MVP.
Team Falcons Roster
- Saleh “Rw9” Bahashwin
- Yazid “Kiileerrz” Bahashwin
- Sami “dralii” Hajji
- Abdulrahman “d7oom-24” Saad (coach)
3v3 Prize Pool Distribution
- 1st place — Team Falcons ($300,000);
- 2nd place — Spacestation Gaming ($153,000);
- 3rd–4th places — Karmine Corp and FUT Esports ($99,000 each);
- 5th–6th places — NRG and Virtus.pro ($84,000 each);
- 7th–8th place — Gentle Mates and Shopify Rebellion ($66,000 each);
- 9th–12th place — FURIA, Manchester City, Twisted Minds, and Team Vitality ($37,500 each);
- 13th–16th place — Ninjas in Pyjamas, Wildcard, Bigodes, and MIBR ($17,250 each);
- 17th–18th place — Mate y Tapa and R8 Esports ($9,000 each);
- 19th–20th places — Five Fears and TSM ($6,000 each).
The main stage of the RLCS 2026 World Championship took place from September 15 to 20. Twenty teams competed for a prize pool of $1,200,000.
Alexis “zen” Bernier and Tristan “Atow.” Soye of No Miss Just Fake won the separate 2v2 tournament. In the final, they defeated Rw9 and Kiileerrz of Team Falcons with a score of 4–3.
2v2 Prize Pool Breakdown
- 1st place — No Miss Just Fake: zen and Atow. ($100,000);
- 2nd place — Team Falcons: Rw9 and Kiileerrz ($50,000);
- 3rd–4th places — Spacestation Gaming: reveal and zach, Backyardigans: yANXNZ and swiftt. ($10,000 each).
The 1v1 tournament was won by Moroccan player Nassim “nass” Bali from Gentle Mates. In the final, he defeated Hisham “Nwpo” Alkadi from Twisted Minds with a score of 4–2.
1v1 Prize Pool Breakdown
- 1st place — nass ($50,000);
- 2nd place — Nwpo ($25,000);
- 3rd–4th place — kv1 and diaz ($5,000 each).
All three world championships took place as part of the RLCS 2026 World Championship at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth. For the first time in a single Rocket League World Championship, winners were crowned in all three formats—3v3, 2v2, and 1v1.
Photo: Psyonix.
