How to watch RLCS 2025 - Raleigh Major: Season changes, viewership, schedule & more

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The Rocket League Championship Series 2025 - Raleigh Major begins on June 26, and fans are excited to see which side will come out on top. It will see 16 of the top teams from around the world compete for prize money and valuable points to secure a place at September's RLCS 2025 - World Championship in Lyon - Décines, France.

With so much at stake, every participant will be eager to ensure it does its best, especially since it will be the last Rocket League Major this year. Esports Charts has prepared a primer for fans and readers, including co-casting details, teams, format changes, and any viewership trends observed in the ongoing season.

RLCS 2025 - Raleigh Major prize money, venue, schedule

The second top-tier LAN event in the series will carry an overall purse of $351,000, with the winner pocketing $102,000. RLCS Circuit Ranking Points are also up for grabs, with the top three earning 36, 24, and 16 points.

The RLCS 2025 - Raleigh Major will be held at the Lenovo Center in Raleigh, North Carolina, in a 3v3 format. The first two days will be played behind closed doors, with the entry thrown open to fans for the knockouts during the weekend on June 28 and June 29.

Ticket details for people looking to attend the last two days live can be found here. Attendees will be able to buy merchandise at the venue at the designated merchandise booth and have photo opportunities, with signing sessions to also be held throughout the weekend at the Meet & Greet section. More details can be found on this link.

Major 2 of the 2025 Rocket League season has two stages, and here's a breakdown of both:

• Swiss Stage: June 26 to 27 (⁠10 AM ET / 7 AM PT)
• Playoffs: June 28 to 29 (1 AM ET / 8 AM PT)

The first round of the Raleigh Major will follow the Swiss System format, with 16 teams fighting it out in best-of-five matches. The top eight sides will proceed to the Playoffs, which will be played in the Hybrid Elimination Bracket structure.

Here's how the schedule for each day looks:

• Thursday, June 26: Swiss Rounds 1 & 2 with a total of 16 best-of-five matches.
• Friday, June 27: Swiss Rounds 3, 4 & 5 with a total of 17 best-of-five matches.
• Saturday, June 28: Hybrid Elimination with two Lower Bracket matches and two Upper Bracket matches playing in a best-of-seven. The 1v1 Final will also take place on this day.
• Sunday, June 29: Hybrid Elimination with Quarter Finals, Semi-Finals, and the Grand Final in best-of-seven matches. Plus, the Rocket Rivalry Showmatch featuring Chalked Cast vs First Touch.

RLCS 2025 - Raleigh Major broadcasts

This prominent Rocket League tournament will be livestreamed on YouTube, Twitch, and TikTok. Interestingly, with multiple matches happening at the same time, the organizers have decided to air them simultaneously on separate broadcasts, as seen below:

Broadcast A will stream on:

• Rocket League Twitch
• Rocket League TikTok
• Rocket League Esports YouTube

Broadcast B will stream on:

• Rocket League Esports Twitch
• Rocket League Esports YouTube

The final two days (June 28 and June 29) will be streamed in English on:

• Rocket League Twitch
• Rocket League TikTok
• Rocket League Esports YouTube

All these livestreams will be in English; readers looking for broadcasts in other languages can check out the links below:

• French (Twitch, YouTube)
• LATAM ⁠Spanish (Twitch, YouTube)
• Spanish (Twitch, YouTube)
• Polish (Twitch, YouTube)
• ⁠Hungarian (Twitch, YouTube)
• Portuguese (dudsmelow, celorde, firewall)

A lot of content creators will also be co-streaming the games live, so readers can check out their favorite influencers' channel schedules to see if they're part of the list of co-casters across the four days.

RLCS 2025 - Raleigh Major teams

Readers interested in getting information on the players participating in the RLCS 2025 - Raleigh Major can head here. The page includes information on participants' ages, statistics, heat map, and much more.

RLCS 2025 - Raleigh Major season changes and viewership

The latest season of the Rocket League Championship Series saw quite a few changes, including an increased total prize pool of $5,000,000 for 3v3s. It also saw the addition of the 1v1s concept for the very first time, with each region getting separate Open qualifiers.

  RLCS 2025 season roadmap   

Players are not restricted from playing in both the 3v3 Opens and the 1v1 Opens, but they will be restricted to participating in only one region for the whole year. The 1v1 Champions of each Major, i.e., Birmingham and Raleigh, will automatically qualify for the Rocket League 1v1 World Championship 2025.

The 3v3 format also saw the adoption of three online Open tournaments in each region for qualification to each RLCS Major. As a result, a total of six online Opens will be held in 2025 per region, with each of these events using a standardized format across the year.

The qualification for the World Championship also saw an enhanced update, which will now feature Last Chance Qualifiers. With the game's most coveted tournament expanding from 16 to 20 teams, the LCQ will offer more sides the opportunity to qualify for the largest LAN event in 2025.

The identity of the final four teams that will join the top 16 sides who earned the most cumulative RLCS points for the entire season in each region will be decided here.

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Moving to viewership, there has not been much change in terms of the audience reach, but there have been some trends observed. The most obvious of all is the reliance on French teams and fans, as any event in Rocket League depends heavily on sides from this country doing well.

A good example is a comparison of the viewership numbers of the first Major from each of the last two seasons. The Rocket League Championship Series 2025 - Birmingham Major saw Karmine Corp win, while the RLCS 2024 - Major 1, held in Copenhagen, was clinched by Gentle Mates Alpine.

Both sides are from France and are owned by famous content creators from the nation, but it was the success of Gentle Mates Alpine, owned by Corentin "Gotaga" Houssein, that made all the difference. The side's absence from the 2025 Birmingham Major led to a massive drop-off in the event's audience reach compared to the first Major held in 2024.

What also helped the 2024 Major 1 do so well in terms of viewership was that Gentle Mates Alpine emerged as the victor, while two other French sides finished in the top four.

There is no doubt that the performance of sides like Karmine Corp and Gentle Mates will continue to play a crucial role in ensuring Rocket League competitions like the Raleigh Major reach their viewership potential. With both participating in the upcoming American edition, the organizers will hope they go far so that the audience reach is at its maximum.

In terms of language and platforms as well, things have remained more or less stable. YouTube continues to be the dominant name for livestreaming among fans, while major languages like Spanish, English, and French witnessed small changes in their watch time between the first two Majors of 2024 and 2025.

With a spot at the world championship at stake, a lot is riding on the RLCS 2025 - Raleigh Major. Esports Charts will ensure to keep track of all the matches and report any significant news that comes out of the event, be it for viewership, platforms, or the teams.