Season 5 of the European Rivals Championship Series concluded this month with our first ever region-specific Finals event making its way online. The EU RCS Finals brought out new the 2020 talent, with a few newer faces seizing the opportunity to make a name for themselves.
Some amazing sets with both Doubles and Singles live-streamed made this weekend one to remember. Read on for a recap featuring highlights, event breakdown, and more.
VODS
Let’s start with the VoDs in case you’re here to avoid spoilers. You can find everything we had on stream throughout RCS Season 5 over at our official channel. Singles and Doubles are available now.
EU RCS Finals | Singles
EU RCS Finals | Doubles
THE CHAMP
Congratulations to Fireicey for winning the RCS Championship!
Fireicey cemented himself as a household name after claiming the EU RCS Season 4 title and traveling to Genesis 7. Fireicey started Season 5 off with some familiar competition from Transco, Falling in RCS Fire and Air, before finding his first Major win at RCS Earth. Things looked a bit dicey as Fireicey dropped into losers side just before top 8, paving to way for a monstrous Sunday run, losing only 3 games in 6 sets to secure his victory.
Fireicey also went on to win an impressive doubles bracket with his teammate, OliveOily. Congratulations to our EU Champion!
I won the EU RCS Finals! Glad I could end the season on a strong note and win the big prize.
Wasn’t feeling too great at the start of the day, but thanks to some support from Fat I managed to play myself up. pic.twitter.com/XJSoZzRxsQ
— Fireicey (@Fir3icey) January 24, 2021
SINGLES MAIN EVENT RESULTS
Just before Top 8, alki and Shayd achieved game 5 stunners to knock top seeds Fireicey and Japal into losers. This opened the door for Z0nyx to make a run of a lifetime, reaching the winners side of Grand Finals before eventually falling to a seemingly unstoppable Fireicey coming from the Losers side.
| Standing | Player | Character |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Fireicey |  |
| 2nd | Z0nyx |  |
| 3rd | alki | |
| 4th | Japal | |
| 5th | Shayd |  |
| 5th | DJ Dacus (Sportsfreund) |  |
| 7th | Jimbenator |  |
| 7th | Hukon |  |
DOUBLES RESULTS
OliveOily and Fireicey ran though a difficult Doubles bracket, dropping a few games early on but securing perfect victories in Winners Finals and Grand Finals.
| Standing | Player | Character |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | OliveOily / Fireicey |  |
| 2nd | FullMetal / Slimepuffen |  |
| 3rd | DJ Dacus (Sportsfreund) / Dima Richman |  |
VOLUNTEERS
A special shout-out to Frikinin for taking up the responsibility of head T.O. during RCS Season 5. This is not an easy job and he stepped up to the plate to create a wonderful competitive environment while working with production czar, Readek, who held down some amazing streams on our official Twitch throughout the Season. In addition to streaming, Readek helped out Frikinin and OliveOily with event seeding, and put extra care into creating a universal stream tool while adding region specific aspects for the EU RCS events!
Finally, thank you to all of the wonderful commentators who helped bring the hype to the RCS Finals: Cyberstorm, Raven, Zakip, Hermoise, Guidobaldo, Defileus, Slimepuffen.
We hope you enjoyed the final event of the season. We hope to bring you more events soon, thank you!
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