The Grand Finals of the Universal Open Rocket League are coming up this weekend, and it’s time to crown the first ever Universal Open champion! The Grand Finals will be livestreamed on NBCSports.com, the NBC Sports app, with two hours of content televised each day of the tournament on all eight NBC Sports Regional Networks.
The entire Grand Finals will also be streamed on Twitch, where viewers will have a chance to earn Fan Rewards; so be sure to link your account before watching! With teams from North America and Europe battling for their share of $100,000 in Santa Ana, California, let's take a look at some teams to watch making an appearance this weekend at the Esports Arena.
North America
Cloud 9 - Torment and Squishymuffinz
SizzleUrCob - NRG’s Jacob and Rogue’s Sizz
G2 Esports - Kronovi and Rizzo
DapG - RNG’s Dappur and NRG’s GarrettG
Splyce - Karma and Pluto
Europe
Flipsid3 Tactics - MarkyDooda and Kuxir97
Gale Force Esports - ViolentPanda and Kaydop
Mock-it Esports - Paschy90 and Fairy Peak!
Method Esports - Metsanauris and Mognus
Main Stream with Fan Reward Drops: www.twitch.tv/faceittv
Secondary Stream (without Drops): www.twitch.tv/nbcsports
Saturday, August 26 broadcast live at NBC Sports.com and Twitch starting at 7:00pm ET / 4:00pm PT
Outside the US Broadcast Times:
1:00 AM CEST
9:00 AM AEST
Live Event times
Doors Open - 2:00pm PT
Event - 4:00pm-11:00pm PT
Sunday, August 26 with two hours televised on the below channels:
Grand Finals Day 1 – Saturday August 26 | |
NETWORK | TIME (Local) |
NBC Sports Bay Area | 9 p.m. |
CSN Northwest | 9 p.m. |
CSN Chicago | 11 p.m. |
CSN Philadelphia | 12 a.m. |
SNY | 12 a.m. |
CSN New England | 12 a.m. |
CSN Mid-Atlantic | 12 a.m. |
NBC Sports California | 9 p.m. |
Sunday, August 27 broadcast live at NBC Sports.com and Twitch starting at 4:30pm ET / 1:30pm PT
Outside the US Broadcast Times:
10:30 PM CEST
6:30 AM AEST
Live Event times
Doors Open - 12:00pm PT
Event - 1:30pm-8:00pm PT
Sunday, August 27 final two hours televised on the below channels:
Grand Finals Day 2 – Sunday August 27 | |
NETWORK | TIME (Local) |
NBC Sports Bay Area | 6 p.m. |
CSN Northwest | 6 p.m. |
CSN Chicago | 8 p.m. |
CSN Philadelphia | 9 p.m. |
SNY | 9 p.m. |
CSN New England | 9 p.m. |
CSN Mid-Atlantic | 9 p.m. |
NBC Sports California | 6 p.m.* |
Make sure to tune in this weekend to see the 16 best 2v2 teams in the world fight for a piece of the $100,000 prize pool in Santa Ana. For our online viewers, make sure to link your Twitch account on the Fan Rewards page to make sure you’re eligible for drops this weekend! For fans who were able to snag tickets to the Grand Finals live, we’ll see you there for the epic conclusion of the Universal Open Rocket League!