RLCS/Season 9/North America

Overview
The Rocket League Championship Series is the ninth season of North America's professional Rocket League league sponsored by Psyonix.

Open Qualifiers

 * 4 Open Qualifiers
 * Teams can only play on 2 different Open Qualifiers
 * If a team qualifies on their first attempt they skip the second qualifier
 * Teams are divided in 16 pools
 * Double Elimination Bracket
 * All matches are Best-of-three
 * Top 2 teams of each pool advance to Play-In

Play-In

 * 128 teams
 * Double Elimination Bracket
 * All matches are best-of-five
 * Teams that finish 1st-6th qualify for RLRS

League Play

 * 8 weeks of play
 * Single Round Robin
 * Each match is a best-of-five
 * All teams competing awarded up to $26,397.36 for playing all of their matches
 * Top 6 teams qualify for the Championship and guarantee a spot for RLCSX.

Championship

 * Page Playoff System
 * Six Teams
 * 5th and 6th start against each other in the Lower Bracket with 3rd and 4th in the Upper Bracket, playing a Double Elimination Bracket to determine the Top 4 teams of the region.
 * All matches are best-of-seven
 * Top four teams qualify to the World Championship