Last weekend, the Rocket League Championships group stage wrapped up in Europe, revealing the clear divide between the top two and the bottom six teams. FlipSid3 and We Dem Girlz showed why they belong on the top of the Rocket League community Power Rankings (decided by a panel of analysts and pro players).
Here's how each team looked and what kind of impact they made in the group stage:
1. FlipSid3 Tactics | 28-7 | Power ranking: 2nd
FlipSid3 are the best team in the world. Markydooda is the best player in the world. It's a match made in heaven.
F3 has the most goals for the best goal differential (+59), and the most clean sheets. Markydooda led this team to its phenomenal 28-7 ranking with the most goals (54), the third most saves (62), and an astounding seven hat tricks. FlipSid3 is simply astonishing with Kuxir and M1k3rules ruling the court in assists.
2. We Dem Girlz | 27-9 | Power ranking: 1st
We Dem Girlz finished a close second to the best team in the world. While F3 shines on offense, We Dem Girlz might as well rename to "We Dem Wallz." It allowed the fewest goals in and had the second best goal differential (+57). The team doesn't lack offense with the strike pairing of Remkoe and Maestro combining for 81 goals, which allowed for big wins over Mockit EU and Supersonic Avengers. While it might not be the best in the world, it's close.
3. Mockit EU | 23-12 | Power ranking: 4th
Mockit EU came into this as the border team between the best and the rest. Strengthened by new pickup Turbopolsa, Mockit looked to solidify its spot as a world class team and began to show that this tournament. Mockit had the second best defense, allowing only 54 goals. Where it lacked was on offense, only scoring 79 goals total. Despite that, it maintained the third best goal difference and established itself as the true separator of EU tiers.
4. Supersonic Avengers | 18-17 | Power ranking: 3rd
Supersonic Avengers are the story of the smallest margins. It was one game away from finishing outside the top four and that game just happened to be against the team right below it. In its final game, it managed to beat The Flying Dutchmen 3-2, clinching a spot in the online finals by the smallest of margins. Supersonic Avengers are the final team with a positive goal difference (+11). With Snaski and his 59 saves as well as ELMP's 30 goals, this team is on the rise.
5. The Flying Dutchmen| 18-17 | Power ranking: 5th
Moving on to the bottom half of the table, we have The Flying Dutchmen, which ended up on the wrong side of the tie with Supersonic Avengers. TFD did its best to try and finish in the top half by taking two games from We Dem Girlz, but it also ended up dropping games to Aeriality and Shoot N Goal. Dogu did his best to try and keep his team alive with an amazing 72 saves (second highest in the league), averaging over two a game. At the end of the day, The Flying Dutchmen failed to close out the games against the teams below it and that cost it a top half finish.
6. Aeriality | 13-22 | Power ranking: 10th
Aeriality came into the competition with very low expectations and proved itself admirably. With a new roster and with this being its first major event, making the group stages was already an accomplishment in and of itself. Taking games off FlipSid3 and Supersonic Avengers? That's simply unheard of for a new team. Piksel established himself by finding the net 25 times.
7. Comrade Gaming | 9-26 | Power ranking: 8th
It looks dire. Comrade had a -42 goal differential and never really looked like it was competing to stay. With only Juuksey looking to play at a reasonable level (netting 25 of the team's 63 goals). On the flip side, at least the team was better than Shoot N Goal.
8. Shoot N Goal | 4-31 | Power ranking: 11th
There isn't much to say here. SnG were out of its depth. It allowed 128 goals in and only managed to score 38, leaving it at a catastrophic -90 goal difference. Only Chausette and Killarnaud managed to get to double digit goals (12 each). Shoot N Goal have nowhere to go but up and it has a lot of work to do to begin that climb.
The group stages proved one thing. Europe is a two-horse race with two teams to count on reliably: FlipSid3 Tactics and We Dem Girlz. Going into the online finals this weekend, the biggest question to ask is: can Supersonic Avengers or Mockit EU manage to make an unthinkable upset happen?