Undisputed, Unchallenged: Zen and Atow win the RLCS 2v2 Europe Open

The debut of 2v2 in the Rocket League Championship Series was nothing short of electric. Duos formed across the world, with some sticking with players in their clubs, such as Karmine Corp (Vatira, Juicy), Man City (Seikoo, Accro), and Geekay Esports (TempoH, MtzR). Others went a different route and joined forces with a player they don’t share a squad with in 3v3s.

One of those squads was Team Vitality’s Zen and Karmine Corp’s Atow. They set aside the org rivalry and decided to completely wipe out the competition. Let’s take a look at everything you missed from the Main Event this past weekend.

New gamemode, same faces

While 1v1 provided a platform for 1s specialists to be able to show off their prowess in the gamemode within the capacity of the RLCS, most of the players that made it to the second weekend for 2v2 were already 3s regulars. There were a few names that the more casual viewer might not have recognized however.

Rookie player Osaft made it in after making his 3v3 debut earlier this year. His teammate, Rebmob, has only made one 3v3 Main Event in his career back in 2025.

Spanaird Mira has never made it to an RLCS top 16 in Europe, but did make it all the way to the top 4 in SSA prior to the introduction of the two-thirds rule.

WYLDE’s Prysm made his RLCS debut in the 2026 season finale, and the rookie will still be searching for his first RLCS series win next season across both 2s and 3s. His teammate, Velocity, made his RLCS debut this season as well, but over in the United States, as he’s attending Indiana Tech for school and collegiate Rocket League.

Finally, Motion, formerly of Young Money Clan infamy, is now on his reform and breakout arc this season. The mechanical Englishman went as far as the Quarterfinals in the main gamemode this season, and impressed alongside Saizen this weekend. The duo, playing under CALIENTE, made it to the top 8 before being eliminated by Rysfox and Yujin.

Our first look at a new RLCS duo

Geekay Esports announced the departure of Joyo last week, following their disastrous second split in the RLCS. They tacked on French mechanical wizard MtzR, who was generally considered the top prospect entering the 2026 season.

They started out super hot with a 2-0 series lead against Seikoo and Man City, a dramatic match involving the org’s first clash since the Boston Major Tiebreaker. The young guns weren’t able to close out the series, however, and Seikoo and Accro completed the reverse sweep.

The Geekay boys once again came out of the gate swinging, dropping 10 goals in the first two games against AtomiK and Dorito before going dead silent on offense and being forced onto Champions Field.

The Danish Baguette avoided disaster by winning game 5 in overtime to stay alive, and then advanced to the playoffs with a win over Rebmob and Osaft.

They outscored Toxiic and Revezy 22-7 in their Lower Round 1 match, and looked to have some momentum to cause some bracket chaos before running into the buzzsaw that was Vatira and Juicy.

A clash of dominance

Two duos made it through the GSL stage without dropping a single game. No Miss Just Fake (Zen and Atow) and Karmine Corp (Juicy and Vatira). It seemed as if they were destined to meet in the Grand Finals after easily dispatching of their upper bracket opponents.

Zen and Atow held up their end of the bargin, outscoring Man City 15-2 across 4 games. It seemed as if Juicy and Vatira would do the same, quickly jumping out to a 3 game lead.

Nass and Oski had other plans however. The duo survived and advanced in two straight overtimes before blowing out KC in game 6 to force a timeout. That pause did nothing to slow down the runaway train that Gentle Mates had evolved into, and they won 6-2 on Champions Field to complete the best of 7 reverse sweep.

KC managed to bounce back with a big win over Geekay, setting up a clash of titans, with 3 Karmine Corp players and one from Team Vitality. Instead of an all-timer, Vatira and Juicy ended up on the wrong side of a blowout, and Zen and Atow moved to the finals against Gentle Mates.

The games were closer, probably the closest they’d ever been against the duo, but still, Zen and Atow swept the Grand Finals, completing an undefeated second weekend, and finishing with a 44-1 record in games across the whole tournament.

Although 2s and 3s tournaments are hardly comparable, this was the best run any team has ever had in a European regional. The best win percentage by a single team in a regional during the Open Era was 90.00% by Team BDS back in Season X. The team went 18-2 in the first Winter regional of the season.

Modern day teams have gotten close, with 2025 Karmine Corp and 2026 Team Vitality both recording win percentages of 85.71% in European Open Main Events, each winning 18 games and losing 3. In all major regions, NRG holds the top spot for the highest 3v3 Main Event win percentage, winning 94.74% of their games in NA Open 5 during the 2025 RLCS season.

Because of the undefeated record and the unique gamemode, however, this run from Zen and Atow is truly in a class of its own.