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6th Rocket League World Cup
The 6th Rocket Leauge World Cup was an international gaming Rocket League tournament, and the 6th World Cup. It was hosted in Japan from 2 June 2018 to 2 July 2018 and saw various countries compete from all across the world. The tournament seen the host nation Japan become champions, winning their first RL World Cup. They were also the 5th team to win, and the second team from Asia to win after South Korea. It was also the first RL World Cup to be hosted in Asia as well as the first time that VAR was used.

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The champions Japan placed 3rd in the previous World Cup, therefore they were in with a high chance of going far, especially since the tournament was on home soil. There opening game was against Turkey, who coincidentally was also their opponents in the final. The game ended in a 2-1 Japanese victory. Japan then won against Brazil and South Africa respectively, to win top of Group A with an 100% record. In the next round, Japan faced Russia, who they scraped a 3-2 win against in the last minute. In the quarter final, the Japanese faced France, runners up to the previous tournament. Shockingly against all odds, a single goal from Tamahara was enough to see the underdogs off into the Semis. Previous Champions, Scotland now stood in their way. in What is now considered the best game of the tournament, Japan beat Scotland in an action packed 4-3 win. With Japan into their first tournament final, they faced Turkey, who were also underdogs in their first final. However, a goal from Okito Tamahara and another from Makiya Sakamoto gave Japan a 2-0 victory to win their first World Cup title.