PBR Team Finals wrapped up their first night in Las Vegas and it was full of drama and exciting rides!
The PBR Team Finals is back in Las Vegas for the second year in a row with a progressive-elimination style tournament format.
The top two seeded teams coming into the finals, the Austin Gamblers and Kansas City Outlaws, have a bye in round one.
At the end of both round one and two there will be a last chance three-way game for teams who lost their game earlier in the night. The team with the highest overall aggregate score on five outs will advance on to the next round; eliminating two teams per round.
In round one, Missouri Thunder, Carolina Cowboys, and Nashville Stampede battled it out in the last chance game. Missouri Thunder will advance on to todays round, eliminating both Carolina Cowboys and Nashville stampede from the PBR Team Finals.
Round Two Lineup
- No. 1 Austin Gamblers vs. No. 8 Missouri Thunder
- No. 2 Kansas City Outlaws vs. No. 5 Arizona Ridge Riders
- No. 3 Texas Rattlers vs. No. 4 Oklahoma Freedom
- Second Last Chance Game (Game 1 loser vs. game 2 loser vs. game 3 loser)
From round two, there will be two games of semi-finals and one remaining game to determine third place before the winners of the semi-finals will go up against each other in the championship game to determine who will be crowned the team champion, on Sunday.
Team Finals Round 1 Results
- Arizona Ridge Riders 344 vs. Carolina Cowboys 265.5
- Oklahoma Freedom 262 vs. Nashville Stampede 261.5
- Texas Rattlers 174 vs. Missouri Thunder 84.5
- Missouri Thunder 171.25 vs. Nashville Stampede 89.75 vs. Carolina Cowboys 89
Round two will begin Saturday with Game 1 (Austin Gamblers and Missouri Thunder) at 7:45 pm PDT.