If you’re a fan of Rainbow Six: Siege, and love to watch its eSports competitions, you’ll be happy to hear that the next Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Invitational begins soon.
The competitive gaming tournament has been dated for February 7th to the 19th, and will be held in Montreal and Laval, Quebec. It will see the top 20 teams (worldwide) compete for the title of champions and a $3,000,000 prize pool.
For the first time in a few years, the event will be open to the public for its final three days. That is, February 17th to 19th at Place Bell in Laval.
Read on for scheduling details and a list of participating teams:
The event will be split in 3 different phases:
Group Stage: from February 7 to 11 – Not open to the public.
Playoffs Part 1: from February 13 to 15 – Not open to the public.
Playoffs Part 2 & Grand Final: from February 17 to 19 – Open to the public, at Place Bell.
Concluding a season-long race, 16 teams have qualified to the event by scoring points in their respective regional leagues and during the Six Majors. The last 4 teams have earned their spot by making their way through regional Last Chance Qualifiers. Here are the 20 teams that will compete at the Six Invitational 2023:
- w7m esports (Latin America)
- Team BDS (Europe)
- Wolves Esports (Europe)
- DarkZero Esports (North America)
- Team Liquid (LATAM)
- Astralis (North America)
- KOI (Europe)
- M80 (North America)
- Oxygen Esports (North America)
- G2 Esports (Europe)
- FaZe Clan (Latin America)
- Soniqs (North America)
- Heroic (Europe)
- MNM Gaming (Europe)
- Elevate (Asia-Pacific)
- Cyclops athlete gaming (Asia-Pacific)
- Dire Wolves (Asia-Pacific Qualifiers)
- Team Secret (European Qualifiers)
- LOS ONE (Latin American Qualifiers)
- Spacestation Gaming (North American Qualifiers)