Apart from the Berlin Major, competitive Rainbow Six Siege has another exciting event this August! Specifically, Gamers8 2022 R6S is throwing $2,000,000 on the line for some of the top teams in the world – read on to learn how to watch this event below!
Event Background
For those unaware, the Riyadh Boulevard in Saudi Arabia is proving to be an exciting venue for international esports. Accordingly, after hosting events for Dota 2 and Rocket League, now, they’re turning to Rainbow Six Siege.
Once again, this competition will take place at the offline venue, taking place from the 4th August to the 7th. As we’ll reiterate, this event does not form part of the official competitive season and is strictly a third-party event.
Here are the qualified teams as listed below:
- BDS Esport – Invited
- TSM – Invited
- Team Liquid – Invited
- DAMWON Gaming – Invited
- WYLDE – Europe
- Spacestation Gaming – North America
- MIBR – South America
- Falcons Esport – Saudi eLeague
Strictly competing for the $2,000,000 of prize pool, there’s a lot more to discuss for this exciting event!
Format
With regards to the format, it’s a relatively simple format.
Firstly, we have a Group Stage. Here, the competition will be split into two groups of four. Furthermore, a double elimination bracket will determine which teams will progress to the Playoffs. Note that all matches will be BO3.
Secondly, we have the Playoffs to look forward to. Accordingly, the final four teams will compete in a deadly single-elimination bracket.
Schedule for the Gamers8 2022 R6S
With regards to schedule, we highly recommend visiting the official page for Rainbow Six Siege esports here.
Watch the Gamers8 2022 R6S on esportsguide
You can also watch the Gamers8 2022 R6S live stream via our very own website. Providing an extensive list of the biggest esports together with streams for each esports match live today or upcoming matches.
Predictions
When it comes to predictions, it’s best to take a look at the past international events to see results. Specifically, the most recent international event was the Charlotte Major 2022 – here’s how the competition stacked up back then:
- #1 – DarkZero Esports
- #2 – Astralis
- #3-4 – Oxygen Esports, Team Liquid
- #5-8 – G2 Esports, Team oNe eSports, Team BDS, XSET
As you can see, some of the very best teams in the world have not been invited, but competition looks to be tight regardless.
Naturally, with regards to favourites, we’d like to focus on the invited teams from the top three regions of Europe, North America and Brazil:
- TSM – 1st @ Six Invitational 2022, 2nd @ NAL Stage 2 2021
- Team Liquid – 1st @ Copa Elite Six 2022 Stage 1, 2nd @ Six Invitational 2021
- BDS Esports – 1st @ EUL 2021 Finals, 1st @ EUL Stage 3, 3-4th @ Six Invitational 2021
Overall, TSM are looking like the favourites for the simple reason that they managed to win the most important event from last season in the form of Six Invitational 2022.
However, as evident above, they failed to perform at the most recent major. Instead, only TSM and Team Liquid offered a good showing. Anyways, we can’t wait to see how everything boils over in Riyadh!
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