Overall, the past few weeks of Rainbow Six Siege have been quiet. Accordingly, the best competitive R6S esports teams have been practiing for the biggest event of the year – the Six Invitational 2023 Montreal. Taking place in the coming week, feel free to read on to learn How to Watch the event below!
Event Background
In terms of the event background, the Six Invitational is the yearly pinnacle of the esports season for Rainbow Six Siege. Indeed, at this event, a new world champion is crowned from a global collection of teams, lifting the hammer after earning it.
Accordingly, this year, the event will be returning to a familiar venue in the Montreal Place Bell in Canada.
Taking place from 7th February to 19th February, here are the 20 globally seeded teams below:
- w7m esports
- Team BDS
- Wolves Esports
- DarkZero Esports
- Team Liquid
- Astralis
- KOI
- M80
- Oxygen Esports
- G2 Esports
- FaZe Clan
- Soniqs
- Heroic
- MNM Gaming
- Elevate
- CYCLOPS athlete gaming
- Dire Wolves
- Team Secret
- Spacestation Gaming
- LOS + oNe
With a rumoured $3,000,000 million prize pool, there’s everything on the line for these teams. Read on as we dive deeper into the format below.
Format
In terms of the format, we have multiple stages of competition to look forward to.
Starting with the Group Stage, taking place from 7th to 11th February, the competition has been split into four groups as follows:
- A: Elevate, G2 Esports, KOI, Spacestation Gaming, w7m esports
- B: Dire Wolves, MNM Gaming, Soniqs, Team Liquid, Wolves Esports
- C: Astralis, CYCLOPS athlete gaming, LOS + oNe, Oxygen Esports, Team BDS
- D: DarkZero Esports, FaZe Clan, Heroic, M80, Team Secret
Within each group, round-robin formats will take place. Indeed, every team will face one another once, with BO3 matches. Points are earned through this unique point system for R6S:
- 4 points – 2-0 win
- 3 points – 2-1 win
- 1 point – 1-2 loss
- 0 points – 0-2 loss
Once each team has played four matches, seeding into the Playoffs will be as follows from each group:
- 1st place – Upper Bracket Round 2 Playoffs
- 2-3rd place – Upper Bracket Round 1 Playoffs
- 4th place – Lower Bracket Round 1
- 5th place – eliminated
Indeed, the remaining teams will be seeded in to either side of the Playoff Double Elimination Bracket. Taking place from 13th February to 19th February, all matches will be BO3 and the Grand Final will be BO5.
For those unaware, a double elimination bracket implies that teams on the Upper Bracket can afford a loss and be demoted to the Lower Bracket. Once in the Lower Bracket, another loss will result in elimination.
Schedule for the Six Invitational 2023 Montreal
With regards to the schedule, we highly recommend visiting the official Rainbow Six Siege esports page here.
Watch the Six Invitational 2023 Montreal on esportsguide
You can also watch the event 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
Heading into this event, predictions are fairly simple and based on the Global Standings which Ubisoft uses for teams to seed.
Here’s how teams currently stand up:
- #1 – w7m esports – 1240 points
- #2 – Team BDS – 1170 points
- #3 – Wolves Esports – 1110 points
- #4 – DarkZero Esports – 1050 points
- #5 – Team Liquid – 980 points
Bearing this in mind, this could likely be a battle between Europe and South American teams.
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