Rainbow Six Siege has kicked off its tournament at the Esports World Cup 2026 at the Paris Expo Porte de Versailles. Running from August 4 to 15, 2026, the S-Tier event hosted by the Esports Foundation and ESL FACEIT Group features 22 teams battling for a $2,000,000 USD prize pool and a direct qualification slot to the Six Invitational 2027.
Quick Facts
- Dates: August 4 to August 15, 2026
- Location: Paris Expo Porte de Versailles (CEST local time)
- Prize Pool: $2,000,000 USD total ($750,000 for the Champion)
- Winner Reward: Direct invite to Six Invitational 2027 and 1,000 Club points
- Defending Champion: Team Secret
Tournament Format
The competition utilizes a multi-stage structure:
- Play-In Phase 1 and 2: Two groups of four teams play a double-elimination bracket with opening matches as Bo1 and subsequent matches as Bo3. The top two advance to Phase 2 (a four-team single-elimination Bo3 bracket), sending two survivors to the Group Stage.
- Group Stage: 16 teams (14 highest regional seeds plus two Play-In survivors) compete in two groups of eight via double-elimination brackets. Openers are Bo1; all other matches are Bo3. The top four teams from each group advance to Playoffs.
- Playoffs: An eight-team single-elimination bracket where all matches are Bo3, culminating in a Bo5 Grand Final on August 15.
All Qualified Teams
Twenty-two teams qualified through regional Stage 1 results across NAL, SAL, EML, APAC, CN, MENA, and Oceania:
- Al-Ula Club
- All Gamers
- CAG by VARREL
- Chiefs Esports Club
- DarkZero
- EDward Gaming
- ENTERPRISE Esports
- FaZe Clan
- Fnatic
- FURIA
- Geekay Esports
- KINGZERO eSports
- MIBR.LOS
- M80
- Shopify Rebellion
- Team Falcons
- Team Liquid Alienware
- Team Secret
- TYLOO
- Virtus.pro
- Weibo Gaming
- Wildcard
How to Watch
Live broadcasts run across multiple official online channels in parallel streams for different brackets:
- YouTube: Official Rainbow Six Esports channel
- YouTube: Esports World Cup channel
- Twitch: EWC_LegionGauntlet_EN