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Six Invitational#Tournaments

{{Short description|Annual Rainbow Six Siege tournament}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2023}}

{{Infobox sports league

| name = Six Invitational

| image = Six Invitational logo.png

| title =

| sport = Rainbow Six Siege

| founded = {{Start date and age|2015}}

| month_played =

| teams = {{ubl|6 teams (2017)|16 teams (2018–2020)|20 teams (2021–present)}}

| administrator = Ubisoft

| venue = Rotating locations

| tournament_format = {{ubl|Group stage|Round robin|Main event|Double elimination}}

| champion = FaZe Clan (1st title)

| most successful club = G2 Esports (2 titles)

| tv = Twitch, YouTube

| website = {{URL|https://www.ubisoft.com/en-us/esports/rainbow-six/siege|ubisoft.com/esports/rainbow-six/siege}}

}}

Six Invitational (SI) is an annual world championship tournament for the five-on-five esports video game Rainbow Six Siege. Produced by the game's developer Ubisoft, Six Invitational is the final event of the competitive Siege season and consists of 20 teams, 16 based on the final results from the Season Global Standings and four from Europe, North America, Latin America, and Asia Pacific regional qualifiers. SI was first held in Montreal, home of the Ubisoft studio working on the game, until it began to be hosted internationally starting with Six Invitational 2021.

The most recent champion is FaZe Clan, who won Six Invitational 2025 after a runner-up finish the year prior.

Format

The Six Invitational 2020 announced enormous changes to both the game itself and the competitive scene. The changes included the end of Pro League and a new points-based system.{{Cite web|url=https://esportsobserver.com/r6-regionalization-structure/|title=Ubisoft Rolls Out Rainbow Six Siege Regionalization Structure|date=16 February 2020|website=The Esports Observer|language=en-US|access-date=2020-02-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200217204426/https://esportsobserver.com/r6-regionalization-structure/|archive-date=17 February 2020|url-status=live}} These changes to the competitive scene have been compared to that of Dota 2 and League of Legends.

Tournaments

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+ List of Six Invitationals

! Year

! Champions

! Runners-up

! Teams

! Prize Pool

! Date

! Venue

2017 – Xbox One

| Elevate

| Team Vitality

| rowspan="2" |6

| rowspan="2" |$100,000

| rowspan="2" | 3–5 February

| rowspan="2" |Montreal

2017 – PC

| Continuum

| eRa Eternity

2018

| PENTA Sports

| Evil Geniuses

| rowspan="3" |16

| $500,000

| 13–18 February

| Ubisoft Montreal Studio (Montreal)

2019

| G2 Esports{{cite web |last1=Mejia |first1=Ozzie |title= G2 Esports wins the 2019 Six Invitational, sets a new record |url=https://www.shacknews.com/article/109987/g2-esports-wins-the-2019-six-invitational-sets-a-new-record |website= Shacknews |date=17 February 2019}}

| Team Empire

| $2,000,000

| 11–17 February

| rowspan="2" |Place Bell (Montreal)

2020

| Spacestation Gaming{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/14/ubisofts-six-invitational-tournament-shows-why-publishers-like-esports.html|title=Ubisoft's $3 million tournament shows why game publishers are betting big on esports|last=Pei|first=Annie|date=14 February 2020|website=CNBC|language=en|access-date=2020-02-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200217204424/https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/14/ubisofts-six-invitational-tournament-shows-why-publishers-like-esports.html|archive-date=17 February 2020|url-status=live}}

| Ninjas in Pyjamas

| rowspan="6" | $3,000,000

| 7–16 February

2021

| Ninjas in Pyjamas{{cite web |last1=Amos |first1=Andrew |title= Ninjas in Pyjamas wins Rainbow Six Invitational 2021 |url=https://www.dexerto.com/rainbow-six/six-invitational-2021-streams-schedule-teams-results-1449401/ |website= Dexerto |date=23 May 2021}}

| Team Liquid

| rowspan="5" |20

| 11–23 May

| Palais Brongniart (Paris)

2022

| TSM{{cite web |last1=Amos |first1=Andrew |title= TSM win Six Invitational 2022: Final results |url=https://www.dexerto.com/rainbow-six/six-invitational-2022-stream-schedule-results-teams-1700480/ |website= Dexerto |date=21 February 2022}}

| Team Empire

| 8–20 February

| Stockholmsmässan (Stockholm)

2023

| G2 Esports{{cite web |last1=Angeles |first1=Zen |title= G2 Esports wins Rainbow Six Invitational 2023 |url=https://clutchpoints.com/g2-esports-wins-rainbow-six-invitational-2023 |website= clutchpoints |date=20 February 2023}}

| w7m esports

| 7–19 February

| Place Bell (Montreal)

2024

| w7m esports{{Cite web |last=Stubbs |first=Mike |title=W7m Wins The The Rainbow Six Invitational After Incredible Grand Final |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/mikestubbs/2024/02/25/w7m-wins-the-the-rainbow-six-invitational-after-incredible-grand-final/ |access-date=2024-02-26 |website=Forbes |language=en}}

| FaZe Clan

| 13–25 February

| Ginásio do Ibirapuera (São Paulo){{cite news |last1=Richman |first1=Olivia |title=Rainbow Six Siege — How to Watch the Six Invitational 2024 |url=https://esi.si.com/news/rainbow-six-siege-how-to-watch-the-six-invitational-2024 |access-date=November 27, 2023 |work=Esports Illustrated |date=November 26, 2023 |language=en}}

2025

| FaZe Clan

| Team BDS

| 3–16 February

| MGM Music Hall at Fenway (Boston)

= Regions which have reached the final =

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Region

! style="background:gold;" | Titles

! style="background:silver;" | Runner-up

North America (North American League)

|4 (2017 Xbox, 2017 PC, 2020, 2022)

|2 (2017 PC, 2018)

Europe (European League)

|3 (2018, 2019, 2023)

|4 (2017 Xbox, 2019, 2022, 2025)

Brazil (Copa Elite Six/Brazil League)

|3 (2021, 2024, 2025)

|4 (2020, 2021, 2023, 2024)

Asia Pacific (APAC League)

| –

| –

References

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External links

  • {{Official website|https://www.ubisoft.com/en-us/esports/rainbow-six/siege}}

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{{Main world championships}}

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