With Rainbow Six Siege esports on the rise, Ubisoft has decided to take the scene to the international stage with an all new Rainbow Six World Cup that will involve 45 different countries.
Similarly to the Overwatch World Cup, the tournament will see well-known pros and the top amatuer Siege players representing their countries, rather than esports organisations. The first Rainbow Six World Cup is slated to take place in Summer 2021, but the location for the tournament is yet to be confirmed.
According to Ubisoft's announcement, the World Cup will be a 20-team tournament, with 14 of those spots already filled with invited nations which Ubisoft deem to be the biggest for Rainbow Six esports. The other six spots will be earned through five separate regional qualifiers, which will involve a further 31 countries. Of those six qualifier spots, two will be awarded to European teams, and one spot each will be awarded to Latin America, Asia-Pacific 1, Asia-Pacific 2, and Middle East-North Africa.
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