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Six Invitational

Annual Rainbow Six Siege tournament

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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 2026 after winning the year prior.

01Format

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. These changes to the competitive scene have been compared to that of Dota 2 and League of Legends.

02Tournaments

List of Six Invitationals
Year Champions Runners-up Teams Prize Pool Date Venue
2017, Xbox One Elevate Team Vitality 6 $100,000 3-5 February Montreal
2017, PC Continuum eRa Eternity
2018 PENTA Sports Evil Geniuses 16 $500,000 13-18 February Ubisoft Montreal Studio (Montreal)
2019 G2 Esports Team Empire $2,000,000 11-17 February Place Bell (Montreal)
2020 Spacestation Gaming Ninjas in Pyjamas $3,000,000 7-16 February
2021 Ninjas in Pyjamas Team Liquid 20 11-23 May Palais Brongniart (Paris)
2022 TSM Team Empire 8-20 February Stockholmsmässan (Stockholm)
2023 G2 Esports w7m esports 7-19 February Place Bell (Montreal)
2024 w7m esports FaZe Clan 13-25 February Ginásio do Ibirapuera (São Paulo)
2025 FaZe Clan Team BDS 3-16 February MGM Music Hall at Fenway (Boston)
2026 FaZe Clan Team Secret 2-15 February Adidas Arena (Paris)

Regions which have reached the final

Region Titles Runner-up
North America (North America League) 4 (2017 Xbox, 2017 PC, 2020, 2022) 2 (2017 PC, 2018)
South America (Copa Elite Six/Brazil League/South America League) 4 (2021, 2024, 2025, 2026) 4 (2020, 2021, 2023, 2024)
EMEA (European League/Europe MENA League) 3 (2018, 2019, 2023) 5 (2017 Xbox, 2019, 2022, 2025, 2026)
Asia Pacific (APAC League) , ,
China (China National League) , ,
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