Six Invitational 2021
Ubisoft
Six Invitational is an annual professional Rainbow Six Siege tournament hosted by Ubisoft, the game's developer and publisher. Located in Montreal, home of the Ubisoft studio working on the game, the tournament gathers the best teams from all around the world. The event marks the end of previous year and acts as an informal World Cup.
About[edit]
While the Six Invitational usually takes place in Montreal, this edition will be held in Paris due to the ongoing COVID-19 Pandemic. There will be no audience at this event and it will be the first major offline Rainbow Six event since the pandemic started. [1] It was initially scheduled for Feburary 2021, but was postponed to May 2021 due to French Border Closures. The venue for this years event is the Palais Brongniart, a historical venue at the very heart of Paris. [2] [3] [4]
Format[edit]
- Group Stage: May 11th - 16th, 2021
- Two round-robin format groups
- Each group has 10 teams
- All teams play each other once
- All matches are Bo1
- Top 4 teams from each group proceed to the upper bracket of the Playoffs
5th-8th from each group proceed to the lower bracket of the Playoffs- Scoring system: win gives 1 points and defeat gives 0 point
- Click here for tiebreaker rules
- Two round-robin format groups
- Mini league points
- Mini league round difference
- Overall round difference
- Mini league rounds won
- Overall rounds won
- Rematch
- If at any point the number of tied teams is reduced or divided into several groups of tied teams, the tiebreaker will begin again with the teams that are still tied.
- Playoffs: May 19th - 23rd, 2021
- Double-Elimination bracket
- All matches (excl. Grand Final) are Bo3
- The Grand Final is Bo5 with unlimited overtime
- The upper bracket winner will have a 1 map advantage in the Grand Final
Broadcast talent[edit]
- Desk Host:
- Milosh (Ghassan Finge)
- On Site Commentators:
- AceOfPyrite (Tim Leaver)
- CaptainFluke (Emi Donaldson)
- Demo (Harry Dempster)
- Dezachu (Derry Holt)
- Hap (Stijn Hapers)
- XRTROIKA (Ollie Hatton)
- German Host:
- Verdipwnz (Marius Lauer)
- German Commentators & Analysts:
- Russian Commentators:
- Braun (Egor Braun)
- HLK (Ilya Rybin)
- Rhyzzy (Ilya Rhys-Mayers)
- Vespertuss (Artyom Orlov)
- Italian Commentators:
- ChiNook (Jody Carraro)
- Etrurian (Filippo Burresi)
- LordChanka (Valentino Allegri)
- Rakki (Salvatore Lena)
- Italian Producer:
- Hungarian Commentators:
- AdamB (Ádám Baracsi)
- Bone DaDDy (Tamás Pálfy)
- DogeFather (Gábor Juhász)
- leskisson (Gergő Maros)
- PoPet (Péter Pozsgai)
- Hungarian Producer:
- B3RC1 (Bertalan Varga-Molnár)
- Brazilian Desk Hosts:
- Domitila Becker
- Leo Bianchi (Léo Bianchi)
- Maria Bonino
- Yudi Tamashiro (Cassio Yudi Muniz Tamashiro)
- Brazilian Analyst:
- IqueGMK (Luiz Monclar)
- Brazilian Commentators:
- IntacT (Vitor Janz)
- Retalha (Otávio Rodrigues Ceschi)
- Viicrodrigues (Victória Rodrigues)
- Brazilian Remote Casts:
- LukeeR (Luke Ramires)
- Moska1m (Jeferson Sampaio)
- Nishwegger (Enrico Nishi)
- oJGz (João Gabriel)
- Spanish (LATAM) Commentators:
- DesertFox (Aníbal Borbón)
- Foxtrot (Rafael Jacques)
- JosephEdgar17 (José Edgar Chávez Olivas)
- Kanserix (Jorge Azubel)
- Lord Angel (Angel Rodríguez)
- Mcclane (Diego Lucero)
- Simplemente Marcos (Marcos Sanchez Urbanek)
- TriicK (Ignacio Encina)
- Zoro (Isaias Rodriguez)
- Japanese Commentators:
- South Korean Commentators:
- PJH (Park Jae-hyun)
- Shin Il
- SummerRain (Kim In-yeong)
- Thai Commentators:
- ChrislareN (Patsada Chinphanich)
- CTkz-Sama (Burapa Tainsakuldej)
- Dejavu (Ponprom Saeoueng)
- GG Newii (Pongsirawit Sataman)
Prize Pool[edit]
The initial prize pool of the tournament is $500,000 USD.
An additional 30% of all Road to S.I. 2021 Battle Pass sales are added to the total prize pool up to a maximum of $3,000,000 USD. [5]
The current prizepool is $3,000,000 USD. [6]
Participants[edit]
- 1 February 23rd - DarkZero Esports drops Hotancold. [7]
- 2 February 24th - DarkZero Esports signs njr. [8]
- 1 February 22nd - G2 Esports drops Sua. [11]
- 2 March 1st - Pengu from G2 Esports announces his retirement from competitive play. [12]
- 3 March 2nd - G2 Esports signs Kayak. [13]
C | GiG |
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13th - 16th | (2020)
S | DNP Histoire |
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13th - 16th | (2020)
1 | Lunarmetal |
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2 | Ysaera |
3 | HysteRiX |
4 | SpeakEasy |
5 | jrdn |
13th - 16th | (2020)
Global Standings |
- 1 February 26th - Oxygen Esports drops Slashug and b1ologic. [16] [17]
- 2 February 27th - Oxygen Esports signs Yoggah and Kyno. [18] [19]
C | Lycan |
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AC | Sov |
A | DrewSpark |
1st | (2020)
1 | Thinkingnade |
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2 | Rampy |
3 | Bosco |
4 | Fultz |
5 | Canadian |
1st | (2020)
Global Standings |
- 1 March 13th - Canadian from Spacestation Gaming announces his retirement from competitive play. [20]
- 2 March 13th - Spacestation Gaming moves Luke to a player position. [21]
- 3 March 15th - Spacestation Gaming signs DrewSpark as an analyst. [22]
- 4 April 26th - Spacestation Gaming confirms that Canadian will sub in for Luke due to the latter having passport issues. [23]
C | Silence |
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A | mcunha |
M | Sensi |
5th - 8th | (2019)
1 | nesk |
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2 | xS3xyCake |
3 | psk1 |
4 | Paluh |
5 | HSnamuringa |
5th - 8th | (2019)
Global Standings |
- 1 March 9th - Mav officially leaves Team Liquid after a period of 1 month and 3 days of inactivity. [24]
- 2 May ?? - Team Liquid invites mcunha to be their analyst during the Six Invitational 2021.[25]
- 1 March 9th - Virtus.pro release Shockwave. [28]
- 2 March 11th - Virtus.pro signs Karzheka. [29]
- 3 May 7th - Rask and Andreezy both test positive for COVID-19. Virtus.pro is removed from the competition.[30]
- 1 January 27th - Wildcard Gaming could not attend the event since the Australian Government did not allow the team to leave the country, because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. [31][32]
- 2 March 18th - Diesel steps down from the active line up of Wildcard Gaming, due to the transfer window being closed their coach syliX will stand in for him. [33]
- 1 February 26th - Altiora leave Rainbow 6 competitive scene. [36]
- 2 March 6th - Parabellum Esports acquires former Altiora team. [37]
- 3 April 13th - Okward1HP is suspended by Parabellum Esports. [38] He retires from competitive Rainbow Six Siege 2 days later on April 15th. [39]
- 4 April 21st - Luiz is suspended by Parabellum Esports due to cheating. [40]
- 5 April 25th - Parabellum Esports confirms that both Sonar and Euphoria are coming back from the original Altiora roster to compete at the event. [41]
- 1 February 12th - FURIA Esports drops TchubZ. [42]
- 2 February 25th - Novys leaves FURIA Esports. [43]
- 3 March 4th - Bersa leaves FURIA Esports. [44]
- 4 March 11th - FURIA Esports signs Fntzy and R4re. [45]
- 5 March 19th - Kizi joins FURIA Esports as assistant coach. [46]
Results[edit]
Group Stage[edit]
Group A[edit]
Group A | ||||||||
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# | Team | Record | RND | RD | Pts | |||
1. | Team Empire | 3-0 | 22-15 | +7 | 3p | |||
2. | Team Liquid | 2-1 | 18-14 | +4 | 2p | |||
3. | Team BDS | 2-1 | 22-19 | +3 | 2p | |||
4. | FURIA Esports | 2-1 | 19-15 | +4 | 2p | |||
5. | FaZe Clan | 2-1 | 17-13 | +4 | 2p | |||
6. | Team oNe eSports | 2-1 | 19-17 | +2 | 2p | |||
7. | DarkZero Esports | 1-2 | 18-18 | 0 | 1p | |||
8. | Cloud9 | 1-2 | 15-19 | -4 | 1p | |||
9. | G2 Esports | 0-3 | 15-23 | -8 | 0p | |||
10. | CYCLOPS athlete gaming | 0-3 | 9-21 | -12 | 0p | |||
1. | Team Empire | 5-1 | 42-31 | +11 | 5p | |||
2. | Team BDS ▲1 | 5-1 | 44-30 | +14 | 5p | |||
3. | Team Liquid ▼1 | 4-2 | 36-26 | +10 | 4p | |||
4. | Team oNe eSports ▲2 | 4-2 | 36-29 | +7 | 4p | |||
5. | FaZe Clan | 3-3 | 33-30 | +3 | 3p | |||
6. | FURIA Esports ▼2 | 3-3 | 31-32 | -1 | 3p | |||
7. | DarkZero Esports | 2-4 | 31-38 | -7 | 2p | |||
8. | Cloud9 | 2-4 | 28-35 | -7 | 2p | |||
9. | G2 Esports | 1-5 | 28-40 | -12 | 1p | |||
10. | CYCLOPS athlete gaming | 1-5 | 21-39 | -18 | 1p | |||
1. | Team Empire | 8-1 | 64-47 | +17 | 8p | |||
2. | Team BDS | 8-1 | 66-43 | +23 | 8p | |||
3. | Team Liquid | 6-3 | 51-41 | +10 | 6p | |||
4. | FaZe Clan ▲1 | 5-4 | 54-51 | +3 | 5p | |||
5. | Team oNe eSports ▼1 | 4-5 | 51-51 | 0 | 4p | |||
6. | DarkZero Esports ▲1 | 4-5 | 52-56 | -4 | 4p | |||
7. | FURIA Esports ▼1 | 3-6 | 45-54 | -9 | 3p | |||
8. | G2 Esports ▲1 | 3-6 | 46-58 | -12 | 3p | |||
9. | Cloud9 ▼1 | 2-7 | 45-57 | -12 | 2p | |||
10. | CYCLOPS athlete gaming | 2-7 | 42-58 | -16 | 2p |
- For detailed match results, click here.
Group B[edit]
Group B | ||||||||
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# | Team | Record | RND | RD | Pts | |||
1. | Ninjas in Pyjamas | 2-0 | 14-8 | +6 | 2p | |||
2. | MKERS | 2-1 | 18-14 | +4 | 2p | |||
3. | TSM | 2-1 | 18-13 | +5 | 2p | |||
4. | MIBR | 1-1 | 9-11 | -2 | 1p | |||
5. | Oxygen Esports | 1-1 | 11-7 | +4 | 1p | |||
5. | Spacestation Gaming | 1-1 | 11-7 | +4 | 1p | |||
7. | Giants Gaming | 0-2 | 4-14 | -10 | 0p | |||
8. | Parabellum Esports | 0-2 | 3-14 | -11 | 0p | |||
DQ. | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0p | ||||
DQ. | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0p | ||||
1. | Parabellum Esports ▲7 | 3-2 | 25-29 | -4 | 3p | |||
2. | TSM ▲1 | 3-2 | 30-23 | +7 | 3p | |||
3. | Ninjas in Pyjamas ▼2 | 3-2 | 32-28 | +4 | 3p | |||
4. | Spacestation Gaming ▲1 | 2-2 | 26-22 | +4 | 2p | |||
5. | Giants Gaming ▲2 | 2-3 | 23-33 | -10 | 2p | |||
6. | MKERS ▼4 | 2-2 | 25-22 | +3 | 2p | |||
7. | MIBR ▼3 | 2-2 | 24-26 | -2 | 2p | |||
8. | Oxygen Esports ▼3 | 1-3 | 19-21 | -2 | 1p | |||
DQ. | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0p | ||||
DQ. | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0p | ||||
1. | TSM ▲1 | 5-2 | 44-29 | +15 | 5p | |||
2. | MIBR ▲5 | 5-2 | 45-37 | +8 | 5p | |||
3. | Ninjas in Pyjamas | 4-3 | 41-38 | +3 | 4p | |||
4. | Oxygen Esports ▲4 | 4-3 | 41-30 | +11 | 4p | |||
5. | MKERS ▲1 | 3-4 | 36-39 | -3 | 3p | |||
6. | Parabellum Esports ▼5 | 3-4 | 34-43 | -9 | 3p | |||
7. | Spacestation Gaming ▼3 | 2-5 | 39-44 | -5 | 2p | |||
8. | Giants Gaming ▼3 | 2-5 | 27-47 | -20 | 2p | |||
DQ. | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0p | ||||
DQ. | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0p |
- For detailed match results, click here.
Legend |
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Advance to the upper bracket |
Advance to the lower bracket |
Eliminated |
DNP during the tournament. |
Playoffs[edit]
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Upper Bracket Quarterfinals Upper Bracket Quarterfinals UB Quarterfinals UBQF Upper Bracket Semifinals Upper Bracket Semifinals UB Semifinals UBSF Upper Bracket Final Upper Bracket Final UB Final UBF Grand Final Grand Final Final GF Lower Bracket Round 1 Lower Bracket Round 1 LB Round 1 LBR1 Lower Bracket Round 2 Lower Bracket Round 2 LB Round 2 LBR2 Lower Bracket Round 3 Lower Bracket Round 3 LB Round 3 LBR3 Lower Bracket Quarterfinals Lower Bracket Quarterfinals LB Quarterfinals LBQF Lower Bracket Semifinal Lower Bracket Semifinal LB Semifinal LBSF Lower Bracket Final Lower Bracket Final LB Final LBF |