Note: The following responses were received over the last week.
Two of the new sub-regions to join the post-ESL esports ecosystem are Mexico and South America (every LATAM nation which is not Brazil or Mexico), who join Brazil in the Latin American region. These two subregions will compete in weekly games to be crowned their sub-regions victor this season. Next Stage, the top teams will also have a chance to compete against each other for a spot in November Major as well.
The 2020 schedule for the Mexican and South American sub-regions via @Rainbow6LATAM
Under the usual format, both leagues will engage in a Best-of-Two round-robin league over five weeks, with Mexico sending their top two of seven teams to the Elite Six Regional Finals, while South America sends just the victor out of the eight competing teams to the tournament, giving all 15 teams competing a shot to make a Major every three months. With the August 2020 Major being cancelled, a sub-regional title will be awarded instead, rather than the teams meeting at the Elite Six tournament.
Campeonato Mexicano 2020
Seven teams with the following lineups have been invited from previous seasons to compete for a spot in the Mexican Finals:
Atheris Esports - Gabo, Guicho, AlanDerf, Kef, Lua and Royz (their coach) Timbers Esports - Vector, Biz, Navy, Puji2, Raven, Morphed, Thumperr and FBK (their two coaches) MeT - Rubyz, TenseK, Ravz, Hydre, Irving, Vanity and Hunterkash (their coach) Pixel Esports Club - Ravellion, BOPE, Olimpo, Slaay, Mireles and EzPz (their coach) Estral Esports - XigmaZ, SkMzY, Toski, P1XIE, Fungi, JPR and GOKU (their coach) Chivas eSports - Cerberus, BOBi, Harry, Luxor, Xploidz and Physicz (their coach) Infinity Academy - ScR, Fuyobii, Victory, Atlas, Dark and Mani3 (their coach)
The Mexican Championship teams via @Rainbow6LATAM
These lineups include significant roster changes from the last Mexican Championship season in 2019. This tournament was won by the Infinity Esports lineup, which has since split with Morphed going to Timbers, Olimpo going to Pixel, and Toski going to Estral. The runner-ups of Atheris have stuck together, however, with Kef, AlanDerf, and Gabo remaining in the team, making them the team to watch this tournament.
Following this was the Mexican Challengers tournament last February, which saw Estral E-Sports impress as they topped the nation with Infinity, while Timbers, while not making it to the Finals, had a good showing as they became the first domestic team in 15 months to defeat Infinity.
Now, as we approach the next Mexican Division tournament, we spoke to "Gabo" from Atheris, "Thumperr" from Timbers and "GOKU" from Estral Esports to ask about their team's chances this season, their opponents, and how well we can expect their sub-region to perform:
Congratulations on making it to the top-flight league in Mexico! Could you introduce your team to us?
Disclaimer: Thumperr also works as the Head of the Video Department at SiegeGG
How would you estimate your team's strength in this league and who do you anticipate being your main rivals?
What is your opinion of the new esports structure, with Mexico and South America being separated from Brazil?
The promotional image for the new LATAM leagues.
How has the quality of play in Mexico been and how far do you see it improving in the future under this new format?
Campeonato Sudamericano 2020
As above, eight more organisations have been invited to play in the South American Championship season to also play for the sub-regional title:
9z Team - denike, TomHagen, Skillz, zeta, Jager and RICK (their coach) Azules Esports - Elmuza, Elozo, Tucu, Nefu, Tilarian, L4ZinG Coscu Army - wikS, Pechito, Nest1n, shoxo, f0rb1, Novag3x and Alpaca (their coach and analyst) Furious Gaming - Yekko, Dauert, DirTy, PretzL, SUPREMAA Infamous Gaming - Nic00, Lautixs96, kurt, xChiLeaaN, Luimica, Smack1 and OneTap (their coach) LBS Esports - DarthYayo, DaKrozz, FlyKer, PepunY, el_barto, Sp3ct and SnowY (their coach) Malvinas Gaming - Ragn4r, Prede, Patan, Soco, Chainaa, D4riolos Nocturns Gaming - Masher7, HazeldorF, AtlaS, Kraften, Cueva and xChugo (their coach)
The South American Championship teams via @Rainbow6LATAM
Just like the Mexican teams, the top teams in the South American region largely split up since the last tournament, as the minimum age was raised from 16 to 18. Due to this 9z Team was able to come together, which includes players from the top two teams from the last Giants Showdown league -- Jager and RICK from Undead Gaming, and Dennis, TomHagen, and ZETA from Nocturns Gaming.
While this makes this team particularly of note, is that the changes also led to the ex-Challenger League qualified team of Furious to pick up the ex-Nocturns player of Yekko, while the final ex-Nocturns player of F0rb1 left to join Coscu Army.
The new Furios lineup via @FuriousGamingLA
Just as we did for Mexico, we also asked "F0rb1" from Coscu Army and "Jager" from 9z Team about their opponents and their region's chances this stage:
Congratulations on making it to the top-flight league in South America! Could you introduce your team to us?
How would you estimate your team's strength in this league and who do you anticipate being your main rivals?
What is your opinion of the new esports structure, with Mexico and South America being separated from Brazil?
The regional Divisions via @Rainbow6LATAM
How has the quality of play in South America been and how far do you see it improving in the future under this new format?
Schedule
These teams will kick off the Mexican Division on June 27th and the South American Division on July 2nd both in Spanish on the rainbow6latam Twitch channel, with no English language coverage currently confirmed.