Ubisoft today unveiled the Six Invitational 2023 bracket after five days of a grueling group stage ended yesterday.
All of APAC -- Elevate, Dire Wolves, and CYCLOPS athlete gaming -- were eliminated, alongside the lowest-ranked team at the event, Europe's Team Secret.
Bracket
Format
The playoffs will feature a double-elimination bracket that will be BO3 all the way until the BO5 grand-final, which will not have any map advantage.
The top team in each group -- KOI, MNM Gaming, M80, and LOS oNe -- will head straight to the second round in the upper bracket. Meanwhile the second-placed teams -- G2 Esports, Soniqs, Team BDS, and Heroic -- will head to the first round of the upper bracket.
The second-placed teams got to pick their opponents in that first upper bracket round. Those teams will be the third-placed ones from the group stage -- w7m esports, Wolves Esports, Oxygen Esports, and DarkZero Esports.
Meanwhile, the fourth placed teams -- Spacestation Gaming, Team Liquid, Astralis, and FaZe Clan -- will head to the first round in the lower bracket.
Schedule & Year 8 Reveal
The playoffs will run from Feb. 13 until Feb. 19, when the grand-final will be played.
The future of Rainbow Six for Year 8 will also be revealed at the following times:
- Feb. 18 at 2:30 PM EST / 8:30 PM CET for the Year 8 Season 1 reveal.
- Feb. 19 at 2:00 PM EST / 8:00 PM CET for more details about all the features and updates coming in Year 8 and new details on the esports season in 2023
All you need to know
For everything else you may want to know about the Six Invitational 2023 from the schedule, to the Twitch drops, and merchandise options, check out our dedicated article!
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