As we approach the start of the Six Invitational 2025, it's time to have a look at each one of the groups.
In this article, we have broken down the Six Invitational 2025 Group A. We have had a look at the teams included in the group, their results throughout the season, and the most interesting storylines that fans should follow in the early stages of the tournament.
Keep on reading to not miss out on anything!
Teams
Here's a look at the teams that will compete in the Six Invitational 2025 Group A:
Unwanted
Unwanted is the proof of how volatile esports can be. After Eric "Fettuccine" Tong assembled the Beastcoast roster for the 2024 season, the team quickly stole the show in the North America League 2024 Stage 1 as the roster became regional champions against all odds.
Beastcoast's hype train felt unstoppable. Despite a slow start in Manchester, the American side dramatically qualified for the BLAST R6 Major Manchester Finals and, after victories against tournament-favorites FaZe Clan, Team Liquid, and Team BDS, the roster unexpectedly won the first Major of the year.
The team's impressive results during the first half of the season were rewarded with a historical partnership between Cloud9 and Beastcoast for the reminder of the season. However, the collaboration wasn't as fruitful as expected as the Manchester champions failed to qualify for the Esports World Cup 2024 and the BLAST R6 Major Montreal.
Unfortunately for the roster, things got even worse in December as M80 acquired Beastcoast's esports and media assets. As a consequence, six months after winning the BLAST R6 Major Manchester, the players had to go organization-less — a position that hasn't changed yet.
With the changes, the lineup was also forced to make some roster tweaks as Ayden "dfuzr" Gabari and Shaun "Gunnar" Pottorff joined M80. The players were replaced by Adam "Atom" Gutiérrez and Mitch "Dream" Malson. Additionally, the roster welcomed the former DarkZero Esports coaching duo Kyle "Mint" Lander and Zachary "Nyx" Thomas.
Team Liquid
Team Liquid head to the Six Invitational 2025 after clinching some great results throughout the season. The roster's back-to-back semifinal finishes at the BLAST R6 Major Manchester and the Esports World Cup 2024 were followed by a disappointing performance at the BLAST R6 Major Montreal where the team missed out on the tournament's Finals despite winning their first two Swiss Stage matches.
Overall, Team Liquid's consistency has seen the Blue Cavalry getting international results that many teams would envy. Since joining Rainbow Six Siege, Team Liquid have never missed out on any Six Invitational. However, fans are still waiting for the team to do what a real international contender should do: winning trophies.
After back-to-back years where Team Liquid finished outside the Six Invitational Top 8, the Brazilians are obligated to produce a deep run in Boston. It's been five years since Team Liquid won an international Rainbow Six Siege championship and almost seven years since the organization's victory at the PL Season 7 Finals. Fans, and surely players too, want more than consistency. Will the Blue Cavalry deliver this time?
M80
M80's season has been full of ups and downs. The organization kicked off the season with the arrivals of Gabriel "cameram4n" Hespanhol, Adam "nudl" Hryceniak, and Ben "CTZN" McMillan, who completely transformed the team. A second-place finish in North America's first stage and a Top 8 finish at the BLAST R6 Major Manchester was a decent beginning.
However, the team's results took a nosedive after Manchester. M80 missed out on the Esports World Cup 2024 and the BLAST R6 Major Montreal after a surprising 0-2 defeat against Oxygen Esports, who had struggled to get the right results since the start of the second stage.
After securing a Six Invitational 2025 spot through the Global Standings, the team made the decision to part ways with Paul "Hyper" Kontopanagiotis, CTZN, and cameram4n and add three American players in Ayden "dfuzr" Gabari, Shaun "Gunnar" Pottorff, and Jaidan "Packer" Franz. The team also re-added Matheus "Budega" Figueiredo as the roster's head coach.
Team Joel
Do it for... the fish? The former Bleed Esports lineup will compete at the Six Invitational 2025 without an organization to represent and will play under the name of Team Joel. The name comes from the team's mascot, an inflatable fish that the players bought during their stay in Atlanta, United States.
Since Ubisoft revoked Bleed Esports' license due to a situation of unpaid salaries and prize pool money, the players negotiated with "numerous top tier organisations," according to Patrick "MentalistC" Fan's post on his personal X profile. Unfortunately, the negotiations didn't end as the players expected.
"Despite our high hopes of collaboration, during the negotiation process, details of our cooperation discussions were leaked online, alongside a series of unforeseen turn of events plunged us into disadvantageous negotiation position. Coupled with a multitude of complex factors, the signing had to be called off," the former Aerowolf, Fnatic, Giants Gaming, and Bleed Esports player revealed.
Since the team signed for Bleed Esports, the Asian roster has become the best team in the region. The team's best result at the Six Invitational came last year, when they finished in 9th - 12th place.
Throughout this season, the team qualified for the BLAST R6 Major Manchester and the Esports World Cup 2024. Eventually, they were confirmed to compete at the Six Invitational 2025 after finishing in 15th place in the Global Standings.
On January 12, Team Joel's roster was revealed as the players decided to replace Taylor "Terdsta" Ching with the addition of Adam "nudl" Hryceniak. Moreover, the players also welcomed Lukas "korey" Zwingmann as the team's new head coach following the departure of Julio "Julio" Giacomelli, and added the Chinese coach Liu "Nado" Zhenyu as the team's assistant coach.
G2 Esports
Overall, G2 Esports' season has been extremely shaky. The team managed to qualify through the Last Chance Qualifiers for both Manchester and Montreal, and qualified for the Six Invitational 2025 through Europe and MENA's Finals.
After being knocked out of the BLAST R6 Major Manchester following a surprising 1-2 defeat against FearX, G2 Esports took the decision to make two roster changes as they parted ways with Jake "Virtue" Grannan and Benjamin "Benjamaster" Dereli. Instead, they added Roberto "Loira" Camargo and Alexandre "BlaZ" Thomas.
While the changes initially seemed to work, the team's struggles didn't stop. In Montreal, the roster successfully got out of the tournament's first phase but was knocked out after a winless run in Montreal's Phase 2.
Ahead of the Six Invitational 2025 qualifiers, the roster made important internal changes and added Gabriel "cameram4n" Hespanhol as an assistant coach to help Matheus "Ramalho" Ramalho. Additionally, they named Aleksi "UUNO" Työppönen the team's new IGL. So far, so good.
Storylines and data
Here are the most exciting storylines in the Six Invitational 2025 Group A:
- What's the biggest fish to fry? Group A includes the two organization-less rosters in the competition, Unwanted and Team Joel.
- Two old friends have been reunited. The last time Adam "nudl" Hryceniak and Jake "Leadr" Fortunato played together was to represent Geekay Esports at the BLAST R6 Major Atlanta. The team ended up stealing the show as the roster became the first lineup from the MENA League to reach the Finals of an international Rainbow Six Siege competition.
- Teammates in the past, enemies in Boston. Adam "nudl" Hryceniak will play against M80 for the first time since parting ways with the team in July 2024. He will face his former teammates William "Spoit" Löfstedt and Leonardo "Kyno" Figueiredo.
- Never two without three. Team Liquid and G2 Esports faced in both Manchester and Montreal, which means Boston will be the third time the two teams clash this season. The Blue Cavalry currently leads this season's record with two victories.
- North American nightmare. Team Liquid has struggled when playing against North American teams this season. The roster's record against North American sides this season is three defeats and two wins. Two of those three defeats came against M80 and Beastcoast.
- The wanted against... the unwanted? Unwanted will play against the core's former teammates Ayden "dfuzr" Gabari and Shaun "Gunnar" Pottorff, who joined M80 after the green organization picked up Beastcoast's media and esports assets — which forced the BLAST R6 Major Manchester champions to compete organization-less at the Six Invitational 2025.
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