Six Invitational

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.

Six Invitational

Sport	Rainbow Six Siege
Founded	2015; 10 years ago (2015)
Administrator	Ubisoft
No. of teams	6 teams (2017) 16 teams (2018–2020) 20 teams (2021–present)
Venue(s)	Rotating locations
Most recent champion(s)	FaZe Clan (1st title)
Most titles	G2 Esports (2 titles)
Broadcaster(s)	Twitch, YouTube
Tournament format	Group stage Round robin Main event Double elimination
Official website	ubisoft.com/esports/rainbow-six/siege

The most recent champion is FaZe Clan, who won Six Invitational 2025 after a runner-up finish the year prior.

Format

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.^[1] These changes to the competitive scene have been compared to that of Dota 2 and League of Legends.

Tournaments

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[2]	Team Empire		$2,000,000	11–17 February	Place Bell (Montreal)
2020	Spacestation Gaming[3]	Ninjas in Pyjamas		$3,000,000	7–16 February
2021	Ninjas in Pyjamas[4]	Team Liquid	20		11–23 May	Palais Brongniart (Paris)
2022	TSM[5]	Team Empire			8–20 February	Stockholmsmässan (Stockholm)
2023	G2 Esports[6]	w7m esports			7–19 February	Place Bell (Montreal)
2024	w7m esports[7]	FaZe Clan			13–25 February	Ginásio do Ibirapuera (São Paulo)[8]
2025	FaZe Clan	Team BDS			3–16 February	MGM Music Hall at Fenway (Boston)

Regions which have reached the final

Region	Titles	Runner-up
North America (North American League)	4 (2017 Xbox, 2017 PC, 2020, 2022)	2 (2017 PC, 2018)
Europe (European League)	3 (2018, 2019, 2023)	4 (2017 Xbox, 2019, 2022, 2025)
Brazil (Copa Elite Six/Brazil League)	3 (2021, 2024, 2025)	4 (2020, 2021, 2023, 2024)
Asia Pacific (APAC League)	–	–