Rainbow Six reveals European Tier 2 esports roadmap

Ubisoft has unveiled a full roadmap for Rainbow Six Siege‘s European Tier 2 circuit for the 2025/2026 season.

This year’s circuit features drastic changes, including point allocation, featured competitions, roster requirements and more.

In the blog post online, Ubisoft highlighted how it was expanding its Tier 2 R6 circuit. Previously, Circuit points could only be acquired through the three primary tournaments Central Combine, South Breach and North Rainbow Rumble. For the 2025 and 2026 seasons, points can be earned through any ‘partnered secondary tournaments’ in Europe.

This year, the circuit will undergo several updates and changes. Both Middle East and North America will now be eligible to compete in the European Tier 2 circuit. According to the blog post, there will also be new uplift rules and transfer windows, alongside updates to roster requirements and circuit point allocations.

Ubisoft shared more detailed surrounding its three primary tournaments; Central Combine, South Breach and North Rainbow Rumble.

In the post online, Ubisoft wrote: “Each primary tournament allows teams to play for a prize pool of €20,000 (~£17,200) per event, with the T2 Grand Final event at the end of the year adding €15,000 (~£12,600) on top for a total €75,000 (~£63,000) prize pool, plus granting access to advanced stages of Challenger Series 2026!”

Central Combine will run from June to August, followed by Rainbow Rumble from August to September and then South Breach will run from September to November. Details for the latter two have yet to be revealed, however specific dates and formats for Central Combine were shared online.

Central Combine will run from June 21st to August 2nd, 2025. It will begin with the qualifiers for the first two weekends. Teams ranking in the Top 16 will then progress to phase two: the Division Clash.

Division Clash will take place from July 5th-6th, 2025. Sixteen teams will split into four divisions across two conferences, and after two rounds, 12 teams advance to the next phase.

Phase three will feature Conference Clash, from July 12th to July 13th, 2025. Split into two conferences, each team plays a total of six matches, and the top six teams will advance to the playoffs.

The playoff bracket will take place from July 19th to July 20th, and will be single elimination. However, the top two teams from the Conference Clash will be granted a ‘free buy.’ Finally, the offline finals will take place on August 2nd in Düsseldorf, Germany.