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Ubisoft shakes up Rainbow Six Challengers qualifiers for 2025
Rainbow Six Siege pro player Jaime ‘Cyber’ Ramos at the 2025 Six invitational. Image credit: Adela Sznajder, Ubisoft via Flickr. Following this year’s Six Invitational 2025, Ubisoft reveals changes to Rainbow Six Siege’s (R6) Challenger Series 2025 qualifiers. Upcoming competitions will see Tier 2 rosters compete for a place in R6’s regional top-flight leagues. However, … Continued The post Ubisoft shakes up Rainbow Six Challengers qualifiers for 2025 appeared first on Esports Insider.
Following this year’s Six Invitational 2025, Ubisoft reveals changes to Rainbow Six Siege’s (R6) Challenger Series 2025 qualifiers.
Upcoming competitions will see Tier 2 rosters compete for a place in R6’s regional top-flight leagues. However, this year multiple regions are being merged to create four top-flight competitions.
A lot was revealed at the 2025 Six Invitational, including further insights into Rainbow Six Siege X. Amidst the excitement, Ubisoft was eager to share changes coming to the esports scene this year.
The R6 2025 roadmap revealed how the nine leagues are merging, as top-flight competitions now encompass multiple regions in efforts to streamline the global league. These include:
- Europe MENA League (EML): Bringing together teams from Europe, MENA, and Turkey.
- South America League (SAL): Combining Brazil and South Latin America to a single league.
- North America League (NAL): Merging North America, Central America, Ecuador, and Columbia.
- Asian Pacific League (APL): Introducing three subdivisions. APAC North, joining Japan and Korea; Asia, including teams from South-East and South Asia area; Oceania, bringing Australia, New Zealand, and Polynesia together.
EML, SAL, and NAL will feature ten teams each: comprised of five partnered, three affiliated, and two challenger series teams. APL will function differently as the sole league with three sub-divisions.
R6 Leagues Explained
All leagues, aside from the APL, will each feature four challenger series open qualifiers. Sign-ups are now open for players wanting a shot at the R6 regional closed qualifiers, otherwise known as the Challenger Series.
The challenger series will take place from March to April 2025 and offers the opportunity for Tier 2 rosters to earn a place in the top-flight R6 regional leagues.
Regional leagues will have two stages. Each team will compete in a round-robin format with a six-team playoff per stage. Once stage two is complete, the top four teams will move forward to the November majors.
Come December, stages one and two will determine the six teams that will face off for the regional champion title.
APLs subdivisions will compete similarly to the other three leagues. The differences begin at Stage 2, opening the way to a LAN major qualifier before the top four teams move on to the November major.
Alongside this, the top 2 teams from every subdivision, APAC North, Asia, and Oceania, will compete in APLs Regional Finals to decide who is the best R6 team amongst them.
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