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Esports World Cup: Rainbow Six Siege officially underway in day of dominance for European esports giants

Esports World Cup: Rainbow Six Siege officially underway in day of dominance for European esports giants

Rainbow Six Siege made its highly anticipated Esports World Cup debut in Riyadh on Wednesday afternoon as the $2 million tournament kicked off the Week 5 schedule in scintillating fashion.

With a $750,000 first prize on offer alongside 1,000 EWC Club Championship points and the Rainbow Six Siege championship, Switzerland’s Team BDS and the Netherlands’ Team Liquid produced impressive showings in a day of dominance for the European continent – demonstrating their title credentials by storming into the quarter-finals.

In the upper bracket of Group A, Team BDS became the first team through to the competition’s latter stages, seeing off Team Cruelty 7-4 before registering a convincing 7-2 win against w7m esports to seal qualification. On the other side of the Group A draw, Team Liquid was in equally devasting form, beating PSG Talon 7-2 and Team Bliss 7-4 to book their place in Friday’s quarter-finals.

Audiences also enjoyed Rainbow Six Siege into the evening as two more clubs booked their places in the latter stages. The Group B upper bracket semi-finals saw Brazil’s FURIA defeat DarkZero and Singapore’s Bleed beat FaZe Clan to progress.

The Esports World Cup is the pinnacle of professional esports – running from July 3 – August 25 with 22 tournaments across 21 titles throughout its eight-week duration.

Rainbow Six Siege runs throughout Week 5 – welcoming 16 clubs from the Americas, Asia, Europe, Oceania, and the Middle East. For more information on scheduling and results, please visit the Esports World Cup website.

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