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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