Six Invitational 2020: Main Stage preview

The main stage competition of the Rainbow Six Siege Invitational 2020 starts on February 14. Opening Ceremony will begin at 11:30 EST and run all the way until February 16.

There have already been shocking upsets to keep the viewers coming back. The reigning Raleigh Major champions Team Empire was eliminated by APAC favorite Fnatic. Fnatic also pushed back-to-back Six Invitational champions G2 Esports down to the loser bracket in the playoffs. Where Ninjas in Pyjamas (NiP) did not surrender a map to G2 eliminating them from contention.

With the two biggest EU teams eliminated before the main stage, BDS Esports is the final hope for EU. Including BDS, there are three NA teams Team Solo Mid (TSM), Spacestation Gaming (SSG) and DarkZero Esports, as well as APAC’s Fnatic and LATAM’s NiP.

North America will have a team in the final game of a Major championship game for the first time since the Paris Major in 2018, which was Evil Geniuses. An NA team has not won a major since 2017, Siege has been dominated by EU teams for the better part of 2 years.

Six teams will play a total of six matches to determine who the Six Invitational 2020 Champion will be.

Six teams. Six matches. One championship title. #SixInvitational

Upper bracket:@TSM vs. @SpacestationGG

Lower bracket:
@NiPGaming vs. @DarkZeroGG
@BDS_esport vs. @FNATIC pic.twitter.com/9CfElvz0UK