Blast R6 Major Manchester: Schedule, teams, livestream details, and more

After Siege Invitational 2024 in Brazil, Rainbow Six Esports is back with Blast R6 Major Manchester in England. The event is coming up soon and players are getting ready to show they're the best by winning the big trophy. The Blast R6 Major taking place in Manchester will kick things off on May 16 and end on May 26, 2024.

If you are a die-hard fan of the Rainbow Six Esports scene and want to know more details about the event, you can check out all the available information below.

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Blast R6 Major Manchester: Format, teams, venue, and prize pool

Format

The event will be divided into three phases

Phase 1 - Group Stage

Eight teams will face off against each other in a double-bracket system. Only four will qualify to Phase 2 and the rest will move to the loser bracket. The match will be decided in a Best-of-3 (Bo3) format.

Phase 2 - Swiss Stage

The four winners from the previous stage will join the eight who directly qualified for Phase 2. This phase will be following a Swiss format; a team will be allowed a maximum of three losses, after which they will be disqualified.

Regular games will be Best-of-1, while Elimination ones will be Best-of-3s. Out of the 12, only eight teams will qualify for the next phase.

Phase 3 - Playoffs

The last part of the Blast R6 Major Manchester will have the teams fighting for the top spot. Quarter and Semi-Finals will be Best-of-3 games and the Grand Finale will be Best-of-5.

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Teams

The following teams will participate in the Blast R6 Major Manchester:

North Americas

• SpaceStation Gaming
• M80
• DarkZero Esports
• Beastcoast

Europe

• Team BDS
• Team Secret
• Into The Breach
• Europe League 2024 Last Chance Qualifier (LCQ)

Brazil

• FaZe Clan
• E1 Esports
• Furia Esports
• Brazil League 2024 Last Chance Qualifier (LCQ)

Japan

• SCARZ
• CAG Osaka

South Korea

• PSG Talon
• FearX

Oceania

• Team Bliss

LATAM

• LATAM League 2024 Last Chance Qualifier (LCQ)

Asia

• Bleed Esports

MENA

• Geekay Esports

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Venue

The Blast R6 Major Manchester will take place in the B.E.C Arena located in Manchester, United Kingdom, from May 16 to May 26, 2024.

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Prize Pool

Alongside a gigantic cash prize of $750,000, the participating teams will also receive SI Points that will give them a bit of advantage over others in the next Siege Invitational taking place in 2025.

Although Ubisoft has yet to reveal how the cash prize will be distributed, we do have some information about the SI Point distribution.

1st	350 Points
2nd	260 Points
3rd to 4th	200 Points
5th to 8th	170 Points
11th to 12th	105 Points
13th to 14th	65 Points
15th to 16th	55 Points
17th to 20th	45 Points

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Schedule

Note: We will be updating this section with information as soon as matches are confirmed by Ubisoft.

Ubisoft has yet to unveil the final schedule of the upcoming Rainbow Six Siege Esports event, but we do know the dates of the various phases.

• Phase 1: May 16 to May 17
• Phase 2: May 19 to May 22
• Phase 3: May 24 to May 26

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Where to watch Blast R6 Major Manchester livestream

You will be able to watch the Blast R6 Major Manchester event on any official Rainbow Six Siege channel on Twitch and YouTube. Here are the official channels that will broadcast the event as it goes live on May 16, 2024.

• Watch on the Official Rainbow6 channel on Twitch - Click Here
• Watch on the Official Rainbow Six Esports channel on YouTube - Click Here

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