Six Invitational (SI) is an annual

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tournament for the five-on-five

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video game ''

Rainbow Six Siege ''Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege'' is an online tactical shooter video game developed by Ubisoft Montreal and published by Ubisoft. It was released worldwide for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One on December 1, 2015; the game w ...

''. Produced by the game's developer

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, Six Invitational is the final event of the competitive ''Siege'' season and consists of 20 teams: 16 based on final results from the Season Global Standings; and four from Europe, North America, Latin America, and

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regional qualifiers. SI was first held in

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, home of the Ubisoft studio working on the game, until it began to be hosted internationally starting with Six Invitational 2021. The most recent champion is

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, who won Six Invitational 2023, thus becoming the first team to win Six Invitational more than once.

Format

The Six Invitational 2020 announced enormous changes to both the game itself and the competitive scene. The changes included the end of Pro League and a new points-based system. These changes to the competitive scene have been compared to that of ''

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'' and ''

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Tournaments

Regions which have reached the final

References

External links

* {{Main world championships Ubisoft Recurring sporting events established in 2017 Esports tournaments