As we're getting closer to the end of Season 2022, the European teams are ready to battle it out for the prize pool, and the Challenger League title.

As announced in our previous blogpost, there will be no promotion/relegation matches between Season 2022 and Season 2023 of the European League. Instead, teams that would have been eligible for promotions, or promotion matches will see their performance rewarded by a substantial advantage in the qualification path leading to our international events next year.

Here's all you need to know about this edition.

Group Stage: October 14 to October 23

• Group Stage Day 1: October 14
• Group Stage Day 2: October 15
• Group Stage Day 3: October 16
• Group Stage Day 4: October 21
• Group Stage Day 5: October 22
• Group Stage Day 6: October 23

Playoffs: November 7 to December 4.

• Playday 1: November 7
• Playday 2: November 10
• Playday 3: November 14
• Playday 4: November 17
• Playday 5: December 2
• Playday 6: December 3
• Playday 7: December 4

European Finals: December. More information will be shared later on.

participating teams

This season, the qualified teams include:

8 teams qualified through the European Nationals:

• Spain Nationals: Rebels Gaming
• Italy PG Nationals: MKERS
• French League: Acend
• Northern Premier League: TENSTAR, Victus
• Benelux League: Activit-E Esports
• V4 Masters: LAN Party Hotel
• GSA League: WYLDE

The 8 teams from the European Challenger League Qualifiers:

• MNM Academy
• DeathRow
• Viperio 86
• JLINGZ Esports
• Ovation Esport
• VYALIE PITONI
• COALESCE
• Les Pichichiiii

competitive structure

16 teams divided in 4 groups of 4 will compete in a Best of 1 Double Round Robin - where each team play against every other team in their group twice: 

group a

Victus

Rebels Gaming

JLINGZ Esports

VYALIE PITONI

group b

Activit-E

LAN Party Hotel

Ovation Esport

DeathRow

group c

Acend

WYLDE

Viperio 86

COALESCE

group d

TENSTAR

MKERS

MNM Academy

Les Pichichiiii

The top 2 teams in each group will advance to the Playoffs, which will be played in a Best of 3 Double Elimination bracket. The Grand Final will be played in a Best of 3.

prize pool

The total prize pool for the competition is €50,000. The prize money will be broken down as follows:

• 1st place: €15,000
• 2nd place: €10,000
• 3rd-4th place: €7,500
• 5th-8th place: €2,500

where to watch

The Group Stages will be broadcast through community broadcasts. More details will be shared later on.

The Playoffs will be broadcast from our studio in Paris, France, on our usual Rainbow Six Esports channels on Twitch and YouTube.

To learn more about Rainbow Six Esports, please visit www.rainbow6.com/esports and follow us at twitter.com/R6esports and Instagram.com/R6esports.

For all things European League, please follow twitter.com/R6esportsEU.