The 2021 season of Rainbow Six European League is here, and Ubisoft has now revealed the schedule, prize pool, and more additional details.
Stage 1 of the new European League kicks off on March 18th and will feature two new organizations of Cowana Gaming and TrainHard Esport. So here’s everything you need to know about the upcoming EUL Season (via Ubisoft).
PARTICIPATING TEAMS
- Team Vitality
- Team Secret
- Team Empire
- TrainHard Esport
- Rogue
- BDS Esports
- G2 Esports
- Virtus.pro
- Natus Vincere
- Cowana Gaming
PLAYDAY 1
STAGE 1 ADJUSTED CALENDAR
“For 2021, we have decided to spread the 9 playdays over 7 weeks instead of 5, with only one match per week for each team, on Mondays, starting at 6PM CET. This will give the teams more time to prepare for their match.”
“The last two playdays will be played on a weekend, on the 7th week; a special occasion that will bring an extra dose of excitement as the teams define their final stage ranking in an all-or-nothing showdown.”
Note: to leave room for the Six Invitational 2021, the calendar for Stage 1 has been adjusted.
MAP POOL
In this upcoming season, Ubisoft has decided to replace Theme Park with the reworked Chalet for all the four regions.
OPERATOR POOL
Tachanka and Aruni have finished their grace period and will now be added to the European League operator pool.
Competitive format
The same online best-of-one matches with the round-robin system return in EUL, which is now also the case for the NAL (offline matches) and the APAC region. However, in this new season, there will be no draws as matches will now go in overtime.
A regular win is rewarded with 3 points, while a loss gives 0 points. When the two teams fight up to the overtime, the winner gets 2 points while the loser gets 1 point.
European League prizepool
European League Stage 1, 2 and 3, with €50,000 each
| 1st place | USD $15,000 |
| 2nd place | USD $10,000 |
| 3rd place | USD $7,500 |
| 4th place | USD $6,000 |
| 5th place | USD $4,000 |
| 6th place | USD $3,000 |
| 7th place | USD $2,500 |
| 8th place | USD $2,000 |
| 9th place | / |
| 10th place | / |
Additionally, teams qualified for the European League Finals may receive a share of the dedicated €100,000 prize pool of the event as follows:
| 1st place | USD $50,000 |
| 2nd place | USD $25,000 |
| 3rd place | USD $15,000 |
| 4th place | USD $10,000 |
In addition, teams that would have qualified to the cancelled May Major, will still receive a fair share of the overall May Major prize pool, based on their performance in Stage 1.
May Major prize pool split
| 1st place | USD $62,500 |
| 2nd place | USD $31,250 |
| 3rd place | USD $18,750 |
| 4th place | USD $12,500 |
The new season kicks off on March 18th at at 6PM CET, and you can catch the live action on Twitch and Youtube.
