WILDCARD CROWNED SIX MASTERS 2020 CHAMPIONS & ADVANCE TO SIX AUGUST 2020 MAJOR

Okami LFO & Pittsburgh Knights will also advance to compete for Global Points

Sydney, AUSTRALIA – July 17 – Today, Ubisoft announced that Wildcard have become the Six Masters 2020 Champions, taking home $15,000 AUD in prize money.

Okami LFO and Pittsburgh Knights battled it out in the Lower Bracket Final on Sunday July 5^th, with Okami LFO triumphing 2-0, which advanced them to the Bo5 Grand Final. Going in with a one map advantage, Wildcard were too dominant over Okami LFO, winning both matches back to back, and claiming the title of Six Masters 2020 champions.

The end of the Six Masters 2020 signifies the official transition to the Oceanic Nationals, the premier Rainbow Six Siege league of the Oceanic region.  

Pittsburgh Knights, Okami LFO and Wildcard all automatically advance to the Six August 2020 Major – Oceanic online event between August 3-9. The 2nd and 3rd ranked teams, Okami LFO and Pittsburgh Knights respectively, will compete in a Bo3 match, with the winner of that match to face the top-ranking team in Oceania, Wildcard, in a Bo5 Finals.

The Six August 2020 Major will have a separate $30,000 USD prize pool and will be split as follows:

• 1st place: $15,000 USD (~$21,000 AUD)
• 2nd place: $9,000 (~$13,500 AUD)
• 3rd place: $6,000 (~$8500 AUD)

As the regional leagues and the Six Majors are part of the journey towards a qualification to the Six Invitational, the revamp of the Six August 2020 Major has also led to adjustments to the way points for the Global Standings will be distributed during Stage 1. In order to maintain a point distribution that acknowledges online performances in Regional leagues, Global Points will be distributed for APAC as follow:

Stage 1 – Asia-Pacific Top 8

All games will also be livestreamed on official Rainbow6 channels below:

• Twitch:               twitch.tv/rainbow6
• Facebook:        facebook.com/rainbow6anz
• YouTube:          youtube/c/rainbow6esports
• Twitter:              twitter.com/rainbow6anz

For more information about the Six Masters 2020, the Oceanic Nationals and all Rainbow Six esports please visit the official website and follow us at twitter.com/rainbow6anz.

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