UK esports organisation Tenstar have won the Rainbow Six Siege UK & Ireland Nationals (UKIN) Rainbow Rumble.
They defeated Looking For Org 3-0 in the final on the weekend to take the £7,500 top prize, with the runners-up leaving with £5,500.
Tenstar and Looking For Org have also separately qualified for Division 1 of the next main UKIN league for 2022, after beating Into the Breach and JLingz Esports respectively in the Premier Division playoffs.
Going back to the Rainbow Rumble, UK org MNM Gaming had previously reached the upper bracket final, however they had to leave the tournament early as it clashed with the Six Invitational (which MNM recently qualified for). This meant that Tenstar had an automatic win against MNM in the upper bracket final, while Looking For Org did the same in the lower bracket final.
Despite this, MNM technically finished third in the tournament, and Viperio finished fourth. But it was Tenstar who secured first place:
The Rainbow Six Siege UKIN Rainbow Rumble featured £25,000 in prizing for 20 teams in the UK, Ireland and Europe, and was first announced last October.
Will Attwood, former esports marketing manager for Ubisoft UK, previously said: “With downtime after the Summer Season and players looking ahead to qualifying for the Challenger League in 2022, we want to give local players and teams the experience and opportunity to play in a competitive ecosystem and hone their skills against some of the best teams ahead of the 2022 competitive season.”
“We are super proud of the boys and their commitment and skill shown throughout this event.”
Tom Roderick, Tenstar
Tenstar CEO Tom Roderick said on the Tenstar website: “We are super proud of the boys and their commitment and skill shown throughout this event.
“It was never in doubt that we were top contenders and I’m glad we delivered and hopefully showed our worth ahead of our hopefully upcoming promotion.”
Tenstar’s Siege team had been bootcamping at Warwick University’s esports centre, which opened last year:
Elsewhere, in Valorant, UK orgs Tenstar and Guild finished in the top three at the Valorant Game Changers EMEA Series 1 on the weekend.
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Dom is an award-winning writer and finalist of the Esports Journalist of the Year 2023 award. He graduated from Bournemouth University with a 2:1 degree in Multi-Media Journalism in 2007.
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