Update: The first Northern Premier League finals were won by Tenstar, who secured a 3-2 victory over Heroic in the grand final.
Original article: Ubisoft has announced that the Rainbow Six Siege esports Northern Premier League finals (NPL) will be taking place at the University of York this month.
No audience will be on-site for the event, but it will be streamed live on the Twitch NPL stream from 11am BST each day, on Saturday September 24th (semi-finals) and Sunday September 25th 2022 (grand finals).
The four finalist teams are Heroic, Viperio 86, Victus (who finished third in a recent Gamers Without Borders event) and Tenstar. Heroic will face Victus first at 11am, and Tenstar will play against Viperio 86 at 12.30pm on the Saturday. These were to be best-of-ones but Tenstar Ken said they were changed to best-of-threes after Tenstar complained. Then, the lower and upper bracket best-of-three semi-finals will take place.
The lower bracket final and overall grand final will then take place on the Sunday.
The Northern Premier League in Siege was first announced earlier this year. It’s a multi-region local league consisting of players from the UK, Ireland and Nordic regions.
In terms of broadcast talent at the finals, there will be UK talent Demo, XRTROIKA, Dean0 and GraceV, as well as Nordic talent Snurreleif and Ub3ros.
During the matches, Croatian talent Med1cz will be showcasing the plays, while Dutch host Giniro and UK analyst Gerry will be keeping the fans entertained on the desk.
Looking at the prize pool, the first place team will take home €7,500, second €5,500, third €3,500 and fourth will receive €2,500.
The news comes after the Rainbow Six Siege Northern Premier League playoffs teams were confirmed, with Heroic winning the regular season.
Elsewhere, UK esports organisations Tenstar and Viperio have also already qualified for the higher-tier 2022 European Challenger League.
And a few months ago, Ubisoft announced the next season of the UK Ireland Nationals (UKIN) in Rainbow Six Siege, which serve as the proving ground for UK and Ireland teams to earn a spot in the NPL.
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.
As a long-time gamer having first picked up the NES controller in the late ’80s, he has written for a range of publications including GamesTM, Nintendo Official Magazine, industry publication MCV and others. He worked as head of content for the British Esports Federation up until February 2021, when he stepped back to work full-time on Esports News UK and offer esports consultancy and freelance services. Note: Dom still produces the British Esports newsletter on a freelance basis, so our coverage of British Esports is always kept simple – usually just covering the occasional press release – because of this conflict of interest.
