Rainbow Six Siege’s Europe MENA League 2025 gets underway this summer, with Stage 1 beginning on June 16th.
UK Esports holds a strong hand in the opening stage of the tournament, with two teams based in England and Ireland competing in Stage 1.
There are 10 teams involved in the first stage of the event and with five places at the Esports World Cup 2025 up for grabs, the competition should be fiercer than ever before.
There is also a haul of ‘Six Invitational 2026 Points’ on offer for the top five teams, with the Stage 1 winners taking home a grand prize of 300 points while 2nd-5th split the remaining 300.
Europe MENA League 2025 – Stage 1 participants
See below for all of the teams competing in this year’s Stage 1, with Irish esports organisation WYLDE included after qualifying through the Challenger Series.
- G2 Esports
- Team BDS
- Team Secret
- Fnatic
- Team Falcons
- Wolves Esports
- Virtus.pro
- Gen.G Esports
- MACKO Esports
- WYLDE
Rainbow Six Siege MENA League Stage 1 format & schedule
Stage 1 gets underway on June 16th with the group phase, which takes place over the space of three weeks as all of the participating teams play each other once.
Following the group stage is a single round-robin style competition in a best of one format, with the top six teams then qualifying for the playoffs.
The playoffs take place between July 13-27th with a double elimination bracket deciding who meets in the Stage 1 Finals.
Teams that advance from the group stage as the top two seeds will automatically qualify for the BLAST R6 Major in November.
All dates for the BLAST Rainbow Six Siege season
- Regional Leagues Stage 1: From June to July
- Regional Leagues Stage 2: From August to October
- BLAST R6 Major: November
- Regional League Finals: December
- Six Invitational 2026 LCQ: From December to January
- Six Invitational 2026: February
