November to 29th November and will be split into three tournaments, tailored to the competitive structure of the Asia-Pacific region: the North Division and South Division, encompassing the South Asia and Oceania tournaments.
In the North Division tournament, the six top-ranking teams at the end of Stage 2 will battle each other in a single elimination bracket:
- Giants Gaming
- CYCLOPS athlete gaming
- Cloud9
- Xavier Esports
- FAV Gaming
- GUTS Gaming
In the South Asian tournament, the four best teams from the South Asian Nationals will also play in a single elimination bracket:
- MercenarieZ
- Union Gaming
- L2K
- MonkaS
Lastly, in the Oceanic tournament, the top three teams from the Oceanic Nationals will compete in a single elimination tournament with Wildcard starting directly in the Grand Final:
- Pittsburgh Knights
- Okami LFO
- Wildcard Gaming
The tournament will see the participants battle it out for the crown of their respective tournament as well as for a share of the USD $125,000 total prize pool.
To watch the Asia-Pacific November Six Major online, tune in on Twitch and YouTube on the following dates:
- Tuesday, 24th November starting at 9am GMT:
- North Division Quarter-Finals Game 1: FAV gaming vs Xavier Gaming
- North Division Quarter-Finals Game 2: Cloud9 vs GUTS Gaming
- Wednesday, 25th November starting at 9am GMT:
- North Division first Semi-Final: CYCLOPS athlete gaming vs Cloud9 / GUTS Gaming
- North Division second Semi-Final: Giants vs FAV gaming /Xavier Gaming
- Thursday, 26th November starting at 8am GMT:
- Oceanic Preliminary Final: Pittsburgh Knights vs Okami LFO
- South Asia first Semi-Final: MercenarieZ vs MonkaS
- South Asia second Semi-Final: Union Gaming vs L2K
- Friday, 27th November starting at 11:30pm GMT:
- South Asia Grand Final
- Saturday, 28th November starting at 8am GMT:
- Oceania Grand Final: Wildcard Gaming vs winner of preliminary Final
- Sunday, 29th November starting at 9:30am GMT:
- North Division Grand Final
The Quarter-Finals and Semi-Finals, as well as the Oceanic preliminary Final, will be played using a best-of-three format; the Grand Finals, in turn, will be played in a best-of-five format.
All fans that choose to follow the streams on Twitch will be happy to learn that, following the tradition of the Six Major tournaments, in-game Charms will be available through Twitch Drops. Six levels of exclusive Charms will be included. More details on this can be found at rainbow6.com/APACNovemberSixMajor.
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