Blast R6 Major Manchester: Schedule, teams, livestream details, and more

After Siege Invitational 2024 in Brazil, Rainbow Six Esports is back with Blast R6 Major Manchester in England. The event is coming up soon and players are getting ready to show they're the best by winning the big trophy. The Blast R6 Major taking place in Manchester will kick things off on May 16 and end on May 26, 2024.

If you are a die-hard fan of the Rainbow Six Esports scene and want to know more details about the event, you can check out all the available information below.

The event will be divided into three phases

Eight teams will face off against each other in a double-bracket system. Only four will qualify to Phase 2 and the rest will move to the loser bracket. The match will be decided in a Best-of-3 (Bo3) format.

The four winners from the previous stage will join the eight who directly qualified for Phase 2. This phase will be following a Swiss format; a team will be allowed a maximum of three losses, after which they will be disqualified.

Regular games will be Best-of-1, while Elimination ones will be Best-of-3s. Out of the 12, only eight teams will qualify for the next phase.

The last part of the Blast R6 Major Manchester will have the teams fighting for the top spot. Quarter and Semi-Finals will be Best-of-3 games and the Grand Finale will be Best-of-5.

The following teams will participate in the Blast R6 Major Manchester:

The Blast R6 Major Manchester will take place in the B.E.C Arena located in Manchester, United Kingdom, from May 16 to May 26, 2024.

Alongside a gigantic cash prize of $750,000, the participating teams will also receive SI Points that will give them a bit of advantage over others in the next Siege Invitational taking place in 2025.

Although Ubisoft has yet to reveal how the cash prize will be