The Benelux League kicks of with two qualifiers, that are open for every team. If you feel your team has what it takes to take part in the Benelux League, we welcome you to sign up. The best two teams from each qualifier will make it to the play-offs. Each game will be held in a best-of-1 format and the qualifiers will use the system of double elimination (meaning a team will have to lose twice, before it is eliminated from the competition). Each qualifier will take place over two days.
Qualifier 1: 8 & 9 March
Qualifier 2: 11 & 12 March
The qualifier play-offs are the next step after the qualifiers and will be the final stage before the start of the actual Benelux League. It will also be the place where the teams who fell out of the Benelux League in the previous year will join the action. Those teams (max. 4) will be seeded according to their performances in 2020. Teams from the qualifiers will be allocated at random. All open spots for the group stage will be filled after the play-offs. Each game will be held in a best-of-3 format and double elimination will be in effect (meaning a team will have to lose twice, before it is eliminated from the competition). The play-offs will take place over two days.
Play-off Day 1: 17 March
Play-off Day 2: 18 March
We will be handling the group stage slightly different this year. It will still be all about eight teams facing of in a double round robin, but we will reward more teams with a spot in the finals. This year the top six teams will advance to the finals later in the year. The best two teams after the group stage will get a big advantage in the finals, so every win counts.
Group Stage Round 1: 7 April until 5 May
Transfer period: 24 May until 06 June
Group Stage Round 2: 9 June until 21 July
The final stage of the Benelux League will be the finals, with the six best teams from the group stage. In the finals we will hold a single elimination bracket, where the best two teams from the group stage will immediately advance to the semi-finals. The other four teams will duke it out for the other two spots. The winners of the semi-finals will of course face off in the grand finals, where we will crown the next Rainbow Six Siege Benelux League Champion.
All games will be played in a best-of-3, except the Grand Final, which will be played to a best-of-5.
Finals Day 1: 6 August
Finals Day 2: 7 August
Finals Day 3: 8 August
More information about the finals will be shared at a later date.
If your team makes it through to the group stage, we have an awesome prize pool for you! €12,000 will get divided among the best teams of the Benelux League, and the final €3,000 will be part of our fairplay fee, which will be divided under the teams from the group stage that have maintained fair play throughout the competition
If your team makes it through to the group stage, we have an awesome prize pool for you! €12,000 will get divided among the best teams of the Benelux League, and the final €3,000 will be part of our fairplay fee, which will be divided under the teams from the group stage that have maintained fair play throughout the competition
