The Esports World Cup entered August with a bang, opening the second half of the massive celebration of esports with Rainbow Six Siege on July 31. 16 teams from across the globe battled for one of the largest prize pools in the esport’s history—a massive $2 million USD.
Teams also competed for EWC Club Championship points on their way to the major prize. It was the third top-tier tournament of the calendar year for Rainbow Six and set up the road to Montreal for the BLAST Major in November.
Here’s everything you’ll need to know about Rainbow Six Siege at Esports World Cup 2024: Full schedule, teams, scores, streams, and more.
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Esports World Cup 2024 Rainbow Six Siege format and teams
The Esports World Cup Rainbow Six Siege tournament for 2024 consisted of 16 teams, all of which qualified for the event in their respective regions. They converged on Riyadh on July 31 to kick off the event, which began with two eight-team group stages.
Each group featured a double-elimination format with upper bracket matches best-of-one and lower bracket matches best-of-three. The top four teams (two from uppers, two from lowers) from each group qualified for the playoffs.
There’s no holding back in the playoffs: The eight teams got just one life in the single-elimination bracket on their way to the grand final and a shot at that $750,000 purse. Here are the teams that qualified for the Rainbow Six Siege event in Saudi Arabia.
| Qualifier Region | Team(s) |
|---|---|
| Brazil Four teams | FaZe Clan w7m Esports Team Liquid FURIA |
| North America Three teams | DarkZero Luminosity Gaming Spacestation Gaming |
| Europe Three teams | Team BDS Wolves Esports Into The Breach |
| Latin America One team | Team Cruelty |
| Asia One team | Bleed Esports |
| South Korea One team | PSG Talon |
| Japan One team | SCARZ |
| Oceania One team | Team Bliss |
| Middle East and North Africa One team | Geekay Esports |
Esports World Cup 2024 Rainbow Six Siege schedule and results
Group stage
All match times below are in Central Time (CT).
Group A
Wednesday, July 31
- 5am: BDS 7-4 Cruelty | Spacestation 3-7 w7m
- 6:20am: Luminosity 3-7 Bliss | PSG Talon 2-7 Liquid
- 7:40am: BDS 7-2 w7m
- Winner proceeds to playoffs.
- 9am:
- Bliss 4-7 Liquid
- Winner proceeds to playoffs.
- Cruelty 0-2 Spacestation | Luminosity 2-0 Talon
- Losers are eliminated.
- Bliss 4-7 Liquid
Thursday, Aug. 1
- 10am:
- Bliss 0-2 Spacestation | w7m 2-0 Luminosity
- Winners proceed to playoffs, losers are eliminated.
- Bliss 0-2 Spacestation | w7m 2-0 Luminosity
Group B
Wednesday, July 31
- 5am: DarkZero 7-4 Geekay | Into The Breach 4-7 FURIA
- 6:20am: Wolves 4-7 Bleed | SCARZ 4-7 FaZe
- 12pm: DarkZero 7-8 FURIA | Bleed 8-7 FaZe
- Winners proceed to playoffs.
- 1:20pm: Geekay 0-2 Into The Breach | Wolves 0-2 SCARZ
- Losers are eliminated.
Thursday, Aug. 1
- 1pm: FaZe 2-1 Into The Breach | DarkZero 2-0 SCARZ
- Winners proceed to playoffs, losers are eliminated.
Playoffs
All match times are in Central Time (CT).
Friday, Aug. 2
- 10am: Liquid 2-1 DarkZero
- Liquid win 8-7 (Consulate).
- DarkZero win 7-4 (Kafe Dostoyevsky)
- Liquid win 7-3 (Clubhouse).
- 10am: Bleed 0-2 w7m
- w7m win 7-3 (Consulate).
- w7m win 7-1 (Skyscraper).
- 1pm: BDS 2-1 FaZe
- FaZe win 7-5 (Nighthaven Labs).
- BDS win 7-0 (Bank).
- BDS win 7-2 (Skyscraper).
Saturday, Aug. 3
- 10am: Liquid 0-2 w7m
- 1pm: BDS 2-0 FURIA
Sunday, Aug. 4
- 11am: w7m 0-3 BDS
