With South Breach and the last few partner tournaments ongoing, we are heading toward the end of EML Challenger Circuit 2026.

Dedicated to all aspiring professional players and teams in Europe and MENA region as their dedicated path to pro, The EML Challenger Circuit included all 3 primary tournaments organized by Ubisoft and 13 partnered third parties.

During 2026, circuit points were accumulated across our tournaments North Rainbow Rumble, Central Combine and South Breach, and earned also through partnered secondary tournaments across Europe and MENA.

Today we are happy to announce that the best 4 teams from the circuit leaderboard will compete online during EML Challenger Circuit Playoffs to get a chunk of the 15,000 € prize pool, in a double elimination bracket with BO3 matches on November 3, 4 and 5.

Moreover, the best two teams coming from the playoffs will compete in a BO5 offline Grand Final on the stage of the Esports Arena Powered by PG Esports, during Milan Games Week & Cartoomics 2026 in Fiera Milano (Italy) on November 27.

Tickets for Milan Games Week & Cartoomics are already on sale here.

These two best teams will also get access to advanced Stage of Challenger Finals (formerly known as Challenger Series).

The Challenger Finals will take place in early March 2027, and the best teams of this competition will eventually get promoted in EML 2027.

Stay tuned for more info on Challenger Finals.

schedule

November 3, 4, 5 – Online playoffs November 27 – Grand Final, live from Esports Arena Powered by PG Esports (Hall 24) at Milan Games Week & Cartoomics.

prize pool

broadcast

EML Challenger Circuit Playoffs will be broadcasting all games on Twitch through the Rainbow6 and Rainbow6Bravo channels.

Community streams will be also available, so if you want to join, please check the official Discord server for full details.

six invitational 2027 last chance qualifiers

We are also very glad to announce today another improvement to the Challenger Circuit format: The two best teams from Challenger Circuit 2026 will get a direct slot to the Six Invitational Last Chance Qualifier Finals for SI 2027 in São Paulo.

These two teams will skip the SI LCQ Open Qualifiers and will be part of the eight teams that have qualified for the finals, which will take place in early January 2027.

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Stay tuned for more announcements concerning the EML Challenger Circuit!