Start your Rainbow Six Siege esports journey with the FPL

Start your Rainbow Six Siege esports journey with the FPL

August 27, 2020

Start your Rainbow Six Siege esports journey with the FPL With over 60 million players in its community and over 40 pro teams in its esports scene competing in Europe, North America, Asia-Pacific and Latin America, the Rainbow Six Esports ecosystem has been growing rapidly. To help streamline the development of the game’s competitive and grassroot scene, Ubisoft and FACEIT are happy to announce the kick-off of the FPL. Available for PC players in Europe, the FPL will stand as an independent circuit running in parallel to the existing National and Regional Leagues, to provide current professional players with a highly competitive training ground and at the same time, offer a new platform for aspiring talent.

Launched on August 25th, the FPL brings together rising talents and top professional players from the European region along with a $5,000 monthly cash prize. Through this new format, Siege’s rising stars will get the chance to join the competitive community of professional players to further learn, develop, and receive increased visibility within the professional circuit.

what is the fpl?

The FPL allows top professional and up-and-coming players to face each other in a highly competitive and moderated solo-queue environment. Through this unique setting, the FPL combines an excellent playing experience for professional players as well as an opportunity to discover, develop and promote new talents within the Rainbow Six Siege esports scene.

In a true path-to-pro spirit, the FPL is open to anyone via an open qualification system. Start playing and compete in FACEIT’s daily and weekly competitions to earn your rank and hopefully top the standings to get a shot at the FPL and the opportunity to test your skills against professional players.

join the path to pro now

Whether you’re a beginner or an experienced player, playing in a team or alone, start your journey to the FPL today. FACEIT provides unique rankings thanks to its Elo point system. By competing in FACEIT’s dedicated competitions, you will gain FACEIT Elo based on your performance. Sign up on their platform to compete in the following tournaments to earn FACEIT Elo:

  1. Open Cups – Every Sunday at 13:00 (CET)
  2. NextRound Daily Cups on FACEIT – From Monday to Friday at 18:00 (CET)
  3. R6TM Hubs (Solo queue) – Queues start at 8PM and close at midnight every day.
  4. Any Elo-eligible R6 PC competition on FACEIT – Browse

During the last week of every month, the top 100 players from the FACEIT Elo rankings will be selected to take part in the FPL Qualifier Hub where they will compete against one another in a private matchmaking for the entire week. The top 2 players from the FPL Qualifier Hub will accede to the FPL and play amongst professional players. In a true path-to-pro spirit and to offer an equal chance for everyone, FACEIT Elo will be soft-reset on the platform in the race to the top 100 slots.

Follow all updates about FPL on their official Twitter page @FPLRainbow6 and check out the FPL Leaderboard here.

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