As we move from Six Invitational 2026, we look forward to the next chapter of R6 Esports in 2026, the Salt Lake City BLAST R6 May Major. To get there we are introducing the Season Kickoff Stage for each region to qualify their best teams. Here you will find all the information you need from format, schedule, prize pool, and qualification games. ![LO-EN-US R6Se Kickoff Event 2026 Kickoff APL 2026 KeyArt 960x540.jpg](//staticctf.ubisoft.com/J3yJr34U2pZ2Ieem48Dwy9uqj5PNUQTn/5SfgYmwsyjsvEzcVWddj6F/67768fd390b66e2f20b44ee382472372/Kickoff_APL_2026_KeyArt_960x540.jpg.png) # ASIA PACIFIC LEAGUE - KICKOFF The APL Kickoff will be a Double Elimination bracket with random seeding. The format for each APL regions will be as follows. ## OCEANIA ![LO-EN-US R6Se Kickoff Event 2026 Kickoff APL 2026 OceBracket 960x540](//staticctf.ubisoft.com/J3yJr34U2pZ2Ieem48Dwy9uqj5PNUQTn/3fnG9F9uAZUXBDYYX2R2Ev/88b14fffedb7dbcee7675ac5dbfa8cc1/Kickoff_APL_2026_OceBracket_960x540.jpg) March 29^th - Match 1 (12:00 AEST) - Barbie Boys vs Entreprise - Match 2 (15:00 AEST) - Team Anios vs Chiefs Esports Club - Match 3 (18:00 AEST) - Man LFO vs Rock LFO April 5^th - Match 4 (12:00 AEST) - Sahaiikademy vs 6Targets Esports The winner of Oceania Kickoff Grand Final will be qualified to the Salt Lake City BLAST R6 May Major. *Oceania Kickoff matches will be played __every Sunday__ at 12:00, 15:00 and 18:00 AEST __from March 29^th to April 26^th__ (5 playdays)* ## ASIA ![LO-EN-US R6Se Kickoff Event 2026 Kickoff APL 2026 AsiaBracket 960x540](//staticctf.ubisoft.com/J3yJr34U2pZ2Ieem48Dwy9uqj5PNUQTn/2ecC7mutCYpKUjt7VqhwVY/04838cf900a2befdccf7e3c5f0a1fb24/Kickoff_APL_2026_AsiaBracket_960x540.jpg) March 28^th - Match 1 (15:00 SGT) - Weibo Gaming vs Fury - Match 2 (18:00 SGT) - Soul'd Heart vs Daystar - Match 3 (21:00 SGT) - Dolphin Esport vs Elevate April 4^th - Match 4 (15:00 SGT) - SIX7EVEN vs Seventh Heaven The two teams present AT the Asia Kickoff Grand Final will be qualified to the Salt Lake City BLAST R6 May Major. *Asia Kickoff matches will be played __every Saturday__ at 15:00, 18:00 and 21:00 SGT __from March 28^th to April 25^th__ (5 playdays)* ## APL NORTH ![LO-EN-US R6Se Kickoff Event 2026 Kickoff APL 2026 NorthBracket 960x540](//staticctf.ubisoft.com/J3yJr34U2pZ2Ieem48Dwy9uqj5PNUQTn/3OOiMEDNdwpGwYPywKXOMF/b2c64e079395aff00b335404329ce039/Kickoff_APL_2026_NorthBracket_960x540.jpg) March 27^th - Match 1 (13:00 JST) - Former PSG roster vs Kinotrope - Match 2 (16:00 JST) - BNX FearX vs ScarZ - Match 3 (19:00 JST) - Ex E.36 vs CAG Osaka April 3rd - Match 4 (13:00 JST) - Can You Be My Enemy vs Dplus Kia The winner of APAC North Kickoff Grand Final will be qualified to the Salt Lake City BLAST R6 May Major. *APL NORTH Kickoff matches will be played __every Friday__ at 13:00, 16:00 and 19:00 JST __from March 27^th to April 24^th__ (5 playdays)* ## APL PRIZEPOOL & SI POINTS In each subregion of APL, Prizepool will be as follows: - 1^st : $4,500.00 / 240 SI points - 2^nd : $3,000.00 / 175 SI points - 3^rd : $2,500.00 / 140 SI points - 4^th : $1,500.00 / 115 SI points - 5^th : $1,100.00 / 100 SI points - 6^th : $1,100.00 / 80 SI points - 7^th : $650.00 / 60 SI points - 8^th : $650.00 / 40 SI points ![LO-EN-US R6Se Kickoff Event 2026 Kickoff NAL 2026 KeyArt 960x540](//staticctf.ubisoft.com/J3yJr34U2pZ2Ieem48Dwy9uqj5PNUQTn/J6LeDakYuMqucI3kuxumj/9271da7d8f2ead3a70377fff377c3b16/Kickoff_NAL_2026_KeyArt_960x540.jpg) # NORTH AMERICA LEAGUE - KICKOFF The NAL Kickoff will start with a group stage with 2 groups following a robin round format. ## GROUP STAGE ![LO-EN-US R6Se Kickoff Event 2026 GROUPS NAL 960x540](//staticctf.ubisoft.com/J3yJr34U2pZ2Ieem48Dwy9uqj5PNUQTn/3VqkrLGXZgjVEXP0aDI8Fu/fbb7617edf5a38eba2ac87c771286eae/GROUPS_NAL_960x540.jpg) __Round 1: April 1^st__ - Group A Match 1 (17:00 ET) - 100 Thieves vs Five Fears - Group A Match 2 (18:00 ET) - Shopify Rebellion vs Footlockers Finest - Group B Match 1 (19:00 ET) - Spacestation Gaming vs DarkZero Esports - Group B Match 2 (20:00 ET) - Wildcard Gaming vs TrevMark & Co __Round 2: April 2^nd__ - Group B Match 1 (17:00 ET) - DarkZero Esports vs Cloud9 - Group A Match 1 (18:00 ET)- Shopify Rebellion vs 100 Thieves - Group A Match 2 (19:00 ET) - M80 vs Footlockers Finest - Group B Match 2 (20:00 ET) - Spacestation Gaming vs Wildcard Gaming __Round 3: April 3^rd__ - Group A Match 1 (17:00 ET) - M80 vs Five Fears - Group A Match 2 (18:00 ET) - Footlockers Finest vs 100 Thieves - Group B Match 1 (19:00 ET) - DarkZero Esports vs TrevMark & Co - Group B Match 2 (20:00 ET) - Spacestation Gaming vs Cloud9 __Round 4: April 9^th__ - Group A Match 1 (17:00 ET) - Shopify Rebellion vs Five Fears - Group A Match 2 (18:00 ET) - M80 vs 100 Thieves - Group B Match 1 (19:00 ET) - Cloud9 vs TrevMark & Co - Group B Match 2 (20:00 ET) - Wildcard Gaming vs DarkZero Esports __Round 5: April 10^th__ - Group B Match 1 (17:00 ET) - Wildcard Gaming vs Cloud9 - Group A Match 1 (18:00 ET) - Five Fears vs Footlockers Finest - Group A Match 2 (19:00 ET) - M80 vs Shopify Rebellion - Group B Match 2 (20:00 ET) - Spacestation Gaming vs TrevMark & Co Every match played in the Group Stage will be a Best Of 1. The first 4 teams of each group will qualify for the NAL Kickoff playoffs. Each 1^st seed from each group will have a bye in for the playoffs. *NAL Kickoff Group Stage matches will be played at 17:00, 18:00, 19:00 and 20:00 ET __from April 1^st to April 10^th__ (5 playdays)* ## PLAYOFFS SCHEDULE ![LO-EN-US R6Se Kickoff Event 2026 BRACKET NAL 960x540](//staticctf.ubisoft.com/J3yJr34U2pZ2Ieem48Dwy9uqj5PNUQTn/2rSJDDecNtJjvRPKRKbxRc/13ba03e12e62eda63bf75c20edc77ad1/BRACKET_NAL_960x540.jpg) Each match played in the Playoffs will be a Best Of 3. The first 4 teams present for the Upper and Lower Finals will be qualified for the Salt Lake City BLAST R6 May Major. *NAL Kickoff Playoffs matches will be played at 17:00, 18:00, 19:00 and 20:00 ET __from April 1^st to April 10^th__ (5 playdays)* ## NAL PRIZEPOOL & SI POINTS NAL Kickoff Prizepool will be as follow: - 1^st : $12,000.00 / 240 SI points - 2^nd : $8,000.00 / 175 SI points - 3^rd : $5,500.00 / 140 SI points - 4^th : $4,500.00 / 115 SI points - 5^th : $3,250.00 / 100 SI points - 6^th : $3,250.00 / 80 SI points - 7^th : $2,250.00 / 60 SI points - 8^th : $2,250.00 / 40 SI points - 9^th : $2,000.00 / 20 SI points - 10^th : $2,000.00 / 0 SI points ![LO-EN-US R6Se Kickoff Event 2026 Kickoff SAL 2026 KeyArt 960x540](//staticctf.ubisoft.com/J3yJr34U2pZ2Ieem48Dwy9uqj5PNUQTn/4y1o4rKvLOXHlnCq7pavF2/ed1cc3b453a2c0b924b933f8629f3fd8/Kickoff_SAL_2026_KeyArt_960x540.jpg) # SOUTH AMERICA LEAGUE - KICKOFF The NAL Kickoff will start with a group stage with 2 groups following a robin round format. ## GROUP STAGE ![[R6Se] Kickoff Event 2026 GROUPS SAL 960x540 v2](//staticctf.ubisoft.com/J3yJr34U2pZ2Ieem48Dwy9uqj5PNUQTn/2AzQsiCA2ZHf8eAkqZgzwK/c3cb16b37847d1efe8a3116361bb0c0d/liquid.png) __Round 1: March 31^st__ - Group A Match 1 (18:00 BRT) - FAZE vs LOS - Group A Match 2 (19:15 BRT) - TL ALIENWARE vs BD - Group B Match 1 (20:30 BRT) - FLUXO W7M vs LOUD - Group B Match 2 (21:45 BRT) - FURIA vs NIP __Round 2: April 4^th__ - Group A Match 1 (13:00 BRT) - BD vs Imperial Esports - Group A Match 2 (14:15 BRT) - LOS vs TL ALIENWARE - Group B Match 1 (15:30 BRT) - NIP vs FLUXO W7M - Group B Match 2 (16:45 BRT) - LOUD vs INTZ __Round 3: April 5^th__ - Group A Match 1 (13:00 BRT) - Imperial Esports vs LOS - Group A Match 2 (14:15 BRT) - TL ALIENWARE vs FAZE - Group B Match 1 (15:30 BRT) - INTZ vs NIP - Group B Match 2 (16:45 BRT) - FLUXO W7M vs FURIA __Round 4: April 7^th__ - Group A Match 1 (18:00 BRT) - LOS vs BD - Group A Match 2 (19:15 BRT) - FAZE vs Imperial Esports - Group B Match 1 (20:30 BRT) - FURIA vs INTZ - Group B Match 2 (21:45 BRT) - NIP vs LOUD __Round 5: April 11^th__ - Group A Match 1 (13:00 BRT) - Imperial Esports vs TL ALIENWARE - Group A Match 2 (14:15 BRT) - BD vs FAZE - Group B Match 1 (15:30 BRT) - INTZ vs FLUXO W7M - Group B Match 2 (16:45 BRT) - LOUD vs FURIA Every match played in the Group Stage will be a Best Of 1. The first 4 teams of each group will qualify for the SAL Kickoff playoffs. Each 1^st seed from each group will have a bye in for the playoffs. *SAL Kickoff Group Stage matches will be played at 17:00, 18:00, 19:00 and 20:00 ET __from March 31^st to April 11^th__ (5 playdays)* ## PLAYOFFS SCHEDULE ![LO-EN-US R6Se Kickoff Event 2026 BRACKET SAL 960x540](//staticctf.ubisoft.com/J3yJr34U2pZ2Ieem48Dwy9uqj5PNUQTn/4oxYWfRWsHiH2TGOctuCsD/a747bb0fe8e921f5170758aee280220f/BRACKET_SAL_960x540.jpg) Each match played in the Playoffs will be a Best Of 3. The first 4 teams present for the Upper and Lower Finals will be qualified for the Salt Lake City BLAST R6 May Major. *SAL Kickoff Playoffs matches will be played __on April 12^th, 14^th, 18^th and 19^th__ (4 playdays)* ## SAL PRIZEPOOL & SI POINTS SAL Kickoff Prizepool will be as follow: - 1^st : $12,000.00 / 240 SI points - 2^nd : $8,000.00 / 175 SI points - 3^rd : $5,500.00 / 140 SI points - 4^th : $4,500.00 / 115 SI points - 5^th : $3,250.00 / 100 SI points - 6^th : $3,250.00 / 80 SI points - 7^th : $2,250.00 / 60 SI points - 8^th : $2,250.00 / 40 SI points - 9^th : $2,000.00 / 20 SI points - 10^th : $2,000.00 / 0 SI points ![LO-EN-US R6Se Kickoff Event 2026 Kickoff EML 2026 KeyArt 960x540](//staticctf.ubisoft.com/J3yJr34U2pZ2Ieem48Dwy9uqj5PNUQTn/68WyU17TrG0BLKt48n4KYS/e3fd27f7bd20e67f258ad74d66c955e7/Kickoff_EML_2026_KeyArt_960x540.jpg) # EUROPE MENA LEAGUE - KICKOFF The EML Kickoff will start with a group stage with 2 groups following a robin round format. ## GROUP STAGE ![LO-EN-US R6Se Kickoff Event 2026 GROUPS EML 960x540](//staticctf.ubisoft.com/p0f8o8d25gmk/691P0UqExlpeMdJgC6G3RR/cbf2d52cc13e4a4dd18383d03b5d7e94/GROUPS_EML_v2_960x540.jpg) __Round 1: March 30^th__ - Group A Match 1 (18:00 CEST) - SHIFTERS vs TEAM HERETICS - Group B Match 1 (19:00 CEST) - GEEKAY ESPORTS vs RBLS GAMING - Group A Match 2 (20:00 CEST) - FNATIC vs VIRTUS.PRO - Group B Match 2 (21:00 CEST) - TEAM SECRET vs TWISTED MINDS __Round 2: March 31^st__ - Group A Match 1 (18:00 CEST) - FNATIC vs TEAM HERETICS - Group B Match 1 (19:00 CEST) - GEEKAY ESPORTS vs TWISTED MINDS - Group A Match 2 (20:00 CEST) - VIRTUS.PRO vs G2 ESPORTS - Group B Match 2 (21:00 CEST) - RBLS GAMING vs TEAM FALCONS __Round 3: April 6^th__ - Group A Match 1 (18:00 CEST) - TEAM HERETICS vs G2 ESPORTS - Group B Match 1 (19:00 CEST) - TEAM FALCONS vs TWISTED MINDS - Group B Match 2 (20:00 CEST) - GEEKAY ESPORTS vs TEAM SECRET - Group A Match 2 (21:00 CEST) - FNATIC vs SHIFTERS __Round 4: April 7^th__ - Group B Match 1 (18:00 CEST) - TWISTED MINDS vs RBLS GAMING - Group B Match 2 (19:00 CEST) - TEAM FALCONS vs TEAM SECRET - Group A Match 1 (20:00 CEST) - G2 ESPORTS vs SHIFTERS - Group A Match 2 (21:00 CEST) - VIRTUS.PRO vs TEAM HERETICS __Round 5: April 8^th__ - Group B Match 1 (18:00 CEST) - TEAM SECRET vs RBLS GAMING - Group B Match 2 (19:00 CEST) - TEAM FALCONS vs GEEKAY ESPORTS - Group A Match 1 (20:00 CEST) - G2 ESPORTS vs FNATIC - Group A Match 2 (21:00 CEST) - SHIFTERS vs VIRTUS.PRO Every match played in the Group Stage will be a Best Of 1. The first 4 teams of each group will qualify for the EML Kickoff playoffs. Each 1^st seed from each group will have a bye in for the playoffs. *EML Kickoff Group Stage matches will be played at 17:00, 18:00, 19:00 and 20:00 ET __from March 30^th to April 8^th__ (5 playdays)* ## PLAYOFFS SCHEDULE ![LO-EN-US R6Se Kickoff Event 2026 BRACKET EML 960x540](//staticctf.ubisoft.com/J3yJr34U2pZ2Ieem48Dwy9uqj5PNUQTn/3ccqjY7rcmnSpdHGZWAyfx/0a9b4fcd5abc6c7b951f9e8bc570736f/BRACKET_EML_960x540.jpg) Each match played in the Playoffs will be a Best Of 3. The first 4 teams present for the Upper and Lower Finals will be qualified for the Salt Lake City BLAST R6 May Major. *EML Kickoff Playoffs matches will be played at 17:00, 18:00, 19:00 and 20:00 ET __from April 13^st to April 17^th__ (4 playdays)* ## EML PRIZEPOOL & SI POINTS EML Kickoff Prizepool will be as follow: - 1^st : $12,000.00 / 240 SI points - 2^nd : $8,000.00 / 175 SI points - 3^rd : $5,500.00 / 140 SI points - 4^th : $4,500.00 / 115 SI points - 5^th : $3,250.00 / 100 SI points - 6^th : $3,250.00 / 80 SI points - 7^th : $2,250.00 / 60 SI points - 8^th : $2,250.00 / 40 SI points - 9^th : $2,000.00 / 20 SI points - 10^th : $2,000.00 / 0 SI points # WHERE TO WATCH Every match of the R6 Kickoff 2026 will be broadcasted on the official R6 channel on Twitch: - [https://www.twitch.tv/rainbow6](https://www.twitch.tv/rainbow6) - [https://www.twitch.tv/rainbow6jp](https://www.twitch.tv/rainbow6jp) - [https://www.twitch.tv/rainbow6br](https://www.twitch.tv/rainbow6br) - [https://www.twitch.tv/rainbow6fr](https://www.twitch.tv/rainbow6fr) # STAY IN TOUCH! 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Introducing BLAST R6 Kickoff 2026