Posted 09/01/2023 19:00

Last but not least UKIN 2023 is finally here, UKIN now serves as one of the second divisions in the Northern Premier League Rainbow Six Siege esports circuit. UKIN is the gateway for grassroots teams in the United Kingdom and Ireland regions to progress to a higher tier in the Rainbow 6 Siege esports circuit.

Teams have qualified for UKIN via partnered tournaments held throughout 2022 including Insomnia, EpicLAN, NUEL, Gamerfest and NSE. This season of UKIN should be wild and unpredictable with new players entering the scene to make a name for themselves

To help new and returning players/fans we've compiled all the necessary information for you to go back to whenever needed.

Teams

After months of qualifiers, the 8 teams that makeup UKIN 2023 have been decided:

  • RVMS - Qualified from Insomnia 69 LAN
  • Viridis Galea - Qualified from Gamerfest 2022 Ireland Open
  • Lucendi Gaming (Formerly John Terry Esports) - Qualified from EPIC 37 LAN
  • Pew Pew - Qualified from NSE Winter 2022
  • MrJoe's Disciples - Qualified from Nuel Winter 2022
  • Pat's Asleep (Formerly Jlingz) - Qualified from Open Qualifiers
  • Team 86 - Qualified from Open Qualifiers
  • Vanquish - Qualified from Open Qualifiers

Schedule

The full schedule can be seen below.

 

Playday 1

January 10th, 2023

Playday 2

January 11th, 2023

Playday 3

January 17th, 2023

Playday 4

January 18th, 2023

Playday 5

January 24th, 2023

Playday 6

January 25th, 2023

Playday 7

January 31st, 2023

Playoffs+Finals

February 4-5th, 2023

To see all the matchups head to: https://r6npl.gg/tournaments/uk--ireland-nationals-2023/matches

Talent and Streaming

All games will be streamed on the official Northern Premier League Twitch channel. Starting at 6pm GMT

Bringing you all the action will be our talent pool for this season:

Casters

Observer

Prize pool

For this season UKIN has a total prize pool of 2,500 Euros. As we’ve combined the Nordic and UK Ireland Nationals into the Northern Premier League Circuit, we will be mirroring the prize pool in both of our second divisions (NC and UKIN) which means that the same amount of prize money will be up for grabs in both tournaments, including how it’s divided between the teams.

 

1st place team:

1250 Euros

2nd place team:

750 Euros

3rd place team:

250 Euros

4th place team:

250 Euros

 

We highly recommend fans to follow the NPL esports channels on Twitter and Instagram for future updates. Watch all the action on the official Northern Premier League Twitch channel.