Rules

Participation Requirements

Deadline

Eligible and/or Confirmed Teams must notify the Tournament Organisers of participation, including final roster submission, by the 13th of July for this Qualifier.

European Region Specific Eligibility

This Qualifier is open to the EU Region of players
A team core (3/5 players) must be made with Players from the EU region
All Players or Substitues must be over the age of 18 by the 5th of July, and ahere to all terms within the R6 North Rulebook, and Rules tab of this tournament page

The Europe region consists of the following eligible countries:

Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Israel, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom and Vatican City.

BLAST EU Stage 1 Specific Eligibility for Open Qualifiers

EUL teams may not enter the open qualifier stage.
Players that competed as part of an organisation in BLAST EU Stage 1 will only be able to play as part of that organisation
If a T1 player is unable to play in the EUL Qualifier, he may play in the Open Qualifier with a third party team, up to a maximum of one T1 player per team in the Open Qualifier
A T1 player is defined as a player who has taken part in BLAST EU Stage 1
An organisation can only compete in the EUL qualifier if it is part of the official BLAST R6 Europe circuit and if they have at least 3/5 starting players from their BLAST EU Stage 1 roster
If an organisation fields new players for a Team roster, they must adhere to all eligibility rules outlined in the Rulebook, and be 18+ years of age as of the 5th of July
In addition to the team competing in the EUL Qualifier, an Organisation from the official BLAST R6 Europe circuit may create one academic team that is eligible to compete in any of the Open Qualifiers
Academic Teams may only have a maximum of one T1 player in its team
If an organization has two teams in the competition and both teams qualify for the playoffs phase, the organisation will only be allowed to select one of the teams to progress. With the other team forfeiting their qualification spot to the next eligible team

Qualifier invites cannot be transferred to another Team or organisation.

Rulebook and Acceptance

Full Rulebook - Version 1.1 13/07/23

Each Player and Team Staff must read, acknowledge, and accept these Rules, and agree to always abide by them to remain eligible to participate in R6 North. By accepting these Rules, An organisation, Teams or Players consents to UBISOFT’s, EPIC.LAN’s, and/or the Tournament Organiser’s authority to issue sanction or sanctions, preliminary conservative measures and/or definitive sanctions (“Sanction(s)”) in accordance with the Penalties outlined within the R6 North Rulebook, without prejudice to any other sanction issued under the Rainbow Six: Siege Code of Conduct and UBISOFT’s Terms of Use. The Rules may be accepted either through the registration process of a R6 North competition or deemed accepted when a Player or its Team enter and participate into any tournament or match of R6 North. Players and their Team may not participate if they do not agree to be bound to these Rules or otherwise do not meet the eligibility requirements set forth in the Rules.

By accepting a Qualifier or R6 North competition invite and/or registering/signing up to an R6 North Qualifier or R6 North competition, Organisations, Teams, and Players agree to the Rules or any changes permitted as outlined under "Clause on Amendments and Modification" within the official R6 North Rulebook as/or once published.

Clause on Amendments and Modification

In order to ensure that the R6 North Rainbow Rumble competition and it's Qualifiers are operated in accordance with the values conveyed by the Principles of Esports Engagement set forth by the Entertainment Software Association which UBISOFT is a part of, or for the protection of any interest that UBISOFT and/or EPIC.LAN considers material in order to preserve the values, legitimacy and integrity of R6 North, or in order to comply with any applicable law, UBISOFT and/or EPIC.LAN may amend or supplement these Rules with or without prior notice. UBISOFT and/or EPIC.LAN may also change part of, or the entirety of, the format of R6 North with a reasonable notice before said modified parts of the format are executed upon. The Tournament Organiser may modify the Specific Rules in accordance with the same principles, subject to UBISOFT/EPIC.LAN’s prior review and approval of such modifications in each instance.

Check-In and Support

Eligible and/or Confirmed teams will be required to check-in for the tournament on the 15th of July by 10:00 CEST. If an Organisation, Team or Players have any concerns or queries regarding the Qualifier, they are encouraged to reach out via official channels by either opening a Support Ticket via their R6 North account, or the Teams primary liaison who has joined the R6 North Discord server by opening a #support ticket.