With the Fifth Season of the Operation League coming to a close, Ubisoft has announced the integration of the National Operation Leagues to form the Rainbow Six Operation League Southeast Asia.
With this revamped Operation League, will bring all the top teams from Taiwan, Thailand, and Malaysia/Singapore/Philippines/Indonesia to compete for the title of the Best Southeast Asian Team. Previously, the teams in each region only competed within themselves, but with this new tournament, all the teams in SEA and Taiwan will get a chance to face each other.
This year, a total of eight teams will compete – six of which will be the top two teams from Operation League Taiwan, Thailand, and MY/SG/PH/ID from last season. Joining these six directly invited teams are two more squads that will be selected through the upcoming Open Qualifier. Registration for the Open Qualifier is open now until June 5, 2022.
For the format, the qualifier will be Single elimination while the regular season will be a double round robin points system. Finally, the Playoffs stage will be best-of-3 series.
Meanwhile, here is the full tournament schedule:
- Registration Period: 2022/5/23 (Mon) – 2022/6/5 (Sun)
- Qualifier: 2022/6/8 (Wed) – 2022/6/12 (Sun)
- Regular Season: 2022/6/18 (Sat) – 2022/7/24 (Sun)
- Playoffs: 2022/7/30 (Sat) – 2022/7/31 (Sun)
Interested in joining the Rainbow Six Operation League Southeast Asia? You can register now for the open qualifier at the tournament website.