RIYADH: The $2 million “Rainbow Six Siege” contest made its highly anticipated Esports World Cup debut in Riyadh on Wednesday afternoon, marking the beginning of week five of the global competition.
The tournament has a $750,000 first prize and 1,000 EWC Club Championship points on offer.
Switzerland’s Team BDS and the Netherlands’ Team Liquid produced impressive showings in a day of dominance for the European continent, as they stormed into the quarterfinals.
In the upper bracket of Group A, Team BDS became the first team through to the competition’s latter stages, seeing off Team Cruelty 7-4 before registering a convincing 7-2 win against w7m esports.
On the other side of the Group A draw, Team Liquid was in equally devasting form, beating PSG Talon 7-2 and Team Bliss 7-4 to book their place in Friday’s quarterfinals.
The evening’s Group B upper bracket semifinals saw Brazil’s FURIA defeat DarkZero and Singapore’s Bleed beat FaZe Clan.
The Esports World Cup began on July 3 and runs until Aug. 25 with 22 tournaments across 21 titles.
The “Rainbow Six Siege” contest continues throughout week five with 16 clubs from the Americas, Asia, Europe, Oceania and the Middle East.
