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After an action-packed month of 2022 Gamers Without Borders qualifiers, the Rainbow Six Siege finalists from each region have been revealed.
The qualifiers, which started across several esports games in April, have finally come to an end. As a result, all teams that will be participating in the regional finals have been declared.
The 2022 edition of GWB is promising a prize pool of $10 million that will be shared across several online tournaments in different regions. At this stage of the event, every winning will go to charity.
Although the event is for charity, teams will have an opportunity to secure a spot in the global finals scheduled to be held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
The main event, called Gamers8, will be the only offline event and will give the participants an opportunity to win themselves some money. Players will assemble from several parts of the world to compete for the $2 million prize pool.
Of the eight duos that will be participating in Gamers8, four will represent each of the regions – Europe, North America, South America, and Saudi eLeague. However, the remaining four teams will be invited by the organization.
Speaking of the invited teams, Heroic and Rogue will be the two invited teams participating in the Europe showdown. However, WYLDE and Victus are the two teams that sealed their spots through the open qualifiers.
In North America, Leftovers and Gaimin Gladiators proved themselves through the open qualifiers. Leftovers went through ATK in the Round of 16 but were bumped straight to the semifinals due to Soniqs forfeiture. Parabellum was the team standing in the way of Leftovers’ qualification but were beaten 2-1 in the best-of-3 series.
Gaimin went through Elyssar, TEMPR Esports, and XSET to clinch a regional finals spot. The remaining two teams that will be competing in the NA regional finals are Oxygen Esports and Spacetation Gaming.
South America’s Escolinha do bubu and Furious Gaming are the lucky two to secure SA regional finals berths through the open qualifier. Both teams swept their opponents in the semifinals.
FaZe Clan and MIBR are the two invited teams who will be competing in the regional finals.
In each of these regions, whoever finishes on top will get a direct slot to the global finals and $250,000 from the US$500,000 prize pool. Participants will also be allowed to choose the charity they will be playing for.
GWB is known to attract some of the biggest names in history. At the time of writing, none of the players who will be participating in the global finals (scheduled to run from August 4-7) have been revealed.
While fans will be hoping to see some of China’s best at the event, there is a chance that any Chinese team who gets an invite might be unable to make it to the LAN event. The COVID-19 travel restriction is still active, but perhaps a chance might come before the offline event goes underway.
Meanwhile, participating remotely is an option, as was implemented successfully in the just-concluded League of Legends Mid-Season Invitational.
The LPL’s representatives, Royal Never Give Up, were allowed to participate remotely, and although there were ping issues that led to the cancellation of their first three games, they ended up winning the tournament.
