{"id":2066,"date":"2025-09-12T12:01:32","date_gmt":"2025-09-12T12:01:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.declareitspiritwear.com\/?p=2066"},"modified":"2025-10-15T15:18:37","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T15:18:37","slug":"blast-r6-apl-major-qualifier-to-take-place-in-pax-melbourne-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.declareitspiritwear.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/12\/blast-r6-apl-major-qualifier-to-take-place-in-pax-melbourne-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"BLAST R6 APL Major Qualifier to take place in PAX Melbourne 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"557\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" alt=\"BLAST R6 APL esports logo and PAX 2025 Australia gaming festival logo with the city of Melbourne, Germany, in the background\" class=\"wp-image-207252 lazyload\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.declareitspiritwear.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/BLAST-R6-APL-Major-Qualifier-at-PAX-Melbourne-2025-large.png\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Image credit: BLAST, Ubisoft, PAX <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-68efbb3ae3e0f\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/R6esportsASIA\/status\/1966412117063643299\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>BLAST<\/strong> has revealed<\/a> that the upcoming <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/rainbow-six-siege-player-count-spike\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Rainbow Six Siege X<\/a> (R6) APL Major Qualifier<\/strong> will take place at the <a href=\"https:\/\/aus.paxsite.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>PAX Melbourne 2025<\/strong> <\/a>gaming festival.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-68efbb3ae44f3\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n<p>The qualifier will see eight of the best <strong>APL Stage 2<\/strong> teams go head-to-head, hoping to secure one of four spots in the <a href=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/2025\/05\/blast-r6-fall-major-2025-munich-germany\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>BLAST R6 Fall Major in Munich<\/strong><\/a>, Germany, later this year.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"keep-reading \" id=\"kr-68efbb3ae55bd\">\n<div class=\"heading section__title \"><span>Keep Reading<\/span><\/div>\n<ul class=\"d-flex flex-column\">\n<li id=\"post-204419\"><a href=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/2025\/09\/all-teams-blast-r6-stage-2-2025\">All teams competing at BLAST R6 Stage 2 2025<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"post-198168\"><a href=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/2025\/07\/blast-r6-2025-stage-1-winners-teams\">Which teams won BLAST R6 2025 Stage 1?<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"post-206728\"><a href=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/2025\/09\/rainbow-six-siege-releases-munich-major-set\">Rainbow Six Siege releases Munich Major set<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-68efbb3ae6438\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n<p>The APL Major Qualifier will feature the top four regional teams from the APAC North Stage 2 Playoffs, the top two teams from Asia Stage 2, and the top two teams from Oceania Stage 2.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"esi-heading-68efbb3ae6fd2\" class=\"esi-heading \">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span id=\"schedule_and_format-2\">Schedule and Format<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-68efbb3ae78c2\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n<p>The qualifier begins on October 10th at Fortress Melbourne from 9:00 AM AEST, with upper and lower brackets. The rounds will be played behind closed doors until 17:00 PM AEST, after which the arena will be open to the public for free, with the rest of the games played until 23:00 PM AEST.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-68efbb3ae8015\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n<p>The next day, the top four will compete live at the PAX arena stage in the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre, with three Bo3 matches starting from 11:00 AM AEST.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-68efbb3ae86ec\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n<p>October 12th will be the day of the Grand Finals. The day will begin with a creator show-match, which starts at 11:00 AM AEST. Before the Grand Finals, a match will be played to decide which team will earn third place and a higher seeding at the Major. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-68efbb3ae8e1f\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n<p>The day will end with a showdown to crown the winner of the APL Major Qualifier, and which team will take home the lion&#8217;s share of a \u20ac40,000 (~$46,880\/\u00a334,600) prize pool.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-68efbb3ae94f4\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n<p>All matches will also be broadcast live on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.twitch.tv\/rainbow6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Twitch<\/a>, with both an A and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.twitch.tv\/rainbow6bravo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">B stream<\/a> available.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-68efbb3ae9bc4\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n<p>The top four teams from the qualifier will secure a place in the <a href=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/2025\/06\/r6-munich-major-2025-ticket-details-revealed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">BLAST R6 Major in Munich<\/a>, taking place from November 8th to 16th, 2025. The Major is a pivotal part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/2025\/05\/rainbow-six-regional-league-esports-ecosystem-for-2025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2025 Season roadmap<\/a>, as it will ultimately decide which of the 16 international teams competing will advance to the<strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/2025\/02\/faze-clan-r6-six-invitational-2025-champions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Six Invitational<\/a> <\/strong>in 2026.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/2025\/09\/blast-r6-apl-major-qualifier-pax-melbourne-2025\">BLAST R6 APL Major Qualifier to take place in PAX Melbourne 2025<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\">Esports Insider<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image credit: BLAST, Ubisoft, PAX BLAST has revealed that the upcoming Rainbow Six Siege X (R6) APL Major Qualifier will take place at the PAX Melbourne 2025 gaming festival. The qualifier will see eight of the best APL Stage 2 teams go head-to-head, hoping to secure one of four spots in the BLAST R6 Fall Major in Munich, Germany, later [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2068,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2066","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.declareitspiritwear.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2066","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.declareitspiritwear.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.declareitspiritwear.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.declareitspiritwear.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.declareitspiritwear.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2066"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.declareitspiritwear.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2066\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2069,"href":"http:\/\/www.declareitspiritwear.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2066\/revisions\/2069"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.declareitspiritwear.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2068"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.declareitspiritwear.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2066"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.declareitspiritwear.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2066"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.declareitspiritwear.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2066"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}