R6 Major Osaka Playoffs Start Tonight: US Schedule, Bracket and How to Watch

Eight Rainbow Six Siege teams are left at the final Major of 2026, and the live stage at ATC Hall in Osaka opens tonight for North American viewers. Ubisoft and BLAST published the playoff bracket and a full playoff schedule on November 11, but every time on it is in Japan Standard Time. Here is the whole weekend converted to US time, plus the bracket, the money on the line and every free way to watch.

Playoff schedule in US time

Osaka is 15 hours ahead of Central time, so each Japanese morning match lands on the previous evening in the US. The official schedule lists these start times:

• Quarterfinal 1, Virtus.pro vs. M80: Thursday, Nov. 12 at 6:30 PM CT (7:30 PM ET, 4:30 PM PT)
• Quarterfinal 2, Team Liquid Alienware vs. DarkZero: Thursday, Nov. 12 at 9:40 PM CT (10:40 PM ET, 7:40 PM PT)
• Quarterfinal 3, Team Falcons vs. Geekay Esports: Friday, Nov. 13 at 12:50 AM CT (1:50 AM ET; 10:50 PM PT Thursday)
• Quarterfinal 4, G2 Esports vs. FaZe Clan: Friday, Nov. 13 at 4:00 AM CT (5:00 AM ET, 2:00 AM PT)
• Semifinal 1: Friday, Nov. 13 at 7:15 PM CT (8:15 PM ET, 5:15 PM PT)
• Semifinal 2: Friday, Nov. 13 at 10:25 PM CT (11:25 PM ET, 8:25 PM PT)
• Creator showmatch: Saturday, Nov. 14 at 7:15 PM CT
• Year 11 Season 4 reveal panel: Saturday, Nov. 14 at about 8:30 PM CT
• Grand final (best of five): Saturday, Nov. 14 at 9:30 PM CT (10:30 PM ET, 7:30 PM PT)

One thing to watch for: several early previews listed the later quarterfinals at 12:30, 3:30 and 6:30 PM in Japan. The official R6 Esports graphic shows 12:40, 3:50 and 7:00 PM, which is what we used above. These are scheduled starts, so a long best-of-three can push the next series back. The reveal panel is listed at 11:30 AM in Ubisoft’s event guide and 11:35 AM on the newer schedule graphic, so tune in a few minutes early.

The bracket

The playoffs are a straight single-elimination bracket. Every series is a best of three except the best-of-five final. On the top half, the Virtus.pro vs. M80 winner meets the winner of Team Liquid vs. DarkZero. On the bottom half, Team Falcons vs. Geekay feeds into G2 vs. FaZe.

Team Liquid and Team Falcons both went 3-0 in the Swiss Stage, so they can only meet in the final. Three of the quarterfinals are rematches from earlier in the week, according to Strafe: Virtus.pro already swept M80, Liquid beat DarkZero 7-2 on Clubhouse, and FaZe beat G2 7-2 on Border. Falcons are no stranger to big results this season either, after they swept the Europe MENA League to qualify for Osaka.

Prize pool and Six Invitational points

Ubisoft’s official competition page lists a $600,000 prize pool. Osaka is the last Major before the Six Invitational 2027 in São Paulo, so the SI points matter as much as the cash:

• Champion: $200,000 and 1,500 SI points
• Runner-up: $102,000 and 1,200 SI points
• Semifinal losers: $50,000 and 1,050 SI points each
• Quarterfinal losers: $22,000 and 900 SI points each

How to watch for free

Ubisoft’s Osaka Major event guide lists the official English broadcast on two Twitch streams (the main twitch.tv/rainbow6 channel plus a B stream), YouTube and Steam. There are also Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, French and Chinese broadcasts, and approved co-streamers carry the matches too. If the Japan time slots are too late for you, R6 Esports posts full VODs on its YouTube VOD channel.

There is also a new option this year. Ubisoft has a free Rainbow Six arena in VRChat running November 13 to 16, where you can watch with other fans and claim an exclusive avatar headset. You do not need a VR headset; the PC version on Steam works.

Twitch Drops for the playoffs

Link your Ubisoft and Twitch accounts at drops-register.ubi.com, then watch the official or approved co-streaming channels. According to Ubisoft’s Twitch Drops guide:

• Playoffs: Esport Packs at 1, 2, 4 and 6 hours watched, and an exclusive PARA-308 weapon skin at 8 hours
• Grand final: Esport Packs at 1, 2, 3 and 4 hours, and an exclusive FMG-9 weapon skin at 5 hours
• Reveal panel: watch at least 30 minutes to earn the exclusive Reveal Charm

Drops are not automatic. Open your Twitch drops inventory and click Claim within 24 hours after each campaign ends. You do not need to own Siege to earn them, and they work on PC, PlayStation and Xbox.

Our take

For US viewers, the best live window is tonight’s first two quarterfinals and Friday evening’s semifinals, which all land between dinner and midnight Central. The Falcons and G2 vs. FaZe quarterfinals hit in the middle of the night here, so plan on VODs for those. If you only catch one session, make it Saturday night: the showmatch, the Y11S4 reveal panel and the grand final run back to back starting at 7:15 PM CT. We will update this guide if the official schedule changes.