European League 2021 Stage 3: Viewership Stats and Tournament Results

Rainbow Six Siege European League 2021 Stage 3 ended in mid-October. Six Sweden Major 2021 European participants were chosen, including BDS Esport, Team Vitality, Rogue and Team Empire. In a new Esports Charts article you will find out more about the tournament’s viewership statistics and its comparison with the results of the previous stages.

European League 2021 Stage 3 statistics

European League 2021 Stage 3 matches took place from September 9 to October 21 online. Stage 3 of the championship had 2.3 million Hours Watched in 65 hours of air time. The Average Viewers number at the tournament was 35K people and the Peak Viewers number reached 51.5K spectators. The Peak Viewers number was recorded during one of the first matches of the event between BDS and Virtus.pro, in which the French team won.

The second most popular match at European League 2021 Stage 3 was the match between Cowana Gaming and NAVI. The game took place right after the BDS vs. Virtus.pro match and was only 424 Peak Viewers behind the leader.

The top-5 was closed by three matches with G2. The team's games with Vitality, Cowana and Secret reached 50K, 49,4K and 46,4K Peak Viewers respectively. The team was also the leader by Average Viewers (39.2K viewers) and generated Hours Watched (484.2K HW).

BDS and Natus Vincere come next, with nearly the same Average Viewers number of 37,6K and 37,4K spectators, respectively. The last places in this top five were taken by Cowana and Rogue with 36.9K and 36.3K Average Viewers.

European League 2021 Stage 3 comparison with previous stages and other leagues

The final stage of the European League 2021 was the most unpopular in the entire series. Compared to the first stage of the championship, the competition generated half as many Hours Watched as well as Peak and Average Viewers.

Considering the second stage of the European League 2021, the statistics of the final stage do not seem so bad. The gap in Hours Watched was only 24%, and in Average and Peak Viewers — 33.2% and 26%, respectively.

Despite the drop in statistics, the third stage of the European League 2021 Stage3 turned out to be more popular than the other competitions that took place at the same time. Its closest pursuer was the Copa Elite Six, divided into three divisions — Brazilian, Mexican and South American.

The Brazilian division called Brasileirão 2021 Stage 3 generated 1.8 million hours (22.5% less than the European League 2021 Stage 3) and an average audience of 29.9 thousand people (14.6% less). However, the event overtook the European competition in terms of the peak number of spectators, having gathered 61.6 thousand people at the match between FaZe Clan and Team Liquid. Soon we will also summarize the results of the Copa Elite Six Stage 3.

The NAL 2021 Season Stage 3 for teams from North America also matched the indicators of the European League 2021 Stage 3. The championship gained 1.4 million HW, as well as an average and peak audience of 24.8 thousand and 36.9 thousand viewers.

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The next major event in the Rainbow Six Siege discipline will be Six Sweden Major 2021, for which the winners of the European League 2021 third stage received invitations. In addition to BDS Esport, Team Vitality, Rogue, and Team Empire, the second major of the season will feature 12 teams chosen from other regional leagues.

Six Sweden Major 2021 will take place on November 8-14 at LAN in Sweden. Participants of the major will compete for a prize money pool of $500,000 and the points required to get to the Six Invitational - the final tournament of the esports scene R6.

Six Sweden Major participants

Europe: BDS Esport, Team Vitality, Rogue, Team Empire
North America: Spacestation Gaming, Oxygen Esports, Soniqs, DarkZero Esports
Latin America: FaZe Clan, Team oNe eSports, FURIA Esports, Ninjas in Pyjamas
Asia Pacific: SANDBOX Gaming, Invictus Gaming, Chiefs Esports Club, DAMWON Gaming