Team BDS has allowed its Rainbow Six Siege roster to explore other opportunities with teams for the 2025 season.
The news follows the team reaching the final of the 2025 Six Invitational where it finished runner-up to FaZe Clan.
The news was first confirmed by the team’s coach Samy ‘Stooflex’ Smail in a social media post on February 24th, 2025. Stooflex reveals the entire team is “available for discussions with interested parties” looking to field a Rainbow Six Siege roster.
Alongside Stooflex, Team BDS’ roster consists of Stéphane ‘Shaiiko‘ Lebleu, Loïc ‘BriD‘ Chongthep, Théo ‘LikEfac‘ Mariano, Fatih ‘Solotov‘ Türker and Josh ‘Yuzus‘ Pritchard.
The reasoning behind Team BDS’s decision to let its Rainbow Six Siege team explore options is unclear considering its success in the scene over the past three years.
Team BDS is no stranger to success in Rainbow Six. The team won the Six Major in August 2020 alongside Gamers8 tournaments in 2022 and 2023. Its last victory came at the 2024 Esports World Cup where it defeated w7m Esports in the Grand Final.
What next for Team BDS?
As for Team BDS’ roster, Rainbow Six Siege continues to be an attractive esport for organisations looking to expand into other titles. In February, North American organisation Cloud9 departed Counter-Strike and returned to Ubisoft’s tactical shooter, becoming one of 20 teams to form its partner programme.
It remains to be seen if Team BDS is looking to exit Rainbow Six Siege esports by allowing its roster to look elsewhere for representation.
It’s also unclear as to which organisations are looking to enter the esport. Acquiring one of the strongest teams from the past three years is certainly an interesting prospect though.
The next major competition in R6’s esports ecosystem is RE:LO:AD 2025 and will feature all 20 partner teams. Taking place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from May 8th to 18th, 2025, teams will compete for a share of $480,000 (~£379,454) in prize money.