Here’s everything to know about Overwatch World Cup 2023, including the schedule, teams, players, and more.

The 2023 Overwatch World Cup concluded at BlizzCon 2023 with team Saudi Arabia taking home the gold. Here's everything you need to know about the Overwatch World Cup 2023 results, schedule, scores, teams, and more.

Team Saudi Arabia won the 2023 Overwatch World Cup Finals (Image via Blizzard Entertainment)
Team Saudi Arabia won the 2023 Overwatch World Cup Finals (Image via Blizzard Entertainment)

Overwatch World Cup 2023 Finals results and schedule

The Overwatch World Cup Group Stage kicked off on Oct. 29 at 11 a.m. PST. The top 16 teams from the Overwatch World Cup Qualifiers battled it out. Eight teams then advanced to the Overwatch World Cup 2023 Finals at BlizzCon 2023. After duking it out between Nov. 3 and Nov. 4, team Saudi Arabia won the tournament.

Here are the BlizzCon Overwatch World Cup 2023 results for the Group Stage and Finals:

Date
Status
Match
Score
Oct. 29CompletedGBR versus CAN2 - 0
FIN versus MEX2 - 0
BRA versus AUS0 - 2
FRA versus JPN0 - 2
THA versus HKG2 - 0
COL versus KOR0 - 2
Oct. 30CompletedTHA versus ESP0 - 2
JPN versus KSA0 - 2
MEX versus COL1 - 2
HKG versus CHN0 - 2
FRA versus USA1 - 2
CAN versus AUS2 - 0
Oct. 31CompletedFIN versus COL2 - 0
ESP versus CHN0 - 2
CAN versus BRA2 - 0
MEX versus KOR0 - 2
AUS versus GBR0 - 2
KSA versus USA2 - 0
Nov. 1CompletedFRA versus KSA0 - 2
KOR versus FIN2 - 1
HKG versus ESP0 - 2
BRA versus GBR0 - 2
USA versus JPN2 - 0
CHN versus THA2 - 0
Nov. 3CompletedKOR versus CAN3 - 1
CHN versus USA3 - 0
GBR versus FIN0 - 3
KSA versus ESP3 - 0
Nov. 4CompletedKOR versus CHN 2 - 3
FIN versus KSA 2 - 3
KOR versus FIN2 - 3
CHN versus KSA 2 - 3
Overwatch World Cup 2023 schedule (Image via Blizzard Entertainment)
Overwatch World Cup 2023 schedule (Image via Blizzard Entertainment)

Overwatch World Cup Qualifiers results

Here are the results from the Overwatch World Cup Qualifiers stage. The teams that advanced to the Group Stage are marked with an asterisk.

Position
Americas Group A
W
L
MW
ML
MD
DIFF
1*UNITED STATES/AMER A5010109
2*CANADA/AMER A418206
3*MEXICO/AMER A327502
4PUERTO RICO/AMER A23560-1
5COSTA RICA/AMER A14280-6
6GUATEMALA/AMER A050100-10
Position
Americas Group B
W
L
MW
ML
MD
DIFF
1*COLOMBIA/AMER B5010109
2*BRAZIL/AMER B418206
3CHILE/AMER B327502
4PERU/AMER B23470-3
5ARGENTINA/AMER B14480-4
6ECUADOR/AMER B050100-10
Position
APAC Group A
W
L
MW
ML
MD
DIFF
1*SOUTH KOREA/APAC A50100010
2*JAPAN/APAC A418206
3*HONG KONG/APAC A326402
4CHINESE TAIPEI/APAC A23460-2
5INDONESIA/APAC A14280-6
6PHILIPPINES/APAC A050100-10
Position
APAC Group B
W
L
MW
ML
MD
DIFF
1*AUSTRALIA/APAC B5010109
2*THAILAND/APAC B419306
3INDIA/APAC B327502
4NEW ZEALAND/APAC B23460-2
5MALAYSIA/APAC B14290-7
6SINGAPORE/APAC B052100-8
Position
EMEC Group A
W
L
MW
ML
MD
DIFF
1*GREAT BRITAIN/EMEC A61133010
2*SPAIN/EMEC A5211704
3*FRANCE/EMEC A5211506
4DENMARK/EMEC A4310802
5BELGIUM/EMEC A34680-2
6NETHERLANDS/EMEC A348800
7ITALY/EMEC A255110-6
8PORTUGAL/EMEC A070140-14
Position
EMEC Group B
W
L
MW
ML
MD
DIFF
1*SAUDI ARABIA/EMEC B70141013
2*FINLAND/EMEC B61132011
3NORWAY/EMEC B5210604
4SWEDEN/EMEC B34780-1
5GERMANY/EMEC B34690-3
6TURKEY/EMEC B256110-5
7POLAND/EMEC B164130-9
8ICELAND/EMEC B163130-10

Here's the list of the 16 qualified teams, including China as an invited team:

  1. United States
  2. Canada
  3. Mexico
  4. Colombia
  5. Brazil
  6. South Korea
  7. Japan
  8. Hong Kong
  9. Australia
  10. Thailand
  11. Great Britain
  12. Spain
  13. France
  14. Saudi Arabia
  15. Finland
  16. China
Event artwork featured via the in-game menu (Image via Blizzard Entertainment)
Event artwork featured via the in-game menu (Image via Blizzard Entertainment)

Overwatch World Cup 2023 teams and players

Earlier this year, the winning Overwatch 2 team of each World Cup Trial received $2,000 USD. The winning teams also earned a spot in the Team Tryouts phase before players headed into the Team Selection stage.

Here is the list of the winning teams from the Overwatch World Cup Trials:

Americas Group A

  • Canada: Not Americans
  • Costa Rica: Hellcats Esports
  • Guatemala: Team Frijolitows
  • Mexico: Midnight (Made it to the Overwatch World Cup Group Stage)
  • Puerto Rico: Nix Boriquas
  • United States: Greaseballs (Made it to the Overwatch World Cup Group Stage)

Americas Group B

  • Argentina: Improvisados
  • Brazil: War Pigs
  • Chile: Free Agent Boyz
  • Colombia: Mondongos
  • Ecuador: Yapingacho
  • Peru: Team poke

Europe and Middle East Group A

  • Belgium: The Wild Boars
  • France: les gars si
  • United Kingdom: MWaimone
  • Italy: NO ITAS HERE
  • Netherlands: Koning Willem FC
  • Spain: Andrés Iniesta

Europe and Middle East Group B

  • Germany: German Crusaders
  • Norway: Funnyguys!
  • Poland: Fakejake's path to t2
  • Saudi Arabia: Burn out fire
  • Sweden: Nangijala Outlaws
  • Turkey: Istanbul Janissaries

Asia-Pacific Group A

  • Taiwan: Roll Momo
  • Hong Kong: Cheng Du Brothers
  • Indonesia: BANG MESSI
  • Japan: VARREL
  • Philippines: Winton overwat
  • South Korea: An Elite

Asia-Pacific Group B

  • Australia: Ceebs
  • New Zealand: South Auckland Drillas
  • Singapore: LE SSERAFIM
  • India: LINEAR
  • Malaysia: Top Skills College Gaming
  • Thailand: DAF E-sport

The Wild Card Challenge in Overwatch 2

The Overwatch 2 Wild Card Challenge involved participating groups that duked it out in May. The top two teams from each group advanced to the EMEC online qualifiers. Denmark and Portugal alongside Finland and Iceland fought in June.

EMEC Wild Card Group A

  • Denmark: Team Denmark
  • Portugal: Selección Española

EMEC Wild Card Group B

  • Finland: Team Finland
  • Iceland: Team Iceland

"Since all these teams hail from the Europe and Middle East Conference, they will join the EMEC online qualifiers in June, and both the EMEC Group A and B will expand from six teams to eight to accommodate the winners of the Wild Card Challenge," Blizzard noted.

The Overwatch World Cup schedule involves team tryouts, qualifiers, and more (Image via Blizzard Entertainment)
The Overwatch World Cup schedule involves team tryouts, qualifiers, and more (Image via Blizzard Entertainment)

Overwatch World Cup Season 3 Challenge leaderboard

Folks also participated in the fanfare of the esports World Cup event by helping their favorite team advance in the Overwatch World Cup Season 3 Challenge leaderboards. A total of 36 teams had a chance of getting a customized in-game cosmetic. This World Cup Season 3 Challenge happened between Feb. 7 and Feb. 21, with Poland fans achieving a total score of 7,235. This was followed by Turkey at 7,211 and Hong Kong at 6,869 points.

Season 3 Challenge leaderboard (Image via Blizzard Entertainment)
Season 3 Challenge leaderboard (Image via Blizzard Entertainment)

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