Overwatch World Cup 2023 schedule, teams, and players
Here’s everything to know about Overwatch World Cup 2023, including the schedule, teams, players, and more.
The 2023 Overwatch World Cup is here! Here's everything you need to know about the Overwatch World Cup 2023 schedule, teams, and more!
Overwatch World Cup 2023 schedule
The next phase, called the Overwatch World Cup Qualifiers, will happen in June. A total of 36 country and regional teams will duke it out in six regional qualifiers. Then, the top 16 teams will advance to the Overwatch World Cup Group Stage in the fall.
Overwatch World Cup 2023 teams and players
The winning Overwatch 2 team of each World Cup Trial during that phase received $2,000 USD. The winning teams also earned a spot in the Team Tryouts phase before players headed into the Team Selection phase. 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
- Puerto Rico: Nix Boriquas
- United States: Greaseballs
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 duking it out in May. The top two teams from each group advanced to the EMEC online qualifiers. Denmark and Portugal alongside Finland and Iceland will duke it out 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.
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 from Feb. 7 to 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.
That's all for now. Stay tuned on Esports.gg for more news and updates!
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