Overwatch World Cup 2023 (OWWC 2023) is the biggest international competitive tournament for the title and the entire community is excited to witness the return of this grand event after four long years.
It is all set to take place at the Anaheim Convention Center in California, USA, from 29th October to 4th November, alongside BlizzCon 2023 which is also coming back after a gap of four years.
A total of 16 teams have qualified through various regional qualifiers to cement a slot for themselves in the LAN event whose total prize pool is being crowdfunded and has not been fixed till now.
Here is everything you need to know about the Overwatch World Cup 2023 including information about qualified teams, results, schedule, format, prize pool split, livestream details, and more.
Overwatch World Cup 2023 (OWWC 2023): Complete Details
This will be the fifth global championship for Overwatch and the first in the last four years, all set to take place on LAN in front of a live audience.
To date, South Korea has won three world cups, all of them in succession from 2016 to 2018, followed by the USA winning the most recent one in 2019, which makes them the current defending champions.
Now the fight is on to see which country will be able to leave its mark as the first Overwatch 2 World Cup winner!
OWWC 2023: Qualified Teams
A total of 16 teams will be competing in this tournament, all of them securing a spot for themselves after qualifying through certain regional qualifiers.
OWWC 2023: Schedule
The tournament has been split between Group Stage and Playoffs.
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OWWC 2023 Group Stage: 29th Oct to 1st Nov
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OWWC 2023 Playoffs: 3rd to 4th Nov
OWWC 2023: Results
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Playoffs
TBD
OWWC 2023: Format
Group Stage
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All 16 teams have been divided into four groups of four teams each.
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Each group will follow a round robin format where each match will be a best-of-three series.
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The top two teams from each group will advance.
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All these matches will be played behind closed doors at the Anaheim Convention Center.
Playoffs
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The eight qualified teams will follow a single elimination bracket.
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Here every match is going to be a best-of-three series except for the grand final which will be a best-of-five series.
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All these matches will be played in front of a live audience at the Anaheim Convention Center.
OWWC 2023: Prize Pool
The total prize pool for the tournament has not been decided till now because it is dependent on crowdfunding via the sales of bundles including exclusive limited-time skins and items.
OWWC 2023: Where to Watch
The tournament will be broadcasted live across YouTube and Twitch on Play Overwatch in the English language.
Apart from this, there will be official watch parties hosted by popular streamers and content creators on their respective channels. Anyone is free to host one if they want, all they need to do is follow these two steps.
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Title: Overwatch World Cup 2023 Watch Party
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Hashtag: #OWWCstreamteam
This is going to be the first Overwatch World Cup which will be held after the release of Overwatch 2. On top of this, it is the first such tournament to be held in four years as the last one took place in 2019.
It will be interesting to see how the teams perform in an offline environment while representing their respective countries.
The United States will be under slight pressure to defend its throne while other teams hunt to claim the championship, especially South Korea who are the three time winners of this competition.
