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TL;DR: Regional competitions will be starting soon in North America (Aug 9), Europe (Aug 9), and Asia (Aug 8), culminating in an international finals in Stockholm Nov 22-24!

If you want the links that will give you everything you need to know, check out Liquipedia:

• North America Stage 3 https://liquipedia.net/overwatch/Overwatch_Champions_Series/2024/North_America/Stage_3
• EMEA Stage 3 https://liquipedia.net/overwatch/Overwatch_Champions_Series/2024/EMEA/Stage_3
• Korea Stage 2 https://liquipedia.net/overwatch/Overwatch_Champions_Series/2024/Asia/Stage_2/Korea
• General page for everything https://liquipedia.net/overwatch/Overwatch_Champions_Series

Regional breakdown / format

• North America and Europe still have stages 3 and 4 left this year. Each stage has a swiss stage for 1 week, group stages for 2 weeks, and then a main event for 1 week. Here's the calendar for NA/EMEA stage 3: https://www.reddit.com/r/Competitiveoverwatch/comments/1eku3i3/owcs_stage_3_calendar_naemea/
• Asia is split into three regions - Korea, Japan, and Pacific. The three regions play in a round robin, and then the top teams from each region meet at the OWCS Asia Stage 2 event. I'm skipping some details because it's pretty complicated, but last time, the top 2 Korean teams made it through the event pretty easily.

Stockholm will have the top 3 teams from NA, top 3 teams from EU, and top 2 teams from Korea.

Other links

• If you'd like the schedule in your calendar, u/patatafishSG updates a Google Calendar with OWCS and tier 2/3 events https://www.reddit.com/r/Competitiveoverwatch/comments/1emp2nn/owcs_google_calendar/
• Replay codes for most matches will be in this spreadsheet. However, as with all replay codes, they will become unusable after the game has a significant patch. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vRy-b0Vo5LecKRY21-pBfw40TRlqukyjyMqSOTmlo0oe4hWlFDTmnmnuuRecgAWODfPUiM5o3FJ92Xf/pubhtml
• ObsSojourn, an observer for OWCS, records as many replays as she can from OWCS, and uploads them to YouTube for convenience/posterity. https://www.youtube.com/@obssojourn

Interested in even more tournaments?

• Calling All Heroes is a tournament series organized by Blizzard to promote equity, visibility, and community support for underrepresented genders. The next series starts on September 7th. https://liquipedia.net/overwatch/Calling_All_Heroes
• FACEIT League is an alternative league for Overwatch run by FACEIT, which also organizes NA/EMEA OWCS. https://liquipedia.net/overwatch/FACEIT_League

Frequently asked questions

• Who are the top teams?
  • So far this year, Crazy Raccoon from Korea have been dominating. Team Falcons have been able to beat them a few times, but not consistently. Spacestation Gaming (EU) and Toronto Defiant (NA) have generally been the best teams from their regions, but they haven't beaten the top Korean teams yet.
• Will Chinese players be in the OWCS?
  • While there hasn't been official word on this, based on China still not having official access to the game and how long it would take to set things up, it's extremely unlikely that Chinese players will participate in OWCS before 2025.
• Why are there only 2 teams from Korea attending OWCS Stockholm?
  • There's been no official reason given.
• What are the player import rules?
  • Each team is allowed to have two players from outside of their region. For example, the Toronto Defiant have three NA players and two Korean players and participate in OWCS NA.

Any other questions?

Feel free to message me, ask in our weekly short questions thread, or make a post in the subreddit about it!