The Overwatch World Cup 2019 begins today!

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The Overwatch World Cup 2019 will be held between October 31 and November 2 in Anaheim, California, part of the BlizzCon 2019.

The tournament will feature three phases: preliminary phase, groups and playoffs. Canada, China, South Korea, the United States and France have secured group stage vacancies as they are the best countries in the competitive landscape. Another five places in the main event will be played between about thirty countries in best of three (MD3) knockout matches.

Best Teams

South Korea

South Korea has won all the editions and comes back as the big favorite, with the support of Vancouver Titans’ DPS Kim ”Haksal”, elected OWL’s 2019 Rookie of the Year and the Choi ”ChoiHyoBin” tank , OWL 2019 champion with the Shock .

  • Jae-hyeok “Carpe” Lee
  • Minho “Architect” Park
  • HaksalHyojong “Haksal” Kim
  • Hyo-bin “ChoiHyoBin” Choi
  • Dong-gyu “Mano” Kim
  • Ho-jin “iDK” Park
  • Seung-tae “Bdosin” Choi

England

The UK squad comes with just 1 change from the previous edition’s lineup, but the players have evolved a lot this season and are coming strong for the tournament.

  • Kai “KSP” Collins
  • Finley “Kyb” Adisi
  • Eoghan “Smex” O’Neill
  • Cameron “Fusions” Bosworth
  • Isaac “Boombox” Charles
  • Daniel “FunnyAstro” Hathaway
  • Harrison “Kruise” Pond

United States

The United States team comes with three OWL 2019 champions, including Sinatraa, season MVP. The strength of the North American team lies within the trio Sinatraa, super and moth, but Orisa and Sigma’s current meta could be a problem for Space who did not play well with those champions this season.

  • Corey “Corey” Nigra
  • Jay “sinatraa” Won
  • Kyle “KSF” Frandanisa
  • Indy “SPACE” Halpern
  • Matthew “super” DeLisi
  • Grant “moth” Espe
  • Shane “Rawkus” Flaherty

Canada

Third place on 2018.

  • Lane “Surefour” Roberts
  • Brady “Agilities” Girardi
  • Liam “Mangachu” Campbell
  • Lucas “NotE” Meissner
  • Félix “xQc” Lengyel
  • Chris “Bani” Benell
  • William “Crimzo” Hernandez

China

Most players by Chengdu Hunters from OWL.

  • Yi “JinMu” Hu
  • Ou “Eileen” Yiliang
  • Luo “Elsa” Wenjie
  • Xu “guxue” Qiulin
  • Li “Yveltal” Xianyao
  • Kong “Kyo” Chunting

Schedule

Day 1 – Thursday (10/31)

  • Knockout series

Day 2 – Friday (11/01)

  • Group stage

Day 3 – Thursday (11/02)

  • Quarterfinals;
  • Semifinal 1;
  • Semifinal 2;
  • Third place;
  • Grand Final

Games will broadcast live on Twitch – [EN] [EN 2] [EN 3]

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