Cómo funciona la temporada de OWCS

Eventos en el calendario

Evento	Estado	Fechas	Ubicación	Premio
OWCS Japan Stage 3	En curso	Sep 21 al Oct 20, 2026	Japan	$13,000
Overwatch Collegiate Fall 2026 Open	En curso	Sep 24 al Nov 22, 2026	United States	$30,000
OWCS Korea Stage 3	En curso	Oct 2 al Nov 8, 2026	Seoul	$24,500
OWCS China Stage 3	En curso	Oct 3 al Nov 8, 2026	China	¥700,000 CNY (≃ $104,442 USD)
OWCS EMEA Stage 3	En curso	Oct 10 al Nov 1, 2026	Europe MENA	$75,000
OWCS NA Stage 3	En curso	Oct 10 al Nov 1, 2026	North America	$75,000
OWCS Pacific Stage 3	Próximos	Oct 26 al Nov 3, 2026	Southeast Asia	$6,000
Overwatch World Cup 2026	Finalizado	Aug 20 al Sep 13, 2026	Busan Anaheim, CA

Formatos y datos clave

Overwatch World Cup 2026

Inicio

2026-08-20

Fin

2026-09-13

Ubicación

Busan Anaheim, CA

Sede

Busan Esports Arena (Group Stage) Anaheim Convention Center (Playoffs)

Tipo

Offline

Equipos

16

Organizador

Blizzard Entertainment

Serie

OWWC

Tier

S-Tier

• Group Stage: August 20th – 23rd
• Round Robin with 4 groups
• All matches are Ft3
• Top 2 teams of each group advance to Playoffs
• Click Show for detailed information about the Group Draw and Tiebreakers Show Hide
• Group Stage Draw[1]
• Teams cannot play against another team from their qualifier group
• A maximum of 2 teams per conference can be placed into a group
• If a team is pulled that can't abide by these rules, they will go into the next avaliable group
• Pool 1 consists of the OWWC 2023 Winner and Runner Up: Saudi Arabia & China
• Pool 2 consists of 1st seed over all qualifiers:
• Americas: Canada & United States
• EMEA: Sweden, Germany & France
• Asia: South Korea & Australia
• Pool 3 consists of 2nd seed over all qualifiers:
• Americas: Colombia & Mexico
• EMEA: Denmark, United Kingdom & Spain
• Asia: Japan & Thailand
• Tiebreakers
• Head-to-head Series Differential
• Head-to-head Map Differential
• Overall Map Differential
• Overall Map Score % Differential
• Strength of Victory evaluate by combining records between all teams
• Tiebreaker Match
• Tiebreakers will be applied until a team prevails.
• Remaining tied teams start at the top of the list.
• This process is repeated until all teams are fully ranked
• Playoffs: September 12th – 13th
• Single elimination bracket

OWCS Japan Stage 3

Inicio

2026-09-21

Fin

2026-10-20

Ubicación

Japan

Tipo

Online

Bolsa de premios

$13,000 USD

Equipos

8

Serie

OWCS

Tier

A-Tier

• Regular Season: September 21st – October 14th
• Round Robin
• All matches are Ft3
• Top 4 teams advance to Regional Playoffs
• Regional Playoffs: October 19th – 20th
• Single elimination bracket
• All matches are Ft4
• Top 3 teams advance to OWCS Asia Stage 3
• Hero Bans
• Each team bans 1 hero per map, with the ban impacting both teams
• Each ban must be from a different role than the other team's ban
• Teams can only ban a hero once per series, but may repeat a ban from the opposing team
• The higher seeded team or team that has lost the last map chooses to ban first or second

Overwatch Collegiate Fall 2026 Open

Inicio

2026-09-24

Fin

2026-11-22

Ubicación

United States

Tipo

Online

Bolsa de premios

$30,000 USD

Equipos

175

Serie

COL

Tier

A-Tier

• Swiss: September 24th – November 12th
• Eight swiss rounds
• All matches are Ft3
• Top 32 teams advance to Playoffs
• Playoffs: November 14th – 22nd
• Single elimination bracket
• All matches (Excl. Grand Finals) are Ft3
• Grand Finals are Ft4
• Hero Bans
• Each team bans 1 hero per map, with the ban impacting both teams
• Each ban must be from a different role than the other team's ban
• Teams can only ban a hero once per series, but may repeat a ban from the opposing team
• Higher seeded team receives first ban, after which the team that lost the last map receives first ban

OWCS Korea Stage 3

Inicio

2026-10-02

Fin

2026-11-08

Ubicación

Seoul

Sede

WDG Studio Hongdae

Tipo

Offline

Bolsa de premios

$24,500 USD

Equipos

9

Serie

OWCS

Tier

A-Tier

• Regular Season: October 2nd – 25th
• Round Robin
• All matches are Ft3
• Top 4 teams advance to Playoffs Seeding Decider Matches
• Next 4 teams advance to Last Chance Qualifier
• Playoffs Seeding Decider Matches: October 30th – November 1st
• Single Round Robin
• Results of Regular Season carry over
• All matches are Ft3
• All teams advance to Regional Playoffs
• Top 2 teams receive a first-round bye
• Last Chance Qualifier: October 30th – November 1st
• Double elimination bracket
• All matches are Ft3
• 5th and 6th team from Regular Season start from Upper Bracket
• Top 2 teams advance to Regional Playoffs
• Regional Playoffs: November 6th – 8th
• Single elimination bracket
• All matches are Ft4
• Top 4 teams advance to OWCS Asia Stage 3
• Hero Bans
• Each team bans 1 hero per map, with the ban impacting both teams
• Each ban must be from a different role than the other team's ban
• Teams can only ban a hero once per series, but may repeat a ban from the opposing team
• The higher seeded team or team that has lost the last map chooses to ban first or second

OWCS China Stage 3

Inicio

2026-10-03

Fin

2026-11-08

Ubicación

China

Tipo

Online

Bolsa de premios

¥700,000 CNY (≃ $104,442 USD)

Equipos

8

Serie

OWCS

Tier

A-Tier

• Regular Season – Swiss Stage: October 3rd – 11th
• Swiss with 4 rounds
• All matches are Ft3
• Top 6 teams advance to Regular Season – Round Robin:
• 4 teams that reach 2 wins advance.
• Teams of 1-2 result will battle against with teams of 0-2 result, winners advance.
• Regular Season – Round Robin Stage: October 17th – November 1st
• Round Robin
• All matches are Ft3
• Top 4 teams advance to Regional Playoffs
• Regional Playoffs: November 7th – 8th
• Double elimination bracket
• All matches (excl. Grand Finals) are Ft3
• Grand Finals are Ft4
• Hero Bans
• Each team bans 1 hero per map, with the ban impacting both teams
• Each ban must be from a different role than the other team's ban
• Teams can only ban a hero once per series, but may repeat a ban from the opposing team
• The higher seeded team or team that has lost the last map chooses to ban first or second

OWCS EMEA Stage 3

Inicio

2026-10-10

Fin

2026-11-01

Ubicación

Europe MENA

Tipo

Online

Bolsa de premios

$75,000 USD

Equipos

6

Serie

OWCS

Tier

A-Tier

• Regular Season: October 10th – 25th
• Round Robin
• All matches are Ft3
• Top 4 teams advance to Regional Playoffs
• Regional Playoffs: October 30th – November 1st
• Double elimination bracket
• All matches (excl. Grand Finals) are Ft3
• Grand Finals are Ft4
• Hero Bans
• Each team bans 1 hero per map, with the ban impacting both teams
• Each ban must be from a different role than the other team's ban
• Teams can only ban a hero once per series, but may repeat a ban from the opposing team
• The higher seeded team or team that has lost the last map chooses to ban first or second

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