Julien Emery, Director of development of Hopscotch Entertainment: The event brought together over 1,200 people at the Espace Grande Arche.Ĭonnection peaks with over 100,000 people, all countries included, have been recorded ! These two countries will meet at the world final at Blizzcon next November in California. This fourth qualifying phase of the “Overwatch World Cup 2018” has seen 8 European teams fighting it out, and France beating the UK. Whether you’re a pro, aspiring pro, or casual player, there are tons of ways to get involved.Grand première in France with the e-sport “Overwatch World Cup 2018” event organised in Paris from 21 to 23 September of last year!Īt the 3rd Overwatch World Cup, a flagship game of Blizzard Entertainment, which to date has exceeded 40 million players throughout the world, Mediawan, the rights holder for the programme in France, granted Hopscotch and Way of Live the production and creation of the French and American livestream and of this event, for the Twitch and YouTube social networks in English and French on the AB1 channel. Those 16 teams will then battle it out in a LAN environment in the fall of 2023 to determine our first World Cup champion since 2019. In June, after team rosters are finalized, Overwatch World Cup qualifiers are planned to take place through regional online competition, narrowing down 36 teams to 16 for the next phase of the tournament. Regular tryouts will have a Competitive Rank requirement of Diamond and above, so aspiring players should start climbing the ladder now!Īlso, in 2023 we will be offering some challenges and rewards for all players to help celebrate the return of the Overwatch World Cup. Players will still be able to sign up for regular tryouts taking place in March. In February, the World Cup Trials competition will earn winning players a direct spot in the tryouts for their team. This comes in the form of an open tournament format: World Cup Trials. Each competition committee will be responsible for organizing tryouts for their country and region, following Blizzard guidelines.Īlongside regular tryouts, we’re introducing a new avenue for players to compete for a spot on their team.

In January, we’ll announce the 36 countries and regions competing in the 2023 Overwatch World Cup, and that’s also when competition committee applications will open. We’ll reveal additional program details as they’re ready, but here’s the big picture for the 2023 Overwatch World Cup… TIMELINE OVERVIEW

Attention, world-after three years away, we’re thrilled to announce that the Overwatch World Cup is returning for 2023, and the competition will be bigger than ever: new game, new players, and new ways of spotlighting your country and region on a global scale.

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