All qualified and invited teams for Esports World Cup Overwatch 2 tournament

The Esports World Cup Overwatch 2 tournament is right on the horizon and is scheduled to be held from July 24, 2024. 16 teams, representing various regions, will gather inside the Qiddiya Arena in Boulevard Riyadh City to fight for the ultimate glory and a massive prize pool of US$1,050,000. The Overwatch community is quite hyped to witness high-octane matches of the 5v5 tactical Hero shooter.

With that in mind, this article will list all teams qualified for and invited to the Esports World Cup Overwatch 2 tournament in the capital of Saudi Arabia.

All 16 qualified and invited teams for the Esports World Cup Overwatch 2 tournament

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Among the 16 teams participating in the Esports World Cup Overwatch 2 tournament, some have been invited based on their regional rankings, while others have earned their spots via several qualifying tournaments.

Hence, without further ado, let’s take a quick glimpse at all teams qualified and invited for the Esports World Cup Overwatch 2 tournament:

NA Region

Spacestation Gaming (OWCS Major/NA Top 2)

William "SparkR" Andersson
Jamie "Backbone" O'Neill
Maximilian "Seicoe" Otter
Hadi "Hadi" Bleinagel
Daniel "FunnyAstro" Hathaway
Landon "Landon" McGee

Toronto Ultra (FACEIT Master NA)

Choi "MER1T" Tae-min
Kamden "Sugarfree" Hijada
Ham "SOMEONE" Jeong-wan
Diego "Vega" Moran
Rupal "Rupal" Zaman

M80 (FACEIT Master NA)

Elliot "TR33" Chu
Go "Spectra" Dong-woo
Colin "Coluge" Arai
William "Lyar" Ohlstein
Benjamin "UltraViolet" David

NTMR (FACEIT Master NA)

Alex "seeker" Taylor
Xavier "zeruhh" Zambrano
Boston "Infekted" Fine
Oliver "Admiral" Vahar
Zach "zman" Harvey

EU Region

ENCE (OWCS Major/EMEA Top 2)

Kai "Kai" Collins
Kevin "kevster" Persson
William "WMaimone" Maimone
Huy "MirroR" Trịnh
Ilari "Vestola" Vestola
Kyle "Rakattack" Rakauskas
Robert "Skairipa" Lupsa

Gamin Gladiators (FACEIT Master EMEA)

Daniel "xzodyal" Castro
Nikolai "Naga" Dereli
Alexander "Tred" Madgwick-Smith
Brice "FDGod" Monsçavoir
Mark "Lv1Crook" Leveleki
Valdemar "yoham" Qualen

Twisted Minds (FACEIT Master EMEA)

Ibrahem "Quartz" Alali
Ahmad "Youbi" Alyoubi
Abdulelah "LBBD7" Alfaifi
Abdualziz "TVNT" Altmimi
Lewis "crispy" Beer
Kim "vigilante" Joon
Kim "Bliss" So-myung

Virtus.pro (FACEIT Master EMEA)

Niclas "sHockWave" Jensen
Viljami "Clowd" Pikkumäki
Paavo "Sauna" Ulmanen
Rasmus "Raajaro" Rosvall
Jesús "Galaa" López
Christian "Khenail" Ríos

Asia Region

Bleed Esports (OWCS/Winning Region Invite)

Nathawit "HyVision" Prajong
Ratchanon "Ace" Seubwongrung
Napawee "Yoshinori2k" Suwannasak
Jonathan "CLEAR" Foraker
Manfred "lumi" Sit
Panachai "PaLee" Prathomchandee

Crazy Racoon (OWCS Asia Stage 1)

Lee "LIP" Jae-won
Chae "HeeSang" Hee-sang
Park "Junbin" Jun-bin
Choi "MAX" Su-min
Sung "CH0R0NG" Yoo-min
Kim "Shu" Jin-seo

Team Falcons (OWCS Asia Stage 1)

Kim "Proper" Dong-hyun
Jeong "Stalk3r" Hak-yong
Yoo "smurf" Myeong-hwan
Choi "Hanbin" Han-been
Han "ChiYo" Hyeon-seok
Kwon "Fielder" Joon
Majed "SirMajed" Alrashied

ZETA Division (OWCS Asia Stage 1)

Lim "Flora" Young-woo
Kim "AlphaYi" Jun
Lee "Fearless" Eui-Seok
Shin "BERNAR" Se-won
Park "Viol2t" Min-ki
Oh "FiNN" Se-jin

Fnatic (OWCS Asia Stage 1)

Lee "KNIFE" Seon-woo
Lee "Viper" Jung-woong
Lee "LeeJaeGon" Jae-gon
Baek "Checkmate" Seung-hun
Kim "D0NGHAK" Min-sung
Kim "Attack" Jun-hwa
Kim "Izayaki" Min-chul

China Region

LGD.OA (China Invite)

Zheng "shy" Yangjie
Huang "Leave" Xin
Xu "guxue" Qiulin
Chen "Lengsa" Jingyi
Zhou "Mmonk" Xiang

Oceania Region

The Great Showmen (FACEIT Master OCE)

Xander "Neuu" de-Wit
Jeong "TOPDRAGON" Seung-yong
Leyton "Punk" Gilchrist
Isaac "Ackyyy" Berry
An "OPENER" Gi-beom
Kelsey "Colourhex" Birse

South America Region

ROC Esports (FACEIT Master SA)

Gabriel "Nitro" Gaspar
Lucas "Lucas42g" Neodini
Miles "Sloth" Brown
Rafael "Kani" Santos
Mateus "neil" Kröber
Arthur "Mocha" Scarione
Alexandre "Froakie" Santos

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Esports World Cup Overwatch 2 tournament Format

Following the standard procedures of any prestigious tournament, the Overwatch 2 Esports World Cup will be conducted in two phases, namely group stage and playoffs. During the group stage, teams will face each other following a round-robin format. All the matchups in this stage will follow a standard best-of-five (BO5) format. Additionally, the top three teams from the four groups will qualify for the playoff stage.

To make things more exciting, the playoff stage will follow a best-of-seven (BO7) format. And it will follow a single elimination bracket too.

That said, players worldwide can tune in to the below-mentioned links to witness the Esports World Cup Overwatch 2 tournament 2024:

Overwatch 2 Esports World Cup Twitch: Click Here
Overwatch 2 Esports World Cup YouTube: Click Here

For more content regarding Blizzard Entertainment's 5v5 tactical Hero shooter, follow Sportskeeda’s official Overwatch 2 page.

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