Votes for the Overwatch World Cup Competition Committees have been tallied and the results are now live at worldcup.playoverwatch.com. On Thursday, April 27, players were given an opportunity to vote for their country’s representatives to form each Competition Committee, which is responsible for selecting and recommending the strongest team from that nation. You can download the document here for the full list of committee members for all 32 countries.
We’re also excited to announce the groups and city locations for the four live events in which the group stages will be played out this Summer. Each group is comprised of four national teams that will play a full round-robin series of matches. From each group, the top two teams will advance to the single-elimination playoffs. The top two finishers from each of the four group stage events will qualify for the Overwatch World Cup finals at BlizzCon 2017. Venue, dates, and ticket information will be announced soon.
Group Stages:
Shanghai, China – Group A and B
Sydney, Australia – Group C and D
Katowice, Poland – Group E and F
Burbank, California – Group G and H
Groups:
Group A (Shanghai, China)
1 – China
16 – Hong Kong
17 – Norway
32 – Romania
Group B (Shanghai, China)
8 – France
9 – Denmark
24 – Thailand
25 – Argentina
Group C (Sydney, Australia)
4 – Sweden
13 – Australia
20 – Italy
29 – Portugal
Group D (Sydney, Australia)
5 – Finland
12 – Japan
21 – Spain
28 – Vietnam
Group E (Katowice, Poland)
2 – South Korea
15 – Netherlands
18 – Poland
21 – Austria
Group F (Katowice, Poland)
7 – Canada
10 – Russia
23 – Singapore
26 – Turkey
Group G (Burbank, California)
3 – United States
14 – Chinese Taipei
19 – Brazil
30 – New Zealand
Group H (Burbank, California)
6 – United Kingdom
11 – Germany
22 – Israel
27 – Belgium
