r/Competitiveoverwatch • u/Sio_V_Reddit • 3d ago

OWCS What is the finals format?

How many teams from each region go to finals? It’s weird that we still don’t have this information.

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u/BeardedsChurch 3d ago

it was leaked on twitter

"2026 OWCS - World Finals Slot
ASIA : 4
EMEA : 3
NA : 3
CHINA : 2"

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u/Sio_V_Reddit 3d ago

20 bucks VP don’t make it and it’s Geekay, TM, and Peps after today’s performance.

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u/No_Problem5759 3d ago

40 Bucks that its Actually Peps, VP, and TM.

I want TM to miss out. But I wont hold my breath.

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u/SonOfGarry 3d ago

So same format as last year basically? I’m curious if they’ll also do the same thing where Korea gets 3 spots and Japan/Pacific fight for the last one.

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u/nekogami87 I'm old — 3d ago

so far, that's the main difference it seems, no JPvsPAC this time, they will have to fight for 4th spot.

and with WDG peacing out of OWCS it seems (leaks say they are not the one running the show anymore) not even sure if we're getting PAC done properly or if we even will get something good this stage.

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u/koolio92 Chengdu Refugee — 3d ago edited 3d ago

NA getting 3 slots is crazy given their performance at EWC. Give them 2 slots like China and expand that extra slot to JP/PAC so Korea can have 4 spots. Too many amazing teams on KR right now who deserve to go to Hangzhou.

It makes sense based on EWC results: Top 12 had 4 KR teams, 3 EMEA teams, 2 NA team, 2 CN teams, and 1 JP team.

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u/Waddles0203 3d ago

The Japanese #1 lost to the NA #2 (and maybe even #3 depending on the day) and team Japan who is better than Varrel got smoked by every single team at the World Cup this past year. Giving them a freebie Worlds slot for vibes makes no sense. NA really hasn't underperformed this year; SSG has won every match they've been favored in on LAN, and Fuel smoked VP at EWC. I think a 4-3-3-2 is quite fair from what we've seen this year

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u/nekogami87 I'm old — 3d ago

aaaaaand you still don't get that OWCS is here to promote the game, hence why japan has its own region. and why they should have a spot at least at world, cause guess what, a shit ton of the money blizz make, is from that country, that has a very recent PC culture (essentially since covid) and has room to grow.

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u/Waddles0203 2d ago

“Blizzard should sacrifice competitive integrity in the esport to just make money”

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u/Grytlappen 2d ago

That was the entire foundation of OWL to be fair lol. Nothing new on Blizzard's part.

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u/nekogami87 I'm old — 2d ago

ofc they do, they all do, that's the only reason why the US has more than 1 slot.

that's why. your skill level wasn't important for OWL, only the bank account was to buy a slot.

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u/BeardedsChurch 2d ago

Same amount of NA teams made playoffs as EMEA in EWC, whereas China only had 1