Overwatch Champions Series

Overwatch Champions Series (OWCS) is the premiere international competitive circuit open to players across North America (NA), Europe, Middle East, and North Africa (EMEA), and Asia. It is a part of the new Overwatch Esports program, replacing the Overwatch League. The first season of OWCS launched in February 2024.

Cosmetics

OWCS cosmetics are usually available as Twitch Rewards for watching associated OWCS. Alternatively, they may be sold in the Shop for crowdfunding purposes.

Skins

Team Skins

Overwatch Champions Series Skins
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Brigitte Weapons: #1 #2	Cassidy Weapons: #1	D.Va Weapons: #1	Doomfist
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Mauga Weapons: #1 #2	Mei Weapons: #1	Mercy Weapons: #1 #2	Moira
Orisa Weapons: #1	Pharah Weapons: #1	Ramattra Weapons: #1 #2	Reaper Weapons: #1
Reinhardt Weapons: #1	Roadhog Weapons: #1 #2 #3	Sigma Weapons: #1	Sojourn Weapons: #1
Soldier: 76 Weapons: #1 #2	Sombra Weapons: #1	Symmetra Weapons: #1 #2 #3	Torbjörn Weapons: #1 #2 #3
Tracer Weapons: #1	Venture Weapons: #1	Widowmaker Weapons: #1	Winston Weapons: #1
Wrecking Ball Weapons: #1	Zarya Weapons: #1		Zenyatta Weapons: #1

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Legendary ( 1900)

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  Azure Flame
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  Neon Streets
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  Neon Streets

Epic ( 1000)

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  Neon Streets

Sprays

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  Adventure Calls
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  Adventurer’s Pack
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  At the Top
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  Azure Guardian ( 100)
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  Bless Your Heart
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  Cozy Lifeweaver
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  Dalahast Brigitte
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  Dalahast Torbjorn
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  Fika
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  Ironclad Battle
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  London OWCS Throwie
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  Nanoblade Pact
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  Overwatch Champions Series
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  Overwatch Champions Series 2024
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  Overwatch Esports
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  OWCS 2024 Stockholm World Finals
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  OWCS 2024 World Finals Trophy
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  OWCS Retro TVs
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  PC Bang
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  Ready for Action
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  Rockin' Tea Time
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  Rodeo Ashe
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  Rodeo Cassidy
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  Summer Games Stadium
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  Taste of Glory

Player Icons

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  Adventure Calls
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  Azure Flame
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  Corgi Cookie
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  Dallas Longhorn
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  Dallas Major - Day
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  Dallas Major - Night
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  Googlymari
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  Journey Ends 2024 Competitor
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  Journey Ends 2024 Trophy
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  Neon Streets Tracer
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  Overwatch Champions Series
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  Overwatch Esports
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  OWCS Helmet
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  OWCS Neon Lights
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  OWCS Stockholm Day
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  OWCS Stockholm Night
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  OWCS Stockholm Sunset
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  Queen Gains
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  Summer Games Torch
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  Time for Waffles

Weapon Charms

Twitch Drops

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  Overwatch Champions Series Home
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  Overwatch Champions Series Away

Shop

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  Dragon Guardian
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  Magenta Spray Paint
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  Neon Detonator
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  Sneaker Tread

Name Cards

Name	Name Card	Notes
Adventure Calls
Autumn Vibes
Azure Moon
Blooming Friendship
Cosmic D.Va
Cosmic Echo
Cosmic Mercy
Cosmic Zenyatta
Crimson Rose Genji
Crimson Rose Mercy
D.Va's Hotteok
Dallas Night
Dallas Noon
Dallas Sunset
Overwatch Champions Series 2024
Overwatch Champions Series 2025 Asia
Overwatch Champions Series 2025 China
Overwatch Champions Series 2025 EMEA
Overwatch Champions Series 2025 NA
Overwatch Champions Series 2025
OWCS Neon City
OWCS Road to Hangzhou
OWCS Snake Knot
OWCS Stockholm Day
OWCS Stockholm Night
OWCS Stockholm Sunset
Summer Stargaze
Time to Shine
Torch Run
Unleashed Potential

Season 2025

For more detailed overview of the format and results visit Liquipedia.

Format

OWCS 2025 will have three stages across the globe and will feature three global live events. The first stage will kick off with an open qualifier in January, followed by a regular season with the top 8-12 teams (depending on region), and then a regional tournament that will qualify select teams for the global events. This season will also introduce promotion and relegation into OWCS, where the lowest performing OWCS teams with have to defend their spots against up-and-coming talent. As well as the removal of the circuit points system; now, teams will qualify via performance in their respective Stage 1 regional Playoffs.

NA & EMEA

North America and EMEA kick off each of their OWCS 2025 Seasons with an Open Qualifier on FACEIT determining which teams will participate in the Stage 1 Regular Season joining Partner Teams who will then be subject to Promotion & Relegation into Stages 2 & 3.

At the end of each Stage in NA and EMEA, the bottom two OWCS teams in each region will play in a promotion and relegation tournament against the top two FACEIT League teams from Master to determine who competes in the next stage.

Asia

For OWCS Korea, nine teams will play a round-robin series, and then compete in a Last Chance Qualifier and Seeding matches to decide six playoff spots. All matches will take place at a new offline venue in Hongdae with a seating capacity of 500, and 54 live match days per season.

For OWCS Japan, the number of teams expands from eight to twelve, will be divided into two groups of six, and then have the group round-robin series. The top four teams from each group will advance to the playoffs.

For OWCS Pacific, there will be an eight team round-robin series that will be held before the playoffs, to where the top six teams will advance. This season also includes Australia in the region.

Season 2024

For more detailed overview of the format and results visit Liquipedia.

Format

Season 2024 is divided in 4 stages of competition in North America (NA) and Europe Middle-East and North Africa regions and in two stages in the Asia region. At the midpoint of the season, qualified teams based on the first stages will participate in OWCS Major at DreamHack Dallas in May. The second half of the season will start in August and concluding the season, qualified teams based on the results of all stages will participate in the OWCS Finals at DreamHack Stockholm in November.

NA & EMEA

Each competition stage has 3 tournament phases: Swiss, Groups, and the Main Event. 16 teams from the open qualifier swiss phase will advance to the group stage where the top two teams of each group will advance to the main event. The main event will be played as an 8-team double-elimination bracket. The top 16 teams of each main event will earn Circuit Points and prizing based on their performance in groups and main event phases. The winners of each main event as well as the top two teams based on Circuit Points from all previous events qualify to OWCS Major and Finals.

Asia

In Asia, teams will participate in two competitive stages throughout the year, with each stage culminating in a respective international OWCS event. Each competitive stage will feature their own respective Open Qualifiers leading into Regional Tournaments for three subdivisions: Korea, Japan and Pacific. The top teams from each division will advance to the two Asia Championship tournaments, where the top two teams qualify to the global events.

Prize pools

Before the Stockholm Major, the total prize pool accross all regions has reached $903,000 USD.

Region		EMEA & NA Stage 1 Asia Stage 1 Regionals	EMEA & NA Stage 2 Asia Stage 1 Championship	Dallas Major	EMEA & NA Stage 3 Asia Stage 1 Regionals	EMEA & NA Stage 4 Asia Stage 1 Championship	Stockholm Major
EMEA		$75,000 USD	$75,000 USD	$250,000 USD	$75,000 USD	$75,000 USD	TBA
NA		$75,000 USD	$75,000 USD		$75,000 USD	$75,000 USD
Asia	Korea	$45,000 USD	$60,000 USD		$48,000 USD	$60,000 USD
	Japan	$27,500 USD			$24,500 USD
	Pacific	$17,500 USD			$20,500 USD

Results overview

Majors

Majors Top 4

Placement	Dallas Major	Stockholm Major
A11st	Crazy Raccoons (KR)	Team Falcons (KR)
A22nd	Team Falcons (KR)	Crazy Raccoons (KR)
A33rd	Spacestation Gaming (EMEA)	Toronto Defiant (NA)
A44th	ENCE (EMEA)	NRG Shock (NA)

EMEA Stages

EMEA Stages Top 4

Placement	Stage 1	Stage 2	Stage 3	Stage 4
A11st	Twisted Minds	Spacetation Gaming	ENCE	Spacestation Gaming
A22nd	ENCE	ENCE	Virtus.pro	ENCE
A33rd	Ex Oblivione	Team Peps	Spacestation Gaming	Twisted Minds
A44th	Spacetation Gaming	Peace and Love	Twisted Minds	Virtus.pro

NA Stages

NA Stages Top 4

Placement	Stage 1	Stage 2	Stage 3	Stage 4
A11st	Toronto Defiant	Toronto Defiant	Toronto Defiant	Toronto Defiant
A22nd	Timeless	M80	NRG Shock	NTMR
A33rd	M80	Students of the Game	NTMR	TSM
A44th	Luminosity Gaming	Citrus Nation	Timeless	FLUFFY AIMERS

Asia Stages

Asia Stages Top 4

Placement	Stage 1				Stage 2
	Korea	Japan	Pacific	Asia Championship	Korea	Japan	Pacific	Asia Championship
A11st	Team Falcons	VARREL	Honeypot	Crazy Raccoons (KR)	Team Falcons	Lazuli	Bleed Esports	Team Falcons (KR)
A22nd	WAC	INSOMNIA	DAF	Team Falcons (KR)	ZETA DIVISION	Nyam Gaming	99 Divine	ZETA DIVISION (KR)
A33rd	From The Gamer	SixBlow	321 Diving	From The Gamer (KR)	Crazy Raccoon	VARREL	Full House	Crazy Raccoon (KR)
A44th	YETI	REVATI	RTFM	YETI (KR)	Poker Face	INSOMNIA	USIA Esports	Poker Face (KR)