Overwatch World Cup Details

Excitement builds as days fall like leaves until the Overwatch World Cup commences for 2017. The earliest matches, of Groups A and B, start July 13 and finish two days later. These groups go all the way to letter H, so here’s a concise list of each member in every group accompanied by their dates of action.

• Group A; Hong Kong, China, Norway and Romania – July 13 to 15
• Group B; Denmark, Thailand, Argentina and France – July 13 to 15
• Group C; Sweden, Australia, Italy and Portugal – July 20 to 22
• Group D; Finland, Japan, Spain and Vietnam – July 20 to 22
• Group E; South Korea, Netherlands, Poland and Austria – August 4 to 6
• Group F; Canada, Russia, Singapore and Turkey – August 4 to 6
• Group G; United States, Taiwan, Brazil and New Zealand – August 11 to 13
• Group H; United Kingdom, Germany, Israel and Belgium -  August 11 to 13

Tickets will be available to support one’s country at the multitude of global venues. Line-ups are settled, but wouldn’t fit into a little article as such. For more details on individual rosters visit; https://worldcup.playoverwatch.com/en-us/#group-stage. Don’t miss the Overwatch World Cup Finals to occur from November 3rd to 4th after groups are settled.

Three top countries are South Korea (last year’s champions), United States and France. Yet, France has an advantage no other team has; a deep chemistry due to the fact that every player was taken from the same team, Rogue. Anyhow, it’s absolutely amazing to see a gathering of 32 countries battle it out to resemble well known tournaments such as the World Cup of football. Personally, I commend Blizzard on taking the initiative again to create an intense global event – players will become adjourned to no longer just competing for prize money, but for pride, for their country.

Overwatch has brought 32 countries together; hopefully, we could see replicated tournaments for many other titles in the years to come. That would certainly help esports grow in popularity on a global scale just like last year’s event.