Full Overwatch Champions Series Schedule Revealed
The Overwatch Champions Series was announced in January 2024, bringing hope to the competitive Overwatch 2 community. Now, the full calendar for 2024 has been released. Here's how to follow along with the OWCS action this year.
OWCS 2024 Schedule
The Overwatch Champions Series 2024 will start on February 2024 and conclude with the Finals in November 2024.
Here is what to expect if you want to follow along:
- Asia Stage 1 Qualifiers - February
- Asia Round Robin + Last Chance Qualifiers - February - March
- NA Stage 1 Qualifiers - March
- EMEA Stage 1 Qualifiers - March
- NA Stage 1 Main Event - March
- EMEA Stage 1 Main Event - March
- Asia Playoffs + Wild Cards - April
- Asia Stage 1 Main Event - April
- NA Stage 2 Qualifiers - April
- EMEA Stage 2 Qualifiers - April
- NA Stage 2 Main Event - April
- EMEA Stage 2 Main Event - April
- Major - May
- Asia Stage 2 Qualifiers - August
- Asia Round Robin + LCQ - August - September
- NA Stage 3 Qualifiers - August
- EMEA Stage 3 Qualifiers - August
- NA Stage 3 Main Event - August
- EMEA Stage 3 Main Event - August
- Asia Playoffs + Wild Cards - September
- NA Stage 4 Qualifiers - September
- EMEA Stage 4 Qualifiers - September
- Asia Stage 2 Main Event - October
- NA Stage 4 Main Event - October
- EMEA Stage 4 Main Event - October
- Finals - November
We learned earlier in the year that the Major in May is DreamHack Dallas from May 31-June 2 while the Finals will occur during DreamHack Stockholm from November 22-24.
OWCS Format
The Qualifiers this month will have a total of nine rounds. From there, the top 16 teams will make it to a Group Stage to find the top two teams from each group. These teams will advance to the first Main Event. The Main Event will have a double-elimination format.
Overwatch 2 Community Reacts to Full OWCS Schedule
It's safe to say that the Overwatch 2 community is not happy with Blizzard right now. Many responded to the full schedule tweet with frustration over Blizzard's choices up until this point. One of the biggest complaints was them letting go of caster and analyst Soe Gschwind along with many other well-known talents.
