The Overwatch Championship Series (OWCS) Stage 2 Mid-Season Championship is taking place this summer during the Esports World Cup in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Shaping up to be one of the biggest esports events of the year, here is everything to know about Overwatch’s upcoming tournament, from schedule, teams, prize pool and more.
OWCS Stage 2 Mid-Season Championship Participating Teams
There will be 16 teams competing, each of which has qualified from their own respective regions during OWCS Stage 2.
Here are all the teams that have progressed to the Mid-Season Championship:
- Crazy Raccoon – Champions Clash, China
- T1 – OWCS Korea: Stage 2
- AG.AL – OWCS Korea: Stage 2
- AlQadsiah Esports – OWCS EMEA: Stage 2
- Twisted Minds – OWCS EMA: Stage 2
- Geekay Esports Esports – OWCS NA: Stage 2
- Team Liquid – OWCS NA: Stage 2
- The Gatos Guapos – OWCS AP: Stage 2
- VARREL – OWCS Japan: Stage 2
- Weibo Gaming – OWCS China: Stage 2
- Team CC – OWCS China: Stage 2
- ROC Esports – OWCS China: Stage 2
- Virtus.pro – OWCS EMEA: Stage 2
- NTMR – OWCS NA: Stage 2
- TBD – FACEIT League LATAM
- TBD – LCQ
Schedule
The Mid-Season Championship will take place across two stages, the Group Stage and the Playoffs.
Group Stage
The Group Stage will see the 16 teams split into four groups, running from July 31st to August 1st, 2025.
The Upper Brackets will begin on July 31st from 2:00 PM to 7:45 PM. Each group will begin with the two initial matches, the winners will then qualify for the winners’ match, and the best team will qualify for the Playoffs.
The Lower Brackets run on August 1st from 2:00 PM to 7:15 PM. The two losers of the initial matches will face off in the elimination match, and the winner will then play against the loser of the winners’ match. In the end, a winner from the upper and lower bracket will progress in each group.
Playoffs
The OWCS Stage 2 Mid-Season Championship Playoffs has four stages running from August 2nd to August 3rd, 2025.
The Quarterfinals will see eight teams compete in Bo5 matches. The winners will then compete in the Semifinals, with the best teams progressing to the Grand Final, and the losers moving on to the Decider match to earn third place.
The Grand Finals will take place on August 3rd, 2025 at 7:30 PM GMT+1 and will also be a Bo5 matchup.
OWCS Stage 2 Mid-Season Championship Prize Pool
The winner will earn the lion’s share of the $1m (~£740,200) prize pool, alongside 1000 Club Points for the Esports World Cup.
This is the full prize pool distribution for the OWCS Stage 2 Mid-Season Championship:
- 1st – $400,000 (~£308,000)
- 2nd – $180,000 (~£139,000)
- 3rd – $100,000 (~£77,000)
- 4th – $60,000 (~£46,000)
- 5th/8th – $35,000 (~£27,000)
- 9th/12th – $20,000 (~£15,000)
- 14th-19th – $10,000 (~£8,000)
