All You Need To Know About Overwatch Champions Series 2024 - Stage 1 Korea

Author

Prithhis Bose

Date

Apr, 04.2024

Overwatch Champions Series 2024 - Stage 1 Korea is an offline Overwatch 2 tournament, taking place in WDG eSports Studio, Seoul. Organized by Blizzard Entertainment and WDG, this tournament boasts a prize pool of $45,000 USD. It commenced on 1st March 2024 and will conclude on 7th April 2024. Total 9 teams are participating in this tournament. Let's have a look into the details of this tournament.

Overwatch Champions Series 2024 - Stage 1 Korea Format

The group stage matches were held from 1st march to 24th march 2024 in round robin format. Top 4 teams advanced to Seeding Decider Matches and next 4 teams advanced to Last Chance Qualifier. Bottom team was eliminated.

Seeding Decider Matches were held from 29th march to 31st march 2024 in round robin format. All 4 teams advanced to Playoffs and top 2 teams received a first-round bye.

Last Chance Qualifier was held from  28th march to 31st march 2024  in double elimination format and top 2 teams advanced to Playoffs.

Playoffs will be held in Single elimination format. Top 3 teams will advance to Overwatch Champions Series Stage 1 Main Event and fourth place team will advance to Overwatch Champions Series Wild Card.

The 9 participating teams in the tournament are as follows:

  • WAC
  • Genesis
  • Team Falcons
  • From The Gamer
  • YETI
  • RunAway
  • Poker Face
  • Sin Prisa Gaming
  • Vesta Crew

During the Last Chance Qualifier, Genesis secured a 3-1 victory over RunAway, while Sin Prisa Gaming  triumphed with a 3-1 score against Poker Face in Upper Bracket Semifinals.

 In lower bracket semifinal Poker Face emerged victorious against RunAway with a 3-0 result. 

In upper bracket final Sin Prisa Gaming claimed a 3-2 win against Genesis. 

In lower bracket final Poker Face won 3-1 against Genesis. 

In grand final Poker Face won 3-2 against Sin Prisa Gaming.

Prize Pool

  • The event boasts a total prize pool of $45,000 USD, with the distribution as follows:
  • The champion will be awarded $12,000 and will qualify to Asia Stage 1.
  • The second-place team will receive $8,000 and will qualify to Asia Stage 1.
  • The third-place holder will take home $6,000 and will qualify to Asia Stage 1.
  • The fourth-place finisher will be rewarded with $4,000 and will qualify to Wild Card.