Overwatch Contenders (OWC) was an international esports league for the video game Overwatch that is organized by Blizzard Entertainment. The series acts as the development league for aspiring Overwatch League (OWL) professionals. Founded in 2017, Contenders was created in part to consolidate existing regional tournaments into a structure to support the Overwatch League, including the Overwatch Apex tournament, Overwatch Premier Series, and Overwatch Pacific Championship.
Overwatch Contenders ceased operations in 2024, coinciding with the end of the Overwatch League.
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OverwatchContenders (OWC) was an international esports league for the video game Overwatch that is organized by Blizzard Entertainment. The series acts...
NetEase and Blizzard resulted in Overwatch 2 being banned in China. As a result, the league allowed OverwatchContenders teams to compete in its Eastern...
Overwatch (abbreviated in esports events as OW) is a multimedia franchise centered on a series of online multiplayer first-person shooter (FPS) video...
expanded into Overwatch in March 2019 with the formation of an OverwatchContenders academy team for the Hangzhou Spark, an Overwatch League team owned...
the West Region, where OverwatchContenders teams competed against Overwatch League teams. In the East Region, OverwatchContenders teams joined the regular...
Gladiators Legion, an academy team for Los Angeles that competed in OverwatchContenders. The Gladiators made a season playoffs appearance in every season...
academy team for the Uprising that compete in OverwatchContenders. Boston became the first team in Overwatch League history to go undefeated during a regular...
expected to continue operations as OverwatchContenders Korea, but after Blizzard Entertainment, the owners of the Contenders, opted to use a different broadcaster...
map record of 7–1 to claim their second OverwatchContenders regional title. In 2019 Season 2 of Contenders, Envy defeated New York Excelsior's academy...
University and T1, academy teams for the Infernal that compete in OverwatchContenders. Seoul has reached the season playoffs three times, including an...
Overwatch Pacific Championship. In early 2018, Talon Esports signed an all-Korean roster to compete in the Pacific division of OverwatchContenders (later...
part of the OverwatchContenders teams GOATS and Gladiators Legion. Additionally, he represented Team Canada in the 2018 and 2019 Overwatch World Cups...
region of OverwatchContenders (OWC) as an academy team for the Dallas Fuel. The division disbanded in April 2020. Formed during the Overwatch closed beta...
Rebellion, a former academy team for the Defiant that competed in OverwatchContenders (OWC). On September 7, 2018, Blizzard Entertainment announced that...
Mayhem Academy, an academy team for the Mayhem that competed in OverwatchContenders. The Mayhem made their first season playoffs appearance in franchise...
Korean esports team, best known for their Overwatch division that competed in Overwatch Apex and OverwatchContenders (OWC). The team was founded in 2016 by...
Academy, a former academy team that competed in OverwatchContenders, the developmental league for the Overwatch League. From their debut in the 2019 season...
Eternal Academy, an academy team for the Eternal that competed in OverwatchContenders. The team moved to Las Vegas prior to the 2023 season. On 7 September...
also own NYXL Academy, an academy team for NYXL that competed in OverwatchContenders. Hyun-sang "Pavane" Yu was appointed the team's first head coach...
British Hurricane, an academy team for the Spitfire that competed in OverwatchContenders (OWC). Lee "Bishop" Beom-joon was appointed the team's first head...
also own Team CC, an academy team for the Dragons that compete in OverwatchContenders. The Shanghai Dragons did not win a single match in their first season...
former professional Overwatch player. He began his career playing with team X6-Gaming, where he won the first OverwatchContenders Korea championship....
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EU for season one of OverwatchContenders Europe. The following month, in September 2017, Cloud9 established their third Overwatch team after acquiring...
Titans signed a roster consisting of mostly members from Korean OverwatchContenders team RunAway. In their first year, they reached all three of the...
also owns Bilibili Gaming, who operate their own Overwatch division that compete in OverwatchContenders as an academy team for the Spark. On 7 September...
and in Overwatch Apex and OverwatchContenders for team RunAway. Kim began his professional Overwatch career playing for RunAway in Overwatch Apex, a...