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Overwatch World Cup 2018 Groups Announced

The 24 teams that will compete in this year's Overwatch World Cup have been named.

Ozzie Mejia

May 1, 2018 6:55 PM

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The Overwatch World Cup is getting ready to make the trip to this year's BlizzCon. Dozens of countries have been competing for the chance to make the Overwatch World Cup field and on Tuesday evening, Blizzard announced the groups that will advance to the next stage of competition.

Here are the 24 countries set to be a part of the Overwatch World Cup:

Group Stage - South Korea

• Team South Korea (host country)
• Team Chinese Taipei
• Team Finland
• Team Hong Kong
• Team Japan
• Team Russia

Group Stage - United States

• Team USA (host country)
• Team Austria
• Team Brazil
• Team Canada
• Team Norway
• Team Switzerland

Group Stage - Thailand

• Team Thailand (host country)
• Team Australia
• Team China
• Team Denmark
• Team Spain
• Team Sweden

Group Stage - France

• Team France (host country)
• Team Germany
• Team Italy
• Team Netherlands
• Team Poland
• Team United Kingdom

Next comes Phase 1 of the voting phase, in which each country will look to craft their competition committee. Blizzard will select each country's GM, while users can apply for the Coach and Community Lead positions. More information can be found on the Overwatch website.

The Overwatch World Cup group stages are set to begin in August.

Ozzie Mejia

Senior Editor

Ozzie has been playing video games since picking up his first NES controller at age 5. He has been into games ever since, only briefly stepping away during his college years. But he was pulled back in after spending years in QA circles for both THQ and Activision, mostly spending time helping to push forward the Guitar Hero series at its peak. Ozzie has become a big fan of platformers, puzzle games, shooters, and RPGs, just to name a few genres, but he’s also a huge sucker for anything with a good, compelling narrative behind it. Because what are video games if you can't enjoy a good story with a fresh Cherry Coke?