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How to Become Part of Overwatch League

9/24/2023

Do you have what it takes to be part of the league? Well, if you believe you are, this is the perfect time for you to shine and get known. Get ready to participate in this year’s Overwatch Contenders.

What are Overwatch Contenders?

Overwatch Contenders is the ultimate series of tournaments that you should not miss if you are aspiring for an Esports career. This is a significant series of professional tournaments organized by Blizzard Entertainment, the awesome company that gave you Overwatch. These series of tournaments are held worldwide and serve as a development series under the Overwatch League for all the professional players just like you.

Back in October 2019, Overwatch had already given us some clues, and a bit of sneak peek into the Overwatch Contenders 2020 tournaments. With the coronavirus issues that had prompted the league officials to cancel its live events, it is also highly expected to have some changes with the series of the tournament.

Getting into the Tournament

Getting into the Overwatch Contenders isn’t that easy. There are series of stages before you finally reach Contenders and, hopefully, became part of the League. Traditionally, you will need to join the Open Division team. Usually, the tournament for this division runs three times a year, and the top teams will then advance to the game’s “playoffs.” But this year, there will be two seasons in all of the regions under the contenders.

Each season, it will consist of four Contenders Trials tournament and four tournaments. Before, the top 16 teams advance to the game, but last 2019, it was decided that only the top four teams are the ones to be advancing on the next stage of the game. During the “playoffs,” those qualified teams will be competing in double elimination brackets. Teams under the regional playoff have the chance to collect points that will help them advance in further stages of the tournament.

Only the top team that wins by points in this round shall be the one to move on to Contenders. The playoff matches will also follow a first-to-three type of format before advancing to the Finals, which will also follow the same format. The top team that will be able to win in the regionals will get a chance to play at international events such as Pacific and Atlantic Showdowns as well as in the gauntlet. Isn’t that amazing?

That is how the process goes if you want to join the tournament. Make sure that you are at least 13 years of age or are already at the maturity age required by your region to be able to join the tournament.  Aside from the age requirement, you should have excellent game credentials to make sure you will get into the league. It will still depend on the previous results and the current progress that you have made. If you think that there are still things lacking, don’t worry, just continue with your dream and you will achieve it.

But for this year 2020, just like with the experimental mode, you may want to look out for some changes. You can check on the official website of Overwatch under the Open Division page to know more about the upcoming changes with the schedule of tournaments.