Overwatch Champions Series 2025 – Schedule, Stages & More

Last year’s Overwatch Champions Series sparked significant interest among eSports fans and gaming teams. Only the OWCS Finals that took place in November 2024 got about 159,980 peak viewers according to data from eSports Charts. The 2025 season, as a result, has become a long-awaited event in the Overwatch community with its new challenges and exciting competitions to follow. 

Stage 1 of OWCS 2025 is already over, and now all our attention is on Stage 2, which started on May 10. 

A Quick Overview of Overwatch Champions Series 

The OWCS is a premier series of competitive Overwatch events that feels like an exciting eSports festival for all eSports enthusiasts. It brings together the best of the best players and teams from four leading regions: Asia (Japan, Korea, and the Pacific regions), EMEA (Europe, Middle East, and North Africa), China, and North America to compete for the Champions title. 

Each of these regions begins the 2025 Season of OWCS with an Open Qualifier during which the final teams taking part in the Regular Season will be determined. Next comes Stage 1, where all Partner Teams get automatically seeded into their matching regional Regular Season. The remaining spots are typically filled through the Open Qualifiers. After that, the top teams from each region compete in Stage 1 Regulars and slowly move to Stage 2.

The Overwatch Champions Series 2025 runs in collaboration with WDG and FACEIT Group using their platforms and features, unique viewership rewards, and surprising upsets.

Where to Follow the OWCS Live Streams

Feel free to follow all the events happening in the OWCS and place Overwatch bets in real time on popular bookmaker sites. Typically, you can find all the current and upcoming events from OWCS 2025 in the dedicated Overwatch section.

Blizzard’s official sites and channels stream all stages and competitions of the eSports World Champions Series. The links you can find on Blizzard’s official website. These mainly include channels on YouTube, Twitch, Telegram, and so on.

Overwatch Champions Series 2025: Stage 1 Summary

Stage 1 competitions began in February 2025 and brought together the eight top teams from each region for the first Regular of the season. The Regular Season took six weeks, and the two teams from EMEA and NA that were at the bottom competed once again in the Promotion/Relegation Tournament with the leading two teams from the Master Division of the FACEIT League. The following teams made their way to Stage 2 through the relegated Stage 1:

• DhillDucks (NA)
• Supernova (NA)
• Frost Tails (EMEA)
• Quick eSports (EMEA)

Overall, during the Stage 1 Champions Clash that took place at Hangzhou, Crazy Raccoon claimed the trophy again. One awaited moment in this Season was the play of the Once Again team from China, as it was the first time this region joined the OWCS. They performed well and defeated the team Virtus.pro. But when facing the popular Team Falcons, they lost 3-2. 

Stage 2 Schedule and Overview

The second Stage of the competition started on May 10 in EMEA/ NA. For more details on the schedules of all upcoming matches and competitions in this Stage, you can check out the table below.

Similar to Stage 1, Stage 2 covers 8 to 12 teams in each region battling it out during the Regular Season. They compete to secure one of the six spots in their regional Playoffs. But there is one difference in this Stage. Here, more teams have a chance to reach the Finals through the Midseason Championship, which will take place from July 31 to August 2. During this time, sixteen best Overwatch teams will compete for the prize pool worth $1,000,000.

What’s Next

After the Midseason Championship comes to its end, the top two teams from each group move on to the Playoffs (Aug 2–3). Here, eight teams face off in a single-elimination battle to crown the Midseason Champion.