Jordan Woodruff
Crew Falcons got here from at the back of to overcome Twisted Minds of their opening fit of the Overwatch Champions Sequence 2024 Finals on Friday in Stockholm.
On Day 1 of the three-day festival, Falcons received their upper-bracket quarterfinal fit and had been joined within the semis via NTMR, Loopy Raccoon and Toronto Defiant.
The dropping groups of the preliminary 4 fits dropped into the decrease bracket, the place Twisted Minds eradicated Spacestation Gaming 3-1 and NRG Surprise swept ENCE 3-0.
8 groups certified for the championship tournament, formatted in a double-elimination bracket. After Friday’s preliminary quarterfinal fits had been best-of-three, the remainder of the match’s fits will likely be best-of-five till the best-of-seven grand ultimate on Sunday.
The prize pool is TBD, as it is being crowdfunded via 1 / 4 of the earnings from in-game beauty purchases.
On Friday, Crew Falcons fell at the back of Twisted Minds with a 2-0 loss on Oasis Keep an eye on. They bounced again 3-1 on New Junk Town Flashpoint and took the do-or-die 3rd map 2-1 on King’s Row Hybrid. Falcons’ Jeong “Stalk3r” Hak-yong of South Korea took MVP honors.
NTMR swept Spacestation, 2-0 on Oasis Keep an eye on and 3-2 on Shambali Monastery Escort. The opposite two quarterfinals had been additionally sweeps, as Loopy Raccoon beat NRG Surprise 2-0 on Ilios Keep an eye on and 3-0 on Suravasa Flashpoint, whilst Toronto Defiant crowned ENCE 2-0 on Ilios Keep an eye on and 2-1 on Shambali Monastery Escort.
Within the first around of the decrease bracket, Spacestation took the early benefit with a 2-1 win over Oasis Keep an eye on. However Twisted Minds battled again on King’s Row Hybrid (6-5), Shambali Monastery Escort (2-1) and New Junk Town Flashpoint (3-1).
NRG Surprise eradicated ENCE by means of a three-round sweep: 2-0 on Oasis Keep an eye on, 1-0 on Circuit Royal Escort and 2-1 on Midtown Hybrid.
The match continues Saturday with 5 fits:
–Crew Falcons vs. NTMR (upper-bracket semifinals)
–Loopy Raccoon vs. Toronto Defiant (upper-bracket semifinals)
–Twisted Minds vs. TBD (lower-bracket quarterfinals)
–NRG Surprise vs. TBD (lower-bracket quarterfinals)
–Decrease-bracket semifinal (groups TBD)
Overwatch Champions Sequence 2024 Finals prize pool:
1. quantity TBD
2. quantity TBD
3. quantity TBD
4. quantity TBD
5-6. quantity TBD
7-8. Spacestation Gaming, ENCE — quantity TBD
–Box Degree Media
