O2 Blast vs. PANTHERA Preview & Results – Overwatch League 2023 Spring Stage Knockouts East

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O2 Blast vs. PANTHERA Preview & Results – Overwatch League 2023 Spring Stage Knockouts East

O2 Blast vs. PANTHERA is the highlight match of the first night of Spring Stage Knockouts East.

Two of the biggest names in Korean esports fight for a spot past the first round of the bracket.

O2 Blast

In the top three Contenders teams of all times are these guys, O2 Blast. San Francisco Shock's partnered Contenders team. Placing first in both Contenders Korea and Spring Stage Open, O2 Blast are favored over all contenders teams, and even some Overwatch League teams! To bet against such a talented team this early in the Spring Stage Knockouts East would be a huge mistake. A perfect mix of league veterans and up and coming talent makes this team one of the best in the world.

 

Players

Tank

  • Jun-hwa “Attack” Kim
  • Min-seo “Marve1” Hwang

DPS

  • Jun-young “Probe” Jung
  • Seon-woo “KNIFE” Lee
  • Seung-yong “TOPDRAGON” Jeong

Support

  • Gi-beom “OPENER” An
  • Hyeong-woo “irony” Kim

PANTHERA

PANTHERA haven't been around all that long, but they've made improvements over time the last few years. This is already a highlight for them, but to win a game in this tournament, against O2 Blast no less, would be a new highlight for this organization in Overwatch here in the Spring Stage Knockouts East. This season, they've got a few players leading the carge. Fate and Becky, both being former league professionals, are showing this team how to play at the highest level. Now, we'll see just what the peak is for this team.

Players

Tank

  • Pan-seung “Fate” Koo
  • Seung-an “SeungAn” Lee

DPS

  • Ho-sung “Na1st” Lee
  • Yu-bin “A1IEN” Han
  • Il-ha “Becky” Kim

Support

  • Jae-in “OFF” Lee
  • Jae-hwan “Sley” Kim
  • Jun “YangJun” Yang

O2 Blast vs. PANTHERA Results

Maps

Player of the Match

O2 Blast vs. PANTHERA Preview & Results – Overwatch League 2023 Spring Stage Knockouts East
Joseph Shay
Joseph is Production Director and Writer with experience in the esports field. He has coached Overwatch teams in North American and Pacific Contenders, and has been an avid esports fan for years now. Outside of esports and media, he is a Creative Writing major based out of Virginia, USA.