Overwatch World Cup 2023 EMEC Qualifier: Teams, Schedule, How to Watch and More
| Tags: Overwatch
| Author Joseph Shay
The road to the Overwatch World Cup 2023 kicks off with 8 days of EMEC Qualifiers.
From Thursday, June 22nd to Sunday, July 2nd, European and Middle Eastern teams will compete in two groups for five spots in the Main Event.
🚨 The Overwatch World Cup Qualifiers are HERE 🚨
Tune in NOW through July 2 #OWWC2023
🟣 https://t.co/03WKGQ6iUs pic.twitter.com/1xNKk9RSSd
— Overwatch (@PlayOverwatch) June 22, 2023
Contents
Overwatch World Cup 2023 EMEC Qualifier – How to Watch
You can tune into the Overwatch World Cup EMEC Qualifier matches every day at 06:00 PT / 09:00 ET / 15:00 CEST in the following official streams –
Overwatch World Cup 2023 EMEC Qualifier – List of Teams
There will be 16 teams split across two groups, with the group with the more high seed teams, Group A, getting 3 qualification spots while Group B will only have 2.
Group A
- Belgium
- Demark
- France
- Italy
- Netherlands
- Portugal
- Spain
- United Kingdom
Group B
- Germany
- Norway
- Turkey
- Saudi Arabia
- Finland
- Poland
- Iceland
- Sweden
Overwatch World Cup 2023 EMEC Qualifier – Prize
Prize pool – 5 Main Event Qualification Spots
Group A
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1st |
Main Event |
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2nd |
Main Event |
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3rd |
Main Event |
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4th |
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5th |
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6th |
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Group B
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1st |
Main Event |
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2nd |
Main Event |
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3rd |
– |
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4th |
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5th |
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6th |
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Overwatch World Cup 2023 EMEC Qualifier – Format
The Qualifiers for the Overwatch World Cup 2023 will be played entirely in group stages, where all 8 teams will play in a round robin style, each playing all of the 7 other teams in their group. Matches will be Best of 3 matches with a team winning when they either reach 2-0 or 2-1 in the series.
Overwatch World Cup 2023 EMEC Qualifier – Schedule
Day 1, Thursday, June 22nd
- Poland 0 – 2 Turkey – 06:00 PT / 09:00 ET / 15:00 CEST
- Finland 1-2 Saudi Arabia – 07:00 PT / 10:00 ET / 16:00 CEST
- Norway 2-0 Sweden – 08:00 PT / 11:00 ET / 17:00 CEST
- Iceland 0-2 Germany – 09:00 PT / 12:00 ET / 18:00 CEST
- Belgium 0-2 Great Britain – 010:00 PT / 13:00 ET / 19:00 CEST
- Italy 0-2 France – 011:00 PT / 14:00 ET / 20:00 CEST
- Netherlands 1-2 Spain – 012:00 PT / 15:00 ET / 21:00 CEST
Day 2, Friday, June 23rd
- Sweden 0-2 Finland – 06:00 PT / 09:00 ET / 15:00 CEST
- Norway 2-0 Germany – 07:00 PT / 10:00 ET / 16:00 CEST
- Saudi Arabia 2-0 Iceland – 08:00 PT / 11:00 ET / 17:00 CEST
- Belgium 0-2 Spain – 09:00 PT / 12:00 ET / 18:00 CEST
- France 2-0 Portugal – 010:00 PT / 13:00 ET / 19:00 CEST
- Italy 0-2 Netherlands – 011:00 PT / 14:00 ET / 20:00 CEST
- Great Britain 1-2 Denmark – 012:00 PT / 15:00 ET / 21:00 CEST
Day 3, Saturday, June 24th
- Germany 0-2 Finland – 06:00 PT / 09:00 ET / 15:00 CEST
- Iceland 0-2 Norway – 07:00 PT / 10:00 ET / 16:00 CEST
- Poland 0-2 Saudi Arabia – 08:00 PT / 11:00 ET / 17:00 CEST
- Turkey 2-1 Sweden – 09:00 PT / 12:00 ET / 18:00 CEST
- Portugal 0-2 Great Britain – 010:00 PT / 13:00 ET / 19:00 CEST
- Denmark 2-0 Belgium – 011:00 PT / 14:00 ET / 20:00 CEST
- Netherlands 0-2 France – 012:00 PT / 15:00 ET / 21:00 CEST
Day 4, Sunday, June 25th
- Saudi Arabia 2-0 Turkey – 06:00 PT / 09:00 ET / 15:00 CEST
- Norway 0-2 Finland – 07:00 PT / 10:00 ET / 16:00 CEST
- Poland 2-1 Iceland – 08:00 PT / 11:00 ET / 17:00 CEST
- Great Britain 2-1 Netherlands – 09:00 PT / 12:00 ET / 18:00 CEST
- Belgium 2-1 Portugal – 010:00 PT / 13:00 ET / 19:00 CEST
- Spain 1-2 Italy – 011:00 PT / 14:00 ET / 20:00 CEST
- Denmark 1-2 France – 012:00 PT / 15:00 ET / 21:00 CEST
Day 5, Thursday, June 29th
- Norway 0-2 Saudi Arabia – 06:00 PT / 09:00 ET / 15:00 CEST
- Turkey 0-2 Germany – 07:00 PT / 10:00 ET / 16:00 CEST
- Sweden 2-0 Poland – 08:00 PT / 11:00 ET / 17:00 CEST
- Finland 2-0 Iceland – 09:00 PT / 12:00 ET / 18:00 CEST
- Portugal 0-2 Italy – 010:00 PT / 13:00 ET / 19:00 CEST
- Spain 2-1 Denmark – 011:00 PT / 14:00 ET / 20:00 CEST
- France 2-0 Belgium – 012:00 PT / 15:00 ET / 21:00 CEST
Day 6, Friday, June 30th
- Germany 0-2 Sweden – 06:00 PT / 09:00 ET / 15:00 CEST
- Finland 2-0 Poland – 07:00 PT / 10:00 ET / 16:00 CEST
- Iceland 2-1 Turkey – 08:00 PT / 11:00 ET / 17:00 CEST
- Portugal 0-2 Denmark – 09:00 PT / 12:00 ET / 18:00 CEST
- Netherlands 0-2 Belgium – 010:00 PT / 13:00 ET / 19:00 CEST
- Italy 0-2 Great Britain – 011:00 PT / 14:00 ET / 20:00 CEST
- France 1-2 Spain – 012:00 PT / 15:00 ET / 21:00 CEST
Day 7, Saturday, July 1st
- Saudi Arabia 0-2 Germany – 06:00 PT / 09:00 ET / 15:00 CEST
- Poland 0-2 Norway – 07:00 PT / 10:00 ET / 16:00 CEST
- Turkey 2-0 Finland – 08:00 PT / 11:00 ET / 17:00 CEST
- Sweden 2-0 Iceland – 09:00 PT / 12:00 ET / 18:00 CEST
- Spain 0-2 Great Britain – 010:00 PT / 13:00 ET / 19:00 CEST
- Netherland 2-1 Portugal – 011:00 PT / 14:00 ET / 20:00 CEST
- Italy 2-0 Denmark – 012:00 PT / 15:00 ET / 21:00 CEST
Day 8, Sunday, July 2nd
- Germany 0-2 Poland – 06:00 PT / 09:00 ET / 15:00 CEST
- Turkey 2-0 Norway – 07:00 PT / 10:00 ET / 16:00 CEST
- Sweden 2-1 Saudi Arabia – 08:00 PT / 11:00 ET / 17:00 CEST
- Denmark 0-2 Netherlands – 09:00 PT / 12:00 ET / 18:00 CEST
- Belgium 0-2 Italy – 010:00 PT / 13:00 ET / 19:00 CEST
- Spain 0-2 Portugal – 011:00 PT / 14:00 ET / 20:00 CEST
- Great Britain 1-2 France – 012:00 PT / 15:00 ET / 21:00 CEST
Credit: Activision Blizzard
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.