World Cup: 2026

About the tournament

The Overwatch World Cup 2026 is the annual national-team showcase for Overwatch 2, bringing together 16 teams from the worldwide circuit. It begins with four groups of four in a single round-robin group stage, then sends the top two from each group into an eight-team single-elimination playoff bracket. The tournament runs from August 20 to September 14, 2026, with the group stage held in South Korea and the finals taking place at BlizzCon in the United States. The path to the title is split between online and LAN play, and the playoff run includes best-of-three matches, capped by a final played in BO4.