Australia qualifies for the Overwatch World Cup

Team Australia has qualified for the Overwatch World Cup, Activision Blizzard has today confirmed.

Australia will duke it out in the Thailand-based Group Stage, competing against Thailand, China, Denmark, Spain and Sweden. Australia was selected as it had enough of the world’s top 150 players, based on average Skill Ranking, to be selected as one of the 20 countries to take part.

Overwatch World Cup Group Stages

Group Stages are as follows:

Thailand

• Team Thailand (host country)
• Team Australia
• Team China
• Team Denmark
• Team Spain
• Team Sweden

 South Korea

• Team South Korea (host country)
• Team Chinese Taipei
• Team Finland
• Team Hong Kong
• Team Japan
• Team Russia

United States

• Team USA (host country)
• Team Austria
• Team Brazil
• Team Canada
• Team Norway
• Team Switzerland

France

• Team France (host country)
• Team Germany
• Team Italy
• Team Netherlands
• Team Poland
• Team United Kingdom

Each nation’s Competition Committee will begin phase 1 of voting now, in an effort to select a roster. For more information, head here. Phase 1 of voting runs until 15 May.

Group Stage match dates and times will be confirmed at a later date. The top two teams from each stage will advance to the Overwatch World Cup Top 8 at BlizzCon later in the year.

Overwatch is currently available on Windows PC, Xbox One and PS4.