The group draw for Contenders China Season 3 has been announced on Weibo for November 9 at 8 p.m. CST. The draw will determine which of two groups teams play in for the group stage.

One group will be bookmarked by LGD Gaming LGD Gaming Inactive Rookie Wang Jundong (王俊东) off tank Kaneki Liu Nian (刘念) dps wanli Xue Wanli (邹万里) dps Kadalis Ra Yeong-hwan dps tanqiu Qiu Tianyi (邱天毅) tank Secret Zhao Xu (赵旭) support superich Wu Gengtuo (吴梗拓) support while the other will include Laboratory Laboratory Inactive YOUNAI Yang Junyi (杨君毅) off tank Xushu Liu Junjie (刘俊杰) dps . Laboratory bought the spot previously held by Lucky Future Zenith Lucky Future Zenith Inactive YARG Kim Gwan-woo dps Lucid Yoo Jun-seo (유준서) support , who have disbanded after much of the team has already been signed to Overwatch League rosters.

LGD and Laboratory will be separated after holding the spots of the grand finalists of Contenders China Season 2. The 10 other teams competing in Contenders China Season 3 will enter a random draw to split them into the region's two groups.

The teams entering the draw are LGE.Huya LGE.Huya Inactive Sven Hong Eun-teak off tank Kami Tang Yitao (唐毅滔) dps Mer1t Choi Tae-min dps Molly He Chengzhi (何诚智) support Lengsa Chen Jingyi (陈婧逸) support , The One Winner The One Winner Inactive Highbee Zhang Zening (张泽宁) off tank MoLanran Liao Yang (廖洋) dps Xujie Tan Xujie (谭栩杰) dps Silver3 Han Haibo (韩海波) tank wya Qi Haomiao (齐浩淼) support Nisha Tan Li (谭力) support , Flag Gaming Flag Gaming Inactive ShowCheng Cheng Yu (程宇) off tank 800 Huang Li Hongding (黄李鸿定) tank , Triple Six Legend Triple Six Legend Inactive Mir Hwan Yun-ki off tank Lrc Feng Bin (冯滨) dps Rachel Lee Seung-gu (이승구) dps Shush Wang Jiafu (王家福) support 399 Li Ang (李昂) support , Ambitious Immortals Ambitious Immortals Inactive Xujie Tan Xujie (谭栩杰) dps Lijiang dps wenxuyan tank tudousi support New support , Lucky Future Lucky Future China Rank #2 , Team CC Team CC Contenders KR Rank #6 innovation Oh Seok-hyun (오석현) dps superich Wu Gengtuo (吴梗拓) support , Future Group Future Group Inactive dfbkjl Kim Sang-woo (김상우) off tank VENDETTA Lee Jiseok dps Spear Kim Chang-Jae (김창재) tank Aztac Park Jeong-soo (박정수) support , Hero Taciturn Panther Hero Taciturn Panther Inactive EFFORT Tang Zhehao (唐哲昊) dps RICK Tong Yanzhi (童彦智) dps Rookie Wang Jundong (王俊东) tank tanqiu Qiu Tianyi (邱天毅) tank Zihee Gong Zixi (龚子熙) support ANB Huang Ziyang (黄子洋) support and Big Time Regal Gaming Big Time Regal Gaming Inactive Arong Song Hyun-jung (송현중) flex support LiGe Jia Chengjie (贾城杰) off tank MYKaylee Zou Zijie dps VVVV Wu Junlin dps YangYang Zou Mingyang (邹明洋) tank Faith Hong Gyu Kim support . The draw will be broadcast on various Chinese streaming sites including Panda TV and Zhanqi TV.

Contenders Season 3 is scheduled to begin later in November. Exact dates for the first matches have yet to be announced.