Overwatch Contenders Season Zero groups announced

Mert

June 13, 2017

After two weekends of whittling down more than 1,200 teams to just 16 through open qualifiers, Blizzard have announced the North American and European groups for Overwatch Contenders Season Zero. Each region's remaining teams have been divided into four groups of four teams set to battle it out for the eight available playoff spots. The surviving talent will no longer be competing for pride's sake, as playoff spots are on the line and a share of the $50,000 USD prize pool per region.

Groups

The North American and European groups can be found below:

North America

Group A

Faze Clan (1st)
Selfless Gaming (5th-8th)
Counter Logic Gaming (12th-13th)
Team Liquid (16th)

Group B

LG Evil (2nd)
You Guys Get Paid? (5th-8th)
Toronto Esports (11th)
EnVision eSports (14th-15th)

Group C

FNRGFE (3rd-4th)
YIKES! (5th-8th)
Immortals (10th)
Tempo Storm (14th-15th)

Group D

Kungarna (3rd-4th)
Renegades (5th-8th)
Cloud9 (9th)
Hollywood Hammers (12th-13th)

Europe

Group A

eUnited (1st)
Bazooka Puppiez (5th-8th)
Team expert (11th-12th)
ESPORATI (13th-16th)

Group B

Misfits (2nd)
Laser Kittenz (5th-8th)
Ninjas With Attitude (11th-12th)
Team eSporters Cyberathletes (13th-16th)

Group C

Team Singularity Ninjas (3rd-4th)
Vivi's Adventure (5th-8th)
GamersOrigin (10th)
Ninjas in Pyjamas (13th-16th)

Group D

Movistar Riders (3rd-4th)
123 (5th-8th)
Cyclowns (9th)
Alfa Squad (13th-16th)

Format and Schedule

Each group will compete in its own double round robin fixture over a two week period, with the top two teams per group advancing to the Contenders Season Zero Playoffs. Europe's group stage kicks off at 10:00 AM PDT on the 17th of June, followed by the commencement of North America's group stage at 4:00 PM PDT on the 18th of June.

Matches will be streamed on twitch.tv/overwatchcontenders and results will be available on our match ticker and the event pages for the North American and European divisions of Contenders Season Zero.

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NA group B so weak compared to a group like group A

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NA Group D is disgusting

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NA 'D'eath group

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RIP renegades

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my boy jake learning from taimou and rigging groups

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ALFA never lucky

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Misfits and LK in the same group :eyes:

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All part of the Alicus masterplan

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Group A is pretty easy for both region but unless Selfless find someone as good as soldier as dafran,they're gonna have a hard time against Faze clan while the other groups for NA looks very competitive and group D for Europe is one i really want to see since any of those teams in there can beat movistar on a good day imo,im hype af

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misfits and laser kittenz in our group feelsgoodman

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It looks like the top teams in NA, that are currently playing in this tournament, are going to have a tougher time making it out of groups than the top EU teams, in my opinion at least.

NA group D is just disgusting while group D could arguably called the weakest (though Group A doesn't seem as strong with the loss of Dafran but that remains to be seen).

As for EU I'm not sure what I'd call the strongest group but to me it would either be A or B while group C looks to be the weakest.

Looking forward to see who makes it through and if any surprises pop up!

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I was hoping for larger groups but this makes sense. Looking at EU groups i cant help but feel what are these teams, as this is one where i finally get to see what these teams are made off. Then again.. it's hard to get a glance of that without having a stream for all the games.. Do we get that? :o

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the eu brackets seem alot more balanced out than the na brackets (cough cough group b)

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LGE losing to Faze in the finals was the play of the tourney so far, their group is so free. Meanwhile every single team in the other 3 NA groups has a legitimate shot of taking top 2 in their draw IMO (except maybe Selfless, it's a tough ask replacing Dafran). I'd agree with #11 that it looks far easier for the top EU teams to make it out of groups, but I think that's more a product of NA having genuinely strong teams in the bottom half, while EU at least seems to have less depth. At this point I'd struggle to even call anyone here a "top NA team" besides maybe C9, and their group is stacked beyond belief. NA seems so wide open right now. All things considered this is shaping up to be an amazing watch.

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Did jake use his big brain to rig his group?

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Group A battle of high ping genjis?

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