The One Game Agency has announced Season 3 of the Pit Championship. Like in the previous two editions, there will be both a European and North American tournament.
OGA is proud to announce Overwatch Pit Season 3! Join us on May 31st for some first class Overwatch action!https://t.co/ZPQ1TvzRUp pic.twitter.com/PCxNbU4RoF
— OverwatchPit (@OverwatchPit) May 29, 2018
The North American side of the tournament features five Contenders teams and three Open division teams.
EnVision eSports
EnVision eSports
Inactive
McGravy
Caleb McGarvey
off tank
Jaru
Jason White
dps
buds
Casey McIlwaine
dps
iShiny
Bryan McCarthy
tank
Fire
Anthony King
support
Crimzo
William Hernandez
support
placed in the top four of the Contenders playoffs, while
Last Night's Leftovers
Last Night's Leftovers
Inactive
Sugarfree
Kamden Hijada
dps
Ajax
Alex Jackson
support
Dogman
Dusttin Bowerman
support
,
Grizzlys Esports
Grizzlys Esports
Inactive
Sypeh
Sypeh Klein
dps
evokje
Elvinas Padegimas
support
,
NRG Esports
NRG Esports
Inactive
Smex
Eoghan O'Neill
off tank
Byrem
Seong Joo Lee
flex support
kevster
Kevin Persson
dps
MirroR
Chris Trịnh
dps
Stand1
Seo Ji-Won (서지원)
tank
Pookz
Mark Rendon
support
and
Simplicity
Simplicity
North America
Rank #0
KapO
Kyle Koeller
dps
maxdimensio
Maxwell Dimensio
dps
Seedro
tank
GÜNTHER
Marcus Raskob
support
all finished in the group stage.
GOATs
GOATs
Inactive
Hooey
Estevao Gama
off tank
ByZenith
Alex Ames
Naga
Nikolai Dereli
dps
Nomy
David Ramirez
tank
Tensa
Joshua Small
support
Wavey
Brandon Pescador
support
,
Mirage Sport Électronique
Mirage Sport Électronique
Inactive
Pizzademon
Brent Lanoix
flex support
Shuh
Pfleger Alban
off tank
Carter
Carter Smith
dps
Chayne
Shayne La Rocque
tank
Ojee
Christian Han
support
and
No Clout
No Clout
Inactive
Hawk
Xander Domecq
off tank
Pugz
dps
Rigs
dps
hobbs
Austin Hobbs
dps
Vita
Nicholas McCormick
tank
Hypnott
Conor O'Rourke
tank
Dino
Hunter Traupe
support
Insomniaq
Jason Knittle
support
recently played in the Open Division Season 2 North America playoffs; GOATs notably took the championship, while Mirage Sport Électronique failed to make it into the top four as the top seed. Six of the teams competing in Pit recently also played in the BEAT Invitational.
The European side includes two Contenders teams, four Trials teams and two Open Division teams.
Eagle Gaming
Eagle Gaming
Inactive
and
CIS Hope
CIS Hope
Inactive
Txao
Ilya Makarov
off tank
kensi
Artem Budiak
dps
uNFixed
Andrei Leonov
dps
sharyk
Normund Faterins
tank
Engh
Andrey Sholokhov
support
MayN
Alexander Mukhin
support
enter Pit after making the playoffs of Contenders, while
6nakes
6nakes
Inactive
Asking
William Vetter
dps
Zaprey
Nikolaj Ian Moyes
dps
ChrisTFer
Christopher Graham
tank
,
Team Singularity
Team Singularity
Inactive
Molf1g
Mikkel Djernes
off tank
Obling
Jacob Juul Obling
dps
FahL
Thomas Fahl
dps
Nerfdd
Gustav Guldager
tank
Lind
Andreas Lindblad
support
Mono
Martin Madsen
support
,
Samsung Morning Stars
Samsung Morning Stars
Contenders EU
Rank #22
Akaya
flex support
cucubau
Adrian Cucu
dps
Shikaaree
dps
FaKeLioN
tank
Adnar
Federico Arena
support
and
Northern Lights
Northern Lights
Inactive
Kotetsu
Alex Csendes
off tank
Riverboat
Umut Demirkaya
dps
Invision
Greger Herland
dps
Meza
Mihail Cristian Păunecu
tank
Zekor
Sebastian Malmström
support
Veineless
Marcel Lehmann
support
will all be visible in next month's Contenders Trials. The latter two teams recently played each other in the grand final of Open Division Season 2 Europe, with Northern Lights triumphing as the champions. The last two teams are
Birb bois
Birb bois
Inactive
Vinanrra
Vicente Fernández Guerra
off tank
Massie
dps
Adi
dps
wat7
Patrick Marwal
tank
michr
Michael Rosen
support
and
Koord Narwhals
Koord Narwhals
Inactive
ottr
Otto Boström
off tank
jellis
Jordan Ellis
dps
Kai
Kai Collins
dps
corn
tank
EmmaWinston
support
joinvoicepls
Mathijs Kool
support
, who also competed in the Open Division.
The European side of the Pit Championship will run from May 31 to June 9, while the North American half of the competition will run from June 3 to June 12. Both the European and North American brackets are available on over.gg's event pages.
Each region will play for a prize pool of $10,000 USD. $4,500 USD will go to each tournament's champion, second place will earn $2,500 USD, third place will take home $1,800 USD and $1,200 USD will be won by the fourth place team.
The tournament will be broadcasted on Overwatch Pit's Twitch channel. The casters for the tournament have yet to be announced.