As the only real tournament going right now in Europe, Glory4gamers Overwatch XTRA Cup has managed to lure out some of Europe's best domestic talent at short notice with a €5000 prize pot, four team LAN finals at Studio G4G in Paris (although no expenses for attendees!) and coverage on Twitch and MyTG1.
Nouvelle #XtraCup, cette fois sur @OverwatchFR !
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Venez faire vos preuves à partir du 13 janvier! @mytf1_xtra
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Teams
The tournament starts right now and the 64 team limit has already be fulfilled. Here are a few of the more notable participants:
- Team Dignitas
- Movistar Riders (ex-mouz)
- Sydioda (ex-Bonjour)
- The Chavs
- b0nkers
and many more..
Format
The online portion of the tournament is a double elimination bracket with best-of-three fixtures. Maps are banned until three remain use OWDraft. Maps draws are settled by best-of-one on a drafted control map.
Check out the bracket here.
Prize Distribution
- 1st - €2400
- 2nd - €1400
- 3rd - €800
- 4th - €400
Catch the French language broadcast on twitch.tv/glory4gamers or tf1.fr/xtra.