Al Qadsiah, Twisted Minds advance to upper-bracket final at Overwatch Champions Series World Finals

Al Qadsiah and Twisted Minds advanced into the upper-bracket final in the first two of five matches Saturday at the Overwatch Champions Series 2025 World Finals in Stockholm.

Al Qadsiah began the day with a 3-1 upper-bracket semifinal win over Crazy Raccoon, and Twisted Minds swept Team Falcons 3-0. The two losing teams bounced back with wins in their lower-bracket quarterfinals before Crazy Raccoon finished the day with a 3-2 win over Team Falcons to advance to the lower-bracket final.

Twelve teams are competing for a crowd-funded prize pool at the double-elimination Overwatch 2 event. The best-of-seven grand final takes place on Sunday.

After Crazy Raccoon won the opener 2-0 on Busan, Al Qadsiah bounced back with three straight wins, 1-0 on Shambali Monastery, 3-2 on Suravasa and 3-2 on King's Row to clinch the victory.

Twisted Minds took care of business vs. Team Falcons, winning 2-0 on Busan, 2-1 on Dorado and 3-1 on King's Row. It was a much different tale from the team's 3-2 comeback win over T1 in Friday's upper-bracket quarterfinal.

Crazy Raccoon responded with a 3-0 sweep of T1, winning 2-0 on Ilios, 3-0 on King's Row and 111.43m-90.45m on Runasapi.

Team Falcons also came away with a 3-0 sweep of Weibo Gaming with a 2-0 victory on Ilios, 3-1 win on Dorado and a 5-4 clincher on King's Row.

In the lower-bracket final, Team Falcons took a 2-1 lead with a 3-1 win on New Junk City and 2-1 win on Dorado after Crazy Raccoon won the opener 2-0 on Busan. Crazy Raccoon rallied for the win thanks to a 128.11m-30.11m win on New Queen Street and 3-2 on King's Row in the winner-take-all fifth game of the match.

The Sunday schedule:

Upper-bracket final: Al Qadsiah vs. Twisted Minds

Lower-bracket final: Crazy Raccoon vs. Al Qadsiah/Twisted Minds loser

Grand final: Upper-bracket final winner vs. lower-bracket final winner

Overwatch Champions Series 2025 World Finals placement

1-3. TBA

4. Team Falcons

5-6. T1, Weibo Gaming

7-8. Team Liquid, Spacestation Gaming

9-12. Team Peps, Geekay Esports, Team CC, VARREL

--Field Level Media