OWCS 2026 Champions Clash gets underway in Tokyo

The Overwatch Champions Series 2026 Champions Clash got underway Friday with eight teams competing in Tokyo.

The winner of the double-elimination Overwatch 2 event will qualify for this summer's Midseason Championship in Paris.

Twisted Minds reached the upper-bracket semifinals by beating All Gamers 2-1 on Oasis and 3-0 on New Junk City.

Twisted Minds will face Crazy Raccoon, which defeated Dallas Fuel 2-0 on Oasis and 3-1 on Circuit Royal.

Virtus.Pro moved into the upper-bracket semifinals with a 2-1 defeat of Weibo Gaming, winning 2-0 on Oasis, losing 3-2 on Numbani and prevailing 3-1 on New Junk City.

VP will meet ZETA DIVISION, which beat Spacestation Gaming 2-0 on Ilios and 3-1 on New Junk City.

Dallas Fuel moved into the lower-bracket quarterfinals and eliminated All Gamers with a 2-0 win on Antarctic Peninsula and a 121.61m-98.73m win on Runasapi.

Weibo Gaming reached the lower-bracket quarterfinals and knocked out Spacestation Gaming with a 2-0 victory on Oasis and a 1-0 win on King's Row.

Saturday matches:

--Twisted Minds vs. Crazy Raccoon (upper-bracket semifinal)

--Virtus.pro vs. ZETA DIVISION (upper-bracket semifinal)

--TBD vs. Weibo Gaming (lower-bracket quarterfinal)

--TBD vs. Dallas Fuel (lower-bracket quarterfinal)

Champions Clash prize pool (pool is crowdsourced and TBD):

1. TBD, Midseason Championship qualification

2. TBD

3. TBD

4. TBD

5-6. TBD, TBD

7-8. All Gamers, Spacestation Gaming

--Field Level Media