Team Liquid forge first-place tie at OWCS NA Stage 2

Field Level Media|published: 05/18/2025, 2:37am EDT

A Counter-Strike fan plays the esports game on an oversized gaming laptop at the Counter-Strike Austin Major launch event at The Moody Center Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025. Austin will be the host city for the Counter-Strike Austin Major esports tournament in June 2025.

Team Liquid improved to 2-0 and moved into a tie for first place with a 3-0 sweep of Extinction on Saturday in the Overwatch Champions Series North America Stage 2.

Team Liquid opened with a 2-0 win on Illios, followed that with a 144.86-8.12m victory on Runasapi and closed with a 3-1 triumph on New Junk City.

Sakura Esports also won, posting a 3-0 sweep of DhillDucks. Sakura prevailed 2-0 on Illios, 2-1 on Watchpoint: Gibraltar and 136.18m-54.2m on Runasapi.

The tournament, played online, features eight teams. The regular-season round robin will conclude on June 15, with six qualifying teams heading to the double-elimination regional playoffs.

The top three teams will advance to the Midseason Championship and North America Stage 3. The prize money has yet to be determined.

NA Stage 2 continues Sunday with three matches:

--Supernova vs. NTMR

--Spacestation Gaming vs. DhillDucks

--Geekay Esports vs. Sakura Esports

Overwatch Champions Series North America Stage 2 standings (match win-loss, map differential):

T1. Team Liquid 2-0, 6-1, +5

T1. NTMR 2-0, 6-1, +5

2. Geekay Esports 1-0, 3-0, +3

T4. Extinction 1-1, 3-3, 0

T4. Sakura Esports 1-1, 3-3, 0

6. Supernova 0-1, 0-3, -3