The Overwatch Champions Series 2025 World Finals got started Wednesday in Stockholm.
Twelve teams are competing for a crowd-funded prize pool at the double-elimination Overwatch 2 event.
The action began with four best-of-three Round 1 matches in the upper bracket.
Al Qadsiah recorded the day's only sweep against Geekay Esports, winning 2-0 on Nepal and 3-2 on Shambali Monastery.
Spacestation Gaming defeated Team Peps, T1 beat Team CC, and Team Falcons beat VARREL, all by 2-1 scores.
Spacestation sandwiched a 2-0 win on Ilios and a 3-1 win on Route 66 around a 3-0 loss on New Junk City.
T1 opened with a 2-1 win on Nepal and closed with a 3-1 win on New Junk City after a 1-0 loss on Midtown.
Falcons sandwiched a 2-0 win on Ilios and a victory on Runasapi around a 2-1 loss on Shambali

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