{"id":1544,"date":"2025-08-04T12:11:32","date_gmt":"2025-08-04T12:11:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ballpeenhammer.com\/?p=1544"},"modified":"2025-08-27T15:13:30","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T15:13:30","slug":"owcs-world-finals-2025-heads-to-dreamhack-in-november","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.ballpeenhammer.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/04\/owcs-world-finals-2025-heads-to-dreamhack-in-november\/","title":{"rendered":"OWCS World Finals 2025 heads to DreamHack in November"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" alt=\"Team Falcons winning OWCS World Finals 2024\" class=\"wp-image-199746 lazyload\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.ballpeenhammer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Team-Falcons-at-OWCS-DreamHack-large.jpg\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Image credit: DreamHack<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-68af070d76ede\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n<p>Blizzard Entertainment <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/OW_Esports\/status\/1952096529608745459\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">has announced <\/a>that the Overwatch Champions Series (OWCS) World Finals will take place in DreamHack Stockholm later this year.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-68af070d77579\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n<p>The tournament will see top teams from each region \u2014 EMEA, North America (NA), Korea, China, and Asia Japan\/Pacific \u2014 battle it out from November 26th to 30th, 2025.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"keep-reading \" id=\"kr-68af070d783e6\">\n<div class=\"heading section__title \"><span>Keep Reading<\/span><\/div>\n<ul class=\"d-flex flex-column\">\n<li id=\"post-197444\"><a href=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/2025\/07\/owcs-launches-new-team-packs-ahead-of-midseason-championship\">OWCS launches new Team Packs ahead of Midseason Championship<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"post-199533\"><a href=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/overwatch-2-support-tier-list\">Overwatch 2 support hero tier list in 2025: Who comes out on top?<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"post-197620\"><a href=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/2025\/07\/overwatch-2-season-17-midseason-update-wuyang-trial-flashpoint\">Overwatch 2 Season 17 midseason update: Wuyang hero trial date, Flashpoint map rework<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-68af070d797e0\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n<p>Across five days of competition, the first two will take place in a studio. The last three will see teams go head to head in the <strong>Stockholmsm\u00e4ssan <\/strong>venue in Stockholm, Sweden.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-68af070d79e34\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n<p>The number of teams competing is larger than the previous year\u2019s World Finals, with 12 teams in total instead of eight. Three slots have been delegated to EMEA, Korea, and NA, each based on the <a href=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/2025\/08\/team-falcons-win-owcs-mid-season-championship-ewc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mid-Season Championship results<\/a>. Two are filled by China, and one is available for Asia Japan\/Pacific to battle for. The format and seeding order will be shared closer to the event.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-68af070d7a4c7\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n<p>The top teams qualifying for the tournament will be based on the <a href=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/2025\/07\/which-teams-have-qualified-for-owcs-stage-3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">OWCS Stage 3<\/a> results, which will feature a regular season, promotion and relegation, and regional playoffs.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-68af070d7aad4\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n<p>Anyone can view the OWCS World Finals with a standard DreamHack Stockholm ticket, where they can watch the matches unfold live and on-site from the limited number of free seats available. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-68af070d7b13e\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n<p>Add-ons for the OWCS World Finals are currently available on <a href=\"https:\/\/dreamhack.com\/stockholm\/overwatch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">DreamHack\u2019s official website<\/a> for those wishing to guarantee a seat, with five tiers available. These range from one-day seating to VIP passes, which include in-game incentives, meet and greet fast tracks, behind-the-scenes tour and more.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-68af070d7b789\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n<p>The event will also have co-streams enabled for watch parties, with specifics for co-streaming policies to be shared sometime soon. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"esi-heading-68af070d7be7b\" class=\"esi-heading \">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span id=\"other_esports_events_in_dreamhack_stockholm-2\">Other Esports Events in DreamHack Stockholm<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-68af070d7c4f3\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n<p>DreamHack Stockholm will also see other esports tournaments for attendees to enjoy. These include the THE FINALS hosting its <a href=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/2025\/05\/the-finals-major-dreamhack-stockholm-esl-faceit-group\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">first-ever Major<\/a>, and the DreamHack Knockout LAN event for Counter-Strike 2.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-68af070d7cae8\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n<p>Overwatch 2 will also be featured as one of the <a href=\"https:\/\/dreamhack.com\/stockholm\/freeplay\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Freeplay PC experiences<\/a> for visitors to enjoy outside of the OWCS World Finals, alongside other esports titles such as League of Legends, VALORANT, Marvel Rivals and more.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/2025\/08\/owcs-world-finals-2025-dreamhack-november\">OWCS World Finals 2025 heads to DreamHack in November<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\">Esports Insider<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image credit: DreamHack Blizzard Entertainment has announced that the Overwatch Champions Series (OWCS) World Finals will take place in DreamHack Stockholm later this year. The tournament will see top teams from each region \u2014 EMEA, North America (NA), Korea, China, and Asia Japan\/Pacific \u2014 battle it out from November 26th to 30th, 2025. Keep Reading&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1546,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1544","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-overwatch"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ballpeenhammer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1544","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ballpeenhammer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ballpeenhammer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ballpeenhammer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ballpeenhammer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1544"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.ballpeenhammer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1544\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1547,"href":"http:\/\/www.ballpeenhammer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1544\/revisions\/1547"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ballpeenhammer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1546"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ballpeenhammer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1544"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ballpeenhammer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1544"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ballpeenhammer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1544"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}