{"id":3108,"date":"2025-10-02T11:47:34","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T11:47:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ballpeenhammer.com\/?p=3108"},"modified":"2025-10-29T15:14:53","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T15:14:53","slug":"overwatch-2-faceit-league-announces-na-and-emea-masters-showdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.ballpeenhammer.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/02\/overwatch-2-faceit-league-announces-na-and-emea-masters-showdown\/","title":{"rendered":"Overwatch 2 FACEIT League announces NA and EMEA Masters Showdown"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"563\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" alt=\"OWCS FACEIT League Masters Showdown graphic featuring Cassidy and Freja\" class=\"wp-image-210682 lazyload\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.ballpeenhammer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/OWCS-FACEIT-League-Masters-Showdown-large.png\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Image credit: ESL FACEIT Group<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-69022f67af62e\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n<p>Tournament organiser <strong>ESL FACEIT Group<\/strong> has announced that it will hold a cross-regional <strong>Overwatch 2 <\/strong>tournament called <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FACEIT_OW\/status\/1973418138143441129\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>FACEIT League Masters Showdown<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-69022f67afd73\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n<p>The <strong>Overwatch Champions Series <\/strong>(OWCS) grassroots competitive event will see the top two master division teams from the North America and EMEA regions face off during <strong>FACEIT League Season<\/strong> <strong>6<\/strong>. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-69022f67b0475\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n<p>The Masters Showdown will hold the Semi-Finals on November 8th, with the Grand Finals commencing on November 27th during the <strong>OWCS World Finals<\/strong> in<strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/2025\/08\/owcs-world-finals-2025-dreamhack-november\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">DreamHack Stockholm<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"keep-reading \" id=\"kr-69022f67b1438\">\n<div class=\"heading section__title \"><span>Keep Reading<\/span><\/div>\n<ul class=\"d-flex flex-column\">\n<li id=\"post-207923\"><a href=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/2025\/09\/overwatch-2-season-18-midseason-update-owl-solaris-bundle-competitive-drives\">Overwatch 2 Season 18 midseason update: OWL Solaris bundle, competitive drives, and more<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"post-206692\"><a href=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/2025\/09\/owcs-dhl-partnership-overwatch-2\">OWCS delivers DHL partnership<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"post-207916\"><a href=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/overwatch-2-persona-5-skins\">Overwatch 2 x Persona 5: All skins, bundles, and prices<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-69022f67b285c\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n<p>The first- and second-place teams from both North America and EMEA in Season 6 Playoffs will compete in a BO5 online series. The Semi-finals will be community cast, and the Finals will be recorded and premiered at DreamHack Stockholm.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-69022f67b3017\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n<p>On top of the exposure at the OWCS event, the winning team will also receive medals for their achievement. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-69022f67b371f\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n<p>According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.faceit.com\/en\/news\/faceit-league-masters-showdown\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">official blog post<\/a>, the change was introduced because FACEIT League Season 6 was confirmed not to be a direct qualifier for OWCS. It did state that the connection would be re-established in Season 7, and that the showdown would be exclusive to the Season 6 master division teams. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"esi-heading-69022f67b3ead\" class=\"esi-heading \">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span id=\"what_to_expect_at_owcs_world_finals_and_dreamhack-2\">What to Expect at OWCS World Finals and DreamHack<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-69022f67b45a0\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n<p>The OWCS World Finals is the most prestigious tournament in the <a href=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/2024\/11\/overwatch-2-unveils-new-format-for-owcs-2025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Overwatch 2 esports scene<\/a>, serving as the crowning event of the season.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-69022f67b4cd7\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n<p>Fans can watch the top 12 teams from <a href=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/2025\/08\/owcs-stage-3-format-schedule-teams\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">OWCS Stage 3<\/a> compete in the <strong>Stockholmsm\u00e4ssan\u00a0<\/strong>venue in Stockholm, Sweden. The teams come from across five regions: EMEA, North America, Korea, China and Asia.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-69022f67b53de\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n<p>DreamHack Stockholm tickets are available through the <a href=\"https:\/\/dreamhack.com\/stockholm\/overwatch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">official website<\/a>, with various tiers available offering add-ons for the OWCS World Finals. DreamHack Stockholm will also feature other top esports events, including the inaugural Major for <a href=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/2025\/05\/the-finals-major-dreamhack-stockholm-esl-faceit-group\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Finals<\/a> and an ESL Pro League Season 23 qualifier called <a href=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/2025\/06\/dreamhack-knockout-open-cs2-tournament-launch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">DreamHack Knockout<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-69022f67b5af4\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n<p>For those who cannot attend the event in person, co-streams will be enabled for watch parties, with specific details regarding co-streaming policies to be shared soon.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/2025\/10\/overwqtch-2-faceit-league-masters-showdown\">Overwatch 2 FACEIT League announces NA and EMEA Masters Showdown<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\">Esports Insider<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image credit: ESL FACEIT Group Tournament organiser ESL FACEIT Group has announced that it will hold a cross-regional Overwatch 2 tournament called FACEIT League Masters Showdown. The Overwatch Champions Series (OWCS) grassroots competitive event will see the top two master division teams from the North America and EMEA regions face off during FACEIT League Season&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3110,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3108","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\/3108","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=3108"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.ballpeenhammer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3108\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3111,"href":"http:\/\/www.ballpeenhammer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3108\/revisions\/3111"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ballpeenhammer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3110"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ballpeenhammer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ballpeenhammer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ballpeenhammer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}