Team Liquid, Dallas Fuel and Spacestation Gaming each finished the regular season of Overwatch Champions Series’ North American Stage 3 with sweeps on Sunday to finish in the top three spots and advance to the playoffs.
Team Liquid and Dallas each finished with 4-1 records, with Liquid earning the No. 1 seed thanks to their 3-2 win in the head-to-head matchup on Oct. 18. Spacestation (3-2) is the third seed for the playoffs while The Kafe, which lost 3-0 to Dallas on Sunday, still punched their ticket to the playoffs as the fourth and final advancing team.
The tournament’s regular season began Oct. 10 with six teams in a round-robin format and all matches first-to-three. The top four teams advanced to the double-elimination regional playoffs on Oct. 30 to Nov. 1, with all matches in the $75,000 tournament first-to-three except for the grand final, which is first-to-four.
Liquid locked up the top spot in the standings with a 3-0 win over Disguised, which finished in sixth. The sweep started with a 2-0 Ilios Control victory, continued with a 2-1 Watchpoint: Grimsvotn Escort win and concluded with a 3-0 Suravasa Flashpoint clincher.
Dallas beat The Kafe 3-0 with a 2-0 Busan Control win, a 2-1 Watchpoint: Grimsvotn Escort triumph and a 144.86m-33.89m Runasapi Push victory.
Spacestation Gaming beat fifth-place finisher NTMR 2-1 in Oasis Control, 141.97m-0m Esparanca Push and 3-0 on Midtown Hybrid.
The playoffs begin with the upper-bracket semifinals on Friday.
Overwatch Champions Series’ North American Stage 3 Prize Pool
1. $30,000, TBD
2. $15,000, TBD
3. $12,000, TBD
4. $8,000, TBD
5-6. $5,000, NTMR, Disguised
–Field Level Media
