Dallas Fuel, Spacestation Gaming and Disguised opened with victories as the Overwatch Champions Series’ North American Stage 3 got underway on Saturday.
The tournament’s regular season runs Oct. 10-25 with six teams in a round-robin format and all matches first-to-three. The top four teams advance 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.
On Saturday, Spacestation Gaming defeated Team Liquid 3-1, dropping the opening map, Ilios Control (2-0), before regrouping for three straight victories on Route 66 Escort (2-0), New Junk City Flashpoint (3-2) and Esperanca Push (80.15m to 69.94m).
Disguised posted a 3-1 victory over The Kafe, opening with a 2-0 win on Oasis Control before The Kafe drew even with a 3-0 decision on Watchpoint: Grimsvotn Escort. Disguised closed out with victories on Paraiso Hybrid (4-3) and Runasapi Push (114.21m to 61.23m).
Dallas Fuel swept NTMR 3-0, winning 2-0 on Ilios Control, 3-0 on Aatlis Flashpoint and 1-0 on Watchpoint: Grimsvotn Escort.
Sunday’s matches
–Dallas Fuel vs. Disguised
–Spacestation Gaming vs. The Kafe
Week 2 matches
Oct. 17
–Team Liquid vs. The Kafe
–NTMR vs. Disguised
Oct. 18
–Dallas Fuel vs. Team Liquid
–Spacestation Gaming vs. Disguised
–The Kafe vs. NTMR
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, TBD
–Field Level Media
