Team Liquid overcame the Dallas Fuel, the last unbeaten team, on Sunday, leaving all six teams with at least one win and one loss through two weeks of regular-season competition in the Overwatch Champions Series’ North American Stage 3.
Liquid, which went 0-1 in Week 1, finished off a 2-0 week with a 3-2 defeat of Dallas. Spacestation Gaming and The Kafe each earned their second wins of the competition on Sunday with 3-0 wins over Disguised and NTMR, respectively.
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.
Team Liquid opened play Sunday with their victory over the Dallas Fuel. After Dallas opened with a 2-0 win in Busan Control, Liquid surged ahead with a 1-0 Paraiso Hybrid victory followed by a 4-3 Havana Escort triumph. Dallas forced the winner-take-all fifth map with a 3-1 Suravasa Flashpoint win, but Liquid decisively won the fifth game 95.84m-51.72m Esparanca Push victory.
Spacestation completed their sweep of Disguised behind wins in Oasis Control (2-0), New Junk City Flashpoint (3-0) and Midtown Hybrid (2-1).
The Kafe closed out Week 2 with their sweep of NTMR, winning in Oasis Control (2-0), Paraiso Hybrid (2-1) and Aatlis Flashpoint (3-1).
Week 3
Oct. 24 matches
–Dallas Fuel vs. Spacestation Gaming
–Team Liquid vs. NTMR
Oct. 25 matches
–Dallas Fuel vs. The Kafe
–Spacestation Gaming vs. NTMR
–Team Liquid vs. Disguised
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
