South Korea and USA Reveal Overwatch World Cup Rosters
The group stages for the 2018 Overwatch World Cup are right around the corner. Last week, Blizzard announced that the tournament kicks off in August and will travel to Los Angeles, Bangkok, Paris and Incheon, South Korea.
Six teams will compete in each group stage over three days of competition in each country, but only two teams from each group will move on to the main event at BlizzCon in November.
Some countries, like Australia, Norway and Finland have already revealed their World Cup rosters, with South Korea and USA joining that list this week.
USA
The United States’ Overwatch World Cup team was revealed during a special Independence Day livestream on Wednesday. The lineup features 12 of the best American players, including some returners from past World Cups like Jay “sinatraa”‘ Won and Shane “Rawkus” Flaherty.
- DPS: Jay “sinatraa” Won (San Francisco Shock), Dante “Danteh” Cruz (San Francisco Shock), Zachary “ZachaREEE” Lombardo (Fusion University), Joao Pedro “Hydration” Goes Telles (Los Angeles Gladiators)
- Tank: Austin “Muma” Wilmot (Houston Outlaws), Caleb “McGravy” McGarvey (EnVision eSports), Indy “SPACE” Halpern (Los Angeles Valiant), Matthew “super” DeLisi (San Francisco Shock)
- Support: Nikola “sleepy” Andrews (San Francisco Shock), Elijah Hudson “Elk” Gallagher (Fusion University), Grant “moth” Espe (San Francisco Shock)
Team USA is looking to bounce back after a somewhat disappointing top eight finish at last year’s World Cup. But this will be a challenging feat with the impressive rosters announced from some of the competition, especially defending champions South Korea.
South Korea
South Korea, the World Cup’s two-time reigning champs announced their lineup for this year’s tournament, and it seems they aren’t holding anything back. The team’s roster is made up of the country’s top talent from around the Overwatch League.
- DPS: Park “Saebyeolbe” Jong-ryeol (New York Excelsior), Kim “Libero” Hae-seong (New York Excelsior), Kim “Fleta” Byung-sun (Seoul Dynasty), Lee “Carpe” Jae-hyeok (Philadelphia Fusion)
- Tank: Koo “Fate” Pan-seung (Los Angeles Valiant), Baek “Fissure” Chan-hyung (Los Angeles Gladiators), Kim “Fury” Jun-ho (London Spitfire)
- Support: Bang “JJoNak” Seong-hyun (New York Excelsior), Hong “ArK” Yeon-jun (New York Excelsior), Jung “Anamo” Tae-sung (New York Excelsior), Park “Kariv” Yeong-seo (Los Angeles Valiant)
- Flex: Kim “MekO” Tae-hong (New York Excelsior)
https://twitter.com/OverwatchKR/status/1014071249524277249
The group stage in Incheon, South Korea is scheduled for Aug. 17 to 19 at Studio Paradise, where South Korea will face Russia, Japan, Finland, Taiwan and Hong Kong. Tickets for the Overwatch World Cup group stages are on sale now.