28 Overwatch teams have gathered in the Blizzcon 2019 to attend the Preliminaries stage. Team India under the sponsorship from Global Esports landed safe and sound in the Anaheim Convention Center, ready for a fight. It is worth noting that Team India is one of those lucky teams who secured sponsorship to come to the event in Blizzcon 2019. Shoutout to Global Esports.
Drawn into Bracket C and matched first with Italy, Team India got a tough opponent to fight against. Team Indian lineup consists of Aman ‘Cruzi’ Vivek, Chirag ‘Kcot’ Gupta, Girish ‘DJDestiny’ Das, Vatsal ‘Nightmare2k’ Uniyal, Sparsh ‘SoulHunter’ Oza, Megh ‘PrimalMage’ Patel.
All games are played in Best of five across 4 game modes: Control, Hybrid, Escort, Assault. The tier breaker – the last map will be one of the unplayed Control maps. The match between Team India and Italy panned out in 3 maps with a stomp for the Italian squad.
It seems like the skill gap between Indian esports and the world is still big. It may take time for Indian Overwatch teams to develop more skills and experience. You can watch the replay here https://www.twitch.tv/videos/502196290.
Tickets to the main event
Team Italy advanced to the semi-final and eventually the grand-final against Team Sweden. Here they put up a good fight against the Swedes, won the first map and tied the second map. However, Team Sweden swept Italy in the last 3 maps, claiming a ticket to the main event.
In other brackets, Team Denmark and the United Kingdom also won their own group tickets to enter the list of final attendants. In Bracket D and E, Team Russia and Germany are locking horns to claim the last ticket while Findland and Netherlands are battling it out.
With that, 8 teams have guaranteed their ticket in the main event of the Overwatch World Cup 2019 held right in the Blizzcon 2019. Who will be the last to make it to the big stage?