Overwatch World Cup 2023 APAC Qualifier: Teams, Schedule, How to Watch and More

The road to the Overwatch World Cup 2023 kicks off with 6 days of APAC Qualifiers.

From Friday, June 23rd to Saturday, July 1st, Asia/Pacific teams will compete in two groups for five spots in the Main Event.

🚨 The Overwatch World Cup Qualifiers are HERE 🚨

Tune in NOW through July 2 #OWWC2023

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— Overwatch (@PlayOverwatch) June 22, 2023

Overwatch World Cup 2023 APAC Qualifier – How to Watch

You can tune into the Overwatch World Cup APAC Qualifier matches every day at 22:00 PT / 01:00 ET / 07:00 CEST in the following official streams –

• Twitch
• YouTube

Overwatch World Cup 2023 APAC Qualifier – List of Teams

There will be 12 teams split across two groups, with the group with the more high seed teams, Group A, getting 3 qualification spots while Group B will only have 2.

Group A

• Taiwan
• Hong Kong
• Indonesia
• Japan
• Philippines
• South Korea

Group B

• Australia
• India
• Malaysia
• New Zealand
• Singapore
• Thailand

Overwatch World Cup 2023 APAC Qualifier – Prize 

Prize pool – 5 Main Event Qualification Spots

Group A

Group B

Overwatch World Cup 2023 APAC Qualifier – Format

The Qualifiers for the Overwatch World Cup 2023 will be played entirely in group stages, where all 6 teams will play in a round robin style, each playing all of the 5 other teams in their group. Matches will be Best of 3 matches with a team winning when they either reach 2-0 or 2-1 in the series.

Overwatch World Cup 2023 APAC Qualifier – Schedule

Day 1, Friday, June 23rd

• Singapore 1-2 Malaysia – 22:00 PT / 01:00 ET / 07:00 CEST
• New Zealand 0-2 Thailand – 23:00 PT / 02:00 ET / 08:00 CEST
• Philippines 0-2 Japan – 00:00 PT / 03:00 ET / 09:00 CEST
• Hong Kong 2-0 Indonesia – 01:00 PT / 04:00 ET / 10:00 CEST
• South Korea 2-0 Taiwan – 02:00 PT / 05:00 ET / 11:00 CEST

Day 2, Saturday, June 24th

• Thailand 1-2 Australia – 22:00 PT / 01:00 ET / 07:00 CEST
• Malaysia 0-2 India – 23:00 PT / 02:00 ET / 08:00 CEST
• Singapore 0-2 New Zealand – 00:00 PT / 03:00 ET / 09:00 CEST
• Hong Kong 2-0 Philippines – 01:00 PT / 04:00 ET / 10:00 CEST
• Taiwan 0-2 Japan – 02:00 PT / 05:00 ET / 11:00 CEST

Day 3, Sunday, June 25th

• New Zealand 0-2 India – 22:00 PT / 01:00 ET / 07:00 CEST
• Australia 2-0 Singapore – 23:00 PT / 02:00 ET / 08:00 CEST
• Malaysia 0-2 Thailand – 00:00 PT / 03:00 ET / 09:00 CEST
• Indonesia 0-2 Japan – 01:00 PT / 04:00 ET / 10:00 CEST
• South Korea 2-0 Honk Kong – 02:00 PT / 05:00 ET / 11:00 CEST

Day 4, Thursday, June 29th

• India 0-2 Australia – 22:00 PT / 01:00 ET / 07:00 CEST
• Malaysia 0-2 New Zealand – 23:00 PT / 02:00 ET / 08:00 CEST
• Thailand 2-0 Singapore – 00:00 PT / 03:00 ET / 09:00 CEST
• Indonesia 0-2 Taiwan – 01:00 PT / 04:00 ET / 10:00 CEST
• Philippines 0-2 South Korea – 02:00 PT / 05:00 ET / 11:00 CEST

Day 5, Friday, June 30th

• Australia 2-0 Malaysia – 22:00 PT / 01:00 ET / 07:00 CEST
• India 1-2 Thailand – 23:00 PT / 02:00 ET / 08:00 CEST
• Indonesia 0-2 South Korea – 00:00 PT / 03:00 ET / 09:00 CEST
• Taiwan 2-0 Philippines – 01:00 PT / 04:00 ET / 10:00 CEST
• Japan 2-0 Hong Kong – 02:00 PT / 05:00 ET / 11:00 CEST

Day 6, Saturday, July 1st

• Singapore 1-2 Indonesia – 22:00 PT / 01:00 ET / 07:00 CEST
• New Zealand 0-2 Australia – 23:00 PT / 02:00 ET / 08:00 CEST
• Hong Kong 2-0 Taiwan – 00:00 PT / 03:00 ET / 09:00 CEST
• Philippines 0-2 Indonesia – 01:00 PT / 04:00 ET / 10:00 CEST
• Japan 0-2 South Korea – 02:00 PT / 05:00 ET / 11:00 CEST

Credit: Activision Blizzard