Overwatch World Cup Trials - New Zealand

General info

Tournament Information:
Leading Oceanic esports provider LetsPlay.Live (LPL) have announced their partnership with Blizzard Entertainment Inc. to produce, administrate and broadcast the official Overwatch World Cup Trials for New Zealand, Australia and Singapore.

After a three-year hiatus, the global competition returns for its fifth iteration in 2023. Overwatch World Cup Trials mark the beginning of LetsPlay.Live’s partnership with Blizzard, bringing opportunities for players across Australia, New Zealand and Singapore to enter the world of competitive Overwatch.

Australia, New Zealand and Singapore’s World Cup Trials will be played online across two weekends (17 - 19 February and 24 - 25 February), capped at 512 teams per region. The Grand Finals for Australia, New Zealand and Singapore will be played and broadcast live on Monday 27 February, where the two best teams from each nation will compete for a shot at tryouts for their respective country’s team, $2000 USD, and the chance to represent their nation at the 2023 Overwatch World Cup.

All players are highly encouraged to read through our terms and ruleset, and ensure they will be able to commit to the scheduling & broadcast requirements should players qualify to the Grand Finals.

Broadcast Information:
For the Grand Finals, LPL will be delivering a broadcast covering the Grand Finals on the LPL_Play Twitch channel on Monday 27 February 8PM NZDT, with the New Zealand Grand Finals starting 8PM NZDT! For updates on our Twitch channels - check out the LPL Twitter pages!

Prizes:
Winners Earn

• Team Tryout Spot
• $2000USD
• Participants who complete all their tournament matches will also earn exclusive in-game cosmetics coming in Season 5. Please ensure your LPL account is associated with the same email as your Battle.net account. If you need to change the email for your LPL account, please change your email here.

More Information

Registration:
Sign up for your country’s Open Qualifier now! Head here to sign up.

Registrations close Wednesday 15 February 12PM NZDT.

Format:
The Tournament will follow a double elimination bracket structure. Each Tournament match (each, a “Match”) prior to a Tournament’s final Match will be conducted in a “first-to-two” map wins format, while final Match of the Tournament will be conducted in a “first-to-three” map wins format. If a map ends with a draw, neither Team will be awarded a map win and map selection will belong to the Team which selected the tied map.

The Tournament will start at 6:30 NZDT. Please note that the website displays AEDT time.

Rules:
You can find the rules here (as of 7 February).

Broadcast Information:
For the Grand Finals, LPL will be delivering a broadcast covering the Grand Finals on the LPL_Play Twitch channel on Monday 27 February 8PM NZDT with the New Zealand Grand Finals starting at 8PM NZDT! For updates on our Twitch channels - check out the LPL Twitter pages!

Key Dates & Broadcast Dates:
Registration close - Wednesday 15 February 12PM NZDT
Bracket generated - Thursday 16 February 12PM NZDT

Open Qualifiers Day 1 - Friday 17 February 6:30PM NZDT
Open Qualifiers Day 2 - Saturday 18 February 1PM NZDT
Open Qualifiers Day 3 - Sunday 19 February 1PM NZDT
Open Qualifiers Day 4 - Friday 24 February 6:30PM NZDT
Open Qualifiers Day 5 - Saturday 25 February 1PM NZDT
New Zealand Grand Finals (broadcast) - Monday 27 February 8PM NZDT

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Connect with us
On behalf of the entire LPL Admin Team, we would like to wish everyone competing the best of luck! For any questions, please do not hesitate to ask by either posting in the forums or contacting an admin via Support Ticket. Alternatively, you can join the LPL Community Discord.