Team Liquid and NTMR broke into the win column on Saturday as Week 2 got underway at the Overwatch Champions Series’ North American Stage 3.
NTMR and Team Liquid each improved to 1-1 while the only unbeaten team, Dallas Fuel (2-0) will be in action on Sunday.
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.
On Saturday, Team Liquid opened with a 2-1 win on Ilios Control before The Kafe drew even with a 3-2 decision on Watchpoint: Grimsvotn Escort. Team Liquid closed out the match with wins on Paraiso Hybrid (2-0) and Esperanca Push (127.16m to 99.3m) for the 3-1 final.
NTMR swept Disguised 3-0 in a tightly contested match, winning 2-1 on Ilios Control, 3-2 on Paraiso Hybrid and 114.63m to 114.62m on Runasapi Push.
Week 2 concludes on Sunday with three matches: Dallas Fuel vs. Team Liquid, Spacestation Gaming vs. Disguised, and The Kafe vs. NTMR.
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
