OWCS 2026 Champions Clash

Match Progression

The tournament follows a Double Elimination Bracket system with varying match lengths depending on the round:

• First-to-2 (Ft2): Applies strictly to Upper Bracket Round 1 and Lower Bracket Round 1.

• First-to-3 (Ft3): Applies to all standard subsequent matches, excluding the Grand Finals.

• First-to-4 (Ft4): Applies exclusively to the Grand Finals.

Hero Ban Regulations

To maintain competitive integrity and strategic depth, the following ban rules apply to every match:

• Global Impact: Each team is entitled to ban one hero per map. A banned hero is locked and cannot be selected by either team for that specific map.

• Role Diversity: The two banned heroes in a map cannot belong to the same role (e.g., if Team A bans a Support hero, Team B must choose a hero from a different role, such as Tank or DPS).

• Series Limits: A team cannot ban the exact same hero more than once throughout a single series. However, they are permitted to ban a hero that was previously banned by their opponents in an earlier map.

• Ban Order Priority: The choice to ban first or second is granted to either the higher-seeded team or the team that lost the most recently played map.