OWCS 2026 - EMEA Stage 2
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The Overwatch Champions Series 2026 - EMEA Stage 2 (abbreviated as OWCS) is the second stage of the official top league and major competition for Overwatch 2 in the Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) region for 2026. The tournament is organized by Blizzard Entertainment in collaboration with FACEIT.
Format
- Regular Season: June 13th - 28th
- Round Robin
- All matches are Ft3
- Top 4 teams advance to Regional Playoffs
- Regional Playoffs: July 3rd - 5th
- Double elimination bracket
- All matches (excl. Grand Finals) are Ft3
- Grand Finals are Ft4
- Hero Bans
- Each team bans 1 hero per map, with the ban impacting both teams
- Each ban must be from a different role than the other team's ban
- Teams can only ban a hero once per series, but may repeat a ban from the opposing team
- The higher seeded team or team that has lost the last map chooses to ban first or second