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The people have spoken. This week, Blizzard revealed who was picked to compete in the 。 Overwatch 。World Cup 。
Members of the 。 Overwatch 。community voted on which they players they wanted to represent their country. 。
SEE ALSO:'Overwatch' meets 'Friends' in the most perfect dream sitcom 。Over 50 countries from six continents have teams in the competition. You can check out each country's roster here. 。
The player with the most votes from each country became the designated captain of their country's team; three more team slots were filled by the people with the next three highest vote totals. The remaining two slots were picked by the team's captain. 。
Thanks for signing up! 。 While some countries are stacked with players who have played at the top level of competitive 。Overwatch 。
and have seen success in tournaments, other countries' players voted for popular streamers who aren't exactly known for being great players. 。 The United States and Sweden are captained by top players Seagull and Iddqd, who have both been on professional 。Overwatch 。 teams. Brazil is headed by popular YouTuber BRKsEDU, who has a very average rank of 50 (from a 1-100 scale) and hasn't played in any 。Overwatch 。
tournaments. 。
Teams without many competitive players will have a very difficult time making it to the playoffs in November; each region has a single-elimination online qualifier to determine who makes it through. The top sixteen teams, including six that will automatically qualify, will battle for the championship at BlizzCon in Anaheim, California. 。
Some of the top teams in the tournament look to be the U.S., Canada, Sweden, Finland, Germany, Russia, South Korea and China.。