Overwatch World Cup Asia Pacific Qualifiers 2023 to kick off on June 21, 2023

Overwatch World Cup Qualifiers begin tomorrow, June 21, 2023, with the Indian team set to go all out against the best teams in Asia. The top 5 teams from the Qualifiers will make a run for the ultimate goal of winning the World Championship. The Overwatch World Cup in 2023 will be a successor to the one held in 2019.

As mentioned by Blizzard, the prize pool of the World Cup will be decided on the last day of the event as it will be crowd funded through in-game bundles and cosmetics. The main objective of the tournament is to unite the best teams across the globe and develop sportsmanship through respectful competition and rivalry. 

Overwatch World Cup Asia Pacific Qualifiers 2023 Teams 

Here's the list of 12 teams that will be competing at the OWWC APAC Qualifiers 2023 :

1. Team India
2. Team Singapore
3. Team Malaysia
4. Team Thailand
5. Team Australia
6. Team New Zealand
7. Team Philippines
8. Team South Korea
9. Team Taiwan
10. Team Hong Kong
11. Team Japan 
12. Team Indonesia

All the above teams have been grouped into two categories: Group A and Group B. The top three teams from Group A and the top two teams from Group B will qualify for the Main Event which is a LAN scheduled for later this year. The Indian team has historically shown strong performances at the APAC Derby, only losing one match to Taiwan. 

Players like Akash and Pummy have been competing in the professional Overwatch North American circuit for quite a while now and are the keys to the team's success. They have amassed a good amount of experience, competing at the highest level of professional Overwatch which will play a crucial role in securing good results for the team in the upcoming weeks. The Overwatch World Cup Asia Pacific qualifiers will be streamed on multiple platforms including Twitch and YouTube.