Competitions for OWCS’ EMEA and NA divisions saw relegation teams face off against FACEIT champions to vie for the opportunity to compete in Stage 2, set to run from May 10th to June 29th, 2025.
- Quick Esports (EMEA)
- Frost Tail Esports (EMEA)
- Supernova (NA)
- DhillDucks (NA)
An interesting detail to note is that all teams that are moving on to Stage 2 originally entered relegation after placing top two in the FaceIt League Masters Season 4.
Quick Esports and Frost Tail Proceed to OWCS EMEA Stage 2
Quick Esports ultimately prevailed after winning the upper bracket finals. The team’s first match saw the side win 3-1 against Sakura Esports, followed by a 3-0 victory over Team Vision.
During the livestream, Jake ‘JAKE’ Lyon, former Overwatch pro and commentator, said: “It’s clear to me that that long journey has made them (Quick Esports) stronger, right? They came out here as a team, and they played a lot of really nice compositional matchups.
“Vision didn’t make it easy, Vision is a real threat. But I feel like the team play, the ability to bail each other out of trouble, was what really brought it over the line for Quick Esports.”
After initially losing to Team Vision in the upper bracket semi-finals, Frost Tail Esports had a chance at payback after Vision lost to Quick Esports. This time, Frost Tail came out on top in a grudge match in the lower bracket finals 3-0.
During the livestream, Loïc ‘KroxZ’ Ricci of Frost Tail Esports said: “I mean, we take back our place, that’s where we belong, and we straight forward it. We are all happy about it.
“We scrimmed against them (Vision) recently, and they like kind of destroyed us. So I can feel the enemy team right now, their frustration. But we will try our best, and we’re going to get first again, no problem.”
Supernova and DhillDucks Move on to OWCS NA Stage 2
Supernova proved to be the dark horse of NA relegation after beating Amplify 3-0 in the semi-finals, followed by a landslide 3-0 victory against Shikigami.
Commentators of the stream highlighted Supernova’s victory over Amplify as a long-awaited grudge match. Previously, Amplify defeated Supernova 3-2 in lower-bracket round 3 of the OWCS Stage 1 open qualifiers.
During the livestream, Jonathan ‘Reinforce’ Snowden, former Overwatch pro and commentator, said: “Welcome back to OWCS. It has to be said for Supernova, a team that lost out in the Stage 1 qualifiers after being upset by Amplify.
“At the end of the day, it was 3-0, it was a dominant showing. It’s what we expected from this Supernova squad because the player caliber on this team is insane, and rightfully deserves to be in OWCS.”
Perhaps more surprising is the performance from DhillDucks, an Overwatch esports team from the University of Utah. After losing the first match against Shikigami in the upper bracket semi-finals, DhillDucks defeated Amplify 3-0. In the lower bracket semi-finals, DhillDucks won 3-0 in the rematch against Shikigami.
During the livestream, Carson ‘pdk’ Terry of DhillDucks said: “It feels great just being able to qualify with these people, we put a lot of time and work in so it feels amazing.”
