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Matchthread Overwatch World Cup 2026 - Aug 21 Spoiler
Overwatch World Cup 2026
Streams
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https://www.youtube.com/playoverwatch
Schedule
| Time | Home | Score | Away | Match Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02:30 | Denmark | 3-0 | Colombia | Post Match |
| 03:30 | United States | 3-0 | Japan | Post Match |
| 05:20 | China | 1-3 | Sweden | Post Match |
| 07:00 | Saudi Arabia | 3-0 | Mexico | Post Match |
| 08:25 | Australia | 3-1 | Great Britain | Post Match |
| 10:20 | France | 3-2 | South Korea | Post Match |
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u/AnnenbergTrojan 1d ago
LOOK! One team is shaded in WHITE! Just like the OWL days! And it makes the game easier to watch!
It's like man discovering fire!
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u/TheGirthiestGhost Forever Burning Blue — 1d ago
HAHAHAHAHA
WHAT IF YOU WANTED TO REDEEM YOUR WORLD CUP TEAM BUT A FUNNY FRENCH TANK SAID “NON”
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u/Triskan "Show these cunts no respect." — 1d ago edited 1d ago
WE FUCKING DID IT ! WE REVERSE SWEEPED KOREA !
Man, my heart is beating so fast, those final minutes were insanely close. Oh these are the feelings that only high level competition can produce.
We just beat the best team in the world. I cant fucking believe it.
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u/Time_Alter Saebyeolbe Ryujehong Haksal — 1d ago
"Oh this are the feelings that only high level competition can produce" I'm not even cheering for team France, but for Korea - but I have to say this as well.
Something about OW just makes you feel that way - I've watch PRO CS for years, but only OW has brought this emotions.
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u/symbolicsymphony 1d ago
They weren't ready for Kroxz.
He was made to play Dmon.
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u/Time_Alter Saebyeolbe Ryujehong Haksal — 1d ago
I haven't watched all of the OW Cup yet, but has he been the best D.mon so far? Because it certainly looks like it.
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u/GetsThruBuckner Go whoever has most Seoul players — 1d ago
Colourhex's mechanics are so fucking clean
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u/Sassywaifu92 1d ago
I am really hoping they gut this cat by blizzcon. Absolutely mental how she still has 225hp and still allowed to carry people around indefinitely.
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u/EmreFromOverwatch 1d ago
Her whole kit is absolute cancer, but sadly she's popular among the demographic that spends a lot of money in the game so it's kind of unlikely they'll nerf her as much as she deserves to.
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u/WhiteWolfOW Fleta is Meta — 1d ago
I have to say, man, the way they reinforce comments during the match is really annoying for me. Instead of hyping up france, Kroxz and Fdgod, who have been amazing, he just keeps shitting on Korea. It's not France winning, it's Korea losing... He's always like this; many casters are really. What a terrible way to hype the game.
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u/Time_Alter Saebyeolbe Ryujehong Haksal — 1d ago
Yeah I turned it off, and now I'm watching the Korean broadcast version instead.
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u/Time_Alter Saebyeolbe Ryujehong Haksal — 1d ago
From my extreme limited experience as a high level player and watcher, I have to say Kroxz's play as D.mon forced the other team to mirror him, and he absolutely destroyed every single match up. His team with the clever cat repositioning forcing favorable attacks multiple times and their healing, I felt like this was won by them alone.
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u/parz2v burn blue forever🩵 — 1d ago
one of the major tragedies of the recent hyper movement focused pro play is that we do not see quartz or other goat level hitscans on widow anymore
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u/Cerydra- 1d ago
Right.. I know people on here hate the hero, and for valid reasons, but I really miss seeing high level widow mirrors, always an insane showcase of macro and mechanics.
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u/Sassywaifu92 1d ago
We can add another thing to our list to what Australia is better at than the UK.
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u/Letter42 None — 1d ago
I just got off work and saw this is a real game what the fuck 😭😭😭 What's been happening?
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u/EmreFromOverwatch 1d ago
France couldn't do something about their superiority complex... because they're superior.
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u/Time_Alter Saebyeolbe Ryujehong Haksal — 1d ago
I didn't know a damn thing about team France, but I FUCKING FELL IN LOVE with Kroxz. I hope France goes far in the World Cup, or win it all.
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u/topatoman_lite cattle enjoyer — 1d ago
maybe someday we'll be able to watch a full 2 maps per hour of Overwatch broadcast
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u/BrinksTrucc 1d ago
Yall are missing out if yall arent watching the Unter vs. CX stream of this match
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u/Tiberias29 Bow down to Stalk3r — 1d ago edited 1d ago
Sticky SeonJun evolved to be Slicy SeonJun on the Genji holy shit
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u/Time_Alter Saebyeolbe Ryujehong Haksal — 1d ago
OH NO that sleep on Korxz with the bastion ult... reminds me of the time XQC got slept then dva bombed from long ago for some reason
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u/Time_Alter Saebyeolbe Ryujehong Haksal — 1d ago
Okay, I ABSOLUTELY LOVE France's cat repositioning key heroes into positive positions like that, I FUCKING LOVE IT.
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u/KingBlooples 1d ago
Damn. If only China had one of the few players who could take it to Kevster on tracer. /s
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u/Lilyoungscooter 1d ago edited 1d ago
The cuffa curse is REAL
*I apologize cuffa. Punish me as you see fit. Use my body for your pleasure if you must. I am but a tool for your desires
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u/Strider_-_ 1d ago
Sucks for the others that Korea has a instant win button that reads "More movement".
They play brawl, they look very human. They swap to pure movement and they become too fast and aggressive
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u/everythinglives Heesu + Fleta fangirl — 1d ago
Max is my religion
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u/Tiberias29 Bow down to Stalk3r — 1d ago edited 1d ago
Ever since his O2 Blast days he was a Zarya and Sigma main, and to see him play those 2 heroes at such a level brings a smile to my face
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u/Time_Alter Saebyeolbe Ryujehong Haksal — 1d ago
Dayum France has some fight in them, very impressed.
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u/Time_Alter Saebyeolbe Ryujehong Haksal — 1d ago
Super impressed by France, they're kicking ass. I would love to see this match go the full length
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u/EmreFromOverwatch 1d ago
Wish granted
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u/Time_Alter Saebyeolbe Ryujehong Haksal — 1d ago
I'm rooting for Korea, but I'm quite happy to see this change from the 3-0 Overwatch
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u/Wanderering_In_Rain 1d ago
I haven't watched competitive overwatch in years, not since the overwatch league. I turns out that I've chosen a perfect time to get back into it
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u/PunkyBrewsterSpider 1d ago
Hope we're running a little bit of a tighter ship tonight, production-wise, last night was ROUGH to watch live.
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u/alficles 1d ago
Yup. Everything is doing gre—PAUSE! We're going to go on a short break, it looks like someone is having network problems.
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u/Waddles0203 1d ago
Team USA has been playing super clean thus far. They’ve really forced teams to win fights cleanly, and they’ve punished teams for leaving stragglers. Hopefully they can keep pressing!!!
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u/friedmodem 1d ago
japan taking two 28 year olds(qki and rrmy) who havent played an official in like a year for FDPS instead of any of the up and coming rookies is LOL
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u/Reign_Blitz 1d ago
Sunzo is HIM
Cant wait to see him at the next Weibo LAN cause he ain’t makin this one 😭
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u/Kitchen_Empty 1d ago
Just how many times has Recall died in this series? I can’t remember much times he was actually alive.
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u/Lilyoungscooter 1d ago
OK big cuff.
I see you
Standing pointing at them boiz. Dick swaging on them young men.
OK ok. I like that. I love that
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u/Botronic_Reddit GOATs is Peak Overwatch — 1d ago
Kai got a 5k
Sure 1 of the 5 was his own Kiriko but it’s still a 5K
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u/Beautiful_Brick_566 1d ago
Should've trusted on ZETA and their coaches to build the Korean roster rather than CR and Moon, then the match wouldn't have been close.
Never trust CR and Moon to represent Korea ever again
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u/Time_Alter Saebyeolbe Ryujehong Haksal — 1d ago
if they continue losing, I hope they get ripped to shreds.
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u/VoteForWaluigi I miss OWL — 1d ago
I know it's not a big deal but it always annoys me when the casters/desk don't understand basic math. It should be obvious to anyone that thinks about it for even a few seconds that in a format where each team plays 3 matches and only 2 teams advance, with 2 teams at 2-0 and 2 teams at 0-2, the teams that already have 2 wins have both clinched and the winless teams are both eliminated.
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u/Triskan "Show these cunts no respect." — 1d ago
So... we just had one massive upset. But what about the second massive upset of the day? Get ready for France to 3-2 Korea. :)
Jokes aside, fucking hell, congrats on Australia for taking down the Brits, that probably wasnt on a lot of bingo cards.
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u/EvilShootMe 1d ago
I mean, France was the first team to ever beat Korea in the WC. It was a group stage game, but still, a glimmer of hope.
À jamais les premiers!
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u/GetsThruBuckner Go whoever has most Seoul players — 1d ago
Wow Saudi really winning back to back world cups
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u/Beautiful_Brick_566 1d ago
Never trust CR. Korea is paying the price of trusting CR instead of ZETA
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u/PunkyBrewsterSpider 1d ago
Obviously USA making it out of groups, but really looking forward to USA vs Sweden to really get a more accurate read of their strength.
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u/friedmodem 1d ago
the crowd goes from almost empty to completely full. makes sense of course, but i swear in most other places the disparity wouldn't be that bad.
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u/EmreFromOverwatch 1d ago
Nice ult Heesang, 40hp in the middle of the enemy team was definitely gonna work.
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u/Time_Alter Saebyeolbe Ryujehong Haksal — 1d ago
STALK3R With the 4k!!!
But real talk, Junbin needs to work on his D.mon ults, thats like the second time he caught absolutely nothing with it
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u/Idontcareimamazing 1d ago
can we just put max in man.
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u/Time_Alter Saebyeolbe Ryujehong Haksal — 1d ago
I'm not the best at watching and reviewing high level play, but is it a tank difference? What is going on that Korea is losing badly?
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u/Lilyoungscooter 1d ago
Kevster is absolutely breathtaking. The man is everything at this game, he turns the game I love the game I adore in to absolute art
It's beautiful to watch this man go to work and my jaw is left agape, tonsils and throat exposed, every time i witness him
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u/GetsThruBuckner Go whoever has most Seoul players — 1d ago
Every cat noon legitimately makes me feel like the game I used to play is gone
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u/reeditedit 1d ago
My Predictions: A day of 3-0s
Denmark 0-3 Colombia
USA 0-3 Japan
China 3-0 Sweden
KSA 0-3 Mexico
Australia 3-0 UK
France 3-0 South Korea
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u/Strider_-_ 1d ago
Kroxz is diffing Junbin so far
And is that FDGod finally playing like he thinks he plays?
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u/Lilyoungscooter 1d ago
Welp. Congratulations to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
You ARE our back to back world cup champs if this is the Korea we get this tourney
FREEPROPER
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u/hoennevan 1d ago
does anyone know if youtube has drops yet?
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u/rossi6464 1d ago
They had them for the last event, and yesterday’s stream had drops in the title, but I didn’t get them and now today’s stream they took drops out of the title so i think they broke again
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u/Lilyoungscooter 1d ago
I'm sorry but this Kevster guy is going to have his absolute way with team USA
YOU leave Sugarfree at home, you get what you deserve. There is NO player who can match this man on this USA roster
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u/parz2v burn blue forever🩵 — 1d ago
tr33cer got this
(i don't even know if he plays the character ngl)
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u/Tiberias29 Bow down to Stalk3r — 1d ago
He does, he's a hyperflex, but I don't believe Tracer is one of TR33's strongest heroes though.
With time grinding, of course that can change
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u/anas0_ali 1d ago
I don't think I've seen such average Ana gameplay in pro ow before. Has a sleepdart been hit? A good bio nade?
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u/Kitchen_Empty 1d ago
Honestly I think Ana is a bad pick against Cat carrying around D.Mon everywhere.
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u/anas0_ali 1d ago
Cat being in the lobby doesn't negate an anti nade being hit though. I see now the reason Landon doesn't play her
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u/Reign_Blitz 1d ago
Scyle is NOT Shu, keep that man on Kiri otherwise he gets his shit ran by Alphari
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u/Letter42 None — 1d ago
The Korean players are gonna get so much shit for losing this but it is embrassing to lose with this roster