Overwatch 2 Student Champs 22-23

The Student Champs are open to all secondary schools, Further Education (FE) Colleges and Alternative Provision (AP) schools in the UK and are PC-based. Students must be aged 12+ to participate.

Overwatch 2 (PEGI 12+) is a vibrant first-person shooter. Teams of 5 pick a variety of unique heroes to achieve different map objectives, such as escort the payload and control the point. 

Rulesets here: General Rules & Overwatch 2 specific rules.

This competition is not affiliated with or sponsored by Blizzard, or Overwatch 2 esports.


KEY INFO

Please note: Overwatch 2 Winter Season matches will commence one week later than the other tournaments due to the game release date.

Each student will need a valid BattleTag for their in-game name on their roster. Please include the full tag in the roster, e.g. BEF#0000.

Team Size 5 (+ 2 optional subs)
Series

Best of 5 (first to win 3 maps wins)

Game Mode Competitive
Map Pool

Winter map pool available to view here.

Format Swiss > Divisions (groups) > promotion > Divisions (groups) > elimination

TOURNAMENT FORMAT

For Champs 2022-23, the tournaments will now be a year-long format, with the opportunity for promotion between divisions, and introduce regionalisation.

Winter season:
Initial regionalisation and divisions

  • Swiss qualifiers
  • North Regionals (Div 1 and Div 2)
  • South Regionals (Div 1 and Div 2)

Spring season:
Chance for promotion from Winter into a higher division or the Nationals. New teams enter div 2 after swiss qualification.

  • Nationals: top from North and South Div 1
  • North Regionals (Div 1 and Div 2)
  • South Regionals (Div 1 and Div 2)
  • Elimination stage

This competition is not affiliated with or sponsored by Blizzard, or Overwatch 2 esports.