After two weekends of whittling down more than 1,200 teams to just 16 through open qualifiers, Blizzard have announced the North American and European groups for Overwatch Contenders Season Zero. Each region's remaining teams have been divided into four groups of four teams set to battle it out for the eight available playoff spots. The surviving talent will no longer be competing for pride's sake, as playoff spots are on the line and a share of the $50,000 USD prize pool per region.

Groups

The North American and European groups can be found below:

North America

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Europe

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Format and Schedule

Each group will compete in its own double round robin fixture over a two week period, with the top two teams per group advancing to the Contenders Season Zero Playoffs. Europe's group stage kicks off at 10:00 AM PDT on the 17th of June, followed by the commencement of North America's group stage at 4:00 PM PDT on the 18th of June.

Matches will be streamed on twitch.tv/overwatchcontenders and results will be available on our match ticker and the event pages for the North American and European divisions of Contenders Season Zero.