Overwatch League 2023 Pro-Am: Schedule, groups, OWL teams and stream

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Competitive Overwatch is about to return with the Overwatch League 2023 Pro-Am, a pre-season tournament featuring OWL sides and Contenders teams from the West. Follow all the action here.

As the Overwatch League prepares for its biggest changes in recent years, teams in the West will be able to get an early taste of the action with the Pro-Am tournament, a three-week competition with $100,000 on offer.

The 13 West franchises will be joined by seven Contender teams, determined by qualifiers in NA and EMEA, in this exciting new competition that will put the new OWL rosters to the test before the start of the season.

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Before the Overwatch League kicks off, West teams will compete in the Pro-Am tournament

Initially, the West region was supposed to include 14 franchise teams, but the Dallas Fuel announced on March 6 that the team will compete in the East region in 2023.

Below is everything you need to know about the Overwatch League 2023 Pro-Am tournament.

Overwatch League 2023 Pro-Am: Stream

All OWL Pro-Am matches will be streamed on the Overwatch League YouTube page.

Overwatch League 2023 Pro-Am: Schedule and format

The tournament will kick off on March 23 with the group stage, featuring four groups of five teams, who will face each other once. The top two teams from each group will then progress to a single-elimination bracket, with the winner taking home the lion’s share of a $100,000 prize pool.

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The seven Contenders teams were determined by qualifiers in North America and EMEA. The top five teams from the NA qualifier and the top two teams from the EMEA qualifier will join the OWL franchises in this Pro-Am tournament.

Group stage (March 23 — April 2)

Day 1: March 23

Group Match PT ET GMT
A Florida Mayhem vs San Francisco Shock 12 PM 3 PM 8 PM
B London Spitfire vs Atlanta Reign 1 PM 4 PM 9 PM
A San Francisco Shock vs Trick Room 2 PM 5 PM 10 PM
A Timeless vs Vancouver Titans 3 PM 6 PM 11 PM
B Saints vs LA Valiant 4 PM 7 PM 12 AM

Day 2: March 24

Group Match PT ET GMT
B Atlanta Reign vs Vegas Eternal 12 PM 3 PM 8 PM
B London Spitfire vs LA Valiant 1 PM 4 PM 9 PM
B Atlanta Reign vs Saints 2 PM 5 PM 10 PM
A Vancouver Titans vs Trick Room 3 PM 6 PM 11 PM
A Timeless vs Florida Mayhem 4 PM 7 PM 12 AM

Day 3: March 25

Group Match PT ET GMT
B LA Valiant vs Vegas Eternal 12 PM 3 PM 8 PM
A Florida Mayhem vs Vancouver Titans 1 PM 4 PM 9 PM
B Vegas Eternal vs London Spitfire 2 PM 5 PM 10 PM
A San Francisco Shock vs Timeless 3 PM 6 PM 11 PM
B Saints vs London Spitfire 4 PM 7 PM 12 AM

Day 4: March 26

Group Match PT ET GMT
A Vancouver Titans vs San Francisco Shock 1 PM 4 PM 9 PM
A LA Valiant vs Atlanta Reign 2 PM 5 PM 10 PM
A Trick Room vs Florida Mayhem 3 PM 6 PM 11 PM
B Vegas Eternal vs Saints 4 PM 7 PM 12 AM
B Trick Room vs Timeless 5 PM 8 PM 1 AM

Day 5: March 30

Group Match PT ET GMT
D Toronto Defiant vs Twisted Minds 1 PM 4 PM 9 PM
C Washington Justice vs Team Peps 2 PM 5 PM 10 PM
D Houston Outlaws vs Toronto Defiant 3 PM 6 PM 11 PM
C LA Gladiators vs WISP 4 PM 7 PM 12 AM
D NY Excelsior vs Houston Outlaws 5 PM 8 PM 1 AM

Day 6: March 31

Group Match PT ET GMT
C LA Gladiators vs Team Peps 1 PM 4 PM 9 PM
D Redbird vs Twisted Minds 2 PM 5 PM 10 PM
C Boston Uprising vs LA Gladiators 3 PM 6 PM 11 PM
D Toronto Defiant vs Redbird 4 PM 7 PM 12 AM
C WISP vs Boston Uprising 5 PM 8 PM 1 AM

Day 7: April 1

Group Match PT ET GMT
D Twisted Minds vs Houston Outlaws 1 PM 4 PM 9 PM
C Team Peps vs WISP 2 PM 5 PM 10 PM
C Boston Uprising vs Washington Justice 3 PM 6 PM 11 PM
D Redbird vs NY Excelsior 4 PM 7 PM 12 AM
C WISP vs Washington Justice 5 PM 8 PM 1 AM

Day 8: April 2

Group Match PT ET GMT
D Twisted Minds vs NY Excelsior 1 PM 4 PM 9 PM
C Team Peps vs Boston Uprising 2 PM 5 PM 10 PM
D NY Excelsior vs Toronto Defiant 3 PM 6 PM 11 PM
C Washington Justice vs LA Gladiators 4 PM 7 PM 12 AM
D Houston Outlaws vs Redbird 5 PM 8 PM 1 AM

Playoffs (April 8 — April 9)

Day 1: April 8

Stage Match PT ET GMT
Quarter-finals TBD vs TBD 1 PM 4 PM 9 PM
Quarter-finals TBD vs TBD 2:30 PM 5:30 PM 10:30 PM
Quarter-finals TBD vs TBD 4 PM 7 PM 12 AM
Quarter-finals TBD vs TBD 5:30 PM 8:30 PM 1:30 AM

Day 2: April 9

Stage Match PT ET GMT
Semi-finals TBD vs TBD 1 PM 4 PM 9 PM
Semi-finals TBD vs TBD 2:30 PM 5:30 PM 10:30 PM
Grand final TBD vs TBD 4:30 PM 7:30 PM 12:30 AM

Overwatch League 2023 Pro-Am: Group standings

Group A

Placement Team Record
1 Florida Mayhem
2 San Francisco Shock
3 Vancouver Titans
4 Timeless
5 Trick Room

Group B

Placement Team Record
1 Atlanta Reign
2 LA Valiant
3 London Spitfire
4 Vegas Eternal
5 Saints

Group C

Placement Team Record
1 Boston Uprising
2 LA Gladiators
3 Washington Justice
4 Team Peps
5 WISP

Group D

Placement Team Record
1 Houston Outlaws
2 NY Excelsior
3 Toronto Defiant
4 Redbird
5 Twisted Minds

Overwatch League 2023 Pro-Am: Teams

OWL Teams

Team Players
Atlanta Reign Hawk, vigilante, Stalk3r, LIP, Fielder, ChiYo, D0NGHAK
Boston Uprising birdring, Striker, Decay, smurf, LeeJaeGon, Izayaki, Kalios, Twilight
Florida Mayhem Checkmate, SOMEONE, Rupal, MER1T, Sauna, CH0R0NG
Houston Outlaws Pelican, Fearless, Shu, Happy, Viol2t, Gargoyle
London Spitfire SparkR, Backbone, Hadi, Admiral, Landon
LA Gladiators kevster, FunnyAstro, Lastro, Danteh, Yaki, Babel, Kai
LA Valiant
NY Excelsior
San Francisco Shock FiNN, Proper, HeeSang, MAX, Vindaim
Toronto Defiant Hydron, Speedily, s9mm, Coluge, Ojee, UltraViolet, SirMajed
Vancouver Titans Aspire, Punk, Faith, Crimzo, Sugarfree
Vegas Eternal Dove, Lukemino, Rakattack, MaltheL, Vulcan
Washington Justice AlphaYi, Flora, BenBest, MirroR, FDGod, Teru

Contenders Teams

Team Players
Saints k1nt, TR33, False, mikeyy, Vega, cjay, syrus
Redbird Vision, Grathen, GiG, MovingFish7, Saadist, Lyar, Renko
Trick Room Pummy, Boat, Excal, Infekted, anyhow, MagicM8Ball, Anghell1c, Hanbei
Timeless wub, zeruhh, Doomed, CLEAR, cuFFa, Neptune, cal, Otters
WISP Rokit, Chopper, Crimson, Krawi, Bubbles, Grapes, Yimitra, abheek
Twisted Minds Quartz, Youbi, LBBD7, KSAA, Nutella, Slay
Team Peps Hybrid, Naga, kraandop, Molf1g, Kellex, Xerion

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