Who are Overwatch 2’s 2025 OWCS partner teams?

Earlier this month, Overwatch Champions Series (OWCS) Announced the nine teams that will be part of the new partner program for the 2025 season.

These teams have been selected across three OWCS regions – Asia, North America and Europe, Middle East and Africa – and will provide additional business benefits to organisations.

This article takes a look at each OWCS 2025 partner team and details their history in Overwatch esports.

For 2025, OWCS has awarded three teams in EMEA partner status.

Marking her return to Overwatch eSports is Gen. J The brand, this time represents a new territory. Previously, the organization owned and operated the Overwatch League franchise Seoul Dynasty, while also having an academy team under the Gen.G moniker until 2022.

Like Seoul Dynasty, the franchise’s greatest achievement occurred at the Overwatch League 2020 Qualifier Grand Finals, where they placed second in the event. After the Overwatch League ends in 2023Gen.G and Soul Dynasty did not compete in the Overwatch 2 scene.

Joining Gen.G is twisted minds, An organization that has been active in the Overwatch esports scene since 2021. Along with competing within the Saudi League – a regional league aiming to develop the esports scene in Saudi Arabia – over the past few years, the organization has gone on to qualify for its first major OWCS tournament in 2024 as well as To the OWCS World Finals.

For the year 2025, the organization She updated her listsinging the likes of former Spacestation player Daniel “FunnyAstro” Hathaway.

The final organization that will represent EMEA as a partner team is virtus.pro. Enter the scene after introduction OCS in 2024the organization based in Armenia I signed the list Before the start of the eSports World Cup. The team went on to secure an eighth-place finish in the event, while also earning a straight fourth-place finish at the OWCS 2024 Stages 3 and 4.

Similar to Twisted Minds, Virtus.Pro has also changed its roster for the 2025 season, announcing three new signings including Former ENCE player Ilari “Vistula” Vistula.

Only two teams have joined the OWCS 2025 Partner Program from North America. However, the lineup includes a major name returning to the scene.

After an absence of more than seven years Questioner team She joined the Overwatch 2 ecosystem. The organization’s last competitive match occurred at Overwatch Contenders 2017 Season Zero: North America with a roster that included former London Spitfire and Philadelphia Fusion player Kim ‘Fury’ Jun-ho.

A few days after being announced as a partner team, Team Liquid Overwatch 2 roster revealed Which includes former Toronto Defiant players Rubal “Rubal” Zaman and Diego “Vega” Moran.

Together with the liquid team will be Space stationwhich made its debut on the North American scene after competing in EMEA last year. Plying their trade in the EMEA OWCS scene, the North American team placed third at the 2024 OWCS Grand Championship and placed in the top eight at the Esports World Cup and OWCS World Finals.

After moving to North America, Spacestation has revamped its roster for the 2025 season, With five new players Including former Toronto Defiant and NRG Shock players, Kamden ‘Sugarfree’ Hijada and Kim ‘Kellan’ Min-Jae, respectively.

Asia has the largest number of partner teams for the OWCS 2025 season with four teams announced. Interestingly, representatives of the Four Asian Partners program compete in the K-League. For context, OWCS Asia is divided into Japan and Korea-Pacific, with the best teams entering OWCS Asia.

Unsurprisingly, the 2024 OWCS World Champion Falcons team He was announced as one of the four representatives of Asia. After joining the Overwatch scene in 2021, Team Falcons entered the OWCS after its formation last year and finished first and second in the competition’s first major tournament.

After their victories in 2024, it is also not surprising to see that the Saudi organization has not made any changes to its predominantly Korean roster.

It also earned a spot on the partner team and is a global finalist at OWCS 2024 Crazy raccoon. The Japanese esports organization entered Overwatch 2 after the launch of OWCS and has already achieved many accolades.

Thanks to its Korean roster, Crazy Raccoon won the first stage of OWCS Asia, the competition’s first major tournament and eSports World Cup. Similar to the Falcons, the organization has not announced any changes to its 2025 lineup.

Returning to the scene Overwatch is an esports powerhouse in South Korea T1. Although the brand has not officially debuted since Overwatch Contenders 2022, the team is part of a joint venture with one of the Overwatch League’s previous franchise owners, Comcast Spectacor.

As the Infernal Seoul Series (formerly Philadelphia Fusion), the series was a regular competitor in the Overwatch League until the competition’s cancellation.

The last Asian representative for OWCS is the Japanese esports organization Zeta section. Korea’s ZETA roster has been running with an unchanged lineup since the 2024 season, and notably finished in the top four at the Esports World Cup.

Before re-debuting in 2024, ZETA previously competed in the Overwatch scene in 2019.

As OWCS partner teams, organizations are entitled to greater commercial opportunities throughout the year.

According to OWCS, this means teams will receive a portion of the proceeds from in-game crowdfunded team packs. This includes branded in-game cosmetics. The exact percentage that the teams will bring back to life has not been revealed.

Overwatch 2 isn’t the only eSports to launch a partner program that includes crowdfunding initiatives, with titles like Valorant and Rocket League Using similar revenue methods for teams.