Team Liquid, Dallas Fuel move atop OWCS NA Stage 3 standings with wins

A cutout from the game Overwatch stands up at Next Generation Gaming in Grovetown, Ga., on Thursday, March 23, 2023. Next Generation Gaming will host both old arcade games and modern consoles, such as the Nintendo Switch and Playstations. News Next Generation Gaming Team Liquid and Dallas Fuel each started Week 3 of the Overwatch Champions Series' North American Stage with convincing victories on Saturday to move into the top two spots of the standings entering the final day of regular-season competition. Dallas swept Spacestation Gaming, which entered the week atop the standings, 3-0, while Team Liquid also won 3-0 against NTMR to take over the No. 1 spot in the standings thanks to their head-to-head 3-2 victory over Dallas Fuel on Oct. 18. The tournament's regular season runs Oct. 10-25 with six teams in a round-robin format and all matches first-to-three. The top four teams advance to the double-elimination regional playoffs on Oct. 30 to Nov. 1, with all matches in the $75,000 tournament first-to-three except for the grand final, which is first-to-four. Dallas completed its sweep of Spacestation with a 2-0 Busan Control win, a 1-0 Route 66 Escort triumph and a clinching New Junk City Flashpoint victory. Team Liquid won 2-0 on Ilios Control, 1-0 on Watchpoint: Grimsvotn Escort and 3-2 New Junk City Flashpoint. The regular season concludes Sunday with all six teams in action. Sunday matches Dallas Fuel vs. The Kafe Spacestation Gaming vs. NTMR Team Liquid vs. Disguised Overwatch Champions Series' North American Stage 3 Prize Pool 1. $30,000, TBD 2. $15,000, TBD 3. $12,000, TBD 4. $8,000, TBD 5-6. $5,000, TBD --Field Level Media