Blizzard has announced via a press release that votes for the committees of the qualified Overwatch World Cup countries have come to a close, and you can check out all the results on the website right now, but that wasn't all they had to reveal, as we also now know the groups and city locations for four live events in the competition.
From each group the top two teams will advance to playoffs, and the two two from each of the live events will also qualify for the BlizzCon finals as well. These live events will see Groups A and B compete in Shanghai, China; Groups C and D compete in Sydney, Australia; Groups E and F compete in Katowice, Poland; and Groups G and H battle it out in Burback, California.
Below are all the groups in full. Who has the best chance of qualifying from each group?
Group A (Shanghai, China)
1 - China
16 - Hong Kong
17 - Norway
32 - Romania
Group B (Shanghai, China)
8 - France
9 - Denmark
24 - Thailand
25 - Argentina
Group C (Sydney, Australia)
4 - Sweden
13 - Australia
20 - Italy
29 - Portugal
Group D (Sydney, Australia)
5 - Finland
12 - Japan
21 - Spain
28 - Vietnam
Group E (Katowice, Poland)
2 - South Korea
15 - Netherlands
18 - Poland
21 - Austria
Group F (Katowice, Poland)
7 - Canada
10 - Russia
23 - Singapore
26 - Turkey
Group G (Burbank, California)
3 - United States
14 - Chinese Taipei
19 - Brazil
30 - New Zealand
Group H (Burbank, California)
6 - United Kingdom
11 - Germany
22 - Israel
27 - Belgium