TwisMinds perfect run
TwisMinds swept the Overwatch Champions Series Stage 1 with a perfect run to win the stage and secure a spot in Tokyo, highlighted by standout performances from players TVNT and owquartz. ( ) Virtus.pro pushed them hard early — nearly upsetting TwisMinds on map one — but the champions closed the series. (x.com)
Twisted Minds closed Overwatch Champions Series EMEA Stage 1 on April 12 with a 4-1 Grand Final win over Virtus.pro and a berth at Champions Clash in Tokyo. (esports.overwatch.com) The run was clean across the playoff bracket: Twisted Minds beat Qadsiah 3-0 on April 10, swept Geekay Esports 3-0 on April 11, and then finished Virtus.pro on April 12. Blizzard’s Stage 1 format sent each region’s playoff qualifiers through a four-team, double-elimination bracket. (esports.overwatch.com; esports.overwatch.com) Stage 1 in Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa followed three regular-season weekends on March 21-22, March 28-29, and April 4-5 before the April 10-12 playoffs. The top finishers from those playoffs advanced to Champions Clash, the first international live event of the 2026 season. (esports.overwatch.com) Champions Clash is scheduled for May 22-24 at Arena Tachikawa Tachihi in Tokyo, with eight teams from North America, Europe, the Middle East and North Africa, Asia, and China. Blizzard says the event is the first full-scale international live event on the 2026 Overwatch Champions Series calendar. (esports.overwatch.com) The result extends a run that started before Stage 1. Twisted Minds also won the Overwatch Champions Series Pre-Season Bootcamp on February 15, taking a 4-1 victory there as well. (liquipedia.net; esports.gg) Twisted Minds entered 2026 as one of the circuit’s established teams after winning the 2025 World Finals, according to Liquipedia’s event record. The organization’s current roster listing includes Quartz, Youbi, FunnyAstro, TVNT, and JaeWoo. (liquipedia.net) The broader circuit is still new by esports standards. Blizzard launched the Overwatch Champions Series in 2024 as the successor to the Overwatch League, with regional competition feeding into international events such as Champions Clash, the Midseason Championship, and the World Finals. (liquipedia.net; overwatch.blizzard.com) Twisted Minds now heads to Tokyo with the first EMEA stage trophy of 2026 and a chance to test that regional dominance against the other seven qualifiers in May. (esports.overwatch.com)
