TwisMinds reach Overwatch Champions
The Overwatch roster TwisMinds — listed with players TVNT, KSAA, Quartz, JaeWoo, Youbi, FunnyAstro and Simple — qualified for the OWCS Champions Clash, securing a spot in the upcoming Champions event. (x.com) The qualification was celebrated by fans tracking regional ladder movement into the big LAN clash.
Twisted Minds have locked in a place at the Overwatch Champions Series Champions Clash after reaching the top two in Europe, the Middle East and North Africa Stage 1. (liquipedia.net) The official Overwatch viewers guide says the top two teams from each regional Stage 1 qualify for Champions Clash, and this year’s event is scheduled for May 22 to 24 in Tokyo. (esports.overwatch.com) In Europe, the Middle East and North Africa, Twisted Minds finished the regular season 4-0 with wins over Team Peps, Geekay Esports, Anyone’s Legend, Al Qadsiah and Virtus.pro, then advanced into the regional playoffs on April 10 to 12. (liquipedia.net) Liquipedia lists Twisted Minds in one of the two Europe, the Middle East and North Africa qualifier slots for Champions Clash, ahead of the regional playoff finish being fully resolved. (liquipedia.net) That sends the reigning 2025 Overwatch Champions Series world champions back onto the international circuit after a roster rebuild around Quartz, Youbi, FunnyAstro and TVNT. (esports.gg) (liquipedia.net) The current Twisted Minds roster listed by Liquipedia is TVNT, KSAA, Quartz, JaeWoo, Youbi, FunnyAstro and Simple, with JaeWoo joining on January 9, 2026. (liquipedia.net 1) (liquipedia.net 2) Overwatch Champions Series is Blizzard’s regional league system for Overwatch 2, with Stage 1 feeding teams from North America, Europe, the Middle East and North Africa, Asia and China into the first global live event of the year. (esports.overwatch.com 1) (esports.overwatch.com 2) For Twisted Minds, the qualification keeps a title defense season on track: the club won the 2025 World Finals and also took the 2026 Pre-Season Bootcamp in February. (esports.gg) (liquipedia.net) The next step is Tokyo in late May, where Europe, the Middle East and North Africa’s qualifier will meet the top Stage 1 teams from the other three regions at the first full-scale live event on the 2026 calendar. (esports.overwatch.com)
