Team Falcons, NTMR move on at Champions Clash

Team Falcons and NTMR each recorded a victory on Saturday to advance to the upper-bracket final of the Overwatch Champions Series' 2025 Champions Clash in Hangzhou, China.

Eight teams qualified for spots in the double-elimination bracket, with a champion to be crowned Sunday.

Team Falcons posted a 3-2 win over Once Again on Saturday, and NTMR seized a 3-1 triumph over Crazy Raccoon.

The Falcons secured a 2-0 win on Ilios before Once Again responded with a 3-1 victory on Suravasa and a 101.25m-101.24 triumph on Runasapi. Team Falcons recovered to notch a 2-1 win on Circuit Royal and a 114.81m-90.65m victory on Esperanca.

NTMR dropped a 2-0 decision on Ilios to Crazy Raccoon before responding with a flourish. They posted a 3-2 win on King's Row, an 80.94m-56.87m victory on New Queen Street and a 3-2 triumph on Route 66.

Crazy Raccoon, however, dusted themselves off by recording a pair of victories to advance to the lower-bracket final. They secured a 3-1 win over Virtus.pro in the quarterfinals and a 3-0 victory over Once Again.

Once Again defeated Spacestation before falling to Crazy Raccoon.

Order of finish:

1st place -- TBD

2nd place -- TBD

3rd place -- TBD

4th place -- Once Again

5th-6th place -- Virtus.pro, Spacestation Gaming

7th-8th place -- Al Qadsiah, Team CC