A ‘Small’ List of all the ‘Big’ Overwatch World Cup teams

[NOTE: This list will be edited and updated to reflect recent changes in the team rosters as well as any pending announcement of rest of the teams]

EDIT 1: on 08/12/2019, updated Singaporean and Indian rosters.

The Overwatch World Cup starts on Nov. 1 and the top 10 seed countries are busy stacking powerful teams so as to bring home the World Cup. Here are their roster details, in no particular order.

♦ Team USA

The USA roster is fully composed of Overwatch League pros, but only seven of the 12 players on the list will get the chance to represent the U.S. on the world stage.

Main Tank 

• Austin “Muma” Wilmot of the Houston Outlaws
• Matthew “super” DeLisi of the San Francisco Shock
• Russell “FCTFCTN” Campbell of the Los Angeles Valiant

Off-Tank

• Indy “SPACE” Halpern of the Los Angeles Valiant

DPS

• João Pedro “Hydration” Goes Telles of the Los Angeles Gladiators
• Jay “sinatraa” Won of the San Francisco Shock
• Kyle “KSF” Frandanisa of the Los Angeles Valiant
• Corey Nigra of the Washington Justice
• Dante “Danteh” Cruz of the Houston Outlaws

Support

• Nikola “sleepy” Andrews of the Washington Justice
• Shane “Rawkus” Flaherty of the Houston Outlaws
• Grant “moth” Espe of the San Francisco Shock

♦ Team Canada

With five alternates, their final roster is the exact same as the lineup from the 2018 Overwatch World Cup, as Canada believes what isn’t wrong needs not be corrected. This roster successfully bagged the bronze medal last year thanks to their outstanding performance.

Main Tank

• Félix “xQc” Lengyel (streamer and former Overwatch League player)
• ALTERNATIVE– Shayne “Chayne” La Rocque of North American Contenders team Bermuda

Off-Tank

• Lucas “NotE” Meissner of the Dallas Fuel
• ALTERNATIVE- Walid “Mouffin” Bassal

DPS

• Brady “Agilities” Girardi of the Los Angeles Valiant
• Lane “Surefour” Roberts of the Los Angeles Gladiators
• Liam “Mangachu” Campbell of the Toronto Defiant
• ALTERNATIVE- “Akaydia”

Main Support

• Chris “Bani” Benell of the Houston Outlaws
• ALTERNATIVE- Blake “Zholik” Solberg of NA Contenders team GRUNTo Esports

Flex Support

• William “Crimzo” Hernandez of North American Overwatch Contenders team, Team Envy
• ALTERNATIVE- Travis “AutumnSouls” Letwiniuk of Harrisburg University’s esports team

♦ Team China

Team synergy amongst the players is something these World Cup teams struggle about, but China seems to have the exact solution to this problem. China will be fielding a full team of Overwatch League players, including five players from the Chendgu Hunters and one from both the Hangzhou Spark and the Guangzhou Charge.

Main Tank

• Xu “guxue” Qiulin of the Hangzhou Spark

Off-Tank

• Luo “Elsa” Wenjie of the Chendgu Hunters

DPS

• Huang “leave” Xin of the Chendgu Hunters
• Yi “JinMu” Hu of the Chendgu Hunters
• Ou “Eileen” Yiliang of the Guangzhou Charge

Main Support

• Li “Yveltal” Xianyao of the Chendgu Hunters

Flex Support

• Kong “Kyo” Chunting of the Chendgu Hunters

♦ Team Australia

Being unable to bag any prize previously, in-spite of being three time BlizzCon attendees, has forced Australia to get innovative with their picks.

Tank

• Ashley “Trill” Powell
• Leyton “Punk” Gilchrist

DPS

• Felix “ckm” Murray (coming out of retirement to play the World Cup)
• Jason “ieatuup” Ho of Team CC in Contenders China

Support

• Max “Unter” Unterwurzacher (who claimed his first Contenders Australia title with Order last season)
•  Giorgio “Tongue” Lahdo (with Blank Esports and Warriors in Contenders Australia)

♦ Team Finland

Finland has picked a number of players from the Overwatch League and European Overwatch Contenders as part of their roster.

Main Tank

• Roni “LhCloudy” Tiihonen of Paris Eternal

Off-Tank

• Joonas “zappis” Alakurtt of Team Gigantti of European Contenders

DPS

• Tuomo “Davin” Leppänen of Team Gigantti 
• Richard “rCk” Kanerva of the Boston Uprising
• Ricky Fox of Clockwork Vendetta

Main Support

• Petja “Masaa” Kantanen of Atlanta Reign

Flex Support

• Jonas “Shaz” Suovaara of the Los Angeles Gladiators

♦ Team New Zealand

Main Tank

• Jack “Joker” Wyles

Off-Tank

• Shilp “plihS” Naik of team Mindfreak of the Australian Overwatch Contenders

DPS

• Kelsey “Colourhex” Birse of Boston Uprising
• Christopher “August” Norgrove of team Mindfreak
• Dale “Signed” Tang of Team Order of the Australian Overwatch Contenders

Main Support

• Oliver “Jungle” Denby of Warriors Esports

Flex Support

• Paul “Truth” van Hutten of the Melbourne Mavricks

♦ Team Sweden

Sweden has announced a 12 players team list till now, but only seven will represent their home country during the Overwatch World Cup in November.

Main Tank

• Lukas “LullSiSH” Wiklund of the Washington Justice
• “Slinki”

Off-Tank

•  Elliot “ELLIVOTE” Vaneryd of the Washington Justice
• Andreas “Nevix” Karlsson of San Francisco Shock

DPS

• Simon “snillo” Ekström of Philadelphia Fusion
• “Rat” of Maryville University’s esports team
• Erik “Erki” Nolander of Angry Titans
• Daniel “Dannedd“ Rosdahl of British Hurricane

Main Support

• Gustav “Gustav” Garpenståhl of Shu’s Money Crew EU
• Ludvig “Luddee” Håkansson of Gladiators Legion

Flex Support

• Andreas “Epzz” Vallvingskog of Team Revival
• Jakob “bock1” Kleveland of British Hurricane

♦ Team South Korea

Holding on to the World Champions title for the last three years, South Korea has to repel the surmounting efforts by rest of the countries once again. For this, South Korea announced a shortlist of 12 players last week but now has confirmed its final seven-man roster for the 2019 Overwatch World Cup.

Main Tank

• Kim “Mano” Dong-gyu from New York Excelsior

Off-Tank

• Choi “ChoiHyoBin” Hyo-bin from the San Francisco Shock

DPS

• Lee “Carpe” Jae-hyeok of Philadelphia Fusion (hitscan DPS)
• Park “Architect” Min-ho of San Francisco Shock (projectile DPS)
• Kim “Haksal” Hyo-jong of Vancouver Titan

Main Support

• Park “iDK” Ho-jin of Hangzhou Spark

Flex Support

• Choi “Bdosin” Seung-tae of London Spitfire

♦ Team France

France was one of the first teams to announce their shortlist of 12-player roster comprising of European Overwatch Contenders and Overwatch League players, but has not yet confirmed the final seven-player roster that will travel to BlizzCon.

Main Tank

• Simon “Chubz” Vullo of team Samsung Morning Stars of European Overwatch Contenders

Off-Tank

• Théo “Tek36” Guillebaud of team Samsung Morning Stars
• Gael “Poko” Gouzerch of Philadelphia Fusion

DPS

• Lucas “Leaf” Loison of Team Gigantti of European Overwatch Contenders
• Adam “Khegasi” Benaouadi of Samsung Morning Stars
• Jeremy “Hqrdest” Danton of Revival of European Overwatch Contenders
• Samir “Tsuna” Ikram of British Hurricane
• William “Asking” Vetter of Samsung Morning Stars
• Dylan “aKm” Bignet of the Dallas Fuel
• Terence “SoOn” Tarlier of the Paris Eternal

Main Support

• Brice “FDGod” Monsçavoir of Team Young of European Overwatch Contenders

Flex Support

• Damien “HyP” Souville of the Paris Eternal

♦ Team UK

Like few other countries in this list, Team United Kingdom had revealed the final 12  players, made up of a plethora of great Overwatch League and Overwatch Contenders talent. These players will be competing to be in the final 7 players list represent the country at BlizzCon 2019, which would be revealed soon.

Tank

• Cameron “Fusions” Bosworth of Boston Uprising
• Seb “numlocked” Barton of the Academy Team Team Envy
• Eoghan “Smex” O’Neill of team Montreal Rebellion of Overwatch Contenders
• “Brute”

DPS

• Finley “Kyb” Adisi of Philadelphia Fusion
• Div “Zeal” Valobobhai of Eternal Academy of European Overwatch Contenders
• Kai “KSP” Collins of XL2 Academy of European Overwatch Contenders
• “Lynnnnx” of Triumph Gaming of European Overwatch Contenders

Support

• Isaac “Boombox” Charles of Philadelphia Fusion
• Daniel “FunnyAstro” Hathaway of Atlanta Reign
• Harrison “Kruise” Pond of Paris Eternal
• Owen “Slur” Warner of Samsung Morning Stars

♦ Team Singapore

As soon as the Blizzard Embargo on the Team Singapore Overwatch roster was lifted, Nicholas “Caldoran” Tay, Community Lead for Team Singapore, had swiftly announced the official 7-man roster that will represent them.

Tank

• Mohammed “Sachokk” Asri
• Muhammad “Xenofly” Syafiq
• ALTERNATE- Ivan “CZwc” Cheong

DPS

• Marcus “Akame” Kwa
• Timotheus “Bubblekitty” Yeo
• Jasper “yuris” Yue
• ALTERNATE- Figo “Azalea” Chua
• ALTERNATE- Dang “Cryptic” Guo Hao

Support

• Alston “Jervyz” How
• Hao “ZeonFlux” Haiyang
• ALTERNATE- Zavier “Saviour” Ng
• ALTERNATE- Tan “Ayako” Jia Hao

♦ Team India

For the first time ever, India is sending an Overwatch roster to the World Cup. Not being one of the top ten teams, the team has to bear all the travel expenses themselves. Due to an undeveloped Overwatch scenario, there wasn’t any hope that they will field a team. But an Indian organization, Global Esports took upon itself to scout for players through try-outs that were free and open for people of all ranks and skill levels, and finally assembled a team from scratch.

Main Tank

• Vatsal ‘Nightmare2k’ Uniyal

Off-Tank

• Girish ‘DJDestiny’ Das
• Nishant ‘Archangel’ Chhabra

DPS

• Aman ‘Cruzi’ Vivek
• Chirag ‘Kcot’ Gupta

Main Support

• Sparsh ‘SoulHunter’ Oza

Flex Support

• Megh ‘PrimalMage‘ Patel

 

So, which team are you rooting for this year? Is it the champions Team Korea or the really strong contenders Team Canada or the underdogs Team UK ?