World Cup Watchpoint

Did I make a big mistake picking a fight with Brazil's passionate fanbase? Saying they were going to get spawn camped by Puerto Rico certainly doesn't help my cause, but I'm joined by Brazil DPS Ludwig, Brazil General Manager Nyohl, and Brazil Assistant Manager Izzy to discuss the 2026 Seleção Canarinho .

This episode was recorded before the mid-season patch.

• O2 Blast x Team Brazil
• A double Main Support backline?
• Why being old is never an obstacle
• MidZ the data wiz
• How Ben's Tweets became bulletin board material
• Izzy recruiting Hydron for Team Brazil
• Why Nyohl isn't playing Flex Support for Brazil
• Brazil vs. Colombia: round 2

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Nyohl

Izzy

Are the glory days of Canadian Overwatch long behind us? Or can a mix of new players and grizzled veterans take Team Canada to new heights? I'm joined by Canada DPS Reyzr and Canada DPS Noxious to query Canada's quest to conquer the continent.

• Canada's double Flex Support approach
• Cal's return to Overwatch
• DhillDucks > ZETA DIVISION and Team Falcons (in one very specific way!)
• St. Clair College x Team Canada
• Canada's stacked coaching staff
• Reyzr's time playing against prime San Francisco Shock
• Noxious on what's different about 2026 Team Canada compared to 2023

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Noxious

I'm joined by Great Britain Tank Tred and Great Britain Flex Support KiWii to discuss the 2026 7 Lions. What is Team GB's plan for the Online Qualifiers, Group Stage, and BlizzCon? Who is #OnThePlane and who is off?

• Britain's "unprofessional" roster bait
• GoldenPants, the secret weapon?
• What's GB's plan for Flex Support?
• Getting wasted in Anaheim
• KiWii's American accent
• What makes ChrisTFer a great coach?

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Tred

KiWii

Is this the strongest version of Team Sweden ever? I'm joined by Sweden DPS Zorrow and Sweden Head Coach Almostpanda to find out.

• Why Team Sweden failed in 2023
• Zorrow's growth
• Kevster's joy
• Recruiting Admiral and learning Estonian
• Coaching superstars

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Zorrow

Almostpanda

Can Team Norway surpass expectations with a squad mostly consisting of unretiring veterans? Norway Flex Reinschdyret and Norway Head Coach Tåbiash join me to answer that very question.

• Converting R3flect to Main Support
• The return of Psych0 and Isack
• Not one, but two Venture players?
• Reinschdyret's Tracer rematch with Time

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Tåbiash

Netherlands are back with a lot of familiar faces for the 2026 Overwatch World Cup. For the FINAL Overwatch World Cup 2026 Conference Cup team preview, I'm joined by Netherlands Head Coach Natdoekje, Netherlands General Manager Cas, and Overwatch coach and Plat Chat regular Raelyni to break down the 2026 OWRanje roster.

• Three pro coaches react to the new patch notes
• ANOTHER 3,000 YEARS OF KIRIKO META!!!
• Why Dutch is a horrible language
• The TwolzZ Hitscan experiment
• When does one reach Unc status?

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Natdoekje

Cas

Raelyni

Czechia have produced some great players over the years, but their 2026 Overwatch World Cup roster is full of relative rookies. I'm joined by Czechia Support Kattos to discuss the Overwatch Nároďák and the path to auraful Overwatch.

• Are all Czechs pirates?!
• Czechia's secret OWCS coach?
• The Bohemia Prime/Pytel core
• Why Exorath declined to play
• Benching Hiku, the TikTok Genji
• Czech Symmetra???
• The battle for starting Flex Support

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Kattos

Against my better judgement, I am previewing Team Israel—but I’m not alone! I’m joined by Türkiye Tank and former NTMR designer Dirt to break down a team that, if we’re being honest, probably shouldn’t be competing, but are anyways. This is certainly the least serious episode of World Cup Watchpoint yet!

content warning: brief mentions of ongoing violent conflict and war crimes

• Falcons Vega’s Jetpack Cat-Bastion composition in Saudi Women’s eLeague
• That time Israel tested a nuclear weapon in the Indian Ocean with South Africa’s help
• Old men at Tank and DPS
• Support duo of players who actually play the game currently!!
• Why Israel’s best players aren’t playing for the national team
• Dirt’s extra motivation to beat Israel
• That time Israel had to fire their assistant coach after a few hours after their announcement because people pointed out how he was a horrible person

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Dirt

I'm joined by Brooklyn's finest, Team Latvia Support Grebka, to discuss the plucky Baltic nation's roster for the 2026 Overwatch World Cup.

• Things you only see in New York City
• Grebka's high school Overwatch exploits
• Three flex supports in the backline
• Teaching BringItOn how to play in a team
• The political polarization of the Russian language in Latvia

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Grebka

Team Austria was excluded from the 2023 Overwatch World Cup, and they won't let Blizzard forget it. With OWCS talent and some of the brightest stars in FACEIT League, Austria have their sights set on BlizzCon. Austria Team Manager TAO and Twisted Minds/99DIVINE Manager Cointree join me to break it all down.

(Note: This episode was recorded in March 2023, before the OWCS EMEA Stage 1 Regular Season, which featured Seicoe and Tama. Please keep that in mind while listening!)

• Austria's ferocious DPS line of Zydra and Seicoe
• Can Tama shatter his ceiling?
• CNYXC's superstar Wuyang play
• Cointree's deep, manly voice
• The return of Lv1Crook?

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Cointree