Overwatch's World Cup is happening this year after a long hiatus, and Blizzard has announced the 36 teams that will ultimately battle it out to become the World Champions. Here are the countries you'll be able to watch and root for.

Though the whole process of the World Cup will take several months, and the final competition isn't occurring until the latter part of the year, Blizzard has already got the ball rolling by announcing the 36 countries and regions that will be competing in the tournament.

Overwatch World Cup 2023 Teams: Who's Competing?

The Overwatch World Cup teams are 36 in number broken up roughly by geographic region and the level of participation in Overwatch that country or region has, explaining why some countries unfortunately didn't make the cut. The 36 countries are:

1. Canada
2. Costa Rica
3. Guatemala
4. Mexico
5. Puerto Rico
6. The United States
7. Argentina
8. Brazil
9. Chile
10. Columbia
11. Ecuador
12. Peru
13. Belgium
14. France
15. Great Britain
16. Italy
17. The Netherlands
18. Spain
19. Germany
20. Norway
21. Poland
22. Saudi Arabia
23. Sweden
24. Turkey
25. Chinese Taipei
26. Hong Kong
27. Indonesia
28. Japan
29. The Philippines
30. South Korea
31. Australia
32. India
33. Malaysia
34. New Zealand
35. Singapore
36. Thailand

China is also participating in the Overwatch World Cup, but is automatically seeded in the Group Stage, meaning the other 36 countries must compete for 15 spots in the Qualifiers.

This article was originally published on dbltap as Overwatch World Cup 2023 Teams: Who's Competing?.