Twisted Minds wins OWCS Pre-Season Bootcamp

Saudi Arabian esports organisation Twisted Minds has gained the Overwatch Champions Sequence (OWCS) 2026 Pre-Season Bootcamp.

Going down on the WDG Studio Hongdae in Seoul, Twisted Minds beat Loopy Raccoon’s full-Korean line-up within the closing with a convincing 4-1 file, taking dwelling $15,000 out of the $25,000 prize pool. Staff Falcons and Staff Liquid had been the third and fourth-place groups.

Twisted Minds got here into the event with robust momentum, having beforehand gained the OWCS Stage 3 in EMEA and the OWCS World Finals final November.

After a robust begin in opposition to T1 within the quarterfinals, the crew discovered itself in a pinch in opposition to North American champions Staff Liquid, which took a 2-0 lead within the semifinal match. That stated, Twisted Minds pulled off the reverse sweep, taking Eichenwalde, Havana, and Colosseo to make the comeback. 

Within the grand closing, Loopy Raccoon, which was additionally pushed to a full best-of-five sequence by Staff Falcons within the semifinal, couldn’t sustain with Twisted Minds. The latter went instantly to match level after successful Busan, Blizzard World, and Colosseo. Regardless that Loopy Raccoon defended the end line on Shambali Monastery, it wasn’t sufficient to show the momentum in its favour, with Twisted Minds retaking management on Esperança and ending the sequence. 

For Loopy Raccoon, the end result remains to be constructive, contemplating the crew had struggled to carry out throughout pre-season scrims, having gained simply two sequence out of the eight performed, with solely a 31% map win price.

Twisted Minds, however, maintained consistency each throughout scrims and on-stage.

With the Pre-Season Bootcamp now coming to an finish, the taking part groups could have a small break to see which squads will be a part of the rosters in at OWCS Stage 1. Twisted Minds will look to defend its title beginning on March twenty first, whereas the Korean league will kick off its new season on March sixteenth. 

All the highest groups from every regional competitors will then collect collectively for the OWCS 2026 Champions Conflict, which can happen in Tachikawa, Tokyo, later this Could.