The Pacific Division of the Overwatch Contenders kicks off its playoff stages this week as eight teams sought to stand out from one another for that step closer to making it big – joining the Overwatch League.

After five weeks of intense action, eight teams now contest in a single-elimination bracket. The eight teams are; Detonator KR, Hong Kong Attitude, Machi Esports and Talon Esports from Group A, and Blank Esports, Mega Esports, Xavier Esports and LOGITECHG ABANG of Group B.

The pairings for the playoffs are as follows:

The two-week playoffs will go live starting with the round of 8 on April 26.

• Week 1: Ro8 – April 26 (Thurs.) and 28 (Sat.) 19:00 – 23:00 (GMT+8)
• Week 2: Ro4 and Grand Finals – May 3 (Thurs.) and 5 (Sat.) 19:00 – 23:00 (GMT+8)

You can catch all the action live on the Overwatch Contenders Twitch stream here. Yesterday in the Korean division, it was a day of upsets as O2 Ardeont defeated Meta Bellum to secure a place in the finals. They are currently on an upset streak, having defeated the highly-favored Element Mystic in the Round of 8. O2 Ardeont will face X6-Gaming who pulled off the upset of the week, as they defeated the fan favorites, RunAway 3-1 in the other semi-final.