Russia and South Korea stand ready to do battle in the tournament finals after dismissing upstarts Team France and heavyweights Team USA, respectively, on their way to the championship series of the Overwatch World Cup. Spain and Finland might have been the feel good stories of Opening Week with their emotional play and clutch wins, but the clock struck midnight on both teams as the esports action moved to Anaheim.

When they go for the gold Saturday afternoon at BlizzCon, Russia and South Korea will be each be facing additional challenges. South Korea hasn’t dropped a game yet, so if anybody in this tournament is going to test them, it’ll have to be the Russian squad. Russia’s path through the quarterfinals and semifinals was hardly rocky, but it was also lighter on star power compared to the other gold medal finalist. Both teams, however, had to survive an action-packed first day of BlizzCon competition.

The first battle of the day appeared evenly matched, with French star DeGuN and Russia’s standout ShaDowBurn leading the way early. With the game tied at 1-1, the Russian team seemingly realized that their most effective strategy was to support ShaDowBurn with all of the healing, speed boosts they could muster. He finished the final game on Lijiang Tower with a record of 65 eliminations and only 9 deaths, and Russia won the series 2-1.

Spain and Finland were up next. The Spanish clearly planned to play a patient game behind the damage-dealing talents of Bromas and Neptuno, but despite some closely contested rounds early on, the superior organization of Finland ultimately shone through. On Lijiang Tower, Spain was at 99% to Finland’s 91% when hymzi’s Reinhardt hit them with an Earthshatter that was quickly followed by two more Finnish Ultimates. Spain wiped as a result, and Finland were able to secure both the point and a 2-1 victory for the series.

The Overwatch Arena was at capacity when South Korea and USA took to the stage. South Korea came into the series with a perfect record, but on their home turf, nobody was ready to count out the USA team. This match promised to be one for the ages, but South Korea showed just how prepared they were by dismantling practically every tactic Team USA could muster. South Korea played such stifling defense in the first round that they were able to attack and win on offense within seconds, and despite some superstar-quality plays from USA’s Seagull, South Korea comfortably took the series 2-0.

China and Sweden stepped up for the last quarterfinal, and Sweden made short work of their opponents, courtesy of some great plays from iddqd and TviQ. On King’s Row, iddqd, playing as Reaper, put up 22 eliminations and 0 deaths on offense and pushed that ratio to 32 eliminations and 1 death by the end of the game. In the second game, it was TviQ’s turn to dominate, putting up 16 eliminations as Sweden took the point on Hanamura. With their 2-0 win in the bag, Sweden progressed to the imminent semifinals.

Despite the convincing 2-0 victory that Russia secured over Finland in the first semifinal, it was actually one of the most competitive matches of the day. Russia’s Shadowburn and Finland’s Taimou but in memorable performances as Genji and McRee respectively, perhaps best exemplified by the 4 natural eliminations that Taimou strung together with only 1 health point to his name. For every highlight Finland put on the reel in this game though, Russia had an answer—typically delivered by a well-supported Genji. Who will Russia face in tomorrow’s final? We didn’t have to wait long to find out.

South Korea had to use both ArHan and EscA to keep Sweden’s TviQ in check in the second semifinal match, and as good as TviQ’s Genji can be, it appeared to work. South Korea’s stifling defense was on display again as they held Sweden to a single check point on Route 66, and during the Eichenwalde round they made it tough for TviQ and iddqd to get any momentum going. TviQ scored an impressive triple kill against EscA, Miro, and ArHan when Sweden were on offense, but it wasn’t enough to overcome South Korea’s consistently strong map awareness and positioning. South Korea never looked to be in any danger of losing as they won the series 2-0.

The BlizzCon Day 2 final between Russia and South Korea is not to be missed! Tune in at 11:30.a.m PDT to find out which of them will go down in history as the first to ever lift the Overwatch World Cup.