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2016 Overwatch World Cup
Tournament information
Game Overwatch
Location Anaheim, California, United States
DatesOctober 29–November 5
Administrator Blizzard Entertainment
Tournament
format(s)
 Round-robin and Knockout
Venue(s) Anaheim Convention Center
Teams16
Final positions
Champions  South Korea
1st runner-up  Russia
2nd runner-up  Sweden
MVP South Korea Gong "Miro" Jin-hyuk
2017 →

The 2016 Overwatch World Cup was the inaugural Overwatch World Cup, an annual Overwatch esports tournament, organized by Blizzard Entertainment, the game's developer. It was the first of the series, and the final tournament took place at BlizzCon at the Anaheim Convention Center from November 4–5, 2016. [1]

The final took place on November 5 between South Korea and Russia. South Korea won 4–0 to win the first World Cup title.

Teams

Players

Blizzard selected the top players from Season One of competitive play of Overwatch to possibly represent their country as a team member. Players with an Overwatch account and a region-specified Battle.net account then voted on who they would like to see on their respective country's roster. [2] Over 3 million votes to decide national teams were cast. [3]

Qualification

Throughout September 2016, fifty national teams entered to qualify for the Overwatch World Cup through best-of-three online qualifiers. Six teams automatically qualified for the group stages. In total, four teams from the Americas, six from Europe, and six from the Asia-Pacific qualified for the group stages of the World Cup. [4] [5]

Group stage

The qualified teams were grouped into four different round-robin style groups, with the matches to be played in online. The top two teams in each group advanced to the knockout stage. [4]

Group A

Pos Team W L MW ML MD Qualification
1 Spain Spain 3 0 6 2 +4 Advance to knockout stage
2 Sweden Sweden 2 1 5 2 +3
3 Canada Canada 1 2 3 4 −1
4 Brazil Brazil 0 3 0 6 −6

Group B

Pos Team W L MW ML MD Qualification
1 Russia Russia 3 0 6 1 +5 Advance to knockout stage
2 United States United States 2 1 5 2 +3
3 Germany Germany 1 2 2 4 −2
4 Chile Chile 0 3 0 6 −6

Group C

Pos Team W L MW ML MD Qualification
1 South Korea South Korea 3 0 6 0 +6 Advance to knockout stage
2 Finland Finland 2 1 4 3 +1
3 Australia Australia 1 2 2 4 −2
4 Chinese Taipei Chinese Taipei 0 3 1 6 −5

Group D

Pos Team W L MW ML MD Qualification
1 France France 2 1 5 3 +2 Advance to tiebreakers
1 China China 2 1 5 3 +2
1 Thailand Thailand 2 1 5 3 +2
4 Singapore Singapore 0 3 0 6 −6

Tiebreakers

Pos Team W L MW ML MD Qualification
1 China China 2 0 2 0 +2 Advance to knockout stage
2 France France 1 1 1 1 0
3 Thailand Thailand 0 2 0 2 −2

Knockout stage

Bracket

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
      
South Korea South Korea 2
United States United States 0
South Korea South Korea 2
Sweden Sweden 0
China China 0
Sweden Sweden 2
South Korea South Korea 4
Russia Russia 0
Russia Russia 2
France France 1
Russia Russia 2 Third place
Finland Finland 0
Spain Spain 1 Sweden Sweden 2
Finland Finland 2 Finland Finland 1

Awards

References

  1. ^ Prescott, Shaun (August 5, 2016). "Overwatch World Cup 2016 announced, finals will take place at Blizzcon". PC Gamer. Retrieved February 20, 2017.
  2. ^ McKeand, Kirk (August 5, 2016). "The Overwatch World Cup won't be the only Overwatch eSports announcement this year". PC Games News. Retrieved May 1, 2019.
  3. ^ Chalk, Andy (March 29, 2017). "The 2017 Overwatch World Cup has already begun". PC Gamer. Retrieved March 3, 2018.
  4. ^ a b Craddock, David (August 4, 2016). "Overwatch World Cup coming to BlizzCon". Shack News. Retrieved May 1, 2019.
  5. ^ Brian, Matt (September 22, 2016). "Blizzard finds its 'Overwatch' World Cup teams". Engadget. Retrieved May 1, 2019.

External links

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