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| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Game | Overwatch |
| Date | August 17–November 2 |
| Administrator(s) | Blizzard Entertainment |
Tournament format(s) | Round-robin and Knockout |
| Venue(s) | |
| Teams | 24 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  South Korea |
| 1st runner-up |  China |
| 2nd runner-up |  Canada |
| MVP | Bang "JJonak" Sung-hyeon [1] |
The 2018 Overwatch World Cup was an Overwatch esports tournament, organized by Blizzard Entertainment, the game's developer. It was the third Overwatch World Cup. It featured 24 represented nations from around the world, with the final tournament taking place at the Anaheim Convention Center during BlizzCon from November 2–3, 2018.[2]
The final took place on November 2 between South Korea and China. South Korea won 4–0, winning their third straight World Cup title.
Teams[]
Committees[]
Each country has a National Competition Committee, consisting of a general manager, head coach, and community lead. Blizzard selected each team's general manager, while the head coach and community leads were selected through a two-step voting process, that took place from May 24 to May 30.[3][4]
Any player with a Blizzard account in good standing was welcome to apply for a head coaching position for their country; the country's top 150 players voted for who they would like to be their country's head coach. The top three candidates from the first round of voting moved on to a second round of voting, and the person with the most votes in the second round was selected as the country's head coach.[3]
The community leaders are responsible for "rallying their community and marketing their team to the masses."[4] Like the head coaches, the community lead for each country was chosen through a two-step voting process. A country's entire player base voted for the community lead. After the first round of voting, the top 10 from that round were candidates for the second round; the person with the most votes in the second round was selected as their country's community lead.[3]
Players[]
They players representing each country were selected by their National Competition Committee. The Committees selected up to 12 players from June 1 to July 5 to represent their country and then had to cut it down to 7 players to be their final roster.[5]
Qualification[]
From March 28 to April 28, 2018, Blizzard tracked the average skill rating of the top 150 players from the top 20 countries to determine the countries who qualified for the tournament. The four host countries, South Korea, Thailand, France, and the United States, automatically qualified.[2]
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Venues[]
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| Incheon | Bangkok | ||
| Studio Paradise | Royal Paragon Hall | ||
| Capacity: 2,300[6] | Capacity: 2,000[7] | ||
| Los Angeles | Paris | ||
| Blizzard Arena | Espace Grande Arche | ||
| Capacity: 450[8] | Capacity: 2,500[9] | ||
| Anaheim | |||
| Anaheim Convention Center | |||
| Capacity: 7,500[10] | |||
Group stage[]
The top 24 national teams were grouped into four different round-robin style groups, with the matches played in Incheon, Los Angeles, Bangkok, and Paris. The top two teams in each group advanced to a single-elimination playoff bracket, with the matches played in Anaheim.[2][11]
Incheon stage[]
| Pos | Team | W | L | MW | ML | MD | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Korea |
5 | 0 | 19 | 2 | +17 | Advance to playoffs |
| 2 |  Finland |
4 | 1 | 16 | 4 | +12 | |
| 3 |  Russia |
3 | 2 | 12 | 7 | +5 | |
| 4 |  Japan |
2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | -4 | |
| 5 |  Chinese Taipei |
1 | 4 | 5 | 15 | -10 | |
| 6 |  Hong Kong |
0 | 5 | 0 | 20 | -20 |
| August 17, 2018 | ||
|---|---|---|
Russia 
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4 – 0 | Hong Kong
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South Korea 
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4 – 0 | Chinese Taipei
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Hong Kong 
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0 – 4 | Finland
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| Russia
|
3 – 1 | Japan
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Finland 
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2 – 3 | South Korea
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| August 18, 2018 | ||
| Hong Kong
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0 – 4 | South Korea
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Japan 
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3 – 1 | Chinese Taipei
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| Russia
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1 – 2 | Finland
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Chinese Taipei 
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4 – 0 | Hong Kong
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| South Korea
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4 – 0 | Japan
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| August 19, 2018 | ||
| Finland
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4 – 0 | Japan
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| Russia
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4 – 0 | Chinese Taipei
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| Japan
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4 – 0 | Hong Kong
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| Russia
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0 – 4 | South Korea
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| Chinese Taipei
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0 – 4 | Finland
|
Source: OWWC
Los Angeles stage[]
| Pos | Team | W | L | MW | ML | MD | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 
United States ||5 || 0 ||18 || 2 ||+16 || rowspan=2 | Advance to playoffs | ||||||
| 2 | Canada |
4 | 1 | 17 | 3 | +14 | |
| 3 |  Brazil |
3 | 2 | 10 | 11 | -1 | |
| 4 |  Norway |
2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | -5 | |
| 5 |  Austria |
1 | 4 | 5 | 16 | -11 | |
| 6 |  Switzerland |
0 | 5 | 4 | 17 | -13 |
| September 7, 2018 | ||
|---|---|---|
Austria 
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0 – 4 | Canada
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Norway 
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3 – 1 | Switzerland
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Canada 
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4 – 0 | Brazil
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| Austria
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0 – 4 | United States
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| Norway
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2 – 3 | Brazil
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| September 8, 2018 | ||
| Switzerland
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2 – 3 | Austria
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| Brazil
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1 – 3 | United States
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| Norway
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0 – 4 | Canada
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United States 
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4 – 0 | Switzerland
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| Brazil
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3 – 1 | Austria
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| September 9, 2018 | ||
| Norway
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3 – 1 | Austria
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| Canada
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4 – 0 | Switzerland
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| Norway
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0 – 4 | United States
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| Switzerland
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1 – 3 | Brazil
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| Canada
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1 – 3 | United States
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Source: OWWC
Bangkok stage[]
| Pos | Team | W | L | MW | ML | MD | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China |
5 | 0 | 16 | 7 | +9 | Advance to playoffs |
| 2 |  Australia |
3 | 2 | 14 | 7 | +7 | |
| 3 |  Denmark |
3 | 2 | 12 | 9 | +3 | |
| 4 |  Sweden |
3 | 2 | 11 | 10 | +1 | |
| 5 |  Thailand |
1 | 4 | 7 | 14 | -7 | |
| 6 |  Spain |
0 | 5 | 3 | 16 | -13 |
| September 14, 2018 | ||
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Denmark 
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3 – 1 | Thailand
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Spain 
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1 – 3 | Australia
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China 
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3 – 1 | Sweden
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| Spain
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1 – 2 | Denmark
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Thailand 
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0 – 4 | Australia
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| September 15, 2018 | ||
Australia 
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1 – 3 | Denmark
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| China
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3 – 2 | Thailand
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Sweden 
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0 – 4 | Australia
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| Denmark
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2 – 3 | China
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| Spain
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0 – 4 | Sweden
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| September 16, 2018 | ||
| Thailand
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1 – 3 | Sweden
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| Spain
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0 – 4 | China
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| Sweden
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3 – 2 | Denmark
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| Australia
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2 – 3 | China
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| Spain
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1 – 3 | Thailand
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Source: OWWC
Paris stage[]
| Pos | Team | W | L | MW | ML | MD | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 
France ||5 || 0 ||19 || 2 ||+17 || rowspan=2 | Advance to playoffs | ||||||
| 2 |  United Kingdom |
4 | 1 | 15 | 5 | +10 | |
| 3 |  Netherlands |
3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | ±0 | |
| 4 |  Germany |
2 | 3 | 10 | 12 | -2 | |
| 5 |  Italy |
1 | 4 | 5 | 16 | -11 | |
| 6 |  Poland |
0 | 5 | 4 | 18 | -14 |
| September 21, 2018 | ||
|---|---|---|
Netherlands 
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0 – 4 | France
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Germany 
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1 – 3 | United Kingdom
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Poland 
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2 – 3 | Italy
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| Netherlands
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3 – 1 | Germany
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| Poland
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0 – 4 | United Kingdom
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| September 22, 2018 | ||
| Germany
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2 – 3 | France
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Italy 
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1 – 3 | Netherlands
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| Poland
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2 – 3 | Germany
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| Italy
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0 – 4 | France
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| Netherlands
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0 – 4 | United Kingdom
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| September 23, 2018 | ||
| Italy
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1 – 3 | Germany
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| Poland
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0 – 4 | France
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| Italy
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0 – 4 | United Kingdom
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| Poland
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0 – 4 | Netherlands
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United Kingdom 
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0 – 4 | France
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Source: OWWC
Knockout stage[]
The top two teams from each group advanced to the playoff bracket. All of the playoff rounds took place at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California during BlizzCon.[12]
To coincide with the event, Blizzard launched the "Overwatch World Cup Viewer," which is a standalone program that allows users to view World Cup matches in real time in Overwatch's spectator mode, which allows users to roam around the map in a free camera, as well as take the perspectives of the players. Users are also able to view replays of each map played in the client.[13]
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||
| United Kingdom
| 3 | |||||||||
| United States
| 1 | |||||||||
| United Kingdom
| 0 | |||||||||
| South Korea
| 2 | |||||||||
| Australia
| 0 | |||||||||
| South Korea
| 3 | |||||||||
| South Korea
| 4 | |||||||||
| China
| 0 | |||||||||
| China
| 3 | |||||||||
| Finland
| 0 | |||||||||
| China
| 3 | |||||||||
| Canada
| 0 | Third place | ||||||||
| Canada
| 3 | |||||||||
| France
| 0 | |||||||||
| Canada
| 3 | |||||||||
| United Kingdom
| 2 | |||||||||
References[]
- ↑ Reuters (November 3, 2018). "South Korea wins third straight Overwatch World Cup". ESPN. Retrieved November 3, 2018.
{{cite web}}: ; author - ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Mejia, Ozzie (March 27, 2018). "The Overwatch World Cup Returns For 2018". Shack News. Retrieved November 3, 2018.
{{cite web}}: - ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Locklear, Mallory (March 27, 2018). "Qualification for this year’s Overwatch World Cup starts now". Engadget. https://www.engadget.com/2018/03/27/qualification-overwatch-world-cup-starts-now/.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 D'Orazio, Nick (May 24, 2018). "Community Lead and Coach voting begins for the Overwatch World Cup". Inven Global. https://www.invenglobal.com/articles/5155/community-lead-and-coach-voting-begins-for-the-overwatch-world-cup.
- ↑ Pang, Esther (July 5, 2018). "Countries reveal all-star teams for Overwatch World Cup". Abacus News. https://www.abacusnews.com/esports/countries-reveal-all-star-lineup-overwatch-world-cup/article/2153931.
- ↑ "Studio Paradise is a complex cultural space where fun contents are produced and a variety of events unfold". p-city.com. Retrieved April 12, 2019.
{{cite web}}: - ↑ "Royal Paragon Hall Fact Sheet" (PDF). Retrieved April 12, 2019.
{{cite web}}: - ↑ Webster, Andeew (September 7, 2017). "Blizzard unveils plans for new e-sports arena in Los Angeles". The Verge. https://www.theverge.com/2017/9/7/16262422/blizzard-esports-arena-overwatch-hearthstone.
- ↑ "Espace Grande Arche - VIPARIS". Paris Convention and Visitors Bureau. Retrieved April 12, 2019.
{{cite web}}: - ↑ "Arena Capacities". anaheim.net. Retrieved April 12, 2019.
{{cite web}}: - ↑ ESPN Esports (October 29, 2018). "Overwatch League -- everything you need to know". ESPN. Archived from the original on November 2, 2018. Retrieved November 3, 2018.
{{cite web}}: - ↑ Garst, Aron (November 3, 2018). "China surges at Overwatch World Cup". ESPN. Retrieved November 3, 2018.
{{cite web}}: - ↑ "The official Overwatch World Cup Viewer has gone live". Fox Sports Asia. November 1, 2018. Retrieved November 3, 2018.
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