2016 Overwatch World Cup
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| Tournament information | |
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| Game | Overwatch |
| Location | Anaheim, California, United States |
| Dates | October 29–November 5 |
| Administrator | Blizzard Entertainment |
Tournament format(s) | Round-robin and Knockout |
| Venue | Anaheim Convention Center |
| Teams | 16 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea |
| 1st runner-up | File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia |
| 2nd runner-up | File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden |
| MVP | South Korea Gong "Miro" Jin-hyuk |
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
[edit | edit source]Players
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]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]
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Group stage
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]| Pos | Team | W | L | MW | ML | MD | Qualification |
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| 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
[edit | edit source]| 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
[edit | edit source]| 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 |
1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | |
| 4 | Chinese Taipei Chinese Taipei | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | −5 |
Group D
[edit | edit source]| Pos | Team | W | L | MW | ML | MD | Qualification |
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| 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
[edit | edit source]| Pos | Team | W | L | MW | ML | MD | Qualification |
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| 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
[edit | edit source]Bracket
[edit | edit source]| 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
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