2017 Overwatch World Cup
| File:Overwatch World Cup 2017 logo.svg | |
| Tournament information | |
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| Game | Overwatch |
| Dates | November 3–4 |
| Administrator | Blizzard Entertainment |
Tournament format | Knockout |
| Venues | 5 (in 5 host cities)
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| Teams | 32 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea |
| 1st runner-up | File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada |
| 2nd runner-up | File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden |
| MVP | Canada Félix "xQc" Lengyel |
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The 2017 Overwatch World Cup was an Overwatch esports tournament, organized by Blizzard Entertainment, the game's developer. It was the second Overwatch World Cup and featured 32 represented nations from around the world, with the final tournament taking place at the Anaheim Convention Center from November 3–4, 2017.[1]
The event had notably been controversial and criticized due to several issues, including China's visa denial, Twitch MVP voting, and redrawing of playoff matches. Twitch streams of the event accumulated over 5.4 million views.[2]
The final took place on November 4 between South Korea and Canada. South Korea won 4–1, winning their second straight World Cup title.
Teams
[edit | edit source]Players and committees
[edit | edit source]Each qualified region had three representatives form that region's Competition Committee. Blizzard chose a shortlist of candidates for each nation, in which the players and viewers of their respective nations voted from April 30 to May 5 on to become their nations committee. The committee members of each nation were announced on May 8. They players representing each country were selected by their National Competition Committee.[3]
Qualification
[edit | edit source]The top 32 countries/regions based on the average skill rating of the top 100 players from that particular country/region qualified for the tournament. Qualification began on March 29, and the qualified countries were announced on April 25.[4] The top 32 national teams were seeded into eight groups spread across four different regions: Shanghai, Sydney, Katowice and Santa Monica, California. Each group played a round-robin schedule of matches. The top two teams in each group advanced to a single-elimination, one-game playoff bracket to qualify for the final tournament at BlizzCon.[5]
- Qualified by skill rating (32)
- File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China
- File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea
- File:Flag of the United States.svg United States
- File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden
- File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland
- File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom
- File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada
- File:Flag of France.svg France
- File:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark
- File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia
- File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany
- File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan
- File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia
- File:Chinese Taipei esports flag.svg Chinese Taipei
- File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands
- File:Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong
- File:Flag of Norway.svg Norway
- File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland
- File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil
- File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy
- File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain
- File:Flag of Israel.svg Israel
- File:Flag of Singapore.svg Singapore
- File:Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand
- File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina
- File:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey
- File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium
- File:Flag of Vietnam.svg Vietnam
- File:Flag of Portugal (official).svg Portugal
- File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand
- File:Flag of Austria.svg Austria
- File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania
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Venues
[edit | edit source]| Shanghai | Sydney | ||
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| Yun Space, Baoshan Venue | The Star Event Centre | ||
| Capacity: 1,500[6] | |||
| Katowice | Santa Monica | ||
| ESL Arena | Barker Hangar | ||
| Capacity: 150[7] | Capacity: 1,600[8] | ||
| Anaheim | |||
| Anaheim Convention Center | |||
| Capacity: 7,500[9] | |||
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Group stage
[edit | edit source]Shanghai qualifier
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| A1 | File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China | 3 | ||
| B2 | File:Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand | 0 | ||
| B1 | File:Flag of France.svg France | 3 | ||
| A2 | File:Flag of Norway.svg Norway | 0 | ||
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Sydney qualifier
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| C1 | File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden | 3 | ||
| D2 | File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain | 0 | ||
| D1 | File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan | 2 | ||
| C2 | File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia | 3 | ||
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Katowice qualifier
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| E1 | File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada | 3 | ||
| F2 | File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands | 0 | ||
| F1 | File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea | 3 | ||
| E2 | File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia | 0 | ||
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Santa Monica qualifier
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Knockout stage
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On August 28, brackets were drawn to determine the match-ups for the quarterfinals. The bracket draw was only announced after the final group stage, which is one of the reasons why many people believe that Blizzard added in a bracket draw to prevent team USA from playing South Korea in the quarterfinals as that was the match-up by default after the group stage.[10] A week before the actual playoff stage, 4 out of 6 players in China's Overwatch World Cup team were denied from the tournament due to visa issues, receiving widespread criticism.[11][12]
Quarterfinals and semifinals were both supposed to be played on Nov 3, but due to the quarterfinals games running later than expected, the semifinals games were moved to Nov 4, right before the final match.[13]
Bracket
[edit | edit source]| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | |||||||||
| China China | 1 | ||||||||||
| France France | 3 | ||||||||||
| France France | 1 | ||||||||||
| South Korea South Korea | 3 | ||||||||||
| South Korea South Korea | 4 | ||||||||||
| United States United States | 2 | ||||||||||
| South Korea South Korea | 4 | ||||||||||
| Canada Canada | 1 | ||||||||||
| United Kingdom United Kingdom | 0 | ||||||||||
| Sweden Sweden | 3 | ||||||||||
| Sweden Sweden | 2 | Third place | |||||||||
| Canada Canada | 3 | ||||||||||
| Canada Canada | 3 | Sweden Sweden | 4 | ||||||||
| Australia Australia | 2 | France France | 2 | ||||||||
Awards
[edit | edit source]Most Valuable Player (MVP): xQc
References
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