2018 Overwatch World Cup

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2018 Overwatch World Cup
File:Overwatch World Cup 2018 logo.svg
Tournament information
GameOverwatch
DateAugust 17 – November 2
AdministratorBlizzard Entertainment
Tournament
format(s)
Round-robin and Knockout
Venues
5 (in 5 host cities)
Teams24
Final positions
ChampionsFile:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea
1st runner-up China
2nd runner-upFile:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada
MVPSouth Korea Bang "JJonak" Sung-hyeon[1]
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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

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Committees

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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

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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

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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]

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

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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

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Pos Team W L MW ML MD Qualification
1 South Korea South Korea (H) 5 0 19 2 +17 Advance to playoffs
2 Finland Finland 4 1 16 4 +12
3 Russia Russia 3 2 12 7 +5
4 Japan Japan 2 3 8 12 −4
5 Chinese Taipei Chinese Taipei 1 4 5 15 −10
6 Hong Kong Hong Kong 0 5 0 20 −20
Day 1 August 17 Russia  4 – 0 File:Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong Incheon, KR  
    Studio Paradise
Day 1 August 17 South Korea File:Flag of South Korea.svg 4 – 0 File:Chinese Taipei esports flag.svg Chinese Taipei Incheon, KR  
    Studio Paradise
Day 1 August 17 Hong Kong File:Flag of Hong Kong.svg 0 – 4 File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland Incheon, KR  
    Studio Paradise
Day 1 August 17 Russia  3 – 1 File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan Incheon, KR  
    Studio Paradise
Day 1 August 17 Finland File:Flag of Finland.svg 2 – 3 File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea Incheon, KR  
    Studio Paradise
Day 2 August 18 Hong Kong File:Flag of Hong Kong.svg 0 – 4 File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea Incheon, KR  
    Studio Paradise
Day 2 August 18 Japan File:Flag of Japan.svg 3 – 1 File:Chinese Taipei esports flag.svg Chinese Taipei Incheon, KR  
    Studio Paradise
Day 2 August 18 Russia  1 – 2 File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland Incheon, KR  
    Studio Paradise
Day 2 August 18 Chinese Taipei File:Chinese Taipei esports flag.svg 4 – 0 File:Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong Incheon, KR  
    Studio Paradise
Day 2 August 18 South Korea File:Flag of South Korea.svg 4 – 0 File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan Incheon, KR  
    Studio Paradise
Day 3 August 19 Finland File:Flag of Finland.svg 4 – 0 File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan Incheon, KR  
    Studio Paradise
Day 3 August 19 Russia  4 – 0 File:Chinese Taipei esports flag.svg Chinese Taipei Incheon, KR  
    Studio Paradise
Day 3 August 19 Japan File:Flag of Japan.svg 4 – 0 File:Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong Incheon, KR  
    Studio Paradise
Day 3 August 19 Russia  0 – 4 File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea Incheon, KR  
    Studio Paradise
Day 3 August 19 Chinese Taipei File:Chinese Taipei esports flag.svg 0 – 4 File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland Incheon, KR  
    Studio Paradise

Source: OWWC

Los Angeles stage

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Pos Team W L MW ML MD Qualification
1 United States United States (H) 5 0 18 2 +16 Advance to playoffs
2 Canada Canada 4 1 17 3 +14
3 Brazil Brazil 3 2 10 11 −1
4 Norway Norway 2 3 8 13 −5
5 Austria Austria 1 4 5 16 −11
6 Switzerland Switzerland 0 5 4 17 −13
Day 1 September 7 Austria File:Flag of Austria.svg 0 – 4 File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada Los Angeles, CA  
    Blizzard Arena
Day 1 September 7 Norway File:Flag of Norway.svg 3 – 1 File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland Los Angeles, CA  
    Blizzard Arena
Day 1 September 7 Canada File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg 4 – 0 File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil Los Angeles, CA  
    Blizzard Arena
Day 1 September 7 Austria File:Flag of Austria.svg 0 – 4  United States Los Angeles, CA  
    Blizzard Arena
Day 1 September 7 Norway File:Flag of Norway.svg 2 – 3 File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil Los Angeles, CA  
    Blizzard Arena
Day 2 September 8 Switzerland File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg 2 – 3 File:Flag of Austria.svg Austria Los Angeles, CA  
    Blizzard Arena
Day 2 September 8 Brazil File:Flag of Brazil.svg 1 – 3  United States Los Angeles, CA  
    Blizzard Arena
Day 2 September 8 Norway File:Flag of Norway.svg 0 – 4 File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada Los Angeles, CA  
    Blizzard Arena
Day 2 September 8 United States  4 – 0 File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland Los Angeles, CA  
    Blizzard Arena
Day 2 September 8 Brazil File:Flag of Brazil.svg 3 – 1 File:Flag of Austria.svg Austria Los Angeles, CA  
    Blizzard Arena
Day 3 September 9 Norway File:Flag of Norway.svg 3 – 1 File:Flag of Austria.svg Austria Los Angeles, CA  
    Blizzard Arena
Day 3 September 9 Canada File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg 4 – 0 File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland Los Angeles, CA  
    Blizzard Arena
Day 3 September 9 Norway File:Flag of Norway.svg 0 – 4  United States Los Angeles, CA  
    Blizzard Arena
Day 3 September 9 Switzerland File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg 1 – 3 File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil Los Angeles, CA  
    Blizzard Arena
Day 3 September 9 Canada File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg 1 – 3  United States Los Angeles, CA  
    Blizzard Arena

Source: OWWC

Bangkok stage

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Pos Team W L MW ML MD Qualification
1 China China 5 0 16 7 +9 Advance to playoffs
2 Australia Australia 3 2 14 7 +7
3 Denmark Denmark 3 2 12 9 +3
4 Sweden Sweden 3 2 11 10 +1
5 Thailand Thailand (H) 1 4 7 14 −7
6 Spain Spain 0 5 3 16 −13
Day 1 September 14 Denmark File:Flag of Denmark.svg 3 – 1 File:Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand Bangkok, TH  
    Royal Paragon Hall
Day 1 September 14 Spain File:Flag of Spain.svg 1 – 3 File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia Bangkok, TH  
    Royal Paragon Hall
Day 1 September 14 China  3 – 1 File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden Bangkok, TH  
    Royal Paragon Hall
Day 1 September 14 Spain File:Flag of Spain.svg 1 – 2 File:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark Bangkok, TH  
    Royal Paragon Hall
Day 1 September 14 Thailand File:Flag of Thailand.svg 0 – 4 File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia Bangkok, TH  
    Royal Paragon Hall
Day 2 September 15 Australia File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg 1 – 3 File:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark Bangkok, TH  
    Royal Paragon Hall
Day 2 September 15 China  3 – 2 File:Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand Bangkok, TH  
    Royal Paragon Hall
Day 2 September 15 Sweden File:Flag of Sweden.svg 0 – 4 File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia Bangkok, TH  
    Royal Paragon Hall
Day 2 September 15 Denmark File:Flag of Denmark.svg 2 – 3  China Bangkok, TH  
    Royal Paragon Hall
Day 2 September 15 Spain File:Flag of Spain.svg 0 – 4 File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden Bangkok, TH  
    Royal Paragon Hall
Day 3 September 16 Thailand File:Flag of Thailand.svg 1 – 3 File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden Bangkok, TH  
    Royal Paragon Hall
Day 3 September 16 Spain File:Flag of Spain.svg 0 – 4  China Bangkok, TH  
    Royal Paragon Hall
Day 3 September 16 Sweden File:Flag of Sweden.svg 3 – 2 File:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark Bangkok, TH  
    Royal Paragon Hall
Day 3 September 16 Australia File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg 2 – 3  China Bangkok, TH  
    Royal Paragon Hall
Day 3 September 16 Spain File:Flag of Spain.svg 1 – 3 File:Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand Bangkok, TH  
    Royal Paragon Hall

Source: OWWC

Paris stage

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Pos Team W L MW ML MD Qualification
1 France France (H) 5 0 19 2 +17 Advance to playoffs
2 United Kingdom United Kingdom 4 1 15 5 +10
3 Netherlands Netherlands 3 2 10 10 ±0
4 Germany Germany 2 3 10 12 −2
5 Italy Italy 1 4 5 16 −11
6 Poland Poland 0 5 4 18 −14
Day 1 September 21 Netherlands File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg 0 – 4  France Paris, FR  
    Espace Grande Arche
Day 1 September 21 Germany File:Flag of Germany.svg 1 – 3  United Kingdom Paris, FR  
    Espace Grande Arche
Day 1 September 21 Poland File:Flag of Poland.svg 2 – 3 File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy Paris, FR  
    Espace Grande Arche
Day 1 September 21 Netherlands File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg 3 – 1 File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany Paris, FR  
    Espace Grande Arche
Day 1 September 21 Poland File:Flag of Poland.svg 0 – 4  United Kingdom Paris, FR  
    Espace Grande Arche
Day 2 September 22 Germany File:Flag of Germany.svg 2 – 3  France Paris, FR  
    Espace Grande Arche
Day 2 September 22 Italy File:Flag of Italy.svg 1 – 3 File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands Paris, FR  
    Espace Grande Arche
Day 2 September 22 Poland File:Flag of Poland.svg 2 – 3 File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany Paris, FR  
    Espace Grande Arche
Day 2 September 22 Italy File:Flag of Italy.svg 0 – 4  France Paris, FR  
    Espace Grande Arche
Day 2 September 22 Netherlands File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg 0 – 4  United Kingdom Paris, FR  
    Espace Grande Arche
Day 3 September 23 Italy File:Flag of Italy.svg 1 – 3 File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany Paris, FR  
    Espace Grande Arche
Day 3 September 23 Poland File:Flag of Poland.svg 0 – 4  France Paris, FR  
    Espace Grande Arche
Day 3 September 23 Italy File:Flag of Italy.svg 0 – 4  United Kingdom Paris, FR  
    Espace Grande Arche
Day 3 September 23 Poland File:Flag of Poland.svg 0 – 4 File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands Paris, FR  
    Espace Grande Arche
Day 3 September 23 United Kingdom  0 – 4  France Paris, FR  
    Espace Grande Arche

Source: OWWC

Knockout stage

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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," a standalone program that allows users to view World Cup matches in real time in Overwatch's spectator mode, roam around the map in a free camera, and take the perspectives of the players. Users were also able to view replays of each map played in the client.[13]

Bracket

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QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
United States1
United Kingdom3
United Kingdom0
File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea2
File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea3
File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia0
File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea4
China0
China3
File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland0
China3Third place
File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada0
France0
United Kingdom2
File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada3
File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada3

Quarterfinals

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Quarterfinals November 2 United States  1 – 3  United Kingdom Anaheim, CA  
1:15 pm PDT     Anaheim Convention Center  
2 Ilios 0
0 King's Row 1
3 Volskaya Industries 4
2 Route 66 3
Quarterfinals November 2 South Korea File:Flag of South Korea.svg 3 – 0 File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia Anaheim, CA  
7:15 pm PDT     Anaheim Convention Center  
2 Busan 0
3 Blizzard World 2
2 Temple of Anubis 1
Quarterfinals November 2 China  3 – 0 File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland Anaheim, CA  
5:15 pm PDT     Anaheim Convention Center  
2 Lijiang Tower 1
3 Hollywood 1
4 Hanamura 3
Quarterfinals November 2 France  0 – 3 File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada Anaheim, CA  
3:15 pm PDT     Anaheim Convention Center  
1 Busan 2
2 Eichenwalde 3
4 Temple of Anubis 5

Semifinals

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Semifinals November 3 United Kingdom  0 – 2 File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea Anaheim, CA  
9:30 am PDT     Anaheim Convention Center  
1 Nepal 2
3 King's Row 3
3 Volskaya Industries 3
1 Rialto 2
Semifinals November 3 China  3 – 0 File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada Anaheim, CA  
11:30 am PDT     Anaheim Convention Center  
2 Oasis 1
3 Blizzard World 0
2 Temple of Anubis 1

Third place

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Third place November 3 United Kingdom  2 – 3 File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada Anaheim, CA  
1:30 pm PDT     Anaheim Convention Center  
2 Busan 0
1 Blizzard World 2
3 Volskaya Industries 2
2 Junkertown 3
0 Lijiang Tower 2

Finals

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Finals November 3 South Korea File:Flag of South Korea.svg 4 – 0  China Anaheim, CA  
3:45 pm PDT     Anaheim Convention Center  
2 Ilios 0
3 King's Row 1
2 Temple of Anubis 1
4 Watchpoint: Gibraltar 3

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