2016 Overwatch World Cup

Esports tournament 2016 Overwatch World Cup Overwatch Overwatch World Cup 2016 logo.svg Anaheim, California, United States October 29 November 5 Blizzard Entertainment Round-robin and Knockout Anaheim Convention Center 16 KOR RUS SWE KOR 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.Prescott Shaun http://www.pcgamer.com/overwatch-world-cup-2016-announced-finals-will-take-place-at-blizzcon Overwatch World Cup 2016 announced, finals will take place at Blizzcon PC Gamer August 5, 2016 February 20, 2017 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.McKeand Kirk The Overwatch World Cup won’t be the only Overwatch eSports announcement this year August 5, 2016 PC Games News https://www.pcgamesn.com/overwatch/overwatch-world-cup May 1, 2019 Over 3 million votes to decide national teams were cast.Chalk Andy https://www.pcgamer.com/the-2017-overwatch-world-cup-has-already-begun/ The 2017 Overwatch World Cup has already begun PC Gamer March 29, 2017 March 3, 2018 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.Brian Matt Blizzard finds its 'Overwatch' World Cup teams September 22, 2016 Engadget https://www.engadget.com/2016/09/22/overwatch-world-cup-esports/ May 1, 2019 Invitation (6) Australasia BRA CAN CHN KOR USA American Qualifier (1) CHI Asia-Pacific (3) TPE blizzard-esports THA SIN European Qualifier (6) GER FIN FRA SWE RUS ESP thumb|right|upright=1.5|#2d2dff Automatically qualified #f7a637 Qualified #717171 Did not qualify #c0c0c0 Did not participate 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.Craddock David Overwatch World Cup coming to BlizzCon August 4, 2016 Shack News https://www.shacknews.com/article/96165/overwatch-world-cup-coming-to-blizzcon May 1, 2019 Group A Pos Position Team W Wins L Losses MW Maps won ML Maps lost MD Map differential 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 Position Team W Wins L Losses MW Maps won ML Maps lost MD Map differential Qualification 1 Russia Russia 3 0 6 1 +5 Advance to knockout stage 2 USA 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 Position Team W Wins L Losses MW Maps won ML Maps lost MD Map differential 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 blizzard-esports Chinese Taipei 0 3 1 6 −5 Group D Pos Position Team W Wins L Losses MW Maps won ML Maps lost MD Map differential 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 Position Team W Wins L Losses MW Maps won ML Maps lost MD Map differential 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 no 175 high South Korea South Korea 2 USA United States 0 China China 0 Sweden Sweden 2 Russia Russia 2 France France 1 Spain Spain 1 Finland Finland 2 South Korea South Korea 2 Sweden Sweden 0 Russia Russia 2 Finland Finland 0 South Korea South Korea 4 Russia Russia 0 Sweden Sweden 2 Finland Finland 1 Awards April 2020 References External links Overwatch World Cup Overwatch Category:Overwatch World Cup Overwatch