2016 Overwatch World Cup

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]

2016 Overwatch World Cup
Tournament information
GameOverwatch
LocationAnaheim, California, United States
DatesOctober 29–November 5
Administrator(s)Blizzard Entertainment
Tournament
format(s)
Round-robin and Knockout
Venue(s)Anaheim Convention Center
Teams16
Final positions
Champions South Korea
1st runner-up Russia
2nd runner-up Sweden
MVP Gong "Miro" Jin-hyuk

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.[2] Over 3 million votes to decide national teams were cast.[3]

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.[4][5]

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.[4]

Group A
Pos Team W L MW ML MD Qualification
1 Spain3062+4Advance to knockout stage
2 Sweden2152+3
3 Canada1234-1
4 Brazil0306-6

Group B
Pos Team W L MW ML MD Qualification
1 Russia3061+5Advance to knockout stage
2 United States2152+3
3 Germany1224-2
4 Chile0306-6

Group C
Pos Team W L MW ML MD Qualification
1 South Korea3060+6Advance to knockout stage
2 Finland2143+1
3 Australia1224-2
4 Chinese Taipei0316-5

Group D
Pos Team W L MW ML MD Qualification
1 France2153+2Advance to tiebreakers
1 China2153+2
1 Thailand2153+2
4 Singapore0306-6

Tiebreakers
Pos Team W L MW ML MD Qualification
1 China2020+2Advance to knockout stage
2 France11110
3 Thailand0202-2

Knockout stage

Bracket
 
QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinals
 
          
 
 
 
 
 South Korea 2
 
 
 
 United States 0
 
 South Korea 2
 
 
 
 Sweden 0
 
 China 0
 
 
 
 Sweden 2
 
 South Korea 4
 
 
 
 Russia 0
 
 Russia 2
 
 
 
 France 1
 
 Russia 2
 
 
 
 Finland 0 Third place
 
 Spain 1
 
 
 
 Finland 2
 
 Sweden 2
 
 
 Finland 1
 

References
  1. Prescott, Shaun (August 5, 2016). "Overwatch World Cup 2016 announced, finals will take place at Blizzcon". PC Gamer. Retrieved February 20, 2017.
  2. McKeand, Kirk (August 5, 2016). "The Overwatch World Cup won't be the only Overwatch eSports announcement this year". PC Games News. Retrieved May 1, 2019.
  3. Chalk, Andy (March 29, 2017). "The 2017 Overwatch World Cup has already begun". PC Gamer. Retrieved March 3, 2018.
  4. Craddock, David (August 4, 2016). "Overwatch World Cup coming to BlizzCon". Shack News. Retrieved May 1, 2019.
  5. Brian, Matt (September 22, 2016). "Blizzard finds its 'Overwatch' World Cup teams". Engadget. Retrieved May 1, 2019.
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