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]
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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(s) | Anaheim Convention Center |
| Teams | 16 |
| 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 edit
Players edit
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
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
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
| Pos | Team | W | L | MW | ML | MD | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Spain |
3 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Sweden |
2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | |
| 3 |  Canada |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | −1 | |
| 4 |  Brazil |
0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | −6 |
Group B edit
| Pos | Team | W | L | MW | ML | MD | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russia |
3 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 |  United States |
2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | |
| 3 |  Germany |
1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | |
| 4 |  Chile |
0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | −6 |
Group C edit
| Pos | Team | W | L | MW | ML | MD | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Korea |
3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | +6 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 |  Finland |
2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | |
| 3 |  Australia |
1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | |
| 4 |  Chinese Taipei |
0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | −5 |
Group D edit
| Pos | Team | W | L | MW | ML | MD | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  France |
2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | Advance to tiebreakers |
| 1 |  China |
2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | |
| 1 |  Thailand |
2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | |
| 4 |  Singapore |
0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | −6 |
Tiebreakers edit
| Pos | Team | W | L | MW | ML | MD | Qualification |
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| 1 | China |
2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | France |
1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| 3 | Thailand |
0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −2 |
Knockout stage edit
Bracket edit
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| Sweden
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| China
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| Russia
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| Russia
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| France
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| Russia
| 2 | Third place | |||||||||
| Finland
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| Spain
| 1 | Sweden
| 2 | ||||||||
| Finland
| 2 | Finland
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Awards edit
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References edit
- ^ Prescott, Shaun (August 5, 2016). "Overwatch World Cup 2016 announced, finals will take place at Blizzcon". PC Gamer. Retrieved February 20, 2017.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Chalk, Andy (March 29, 2017). "The 2017 Overwatch World Cup has already begun". PC Gamer. Retrieved March 3, 2018.
- ^ a b Craddock, David (August 4, 2016). "Overwatch World Cup coming to BlizzCon". Shack News. Retrieved May 1, 2019.
- ^ Brian, Matt (September 22, 2016). "Blizzard finds its 'Overwatch' World Cup teams". Engadget. Retrieved May 1, 2019.