Overwatch World Cup 2016

Overwatch World Cup 2016

2016
Tournament information
Location	Anaheim, California, United States
Dates	November 4–November 5, 2016
Administrator(s)	Blizzard Entertainment
Tournament format(s)	16 team round-robin group stages 8 team single-elimination playoff
Venue(s)	Anaheim Convention Center
Teams	16
Final positions
Champions	South Korea
1st runners-up	Russia
2nd runners-up	Sweden
MVP	Miro

The Overwatch World Cup 2016 was an Overwatch eSports tournament, organized by Blizzard Entertainment, the game's developer. It was the first of the series, and took place at BlizzCon in Anaheim on November 4 and November 5, 2016.^[1]

Format

Teams from ANZ, Brazil, Canada, China, South Korea, and the United States were automatically invited to 2016 Overwatch World Cup. Teams from Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico and Peru competed in the American Qualifier and chose 1 team to enter the Overwatch World Cup. Teams from Sweden, Germany, France, Austria, CIS&Baltic Area, Benelux, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Israel, Italy, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania. Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine and Great Britain competed in the European Qualifier and chose 6 teams to enter the Overwatch World Cup. Teams from Taiwan, Japan, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam competed in the APAC Qualifier and chose 3 teams to enter the Overwatch World Cup.

Qualifier Matches Results

American Qualifier

Group A Pos Team R OR RD Pts Qualification 1 Chile 2-0 4-0 +4 6 Advance to play-offs 2 Argentina 1-1 2-2 0 3 3 Peru 0-2 0-4 -4 0

Group B Pos Team R OR RD Pts Qualification 1 Colombia 2-0 4-2 +2 6 Advance to play-offs 2 Mexico 1-1 3-2 +1 3 3 Costa Rica 0-2 1-4 -3 0

	Final
	Chile	3
	Colombia	0

European Qualifier

Group A Pos Team R OR RD Pts Qualification 1 Germany 4-0 8-2 +6 12 Advance to play-offs 2 CIS & Baltic Area 3-1 7-2 +5 9 3 Poland 2-2 4-5 -1 6 4 Ireland 1-3 3-6 -3 3 5 South Africa 0-4 1-8 -7 0

Group B Pos Team R OR RD Pts Qualification 1 Finland 4-0 8-0 +8 12 Advance to play-offs 2 Iceland 3-1 6-3 +3 9 3 Great Britain 1-3 3-6 -3 3 4 Greece 1-3 2-6 -4 3 5 Hungary 1-3 2-6 -4 3

Group C Pos Team R OR RD Pts Qualification 1 France 4-0 8-1 +7 12 Advance to play-offs 2 Norway 3-1 7-2 +5 9 3 Croatia 2-2 4-4 0 6 4 Portugal 1-3 2-6 -4 3 5 Ukraine 0-4 0-8 -8 0

Group D Pos Team R OR RD Pts Qualification 1 Sweden 4-0 8-0 +8 12 Advance to play-offs 2 Turkey 3-1 6-2 +4 9 3 Denmark 2-2 4-4 0 6 4 Romania 1-3 2-6 -4 3 5 Slovakia 0-4 0-8 -8 0

Group E Pos Team R OR RD Pts Qualification 1 Russia 4-0 8-0 +8 12 Advance to play-offs 2 Italy 3-1 6-2 +4 9 3 Israel 2-2 4-5 -1 6 4 Bulgaria 1-3 3-6 -3 3 5 Switzerland 0-4 0-8 -8 0

Group F Pos Team R OR RD Pts Qualification 1 Spain 4-0 8-1 +7 12 Advance to play-offs 2 Benelux 3-1 7-2 +4 9 3 Czech Republic 2-2 4-4 +2 6 4 Austria 1-3 2-6 -4 3 5 Serbia 0-4 0-8 -8 0

	Final
	Germany	3
	Iceland	0

	Final
	Finland	3
	Benelux	0

	Final
	France	3
	Turkey	0

	Final
	Sweden	3
	Italy	0

	Final
	Russia	3
	Norway	0

	Final
	Spain	3
	CIS&Baltic Area	0

Asia-Pacific Qualifier

Group A Pos Team R OR RD Pts Qualification 1 Taiwan 2-0 5-2 +3 6 Advance to final tournament 2 Vietnam 1-1 4-3 +1 3 3 Indonesia 0-2 0-4 -4 0

Group B Pos Team R OR RD Pts Qualification 1 Thailand 2-0 4-0 +4 6 Advance to final tournament 2 Japan 1-1 2-2 0 3 3 Hong Kong 0-2 0-4 -4 0

Group C Pos Team R OR RD Pts Qualification 1 Singapore 2-0 4-0 +4 6 Advance to final tournament 2 Malaysia 1-1 2-2 0 3 3 Philippines 0-2 0-4 -4 0

Qualified teams Team Qualified as ANZ Invited Brazil Canada China South Korea United States Chile American Qualifier winner Germany European Qualifier play-off winner Finland European Qualifier play-off winner France European Qualifier play-off winner Sweden European Qualifier play-off winner Russia European Qualifier play-off winner Spain European Qualifier play-off winner Taiwan Asia-Pacific Qualifier Group A winner Thailand Asia-Pacific Qualifier Group B winner Singapore Asia-Pacific Qualifier Group C winner Blizzcon Results Group stage Group A Pos Team R OR RD Pts Qualification 1 Spain 3-0 6-2 +4 6 Advance to play-off 2 Sweden 2-1 5-2 +3 4 3 Canada 1-2 3-4 -1 2 4 Brazil 0-3 0-6 -6 0 Group B Pos Team R OR RD Pts Qualification 1 Russia 3-0 6-1 +5 6 Advance to play-off 2 United States 2-1 5-2 +3 4 3 Germany 1-2 2-4 -2 2 4 Chile 0-3 0-6 -6 0 Group C Pos Team R OR RD Pts Qualification 1 South Korea 3-0 6-0 +6 6 Advance to play-off 2 Finland 2-1 4-3 +1 4 3 Australia 1-2 2-4 -2 2 4 Chinese Taipei 0-3 1-6 -5 0 Group D Pos Team R OR RD Pts Qualification 1 France 2-1 5-3 +2 4 Advance to Tiebreaker 1 China 2-1 5-3 +2 4 1 Thailand 2-1 5-3 +2 4 4 Singapore 0-3 0-6 -6 0 Tiebreaker Pos Team R OR RD Pts Qualification 1 China 2-0 2-0 +2 4 Advance to play-off 2 France 1-1 1-1 0 2 3 Thailand 0-2 0-2 -2 0 Group games played October 29 - 31. [2] Play-off   Quarter-final Semi-final Final                                 Russia 2     France 1         Russia 2         Finland 0     Spain 1     Finland 2           Russia 0       South Korea 4     South Korea 2     United States 0         South Korea 2 Third place       Sweden 0     China 0     Finland 1     Sweden 2       Sweden 2 Quarter-finals & semi-finals played November 4. Third place (10 AM PST) & final (1 PM PST) played November 5. [3] References Overwatch World Cup 2016 announced, finals will take place at Blizzcon Schedule Finals schedule External links Overwatch World Cup