2016 Overwatch World Cup

Overwatch World Cup 2016

2016
File:2016 OW World Cup Logo.png
Tournament information
Location	Anaheim, California, United States
Dates	November 4–November 5, 2016
Administrator	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.

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.

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.

References

External links

• Overwatch World Cup