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2017 Overwatch World Cup

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2017 Overwatch World Cup
Tournament information
GameOverwatch
DatesNovember 3–4
AdministratorBlizzard Entertainment
Tournament
format
Knockout
Venues
5 (in 5 host cities)
Teams32
Final positions
Champions South Korea
1st runner-up Canada
2nd runner-up Sweden
MVPCanada Félix "xQc" Lengyel
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The 2017 Overwatch World Cup was an Overwatch esports tournament, organized by Blizzard Entertainment, the game's developer. It was the second Overwatch World Cup and featured 32 represented nations from around the world, with the final tournament taking place at the Anaheim Convention Center from November 3–4, 2017.[1]

The event had notably been controversial and criticized due to several issues, including China's visa denial, Twitch MVP voting, and redrawing of playoff matches. Twitch streams of the event accumulated over 5.4 million views.[2]

The final took place on November 4 between South Korea and Canada. South Korea won 4–1, winning their second straight World Cup title.

Teams

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Players and committees

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Each qualified region had three representatives form that region's Competition Committee. Blizzard chose a shortlist of candidates for each nation, in which the players and viewers of their respective nations voted from April 30 to May 5 on to become their nations committee. The committee members of each nation were announced on May 8. They players representing each country were selected by their National Competition Committee.[3]

Qualification

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The top 32 countries/regions based on the average skill rating of the top 100 players from that particular country/region qualified for the tournament. Qualification began on March 29, and the qualified countries were announced on April 25.[4] The top 32 national teams were seeded into eight groups spread across four different regions: Shanghai, Sydney, Katowice and Santa Monica, California. Each group played a round-robin schedule of matches. The top two teams in each group advanced to a single-elimination, one-game playoff bracket to qualify for the final tournament at BlizzCon.[5]

  Qualified
  Did not qualify
Qualified by skill rating (32)

Venues

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Shanghai Sydney
Yun Space, Baoshan Venue The Star Event Centre
Capacity: 1,500[6]
Katowice Santa Monica
ESL Arena Barker Hangar
Capacity: 150[7] Capacity: 1,600[8]
Anaheim
Anaheim Convention Center
Capacity: 7,500[9]

Group stage

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Shanghai qualifier

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Group A
Pos Team MR (W-D-L) GR RD Qualification
1China China (H)3–0–012–0+12Advance to group finals
2Norway Norway2–0–17–5+2
3Hong Kong Hong Kong0–1–23–9−6
4Romania Romania0–1–22–10−8
Group B
Pos Team MR (W-D-L) GR RD Qualification
1France France3–0–010–2+10Advance to group finals
2Thailand Thailand1–1–17–5+2
3Denmark Denmark1–1–16–6+0
4Argentina Argentina0–0–31–11−10

Group Finals
   
A1  China 3
B2  Thailand 0
B1  France 3
A2  Norway 0

Source: OWWC

Sydney qualifier

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Group C
Pos Team MR (W-D-L) GR RD Qualification
1Sweden Sweden2–1–09–3+6Advance to group finals
2Australia Australia (H)2–0–19–3+6
3Portugal Portugal1–1–16–6+0
4Italy Italy0–0–30–12−12
Group D
Pos Team MR (W-D-L) GR RD Qualification
1Japan Japan2–1–09–3+6Advance to group finals
2Spain Spain2–0–19–3+6
3Finland Finland1–1–16–6+0
4Vietnam Vietnam0–0–30–12−12

Group Finals
   
C1  Sweden 3
D2  Spain 0
D1  Japan 2
C2  Australia 3

Source: OWWC

Katowice qualifier

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Group E
Pos Team MR (W-D-L) GR RD Qualification
1South Korea South Korea3–0–012–0+12Advance to group finals
2Netherlands Netherlands2–0–18–4+4
3Poland Poland (H)1–0–24–8−4
4Austria Austria0–0–30–12−12
Group F
Pos Team MR (W-D-L) GR RD Qualification
1[a]Canada Canada2–1–010–2+8Advance to group finals
2[a]Russia Russia2–1–010–2+8
3Singapore Singapore0–1–22–8−6
4Turkey Turkey0–1–22–8−6
  1. 1 2 Canada placed ahead of Russia by a tiebreaker match.

Group Finals
   
E1  Canada 3
F2  Netherlands 0
F1  South Korea 3
E2  Russia 0

Source: OWWC

Santa Monica qualifier

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Group G
Pos Team MR (W-D-L) GR RD Qualification
1United States United States (H)3–0–011–1+10Advance to group finals
2Chinese Taipei Chinese Taipei2–0–19–3+6
3Brazil Brazil1–0–23–9−6
4New Zealand New Zealand0–0–31–11−10
Group H
Pos Team MR (W-D-L) GR RD Qualification
1United Kingdom United Kingdom3–0–012–0+12Advance to group finals
2Germany Germany2–0–17–6+1
3Israel Israel1–0–25–8−3
4Belgium Belgium0–0–31–11−10

Group Finals
   
G1  United States 3
H2  Germany 0
H1  United Kingdom 3
G2  Chinese Taipei 0

Source: OWWC

Knockout stage

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South Korea versus Canada in the 2017 Overwatch World Cup Finals.

On August 28, brackets were drawn to determine the match-ups for the quarterfinals. The bracket draw was only announced after the final group stage, which is one of the reasons why many people believe that Blizzard added in a bracket draw to prevent team USA from playing South Korea in the quarterfinals as that was the match-up by default after the group stage.[10] A week before the actual playoff stage, 4 out of 6 players in China's Overwatch World Cup team were denied from the tournament due to visa issues, receiving widespread criticism.[11][12]

Quarterfinals and semifinals were both supposed to be played on Nov 3, but due to the quarterfinals games running later than expected, the semifinals games were moved to Nov 4, right before the final match.[13]

Bracket

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Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
      
China China 1
France France 3
France France 1
South Korea South Korea 3
South Korea South Korea 4
United States United States 2
South Korea South Korea 4
Canada Canada 1
United Kingdom United Kingdom 0
Sweden Sweden 3
Sweden Sweden 2 Third place
Canada Canada 3
Canada Canada 3 Sweden Sweden 4
Australia Australia 2 France France 2

Awards

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Most Valuable Player (MVP): xQc

References

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  1. ↑ Howell, Leo. "Overwatch World Cup 2017 announced". ESPN. Retrieved 11 April 2017.
  2. ↑ "Overwatch World Cup 2017 detailed stats". Esports Charts. Retrieved March 2, 2018.
  3. ↑ McKeand, Kirk (April 30, 2017). "Voting is now open for each country's Overwatch World Cup Competition Committee". PC Games News. Retrieved May 1, 2019.
  4. ↑ Morrison, Sean (April 27, 2017). "Blizzard announces Overwatch World Cup participants". ESPN. Retrieved May 1, 2019.
  5. ↑ "World Cup 2017". worldcup.playoverwatch.com. Retrieved 2017-04-01.
  6. ↑ "The Star Event Centre". Retrieved May 1, 2019.
  7. ↑ "ESL Arena w Katowicach otwarta!" [ESL Arena in Katowice is open!]. Turtle Entertainment Polska (in Polish). June 13, 2016. Retrieved May 1, 2019.
  8. ↑ Dubin, Alesandra (May 7, 2012). "10 Biggest Venues for Events and Meetings in Los Angeles". BizBash. Retrieved May 1, 2019.
  9. ↑ "Arena Capacities". anaheim.net. Archived from the original on April 12, 2019. Retrieved April 12, 2019.
  10. ↑ "Overwatch World Cup brackets drawn following Overwatch Contenders". Retrieved 2017-09-02.
  11. ↑ "Most of China's Overwatch World Cup team won't be at the tournament due to visa issues". Dot Esports. Retrieved 2018-04-10.
  12. ↑ "Four Chinese Overwatch World Cup Team Members Denied US Visas – The Esports Observer". The Esports Observer. 27 October 2017.
  13. ↑ "Watch Day 1 of the 2017 Overwatch World Cup at BlizzCon here". Heroes Never Die. Retrieved 2017-11-04.
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