2017 Overwatch World Cup

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2017 Overwatch World Cup
Overwatch World Cup 2017 logo.svg
Tournament information
Game Overwatch
DatesNovember 3–4
Administrator Blizzard Entertainment
Tournament
format(s)
 Knockout
Venue(s)
5 (in 5 host cities)
Teams32
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
1st runner-upFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
2nd runner-upFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
MVP Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg 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]

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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

Players and committees

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

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]

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Qualified by skill rating (32)

Venues

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

Shanghai qualifier

Group Finals
   
A1Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 3
B2 Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 0
B1Flag of France.svg  France 3
A2 Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 0

Source: OWWC

Sydney qualifier

Group Finals
   
C1Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 3
D2 Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 0
D1 Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 2
C2Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 3

Source: OWWC

Katowice qualifier

Group Finals
   
E1Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 3
F2 Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 0
F1Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 3
E2 Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 0

Source: OWWC

Santa Monica qualifier

Group Finals
   
G1Flag of the United States.svg  United States 3
H2 Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 0
H1Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 3
G2 Chinese Taipei esports flag.svg  Chinese Taipei 0

Source: OWWC

Knockout stage

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

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
      
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China 1
Flag of France.svg France 3
Flag of France.svg France 1
Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea 3
Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea 4
Flag of the United States.svg United States 2
Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea 4
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 1
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 0
Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden 3
Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden 2 Third place
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 3
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 3 Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden 4
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 2 Flag of France.svg France 2

Awards

Most Valuable Player (MVP): xQc

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