2022 Overwatch League playoffs

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2022 Overwatch League Playoffs
2022 Overwatch League playoffs logo.png
Tournament information
Game Overwatch
DatesOctober 30–November 4, 2022
Administrator Activision-Blizzard
Venue Anaheim Convention Center
Anaheim, California
Teams12
Purse$2,550,000
Tournament statistics
Matches played22
Grand Finals
DatesNovember 4
Champion Dallas Fuel
Runner-up San Francisco Shock
Finals MVP Lee "Fearless" Eui-seok
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The 2022 Overwatch League playoffs was the postseason tournament of the 2022 Overwatch League regular season. The tournament began on October 30 and concluded with the 2022 Grand Finals, the fifth championship match of the Overwatch League (OWL), on November 4. Twelve teams contested the OWL playoffs, a double-elimination tournament, with the final two teams remaining in the tournament advancing to the Grand Finals. All playoff matches will take place at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California.

Contents

The defending OWL champions were the Shanghai Dragons, who won the title against the Atlanta Reign in the 2021 OWL Grand Finals. [1] The Dallas Fuel defeated the San Francisco Shock in the Grand Finals by a score of 4–3 to win their first OWL championship.

Format

Twelve teams qualified for the season playoffs. In the league's West region, eight teams qualified: the top six teams based on the Western regular season standings and the top two teams from the Western play-in tournament. In the league's East region, four teams qualified: the top three teams based on the Eastern regular season standings and the top team from the Eastern play-in tournament. [2] [3] All teams were seeded into the playoffs based on their overall league points earned throughout the regular season. Any ties in league points were broken by the league's tiebreaking rules. [4]

The playoffs were a double-elimination tournament. The top four seeds received a bye to the second round of the upper bracket, and of those, the top three selected their opponent for those matches. The remaining teams started in the first round of the upper bracket. [2] [5] In each match, the higher-seeded team had the choice of which map to play first from a pool of maps. Each following map was chosen by the losing team from the previous map. The winner of each was determined by which team won three maps first, aside from the Grand Finals, which was first-to-four. [4]

Venue

The 2022 playoffs will be played at the Anaheim Convention Center. Anaheim convention center 2021.jpg
The 2022 playoffs will be played at the Anaheim Convention Center.

All matches were played at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. It was the first time that the OWL has held live playoff matches since the 2019 Grand Finals in Philadelphia. [6] [7]

Participants

SeedTeamRegionPointsRecordMRMD
1 Dallas Fuel West2620–461–26–0+35
2 San Francisco Shock West2620–465–27–0+38
3 Los Angeles Gladiators West2518–664–29–0+35
4 Seoul Dynasty East2519–562–24–0+38
5 Shanghai Dragons East2318–657–30–0+27
6 Houston Outlaws West1916–856–42–0+14
7 Atlanta Reign West1613–1151–42–0+9
8 London Spitfire West1614–1050–41–0+9
9 Philadelphia Fusion East1511–1350–50–0±0
10 Florida Mayhem West1512–1246–45–0+1
11 Toronto Defiant West1512–1248–49–0-1
12 Hangzhou Spark East1311–1346–49–0-3

Bracket

Upper round 1
October 30		Upper round 2
October 31		Upper round 3
November 2		Upper final
November 3		 Grand Finals
November 4
1 Dallas Fuel 3
8 London Spitfire 312Hangzhou Spark1
1Dallas Fuel3
9 Philadelphia Fusion 0
4Seoul Dynasty0
4 Seoul Dynasty 3
5 Shanghai Dragons 010Florida Mayhem0
1Dallas Fuel3
12 Hangzhou Spark 3
6Houston Outlaws1
2 San Francisco Shock 2
7 Atlanta Reign 06Houston Outlaws3
6Houston Outlaws3
10 Florida Mayhem 3
8London Spitfire0
3 Los Angeles Gladiators 1
6 Houston Outlaws 38London Spitfire3
11 Toronto Defiant 01Dallas Fuel4
2San Francisco Shock3
Lower round 1
November 1		Lower round 2
November 2		Lower round 3
November 3		Lower round 4
November 3		Lower final
November 4
3Los Angeles Gladiators3
4Seoul Dynasty0
9Philadelphia Fusion1
3Los Angeles Gladiators12San Francisco Shock3
2San Francisco Shock36Houston Outlaws0
2San Francisco Shock3
2San Francisco Shock32San Francisco Shock3
5Shanghai Dragons1
12Hangzhou Spark1
10Florida Mayhem3
8London Spitfire1
7Atlanta Reign1
10Florida Mayhem112Hangzhou Spark3
12Hangzhou Spark3
12Hangzhou Spark3
11Toronto Defiant2

Matches

Upper round 1October 30Philadelphia Fusion0–3London SpitfireAnaheim, CA
2:30 pm PDT     Details Anaheim Convention Center
0 Lijiang Tower 2
2 Eichenwalde 3
2 Route 66 3
Upper round 1October 30Hangzhou Spark3–0Shanghai DragonsAnaheim, CA
4:00 pm PDT     Details Anaheim Convention Center
2 Oasis 0
3 King's Row 2
4 Route 66 3
Upper round 1October 30Florida Mayhem3–0Atlanta ReignAnaheim, CA
5:30 pm PDT     Details Anaheim Convention Center
2 Lijiang Tower 0
3 King's Row 2
4 Junkertown 3
Upper round 1October 30Toronto Defiant0–3Houston OutlawsAnaheim, CA
7:00 pm PDT     Details Anaheim Convention Center
0 Busan 2
4Paraíso5
2 Dorado 3
Upper round 2October 31Hangzhou Spark1–3Dallas FuelAnaheim, CA
2:30 pm PDT     Details Anaheim Convention Center
1 Lijiang Tower 2
4Paraíso3
1 Dorado 3
0Esperança1
Upper round 2October 31Florida Mayhem0–3Seoul DynastyAnaheim, CA
4:00 pm PDT     Details Anaheim Convention Center
1 Ilios 2
1 Eichenwalde 2
2 Junkertown 3
Upper round 2October 31Houston Outlaws3–2San Francisco ShockAnaheim, CA
5:30 pm PDT     Details Anaheim Convention Center
2 Ilios 0
4 King's Row 5
3 Route 66 0
0Esperança1
2 Busan 1
Upper round 2October 31London Spitfire3–1Los Angeles GladiatorsAnaheim, CA
7:00 pm PDT     Details Anaheim Convention Center
1 Lijiang Tower 2
3 Eichenwalde 2
3 Dorado 2
1Colosseo0
Lower round 1November 1Philadelphia Fusion1–3Los Angeles GladiatorsAnaheim, CA
2:30 pm PDT     Details Anaheim Convention Center
2 Oasis 0
2 King's Row 3
2 Route 66 3
0Esperança1
Lower round 1November 1Shanghai Dragons1–3San Francisco ShockAnaheim, CA
4:00 pm PDT     Details Anaheim Convention Center
1 Lijiang Tower 2
2 Eichenwalde 1
2Circuit Royal3
0Esperança1
Lower round 1November 1Atlanta Reign1–3Florida MayhemAnaheim, CA
5:30 pm PDT     Details Anaheim Convention Center
2 Ilios 0
0 Eichenwalde 1
1 Route 66 2
0Esperança1
Lower round 1November 1Toronto Defiant2–3Hangzhou SparkAnaheim, CA
7:00 pm PDT     Details Anaheim Convention Center
0 Oasis 2
3Paraíso2
2 Route 66 3
1Esperança0
0 Lijiang Tower 2
Lower round 2November 2Los Angeles Gladiators1–3San Francisco ShockAnaheim, CA
2:30 pm PDT     Details Anaheim Convention Center
0 Oasis 2
4 King's Row 3
2Circuit Royal3
0Esperança1
Lower round 2November 2Hangzhou Spark3–1Florida MayhemAnaheim, CA
4:00 pm PDT     Details Anaheim Convention Center
1 Busan 2
3Paraíso2
3 Dorado 2
1Esperança0
Upper round 2November 2Seoul Dynasty0–3Dallas FuelAnaheim, CA
5:30 pm PDT     Details Anaheim Convention Center
1 Nepal 2
1 King's Row 2
2 Dorado 3
Upper round 2November 2London Spitfire0–3Houston OutlawsAnaheim, CA
7:00 pm PDT     Details Anaheim Convention Center
1 Ilios 2
1 Eichenwalde 3
1Circuit Royal3
Lower round 3November 3San Francisco Shock3–0Seoul DynastyAnaheim, CA
2:30 pm PDT     Details Anaheim Convention Center
2 Lijiang Tower 1
3Paraíso1
2 Dorado 1
Lower round 3November 3Hangzhou Spark3–1London SpitfireAnaheim, CA
4:00 pm PDT    Anaheim Convention Center
2 Lijiang Tower 1
2 King's Row 3
4 Route 66 3
1Colosseo0
Upper finalNovember 3Houston Outlaws1–3Dallas FuelAnaheim, CA
5:30 pm PDT     Details Anaheim Convention Center
2 Nepal 1
1 King's Row 2
1 Route 66 2
0Colosseo1
Lower round 4November 3Hangzhou Spark1–3San Francisco ShockAnaheim, CA
7:00 pm PDT     Details Anaheim Convention Center
1 Oasis 2
4 King's Row 3
3Circuit Royal4
0Colosseo1
Lower finalNovember 4San Francisco Shock3–0Houston OutlawsAnaheim, CA
5:00 pm PDT     Details Anaheim Convention Center
2 Nepal 0
3 King's Row 1
2 Route 66 1
Grand FinalNovember 4San Francisco Shock3–4Dallas FuelAnaheim, CA
7:00 pm PDT     Details Anaheim Convention Center
1 Lijiang Tower 2
2 King's Row 1
3 Dorado 2
0Esperança1
2 Oasis 1
1 Route 66 2
0Colosseo1

Winnings

Teams in the season playoffs competed for a total prize pool of US$2.55 million, with the payout division detailed below. [4]

PosTeamBonus
1Dallas Fuel$1,000,000
2San Francisco Shock$500,000
3Houston Outlaws$350,000
4Hangzhou Spark$250,000
5–6London Spitfire$100,000
Seoul Dynasty
7–8Florida Mayhem$55,000
Los Angeles Gladiators
9–12Atlanta Reign$35,000
Philadelphia Fusion
Shanghai Dragons
Toronto Defiant

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