2019 Overwatch League playoffs

2019 Overwatch League Playoffs
Tournament information
GameOverwatch
DatesSeptember 5–29
AdministratorActivision-Blizzard
VenueBlizzard Arena,
Burbank, California
Teams8
Purse$3,500,000
Tournament statistics
Matches played14
Grand Finals
LocationPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania
VenueWells Fargo Center
ChampionSan Francisco Shock
Runner-upVancouver Titans
Finals MVPChoi "ChoiHyoBin" Hyo-bin
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The 2019 Overwatch League playoffs were the postseason tournament of the 2019 Overwatch League regular season, beginning on September 5, and concluded with the 2019 Grand Finals, the second championship match of the Overwatch League (OWL), on September 29.

Eight teams competed in the OWL Playoffs – a double-elimination tournament. The winner of each round of the Playoffs were determined by a single-match, where each match winner was determined by which team wins four maps. The final two teams remaining in the tournament advanced to the Grand Finals, which took place at Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[1][2]

The defending OWL champions were the London Spitfire, who won the title against the Philadelphia Fusion in the 2018 OWL Grand Finals, but they fell in the first round of the lower bracket. The San Francisco Shock defeated the Vancouver Titans in the finals to claim their first OWL Championship.

Map pool

The postseason map pool consisted of twelve maps evenly distributed across the four map types.[3]

Control Assault Hybrid Escort
Pool Lijiang Tower Horizon Lunar Colony Numbani Dorado
Ilios Temple of Anubis Eichenwalde Watchpoint: Gibraltar
Busan Hanamura King's Row Rialto

Participants

Eight teams qualified for the Season Playoffs. The two division leaders from the regular season were awarded the top two seeds, the following top four teams, based on regular season standings, were awarded seeds three through six, and the top two teams from the Play-In Tournament were awarded seeds seven and eight.[4]

Seed Team Division Record MR MD
1 Vancouver Titans PAC 25–3 89–28–0 +61
2 New York Excelsior ATL 22–6 78–38–3 +40
3 San Francisco Shock PAC 23–5 92–26–0 +66
4 Hangzhou Spark PAC 18–10 64–52–4 +12
5 Los Angeles Gladiators PAC 17–11 67–48–3 +19
6 Atlanta Reign ATL 16–12 69–50–1 +19
7 London Spitfire ATL 16–12 58–52–6 +6
8 Seoul Dynasty PAC 15–13 64–50–3 +14

Bracket

First Round
September 5–6		Winners Round 1
September 8		Winners Round 2
September 13		Grand Finals
September 29
1Vancouver Titans4
8Seoul Dynasty2
1Vancouver Titans4
5Los Angeles Gladiators2
4Hangzhou Spark3
5Los Angeles Gladiators4
1Vancouver Titans4
2New York Excelsior3
2New York Excelsior4
7London Spitfire1
2New York Excelsior4
6Atlanta Reign2
3San Francisco Shock3
6Atlanta Reign41Vancouver Titans0
3San Francisco Shock4
Losers Round 1
September 7		Losers Round 2
September 12		Losers Round 3
September 14		Losers Round 4
September 15
6Atlanta Reign0
4Hangzhou Spark44Hangzhou Spark42New York Excelsior0
8Seoul Dynasty14Hangzhou Spark03San Francisco Shock4
3San Francisco Shock4
5Los Angeles Gladiators0
3San Francisco Shock43San Francisco Shock4
7London Spitfire0

Matches

First Round

First round September 5 Seoul Dynasty 2 – 4 Vancouver Titans Burbank, CA
4:00 pm PST    Details Blizzard Arena
1 Lijiang Tower 2
3 Numbani 1
1 Horizon Lunar Colony 0
1 Watchpoint: Gibraltar 3
1 Busan 2
0 Eichenwalde 1
First round September 5 Los Angeles Gladiators 4 – 3 Hangzhou Spark Burbank, CA
7:00 pm PST    Details Blizzard Arena
1 Busan 2
2 King's Row 0
4 Temple of Anubis 3
2 Rialto 1
1 Lijiang Tower 2
3 Eichenwalde 4
3 Watchpoint: Gibraltar 1
First round September 6 London Spitfire 1 – 4 New York Excelsior Burbank, CA
4:00 pm PST    Details Blizzard Arena
0 Busan 2
3 Numbani 4
3 Temple of Anubis 4
2 Watchpoint: Gibraltar 1
0 Ilios 2
First round September 6 Atlanta Reign 4 – 3 San Francisco Shock Burbank, CA
7:00 pm PST    Details Blizzard Arena
2 Busan 1
0 Numbani 3
1 Horizon Lunar Colony 0
1 Watchpoint: Gibraltar 2
2 Lijiang Tower 0
5 King's Row 6
3 Rialto 2

Losers Round 1

Losers Round 1 September 7 Seoul Dynasty 1 – 4 Hangzhou Spark Burbank, CA
6:00 pm PST    Details Blizzard Arena
0 Busan 2
3 Eichenwalde 2
1 Temple of Anubis 2
2 Dorado 3
0 Lijiang Tower 2
Losers Round 1 September 7 London Spitfire 0 – 4 San Francisco Shock Burbank, CA
9:00 pm PST    Details Blizzard Arena
1 Busan 2
2 Numbani 3
1 Horizon Lunar Colony 2
1 Watchpoint: Gibraltar 2

Winners Round 1

Winners Round 1 September 8 Los Angeles Gladiators 2 – 4 Vancouver Titans Burbank, CA
12:00 noon PST    Details Blizzard Arena
0 Busan 2
3 King's Row 1
3 Temple of Anubis 4
4 Rialto 3
1 Lijiang Tower 2
1 Eichenwalde 2
Winners Round 1 September 8 Atlanta Reign 2 – 4 New York Excelsior Burbank, CA
3:00 pm PST    Details Blizzard Arena
1 Busan 2
4 King's Row 5
2 Hanamura 1
1 Rialto 2
2 Lijiang Tower 0
2 Numbani 3

Losers Round 2

Losers Round 2 September 12 Atlanta Reign 0 – 4 Hangzhou Spark Burbank, CA
4:00 pm PST    Details Blizzard Arena
0 Busan 2
4 Numbani 6
2 Temple of Anubis 3
3 Watchpoint: Gibraltar 4
Losers Round 2 September 12 Los Angeles Gladiators 0 – 4 San Francisco Shock Burbank, CA
7:00 pm PST    Details Blizzard Arena
0 Busan 2
2 King's Row 3
2 Horizon Lunar Colony 3
3 Rialto 4

Winners Round 2

Winners Round 2 September 13 New York Excelsior 3 – 4 Vancouver Titans Burbank, CA
7:00 pm PST    Details Blizzard Arena
0 Lijiang Tower 2
3 King's Row 2
3 Temple of Anubis 2
2 Watchpoint: Gibraltar 3
0 Busan 2
6 Numbani 3
1 Dorado 3

Losers Round 3

Losers Round 3 September 14 Hangzhou Spark 0 – 4 San Francisco Shock Burbank, CA
12:00 noon PST    Details Blizzard Arena
1 Busan 2
3 King's Row 4
4 Temple of Anubis 5
4 Dorado 5

Losers Round 4

Losers Round 4 September 15 San Francisco Shock 4 – 0 New York Excelsior Burbank, CA
12:00 noon PST    Details Blizzard Arena
2 Lijiang Tower 1
3 King's Row 2
6 Temple of Anubis 5
3 Rialto 2

Grand Finals

Main article: 2019 Overwatch League Grand Finals
Grand Finals September 29 San Francisco Shock 4 – 0 Vancouver Titans Philadelphia, PA
3:00 pm EDT    Details Wells Fargo Center
2 Lijiang Tower 0
4 Eichenwalde 3
4 Temple of Anubis 3
3 Watchpoint: Gibraltar 2

Winnings

Teams in the Season Playoffs competed for a total prize pool of US$3.5 million, with the payout division detailed below.[1]

Pos Team Bonus
1 San Francisco Shock $1,100,000
2 Vancouver Titans $600,000
3 New York Excelsior $450,000
4 Hangzhou Spark $350,000
5 Los Angeles Gladiators $300,000
6 Atlanta Reign $300,000
7 London Spitfire $200,000
8 Seoul Dynasty $200,000

Broadcast and viewership

All matches of the playoffs were live-streamed on Twitch, the Overwatch League website, and the ESPN app.[5]

Telecast schedule

Match # Game Date Matchup Network(s)
1 First Round Thu, September 5, 4:00 p.m. PDT Seoul Dynasty 2–4 Vancouver Titans Disney XD/ESPNews
2 First Round Thu, September 5, 7:00 p.m. PDT Los Angeles Gladiators 4–3 Hangzhou Spark ESPNews
3 First Round Fri, September 6, 4:00 p.m. PDT London Spitfire 1–4 New York Excelsior ESPNews
4 First Round Fri, September 6, 7:00 p.m. PDT Atlanta Reign 4–3 San Francisco Shock ESPNews
5 Losers Round 1 Sat, September 7, 6:00 p.m. PDT Seoul Dynasty 1–4 Hangzhou Spark Disney XD
6 Losers Round 1 Sat, September 7, 9:00 p.m. PDT London Spitfire 0–4 San Francisco Shock ESPNews
7 Winners Round 1 Sun, September 8, 12:00 p.m. PDT Los Angeles Gladiators 2–4 Vancouver Titans Disney XD
8 Winners Round 1 Sun, September 8, 3:00 p.m. PDT Atlanta Reign 2–4 New York Excelsior ESPNews
9 Losers Round 2 Thu, September 12, 4:00 p.m. PDT Atlanta Reign 0–4 Hangzhou Spark Disney XD
10 Losers Round 2 Thu, September 12, 7:00 p.m. PDT Los Angeles Gladiators 0–4 San Francisco Shock Disney XD
11 Winners Round 2 Fri, September 13, 4:00 p.m. PDT New York Excelsior 3–4 Vancouver Titans Disney XD/ESPNews
12 Losers Round 3 Sat, September 14, 12:00 p.m. PDT Hangzhou Spark 0–4 San Francisco Shock Disney XD
13 Losers Round 4 Sun, September 15, 12:00 p.m. PDT San Francisco Shock 4–0 New York Excelsior Disney XD
14 Grand Finals Sun, September 29, 12:00 p.m. PDT San Francisco Shock 4–0 Vancouver Titans ABC

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References

  1. ^ a b The Overwatch League. "Summary of Official Rules 2019 Season" (PDF). Retrieved May 22, 2019.
  2. ^ George, John (May 8, 2019). "Egamers alert: This year's Overwatch League winner will be crowned in Philadelphia". Philadelphia Business Journal. Retrieved May 8, 2019.
  3. ^ Hoskins, Ryan (September 3, 2019). "Overwatch League Season 2 Playoffs Preview". Hotspawn. Retrieved September 4, 2019.
  4. ^ "The Overwatch League Grand Finals Headed to Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia" (Press release). Irvine, California. Business Wire. May 8, 2019. Retrieved May 22, 2019.
  5. ^ "Overwatch League Announces Xfinity as 2019 Playoffs and Grand Finals Presenting Sponsor". Yahoo! Finance. Business Wire. August 26, 2019. Retrieved August 28, 2019.
  6. ^ Blizzard Entertainment (July 25, 2019). "2019 Season Playoffs Primer". The Overwatch League. Retrieved August 28, 2019.