Overwatch World Cup 2016

Overwatch World Cup 2016

Tournament information
Sport	Overwatch
Location	Anaheim, California, United States
Dates	November 4–5, 2016
Administrator(s)	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 runner-up	Russia
2nd runner-up	Sweden
MVP	Miro

The Overwatch World Cup 2016 was the inaugural Overwatch World Cup, an annual Overwatch eSports tournament, organized by Blizzard Entertainment, the game's developer. It was the first of the series, and took place at BlizzCon at the Anaheim Convention Center from November 4–5, 2016.^[1]

Format

Teams from Australia, 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, Baltic and Caspian Sea, 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.^[2]

Qualifiers

American

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

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 [3] 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

Group A Pos Team R OR RD Pts Qualification 1 Chinese Taipei 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 Invitation 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 Chinese Taipei Asia-Pacific Qualifier Group A winner Thailand Asia-Pacific Qualifier Group B winner Singapore Asia-Pacific Qualifier Group C winner 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.[4] 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 References ↑ Prescott, Shaun (August 5, 2016). "Overwatch World Cup 2016 announced, finals will take place at Blizzcon". PC Gamer. Retrieved February 20, 2017. ↑ "Overwatch World Cup Summer 2016 APAC Qualifiers - Results". ESL Play. September 2016. Retrieved February 20, 2017. ↑ "Rankings - Overwatch World Cup Summer 2016 European Qualifiers | ESL Play". Play.eslgaming.com. 1990-01-06. Retrieved 2018-09-23. ↑ "Schedule - BlizzCon 2016 (Oct. 29)". BlizzCon. 2016. Retrieved February 20, 2017. External links Overwatch World Cup