2016 Overwatch World Cup

The 2016 Overwatch World Cup 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 the final tournament took place at BlizzCon at the Anaheim Convention Center from November 4–5, 2016.[1]

2016 Overwatch World Cup
Tournament information
GameOverwatch
LocationAnaheim, California, United States
DatesOctober 29–November 5
AdministratorBlizzard Entertainment
Tournament
format(s)
Round-robin and Knockout
Venue(s)Anaheim Convention Center
Teams16
Final positions
Champions South Korea
1st runner-up Russia
2nd runner-up Sweden
MVPSouth Korea Gong "Miro" Jin-hyuk

The final took place on November 5 between South Korea and Russia. South Korea won 4–0 to win the first World Cup title.

Teams

Players

Blizzard selected the top players from Season One of competitive play of Overwatch to possibly represent their country as a team member. Players with an Overwatch account and a region-specified Battle.net account then voted on who they would like to see on their respective country's roster.[2] Over 3 million votes to decide national teams were cast.[3]

Qualification

Throughout September 2016, fifty national teams entered to qualify for the Overwatch World Cup through best-of-three online qualifiers. Six teams automatically qualified for the group stages. In total, four teams from the Americas, six from Europe, and six from the Asia-Pacific qualified for the group stages of the World Cup.[4][5]

Group stage

The qualified teams were grouped into four different round-robin style groups, with the matches to be played in online. The top two teams in each group advanced to the knockout stage.[4]

Group A

Pos Team W L MW ML MD Qualification
1Spain Spain3062+4Advance to knockout stage
2Sweden Sweden2152+3
3Canada Canada1234−1
4Brazil Brazil0306−6

Group B

Pos Team W L MW ML MD Qualification
1Russia Russia3061+5Advance to knockout stage
2United States United States2152+3
3Germany Germany1224−2
4Chile Chile0306−6

Group C

Pos Team W L MW ML MD Qualification
1South Korea South Korea3060+6Advance to knockout stage
2Finland Finland2143+1
3Australia Australia1224−2
4Chinese Taipei Chinese Taipei0316−5

Group D

Pos Team W L MW ML MD Qualification
1France France2153+2Advance to tiebreakers
1China China2153+2
1Thailand Thailand2153+2
4Singapore Singapore0306−6

Tiebreakers
Pos Team W L MW ML MD Qualification
1China China2020+2Advance to knockout stage
2France France11110
3Thailand Thailand0202−2

Knockout stage

Bracket
Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
      
South Korea South Korea 2
United States United States 0
South Korea South Korea 2
Sweden Sweden 0
China China 0
Sweden Sweden 2
South Korea South Korea 4
Russia Russia 0
Russia Russia 2
France France 1
Russia Russia 2 Third place
Finland Finland 0
Spain Spain 1 Sweden Sweden 2
Finland Finland 2 Finland Finland 1

Awards

References
  1. Prescott, Shaun (August 5, 2016). "Overwatch World Cup 2016 announced, finals will take place at Blizzcon". PC Gamer. Retrieved February 20, 2017.
  2. McKeand, Kirk (August 5, 2016). "The Overwatch World Cup won't be the only Overwatch eSports announcement this year". PC Games News. Retrieved May 1, 2019.
  3. Chalk, Andy (March 29, 2017). "The 2017 Overwatch World Cup has already begun". PC Gamer. Retrieved March 3, 2018.
  4. Craddock, David (August 4, 2016). "Overwatch World Cup coming to BlizzCon". Shack News. Retrieved May 1, 2019.
  5. Brian, Matt (September 22, 2016). "Blizzard finds its 'Overwatch' World Cup teams". Engadget. Retrieved May 1, 2019.
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