Editing Overwatch World Cup 2018 (section)

== Tournament details ==
=== Format === 
* '''Participants'''<ref name="youtube">{{cite web|url=https://overwatch.blizzard.com/en-us/news/21665270/ |title=Announcing the 2018 Overwatch World Cup |author=Blizzard Entertainment |date=2018-03-27}}</ref>
** 24 teams/nations in total were invited to participate
*** Four countries, USA, France, South Korea and Thailand, are chosen to host the qualifiers and are automatically invited.
*** Remaining 20 slots will be distributed based on the average Skill Rating (SR) of the top 150 players of the country.
** National committees arrange tryouts to select the players for their country.
*** Committees consist of a general manager, selected by Blizzard, a coach, selected by the nation's top 150 players, and a community lead, selected by all players in the nation.
* '''Qualifiers<ref name="rules">{{Cite web|url=https://bnetcmsus-a.akamaihd.net/cms/kb_media/b5/B56U46HT9O5Q1526430174658.pdf |title=Overwatch® World Cup 2018 Official Rules |author=Blizzard Entertainment |date=2018-05-17}}</ref>
** 4 single round robin groups of 6 teams each, played at Incheon, Los Angeles, Bangkok and Paris
** Top 2 teams from each group proceed to main event at BlizzCon
** All matches are 4 map sets. If both teams win 2 maps, an additional fifth map will be played.
* '''Main event'''<ref name="rules"/>
** Single-elimination bracket of 8 teams
*** Third place match will be played
** Quarter- and semifinals and bronze match are {{tt|Bo5|best of 5}}, grand final is {{tt|bo7|best of 7}}<ref name="liquipediaME">{{cite web|url=https://liquipedia.net/overwatch/Overwatch_World_Cup/2018 |title=Overwatch World Cup 2018 |author=Liquipedia |accessdate=2023-11-06}}</ref>

=== Prize Pool ===
Total prize pool amounts to $488,000 USD. Teams participating in the qualifiers will receive $15,000 USD each, and teams that qualify for the main event receive an additional $16,000 USD each.<ref name="rules"/>