Overwatch World Cup 2018

Overwatch World Cup 2018 was the third Overwatch World Cup held. The finals were held in BlizzCon 2018 on November, resulting in Team South Korea winning the championship.

JJoNaK from Team South Korea received the tournament's T-Mobile MVP Award.

Tournament details

Format

• Participants
  • 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
  • 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
  • Single-elimination bracket of 8 teams
    • Third place match will be played
  • Quarter- and semifinals and bronze match are Bo5, grand final is bo7

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.

Results

Overview

Final standings

Placement	Team	Qualifier	Invitation
1st	South Korea	Incheon	RQ
2nd	China	Bangkok	RQ
3rd	Canada	Los Angeles	RQ
4th	United Kingdom	Paris	RQ
Ro8	Australia	Bangkok	RQ
Ro8	Finland	Incheon	RQ
Ro8	France	Paris	RQ
Ro8	USA	Los Angeles	RQ
RQ	Russia	Incheon	RQ
RQ	Japan	Incheon	RQ
RQ	Taiwan	Incheon	RQ
RQ	Hong Kong	Incheon	RQ
RQ	Brazil	Los Angeles	RQ
RQ	Norway	Los Angeles	RQ
RQ	Austria	Los Angeles	RQ
RQ	Switzerland	Los Angeles	RQ
RQ	Denmark	Bangkok	RQ
RQ	Sweden	Bangkok	RQ
RQ	Thailand	Bangkok	RQ
RQ	Spain	Bangkok	RQ
RQ	Netherlands	Paris	RQ
RQ	Germany	Paris	RQ
RQ	Italy	Paris	RQ
RQ	Poland	Paris	RQ

Qualifiers

Incheon

Incheon qualifier took place August 17 - 19, 2018.

Standings

Placement	Team	Matches (Maps)
1st	South Korea	5-0 (19-0-2)
2nd	Finland	4-1 (16-1-4)
3rd	Russia	3-2 (12-1-7)
4th	Japan	2-3 (8-0-12)
5th	Taiwan	1-4 (5-0-15)
6th	Hong Kong	0-5 (0-0-20)

Los Angeles

Los Angeles qualifier took place September 7 - 9, 2018.

Standings

Placement	Team	Matches (Maps)
1st	USA	5-0 (18-0-2)
2nd	Canada	4-1 (17-0-3)
3rd	Brazil	3-2 (10-0-11)
4th	Norway	2-3 (8-0-13)
5th	Austria	1-4 (5-0-16)
6th	Switzerland	0-5 (4-0-17)

Bangkok

Bangkok qualifier took place September 14 - 16, 2018.

Standings

Placement	Team	Matches (Maps)
1st	China	5-0 (16-0-7)
2nd	Australia	3-2 (14-0-7)
3rd	Denmark	3-2 (12-1-9)
4th	Sweden	3-2 (11-0-10)
5th	Thailand	1-4 (7-0-14)
6th	Spain	0-5 (3-1-16)

Paris

Paris qualifier took place September 21 - 23, 2018.

Standings

Placement	Team	Matches (Maps)
1st	France	5-0 (19-0-2)
2nd	United Kingdom	4-1 (15-0-5)
3rd	Netherlands	3-2 (10-0-10)
4th	Germany	2-3 (10-0-12)
5th	Italy	1-4 (5-0-16)
6th	Poland	0-5 (4-0-18)

Main event

The main event took place from November 2 - 3, 2018, during BlizzCon.

Quarterfinals 1

Team	Score
USA	1
United Kingdom	3

Quarterfinals 2

Team	Score
South Korea	3
Australia	0

Quarterfinals 3

Team	Score
China	3
Finland	0

Quarterfinals 4

Team	Score
France	3
Canada	0

Semifinals 1

Team	Score
United Kingdom	0
South Korea	2

Semifinals 2

Team	Score
China	3
Canada	0

Finals

Placement	Team	Score
1st	South Korea	4
2nd	China	0

3rd place

Placement	Team	Score
3rd	Canada	3
4th	United Kingdom	2

External links

• Overwatch World Cup 2018 on Liquipedia