Each country has a National Competition Committee, consisting of a general manager, head coach, and community lead. Blizzard selected each team's general manager, while the head coach and community leads were selected through a two-step voting process, that took place from May 24 to May 30.[3][4]
Any player with a Blizzard account in good standing was welcome to apply for a head coaching position for their country; the country's top 150 players voted for who they would like to be their country's head coach. The top three candidates from the first round of voting moved on to a second round of voting, and the person with the most votes in the second round was selected as the country's head coach.[3]
The community leaders are responsible for "rallying their community and marketing their team to the masses."[4] Like the head coaches, the community lead for each country was chosen through a two-step voting process. A country's entire player base voted for the community lead. After the first round of voting, the top 10 from that round were candidates for the second round; the person with the most votes in the second round was selected as their country's community lead.[3]
Playersedit
They players representing each country were selected by their National Competition Committee. The Committees selected up to 12 players from June 1 to July 5 to represent their country and then had to cut it down to 7 players to be their final roster.[5]
Qualificationedit
From March 28 to April 28, 2018, Blizzard tracked the average skill rating of the top 150 players from the top 20 countries to determine the countries who qualified for the tournament. The four host countries, South Korea, Thailand, France, and the United States, automatically qualified.[2]
The top 24 national teams were grouped into four different round-robin style groups, with the matches played in Incheon, Los Angeles, Bangkok, and Paris. The top two teams in each group advanced to a single-elimination playoff bracket, with the matches played in Anaheim.[2][11]
To coincide with the event, Blizzard launched the "Overwatch World Cup Viewer," a standalone program that allows users to view World Cup matches in real time in Overwatch's spectator mode, roam around the map in a free camera, and take the perspectives of the players. Users were also able to view replays of each map played in the client.[13]
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External linksedit
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The 2018 Overwatch World Cup was an Overwatch esports tournament organized by Blizzard Entertainment the game s developer It was the third Overwatch World Cup It featured 24 represented nations from around the world with the final tournament taking place at the Anaheim Convention Center during BlizzCon from November 2 3 2018 2 2018 Overwatch World CupTournament informationGameOverwatchDateAugust 17 November 2AdministratorBlizzard EntertainmentTournamentformat s Round robin and KnockoutVenue s 5 in 5 host cities Studio Paradise Incheon group stage Blizzard Arena Burbank group stage Royal Paragon Hall Bangkok group stage Espace Grande Arche Paris group stage Anaheim Convention Center Anaheim final 8 Teams24Final positionsChampions South Korea1st runner up China2nd runner up CanadaMVPBang JJonak Sung hyeon 1 20172019 The final took place on November 2 between South Korea and China South Korea won 4 0 winning their third straight World Cup title Contents 1 Teams 1 1 Committees 1 2 Players 1 3 Qualification 2 Venues 3 Group stage 3 1 Incheon stage 3 2 Los Angeles stage 3 3 Bangkok stage 3 4 Paris stage 4 Knockout stage 4 1 Bracket 4 2 Quarterfinals 4 3 Semifinals 4 4 Third place 4 5 Finals 5 References 6 External linksTeams editCommittees edit Each country has a National Competition Committee consisting of a general manager head coach and community lead Blizzard selected each team s general manager while the head coach and community leads were selected through a two step voting process that took place from May 24 to May 30 3 4 Any player with a Blizzard account in good standing was welcome to apply for a head coaching position for their country the country s top 150 players voted for who they would like to be their country s head coach The top three candidates from the first round of voting moved on to a second round of voting and the person with the most votes in the second round was selected as the country s head coach 3 The community leaders are responsible for rallying their community and marketing their team to the masses 4 Like the head coaches the community lead for each country was chosen through a two step voting process A country s entire player base voted for the community lead After the first round of voting the top 10 from that round were candidates for the second round the person with the most votes in the second round was selected as their country s community lead 3 Players edit They players representing each country were selected by their National Competition Committee The Committees selected up to 12 players from June 1 to July 5 to represent their country and then had to cut it down to 7 players to be their final roster 5 Qualification edit From March 28 to April 28 2018 Blizzard tracked the average skill rating of the top 150 players from the top 20 countries to determine the countries who qualified for the tournament The four host countries South Korea Thailand France and the United States automatically qualified 2 Automatically qualified as Hosts 4 nbsp France nbsp South Korea nbsp Thailand nbsp United States Qualified by skill rating 20 nbsp China nbsp United Kingdom nbsp Sweden nbsp Canada nbsp Finland nbsp Germany nbsp Denmark nbsp Russia nbsp Netherlands nbsp Japan nbsp Norway nbsp Italy nbsp Australia nbsp Austria nbsp Hong Kong nbsp Spain nbsp Poland nbsp Chinese Taipei nbsp Switzerland nbsp Brazil nbsp Automatically qualified Qualified Did not qualifyVenues edit nbsp nbsp Incheon nbsp Los Angeles nbsp Bangkok nbsp Paris nbsp Anaheim Incheon Bangkok Studio Paradise Royal Paragon Hall Capacity 2 300 6 Capacity 2 000 7 Los Angeles Paris Blizzard Arena Espace Grande Arche Capacity 450 8 Capacity 2 500 9 Anaheim Anaheim Convention Center Capacity 7 500 10 Group stage editThe top 24 national teams were grouped into four different round robin style groups with the matches played in Incheon Los Angeles Bangkok and Paris The top two teams in each group advanced to a single elimination playoff bracket with the matches played in Anaheim 2 11 Incheon stage edit Pos Team W L MW ML MD Qualification 1 nbsp South Korea H 5 0 19 2 17 Advance to playoffs 2 nbsp Finland 4 1 16 4 12 3 nbsp Russia 3 2 12 7 5 4 nbsp Japan 2 3 8 12 4 5 nbsp Chinese Taipei 1 4 5 15 10 6 nbsp Hong Kong 0 5 0 20 20 Day 1 August 17 Russia nbsp 4 0 nbsp Hong Kong Incheon KR Studio Paradise Day 1 August 17 South Korea nbsp 4 0 nbsp Chinese Taipei Incheon KR Studio Paradise Day 1 August 17 Hong Kong nbsp 0 4 nbsp Finland Incheon KR Studio Paradise Day 1 August 17 Russia nbsp 3 1 nbsp Japan Incheon KR Studio Paradise Day 1 August 17 Finland nbsp 2 3 nbsp South Korea Incheon KR Studio Paradise Day 2 August 18 Hong Kong nbsp 0 4 nbsp South Korea Incheon KR Studio Paradise Day 2 August 18 Japan nbsp 3 1 nbsp Chinese Taipei Incheon KR Studio Paradise Day 2 August 18 Russia nbsp 1 2 nbsp Finland Incheon KR Studio Paradise Day 2 August 18 Chinese Taipei nbsp 4 0 nbsp Hong Kong Incheon KR Studio Paradise Day 2 August 18 South Korea nbsp 4 0 nbsp Japan Incheon KR Studio Paradise Day 3 August 19 Finland nbsp 4 0 nbsp Japan Incheon KR Studio Paradise Day 3 August 19 Russia nbsp 4 0 nbsp Chinese Taipei Incheon KR Studio Paradise Day 3 August 19 Japan nbsp 4 0 nbsp Hong Kong Incheon KR Studio Paradise Day 3 August 19 Russia nbsp 0 4 nbsp South Korea Incheon KR Studio Paradise Day 3 August 19 Chinese Taipei nbsp 0 4 nbsp Finland Incheon KR Studio Paradise Source OWWC Los Angeles stage edit Pos Team W L MW ML MD Qualification 1 nbsp United States H 5 0 18 2 16 Advance to playoffs 2 nbsp Canada 4 1 17 3 14 3 nbsp Brazil 3 2 10 11 1 4 nbsp Norway 2 3 8 13 5 5 nbsp Austria 1 4 5 16 11 6 nbsp Switzerland 0 5 4 17 13 Day 1 September 7 Austria nbsp 0 4 nbsp Canada Los Angeles CA Blizzard Arena Day 1 September 7 Norway nbsp 3 1 nbsp Switzerland Los Angeles CA Blizzard Arena Day 1 September 7 Canada nbsp 4 0 nbsp Brazil Los Angeles CA Blizzard Arena Day 1 September 7 Austria nbsp 0 4 nbsp United States Los Angeles CA Blizzard Arena Day 1 September 7 Norway nbsp 2 3 nbsp Brazil Los Angeles CA Blizzard Arena Day 2 September 8 Switzerland nbsp 2 3 nbsp Austria Los Angeles CA Blizzard Arena Day 2 September 8 Brazil nbsp 1 3 nbsp United States Los Angeles CA Blizzard Arena Day 2 September 8 Norway nbsp 0 4 nbsp Canada Los Angeles CA Blizzard Arena Day 2 September 8 United States nbsp 4 0 nbsp Switzerland Los Angeles CA Blizzard Arena Day 2 September 8 Brazil nbsp 3 1 nbsp Austria Los Angeles CA Blizzard Arena Day 3 September 9 Norway nbsp 3 1 nbsp Austria Los Angeles CA Blizzard Arena Day 3 September 9 Canada nbsp 4 0 nbsp Switzerland Los Angeles CA Blizzard Arena Day 3 September 9 Norway nbsp 0 4 nbsp United States Los Angeles CA Blizzard Arena Day 3 September 9 Switzerland nbsp 1 3 nbsp Brazil Los Angeles CA Blizzard Arena Day 3 September 9 Canada nbsp 1 3 nbsp United States Los Angeles CA Blizzard Arena Source OWWC Bangkok stage edit Pos Team W L MW ML MD Qualification 1 nbsp China 5 0 16 7 9 Advance to playoffs 2 nbsp Australia 3 2 14 7 7 3 nbsp Denmark 3 2 12 9 3 4 nbsp Sweden 3 2 11 10 1 5 nbsp Thailand H 1 4 7 14 7 6 nbsp Spain 0 5 3 16 13 Day 1 September 14 Denmark nbsp 3 1 nbsp Thailand Bangkok TH Royal Paragon Hall Day 1 September 14 Spain nbsp 1 3 nbsp Australia Bangkok TH Royal Paragon Hall Day 1 September 14 China nbsp 3 1 nbsp Sweden Bangkok TH Royal Paragon Hall Day 1 September 14 Spain nbsp 1 2 nbsp Denmark Bangkok TH Royal Paragon Hall Day 1 September 14 Thailand nbsp 0 4 nbsp Australia Bangkok TH Royal Paragon Hall Day 2 September 15 Australia nbsp 1 3 nbsp Denmark Bangkok TH Royal Paragon Hall Day 2 September 15 China nbsp 3 2 nbsp Thailand Bangkok TH Royal Paragon Hall Day 2 September 15 Sweden nbsp 0 4 nbsp Australia Bangkok TH Royal Paragon Hall Day 2 September 15 Denmark nbsp 2 3 nbsp China Bangkok TH Royal Paragon Hall Day 2 September 15 Spain nbsp 0 4 nbsp Sweden Bangkok TH Royal Paragon Hall Day 3 September 16 Thailand nbsp 1 3 nbsp Sweden Bangkok TH Royal Paragon Hall Day 3 September 16 Spain nbsp 0 4 nbsp China Bangkok TH Royal Paragon Hall Day 3 September 16 Sweden nbsp 3 2 nbsp Denmark Bangkok TH Royal Paragon Hall Day 3 September 16 Australia nbsp 2 3 nbsp China Bangkok TH Royal Paragon Hall Day 3 September 16 Spain nbsp 1 3 nbsp Thailand Bangkok TH Royal Paragon Hall Source OWWC Paris stage edit Pos Team W L MW ML MD Qualification 1 nbsp France H 5 0 19 2 17 Advance to playoffs 2 nbsp United Kingdom 4 1 15 5 10 3 nbsp Netherlands 3 2 10 10 0 4 nbsp Germany 2 3 10 12 2 5 nbsp Italy 1 4 5 16 11 6 nbsp Poland 0 5 4 18 14 Day 1 September 21 Netherlands nbsp 0 4 nbsp France Paris FR Espace Grande Arche Day 1 September 21 Germany nbsp 1 3 nbsp United Kingdom Paris FR Espace Grande Arche Day 1 September 21 Poland nbsp 2 3 nbsp Italy Paris FR Espace Grande Arche Day 1 September 21 Netherlands nbsp 3 1 nbsp Germany Paris FR Espace Grande Arche Day 1 September 21 Poland nbsp 0 4 nbsp United Kingdom Paris FR Espace Grande Arche Day 2 September 22 Germany nbsp 2 3 nbsp France Paris FR Espace Grande Arche Day 2 September 22 Italy nbsp 1 3 nbsp Netherlands Paris FR Espace Grande Arche Day 2 September 22 Poland nbsp 2 3 nbsp Germany Paris FR Espace Grande Arche Day 2 September 22 Italy nbsp 0 4 nbsp France Paris FR Espace Grande Arche Day 2 September 22 Netherlands nbsp 0 4 nbsp United Kingdom Paris FR Espace Grande Arche Day 3 September 23 Italy nbsp 1 3 nbsp Germany Paris FR Espace Grande Arche Day 3 September 23 Poland nbsp 0 4 nbsp France Paris FR Espace Grande Arche Day 3 September 23 Italy nbsp 0 4 nbsp United Kingdom Paris FR Espace Grande Arche Day 3 September 23 Poland nbsp 0 4 nbsp Netherlands Paris FR Espace Grande Arche Day 3 September 23 United Kingdom nbsp 0 4 nbsp France Paris FR Espace Grande Arche Source OWWCKnockout stage editThe top two teams from each group advanced to the playoff bracket All of the playoff rounds took place at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim California during BlizzCon 12 To coincide with the event Blizzard launched the Overwatch World Cup Viewer a standalone program that allows users to view World Cup matches in real time in Overwatch s spectator mode roam around the map in a free camera and take the perspectives of the players Users were also able to view replays of each map played in the client 13 Bracket edit QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinals nbsp United Kingdom3 nbsp United States1 nbsp United Kingdom0 nbsp South Korea2 nbsp Australia0 nbsp South Korea3 nbsp Canada3 nbsp United Kingdom2 nbsp China3 nbsp Finland0 nbsp China3Third place nbsp Canada0 nbsp Canada3 nbsp France0Lower round 2 nbsp South Korea4 nbsp China0 Quarterfinals edit Quarterfinals November 2 United States nbsp 1 3 nbsp United Kingdom Anaheim CA 1 15 pm PDT Anaheim Convention Center 2 Ilios 0 0 King s Row 1 3 Volskaya Industries 4 2 Route 66 3 Quarterfinals November 2 South Korea nbsp 3 0 nbsp Australia Anaheim CA 7 15 pm PDT Anaheim Convention Center 2 Busan 0 3 Blizzard World 2 2 Temple of Anubis 1 Quarterfinals November 2 China nbsp 3 0 nbsp Finland Anaheim CA 5 15 pm PDT Anaheim Convention Center 2 Lijiang Tower 1 3 Hollywood 1 4 Hanamura 3 Quarterfinals November 2 France nbsp 0 3 nbsp Canada Anaheim CA 3 15 pm PDT Anaheim Convention Center 1 Busan 2 2 Eichenwalde 3 4 Temple of Anubis 5 Semifinals edit Semifinals November 3 United Kingdom nbsp 0 2 nbsp South Korea Anaheim CA 9 30 am PDT Anaheim Convention Center 1 Nepal 2 3 King s Row 3 3 Volskaya Industries 3 1 Rialto 2 Semifinals November 3 China nbsp 3 0 nbsp Canada Anaheim CA 11 30 am PDT Anaheim Convention Center 2 Oasis 1 3 Blizzard World 0 2 Temple of Anubis 1 Third place edit Third place November 3 United Kingdom nbsp 2 3 nbsp Canada Anaheim CA 1 30 pm PDT Anaheim Convention Center 2 Busan 0 1 Blizzard World 2 3 Volskaya Industries 2 2 Junkertown 3 0 Lijiang Tower 2 Finals edit Finals November 3 South Korea nbsp 4 0 nbsp China Anaheim CA 3 45 pm PDT Anaheim Convention Center 2 Ilios 0 3 King s Row 1 2 Temple of Anubis 1 4 Watchpoint Gibraltar 3References edit South Korea wins third straight Overwatch World Cup ESPN Reuters November 3 2018 Retrieved November 3 2018 a b c Mejia Ozzie March 27 2018 The Overwatch World Cup Returns For 2018 Shack News Retrieved November 3 2018 a b c Locklear Mallory March 27 2018 Qualification for this year s Overwatch World Cup starts now Engadget Retrieved April 13 2019 a b D Orazio Nick May 24 2018 Community Lead and Coach voting begins for the Overwatch World Cup Inven Global Retrieved April 12 2019 Pang Esther July 5 2018 Countries reveal all star teams for Overwatch World Cup Abacus News Retrieved April 13 2019 Studio Paradise is a complex cultural space where fun contents are produced and a variety of events unfold p city com Retrieved April 12 2019 Royal Paragon Hall Fact Sheet PDF Archived from the original PDF on April 12 2019 Retrieved April 12 2019 Webster Andrew September 7 2017 Blizzard unveils plans for new e sports arena in Los Angeles The Verge Retrieved April 12 2019 Espace Grande Arche VIPARIS Paris Convention and Visitors Bureau Retrieved April 12 2019 Arena Capacities anaheim net Archived from the original on April 12 2019 Retrieved April 12 2019 ESPN Esports October 29 2018 Overwatch League everything you need to know ESPN Archived from the original on November 2 2018 Retrieved November 3 2018 Garst Aron November 3 2018 China surges at Overwatch World Cup ESPN Retrieved November 3 2018 The official Overwatch World Cup Viewer has gone live Fox Sports Asia November 1 2018 Retrieved November 3 2018 External links editOfficial website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2018 Overwatch World Cup amp oldid 1218733065, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
