2016 Overwatch World Cup

{{Short description|Esports tournament}} {{Infobox sport tournament | name = 2016 Overwatch World Cup | game=''Overwatch'' | year = | image = Overwatch World Cup 2016 logo.svg | caption = | location = Anaheim, California, United States | start_date = October 29 | end_date = November 5 | administrator = Blizzard Entertainment |tournament_format=Round-robin and Knockout | host = | venues = Anaheim Convention Center | teams = 16 | purse = | champions = {{flagcountry|KOR}} | runner-up1 = {{flagcountry|RUS}} | runner-up2 = {{flagcountry|SWE}} | noaverage = <!-- Set to 1 to exclude average attendance per match --> | mvp = {{flagicon|KOR}} Gong "Miro" Jin-hyuk | next = 2017 }}

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.<ref name=Prescott2016>{{cite web|last=Prescott|first=Shaun|url=http://www.pcgamer.com/overwatch-world-cup-2016-announced-finals-will-take-place-at-blizzcon|title=Overwatch World Cup 2016 announced, finals will take place at Blizzcon|work=PC Gamer|date=August 5, 2016|accessdate=February 20, 2017}}</ref>

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.<ref>{{cite news |last=McKeand |first=Kirk |title=The Overwatch World Cup won’t be the only Overwatch eSports announcement this year |date=August 5, 2016 |work=PC Games News |url=https://www.pcgamesn.com/overwatch/overwatch-world-cup |access-date=May 1, 2019}}</ref> Over 3 million votes to decide national teams were cast.<ref name=Chalk2017>{{cite web|last=Chalk|first=Andy|url=https://www.pcgamer.com/the-2017-overwatch-world-cup-has-already-begun/|title=The 2017 Overwatch World Cup has already begun|work=PC Gamer|date=March 29, 2017|accessdate=March 3, 2018}}</ref>

=== 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.<ref name="Shack" /><ref>{{cite news |last=Brian |first=Matt |title=Blizzard finds its 'Overwatch' World Cup teams |date=September 22, 2016 |work=Engadget |url=https://www.engadget.com/2016/09/22/overwatch-world-cup-esports/ |access-date=May 1, 2019}}</ref> <!--=== American === {{Col-begin}} {{Col-1-of-2}} {|class=wikitable style="text-align:center; width:90%" |+Group A |- ! {{tooltip|Pos|Position}} ! Team ! {{tooltip|R|Record}} ! {{tooltip|MR|Map record}} ! {{tooltip|MD|Map differential}} ! {{tooltip|Pts|Points}} ! Qualification |- style="background:#cfc;" | 1 ||align=left|{{flagicon|Chile}} Chile ||'''2–0''' ||4–0 ||+4 ||6 ||| Advance to qualification finals |- | 2 ||align=left|{{flagicon|Argentina}} Argentina ||'''1–1''' ||2–2 ||0 ||3 || rowspan=2 | |- | 3 ||align=left|{{flagicon|Peru}} Peru ||'''0–2''' ||0–4 ||−4 ||0 |} {{Col-2-of-2}} {|class=wikitable style="text-align:center; width:90%" |+Group B |- ! {{tooltip|Pos|Position}} ! Team ! {{tooltip|R|Record}} ! {{tooltip|MR|Map record}} ! {{tooltip|MD|Map differential}} ! {{tooltip|Pts|Points}} ! Qualification |- style="background:#cfc;" | 1 ||align=left|{{flagicon|Colombia}} Colombia ||'''2–0''' ||4–2 ||+2 ||6 ||| Advance to qualification finals |- | 2 ||align=left|{{flagicon|Mexico}} Mexico ||'''1–1''' ||3–2 ||+1 ||3 || rowspan=2 | |- | 3 ||align=left|{{flagicon|Costa Rica}} Costa Rica ||'''0–2''' ||1–4 ||−3 ||0 |} {{Col-end}} {{2TeamBracket-Qualifiers | RD1 = Qualification finals | RD2 = Advance to group stage

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=== European === {{Col-begin}} {{Col-1-of-2}} {|class=wikitable style="text-align:center; width:90%" |+Group A |- ! {{tooltip|Pos|Position}} ! Team ! {{tooltip|R|Record}} ! {{tooltip|MR|Map record}} ! {{tooltip|MD|Map differential}} ! {{tooltip|Pts|Points}} ! Qualification |- style="background:#cfc;" | 1 ||align=left|{{flagicon|Germany}} Germany ||'''4–0''' ||8–2 ||+6 ||12 || rowspan=2 | Advance to qualification finals |- style="background:#cfc;" | 2 ||align=left|{{flagicon|CIS}} 22px CIS & Baltic Area ||'''3–1''' ||7–2 ||+5 ||9 |- | 3 ||align=left|{{flagicon|Poland}} Poland ||'''2–2''' ||4–5 ||−1 ||6 || rowspan=3 | |- | 4 ||align=left|{{flagicon|Ireland}} Ireland ||'''1–3''' ||3–6 ||−3 ||3 |- | 5 ||align=left|{{flagicon|South Africa}} South Africa ||'''0–4''' ||1–8 ||−7 ||0 |} {{Col-2-of-2}} {|class=wikitable style="text-align:center; width:90%" |+Group B |- ! {{tooltip|Pos|Position}} ! Team ! {{tooltip|R|Record}} ! {{tooltip|MR|Map record}} ! {{tooltip|MD|Map differential}} ! {{tooltip|Pts|Points}} ! Qualification |- style="background:#cfc;" | 1 ||align=left|{{flagicon|Finland}} Finland ||'''4–0''' ||8–0 ||+8 ||12 || rowspan=2 | Advance to qualification finals |- style="background:#cfc;" | 2 ||align=left|{{flagicon|Iceland}} Iceland ||'''3–1''' ||6–3 ||+3 ||9 |- | 3 ||align=left|{{flagicon|UK}} Great Britain ||'''1–3''' ||3–6 ||−3 ||3 || rowspan=3 | |- | 4 ||align=left|{{flagicon|Greece}} Greece ||'''1–3''' ||2–6 ||−4 ||3 |- | 5 ||align=left|{{flagicon|Hungary}} Hungary ||'''1–3''' ||2–6 ||−4 ||3 |} {{Col-end}} {{Col-begin}} {{Col-1-of-2}} {|class=wikitable style="text-align:center; width:90%" |+Group C |- ! {{tooltip|Pos|Position}} ! Team ! {{tooltip|R|Record}} ! {{tooltip|MR|Map record}} ! {{tooltip|MD|Map differential}} ! {{tooltip|Pts|Points}} ! Qualification |- style="background:#cfc;" | 1 ||align=left|{{flagicon|France}} France ||'''4–0''' ||8–1 ||+7 ||12 || rowspan=2 | Advance to qualification finals |- style="background:#cfc;" | 2 ||align=left|{{flagicon|Norway}} Norway ||'''3–1''' ||7–2 ||+5 ||9 |- | 3 ||align=left|{{flagicon|Croatia}} Croatia ||'''2–2''' ||4–4 ||0 ||6 || rowspan=3 | |- | 4 ||align=left|{{flagicon|Portugal}} Portugal ||'''1–3''' ||2–6 ||−4 ||3 |- | 5 ||align=left|{{flagicon|Ukraine}} Ukraine ||'''0–4''' ||0–8 ||−8 ||0 |} {{Col-2-of-2}} {|class=wikitable style="text-align:center; width:90%" |+Group D |- ! {{tooltip|Pos|Position}} ! Team ! {{tooltip|R|Record}} ! {{tooltip|MR|Map record}} ! {{tooltip|MD|Map differential}} ! {{tooltip|Pts|Points}} ! Qualification |- style="background:#cfc;" | 1 ||align=left|{{flagicon|Sweden}} Sweden ||'''4–0''' ||8–0 ||+8 ||12|| rowspan=2 | Advance to qualification finals |- style="background:#cfc;" | 2 ||align=left|{{flagicon|Turkey}} Turkey ||'''3–1''' ||6–2 ||+4 ||9 |- | 3 ||align=left|{{flagicon|Denmark}} Denmark ||'''2–2''' ||4–4 ||0 ||6 || rowspan=3 | |- | 4 ||align=left|{{flagicon|Romania}} Romania ||'''1–3''' ||2–6 ||−4 ||3 |- | 5 ||align=left|{{flagicon|Slovakia}} Slovakia ||'''0–4''' ||0–8 ||−8 ||0 |} {{Col-end}} {{Col-begin}} {{Col-1-of-2}} {|class=wikitable style="text-align:center; width:90%" |+Group E |- ! {{tooltip|Pos|Position}} ! Team ! {{tooltip|R|Record}} ! {{tooltip|MR|Map record}} ! {{tooltip|MD|Map differential}} ! {{tooltip|Pts|Points}} ! Qualification |- style="background:#cfc;" | 1 ||align=left|{{flagicon|Russia}} Russia ||'''4–0''' ||8–0 ||+8 ||12 || rowspan=2 | Advance to qualification finals |- style="background:#cfc;" | 2 ||align=left|{{flagicon|Italy}} Italy ||'''3–1''' ||6–2 ||+4 ||9 |- | 3 ||align=left|{{flagicon|Israel}} Israel ||'''2–2''' ||4–5 ||−1 ||6 || rowspan=3 | |- | 4 ||align=left|{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} Bulgaria ||'''1–3''' ||3–6 ||−3 ||3 |- | 5 ||align=left|{{flagicon|Switzerland}} Switzerland ||'''0–4''' ||0–8 ||−8 ||0 |} {{Col-2-of-2}} {|class=wikitable style="text-align:center; width:90%" |+Group F |- ! {{tooltip|Pos|Position}} ! Team ! {{tooltip|R|Record}} ! {{tooltip|MR|Map record}} ! {{tooltip|MD|Map differential}} ! {{tooltip|Pts|Points}} ! Qualification |- style="background:#cfc;" | 1 ||align=left|{{flagicon|Spain}} Spain ||'''4–0''' ||8–1 ||+7 ||12 || rowspan=2 | Advance to qualification finals |- style="background:#cfc;" | 2 ||align=left|{{flagicon|Benelux}} Benelux ||'''3–1''' ||7–2 ||+4 ||9 |- | 3 ||align=left|{{flagicon|Czech Republic}} Czech Republic ||'''2–2''' ||4–4 ||+2 ||6 || rowspan=3 | |- | 4 ||align=left|{{flagicon|Austria}} Austria ||'''1–3''' ||2–6 ||−4 ||3 |- | 5 ||align=left|{{flagicon|Serbia}} Serbia ||'''0–4'''||0–8 ||−8 ||0 |} {{Col-end}} {{Col-begin}} {{Col-1-of-2}} {{6TeamBracket-Qualifiers | RD1 = Qualification finals | RD2 = Advance to group stage

| RD1-team1 = '''{{flagcountry|GER}}''' | RD1-score1 = '''3''' | RD1-team2 = {{flagcountry|ISL}} | RD1-score2 = 0 | Winner-1 = '''{{flagcountry|GER}}'''

| RD1-team3 = '''{{flagcountry|FRA}}''' | RD1-score3 = '''3''' | RD1-team4 = {{flagcountry|TUR}} | RD1-score4 = 0 | Winner-2 = '''{{flagcountry|FRA}}'''

| RD1-team5 = '''{{flagcountry|RUS}}''' | RD1-score5 = '''3''' | RD1-team6 = {{flagcountry|NOR}} | RD1-score6 = 0 | Winner-3 = '''{{flagcountry|RUS}}''' }}

{{Col-2-of-2}} {{6TeamBracket-Qualifiers | RD1 = Qualification finals | RD2 = Advance to group stage

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| RD1-team5 = '''{{flagcountry|ESP}}''' | RD1-score5 = '''3''' | RD1-team6 = {{flagicon|CIS}}22px CIS&Baltic Area | RD1-score6 = 0 | Winner-3 = '''{{flagcountry|ESP}}''' }} {{Col-end}}

=== Asia-Pacific === {{Col-begin}} {{Col-1-of-2}} {|class=wikitable style="text-align:center; width:90%" |+Group A |- ! {{tooltip|Pos|Position}} ! Team ! {{tooltip|R|Record}} ! {{tooltip|MR|Map record}} ! {{tooltip|MD|Map differential}} ! {{tooltip|Pts|Points}} ! Qualification |- style="background:#cfc;" | 1 ||align=left|{{flagicon|Chinese Taipei|variant=blizzard-esports}} Chinese Taipei ||'''2–0''' ||5–2 ||+3 ||6 ||| Advance to group stage |- | 2 ||align=left|{{flagicon|Vietnam}} Vietnam ||'''1–1''' ||4–3 ||+1 ||3 || rowspan=2 | |- | 3 ||align=left|{{flagicon|Indonesia}} Indonesia ||'''0–2''' ||0–4 ||−4 ||0 |}

{|class=wikitable style="text-align:center; width:90%" |+Group C |- ! {{tooltip|Pos|Position}} ! Team ! {{tooltip|R|Record}} ! {{tooltip|MR|Map record}} ! {{tooltip|MD|Map differential}} ! {{tooltip|Pts|Points}} ! Qualification |- style="background:#cfc;" | 1 ||align=left|{{flagicon|Singapore}} Singapore ||'''2–0''' ||4–0 ||+4 ||6 ||| Advance to group stage |- | 2 ||align=left|{{flagicon|Malaysia}} Malaysia ||'''1–1''' ||2–2 ||0 ||3 || rowspan=2 | |- | 3 ||align=left|{{flagicon|Philippines}} Philippines ||'''0–2''' ||0–4 ||−4 ||0 |} {{Col-2-of-2}} {|class=wikitable style="text-align:center; width:90%" |+Group B |- ! {{tooltip|Pos|Position}} ! Team ! {{tooltip|R|Record}} ! {{tooltip|MR|Map record}} ! {{tooltip|MD|Map differential}} ! {{tooltip|Pts|Points}} ! Qualification |- style="background:#cfc;" | 1 ||align=left|{{flagicon|Thailand}} Thailand ||'''2–0''' ||4–0 ||+4 ||6 ||| Advance to group stage |- | 2 ||align=left|{{flagicon|Japan}} Japan ||'''1–1''' ||2–2 ||0 ||3 || rowspan=2 | |- | 3 ||align=left|{{flagicon|Hong Kong}} Hong Kong ||'''0–2''' ||0–4 ||−4 ||0 |} {{Col-end}}-->

{{col-begin}} {{col-1-of-4}} ;Invitation (6) * {{flagcountry|Australasia}} * {{flagcountry|BRA}} * {{flagcountry|CAN}} * {{flagcountry|CHN}} * {{flagcountry|KOR}} * {{flagcountry|USA}} {{col-2-of-4}} ;American Qualifier (1) * {{flagcountry|CHI}}

;Asia-Pacific (3) * {{flagcountry|TPE|variant=blizzard-esports}} * {{flagcountry|THA}} * {{flagcountry|SIN}} {{col-3-of-4}} ;European Qualifier (6) * {{flagcountry|GER}} * {{flagcountry|FIN}} * {{flagcountry|FRA}} * {{flagcountry|SWE}} * {{flagcountry|RUS}} * {{flagcountry|ESP}} {{col-4-of-4}} thumb|right|upright=1.5|{{legend|#2d2dff|Automatically qualified}} {{legend|#f7a637|Qualified}} {{legend|#717171|Did not qualify}} {{legend|#c0c0c0|Did not participate}} {{col-end}}

== 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.<ref name="Shack">{{cite news |last=Craddock |first=David |title=Overwatch World Cup coming to BlizzCon |date=August 4, 2016 |work=Shack News |url=https://www.shacknews.com/article/96165/overwatch-world-cup-coming-to-blizzcon |access-date=May 1, 2019}}</ref>

{{Columns-start}} {{Column}} === Group A === {|class=wikitable style="text-align:center;" |- ! {{tooltip|Pos|Position}} ! style="width:180px;" | Team ! style="width:25px;" | {{tooltip|W|Wins}} ! style="width:25px;" | {{tooltip|L|Losses}} ! style="width:25px;" | {{tooltip|MW|Maps won}} ! style="width:25px;" | {{tooltip|ML|Maps lost}} ! style="width:25px;" | {{tooltip|MD|Map differential}} ! Qualification |- style="background:#cfc;" | 1 ||align=left|{{flagicon|Spain}} Spain|| 3 || 0 || 6 || 2 || +4 || rowspan=2 | Advance to knockout stage |- style="background:#cfc;" | 2 ||align=left|{{flagicon|Sweden}} Sweden|| 2 || 1 || 5 || 2 || +3 |- | 3 ||align=left|{{flagicon|Canada}} Canada|| 1 || 2 || 3 || 4 || −1 || rowspan=2 | |- | 4 ||align=left|{{flagicon|Brazil}} Brazil|| 0 || 3 || 0 || 6 ||−6 |}

=== Group B === {|class=wikitable style="text-align:center;" |- ! {{tooltip|Pos|Position}} ! style="width:180px;" | Team ! style="width:25px;" | {{tooltip|W|Wins}} ! style="width:25px;" | {{tooltip|L|Losses}} ! style="width:25px;" | {{tooltip|MW|Maps won}} ! style="width:25px;" | {{tooltip|ML|Maps lost}} ! style="width:25px;" | {{tooltip|MD|Map differential}} ! Qualification |- style="background:#cfc;" | 1 ||align=left|{{flagicon|Russia}} Russia|| 3 || 0 || 6 || 1 || +5 ||rowspan=2 | Advance to knockout stage |- style="background:#cfc;" | 2 ||align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} United States|| 2 || 1 || 5 || 2 || +3 |- | 3 ||align=left|{{flagicon|Germany}} Germany|| 1 || 2 || 2 || 4 || −2 || rowspan=2 | |- | 4 ||align=left|{{flagicon|Chile}} Chile|| 0 || 3 || 0 || 6 ||−6 |} {{Column}} === Group C === {|class=wikitable style="text-align:center;" |- ! {{tooltip|Pos|Position}} ! style="width:180px;" | Team ! style="width:25px;" | {{tooltip|W|Wins}} ! style="width:25px;" | {{tooltip|L|Losses}} ! style="width:25px;" | {{tooltip|MW|Maps won}} ! style="width:25px;" | {{tooltip|ML|Maps lost}} ! style="width:25px;" | {{tooltip|MD|Map differential}} ! Qualification |- style="background:#cfc;" | 1 ||align=left|{{flagicon|South Korea}} South Korea|| 3 || 0 || 6 || 0 || +6 || rowspan=2 | Advance to knockout stage |- style="background:#cfc;" | 2 ||align=left|{{flagicon|Finland}} Finland|| 2 || 1 || 4 || 3 || +1 |- | 3 ||align=left|{{flagicon|Australia}} Australia|| 1 || 2 || 2 || 4 || −2 || rowspan=2 | |- | 4 ||align=left|{{flagicon|Chinese Taipei|variant=blizzard-esports}} Chinese Taipei|| 0 || 3 || 1 || 6 || −5 |}

=== Group D === {|class=wikitable style="text-align:center;" |- ! {{tooltip|Pos|Position}} ! style="width:180px;" | Team ! style="width:25px;" | {{tooltip|W|Wins}} ! style="width:25px;" | {{tooltip|L|Losses}} ! style="width:25px;" | {{tooltip|MW|Maps won}} ! style="width:25px;" | {{tooltip|ML|Maps lost}} ! style="width:25px;" | {{tooltip|MD|Map differential}} ! Qualification |- style="background:#cfc;" | 1 ||align=left|{{flagicon|France}} France|| 2 || 1 || 5 || 3 || +2 || rowspan=3 | Advance to tiebreakers |- style="background:#cfc;" | 1 ||align=left|{{flagicon|China}} China|| 2 || 1 || 5 || 3 || +2 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 1 ||align=left|{{flagicon|Thailand}} Thailand|| 2 || 1 || 5 || 3 || +2 |- | 4 ||align=left|{{flagicon|Singapore}} Singapore|| 0 || 3 || 0 || 6 || −6 || |} {{Columns-end}}

=== Tiebreakers === {|class=wikitable style="text-align:center;" |- ! {{tooltip|Pos|Position}} ! style="width:180px;" | Team ! style="width:25px;" | {{tooltip|W|Wins}} ! style="width:25px;" | {{tooltip|L|Losses}} ! style="width:25px;" | {{tooltip|MW|Maps won}} ! style="width:25px;" | {{tooltip|ML|Maps lost}} ! style="width:25px;" | {{tooltip|MD|Map differential}} ! Qualification |- style="background:#cfc;" | 1 ||align=left|{{flagicon|China}} China|| 2 || 0 || 2 || 0 || +2 || rowspan=2 | Advance to knockout stage |- style="background:#cfc;" | 2 ||align=left|{{flagicon|France}} France|| 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 0 |- | 3 ||align=left|{{flagicon|Thailand}} Thailand|| 0 || 2 || 0 || 2 || −2 || |}

== Knockout stage == === Bracket === {{8TeamBracket|seeds=no |team-width = 175 |bold_winner=high

| RD1-team1 = {{flagicon|South Korea}} South Korea | RD1-score1 = 2 | RD1-team2 = {{flagicon|USA}} United States | RD1-score2 = 0

| RD1-team3 = {{flagicon|China}} China | RD1-score3 = 0 | RD1-team4 = {{flagicon|Sweden}} Sweden | RD1-score4 = 2

| RD1-team5 = {{flagicon|Russia}} Russia | RD1-score5 = 2 | RD1-team6 = {{flagicon|France}} France | RD1-score6 = 1

| RD1-team7 = {{flagicon|Spain}} Spain | RD1-score7 = 1 | RD1-team8 = {{flagicon|Finland}} Finland | RD1-score8 = 2

| RD2-team1 = {{flagicon|South Korea}} South Korea | RD2-score1 = 2 | RD2-team2 = {{flagicon|Sweden}} Sweden | RD2-score2 = 0

| RD2-team3 = {{flagicon|Russia}} Russia | RD2-score3 = 2 | RD2-team4 = {{flagicon|Finland}} Finland | RD2-score4 = 0

| RD3-team1 = {{flagicon|South Korea}} South Korea | RD3-score1 = 4 | RD3-team2 = {{flagicon|Russia}} Russia | RD3-score2 = 0

| RD3-team3 = {{flagicon|Sweden}} Sweden | RD3-score3 = 2 | RD3-team4 = {{flagicon|Finland}} Finland | RD3-score4 = 1 }}

== Awards ==

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==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== *[https://playoverwatch.com/worldcup Overwatch World Cup] {{Overwatch League}}

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