Overwatch League

Overwatch League
Sport	Overwatch
Founded	2017
Inaugural season	2018
Commissioner	Pete Vlastelica
No. of teams	20
Most recent champion(s)	London Spitfire
Official website	overwatchleague.com

The Overwatch League is a professional Overwatch eSports league. Its inaugural season started in 2018. The league was announced during BlizzCon 2016. The regular season lasts 12 weeks and ends with a playoffs to decide the champions of the Overwatch League.

From August 1 to October 30, there was an official player signing window during which teams signed players to contracts. Top players have already been identified through a scouting report. Future seasons will not use this system. Players must be at least 18 years old to participate in the league.

All matches in Season 1 were played at an arena in Los Angeles while other locations prepare their venues. The total bonuses available for teams in Season 1 amounted to USD $3.5 million, with a minimum USD $1 million awarded to the Season 1 champion.

The preseason began on Wednesday, December 6, 2017 at Blizzard Arena Los Angeles with a series of exhibition matches. The inaugural season proper kicked off on Wednesday, January 10, 2018 and continued into June, followed by championship playoffs and finals in July.

Teams

Overwatch League features twenty teams, each of which represents a major world city. The teams are divided into two divisions, based on the geographical location of the represented city:

• Atlantic Division, covering teams based in Eastern North America and Europe
• Pacific Division, covering teams based in Western North America and Asia

	Team Name	City	Owner
Atlantic Division
	Atlanta Reign	Atlanta	Atlanta Esports Ventures (Cox Enterprises and Province Inc.)
	Boston Uprising	Boston	The Kraft Group
	Florida Mayhem	Miami–Orlando	Misfits Gaming
	Houston Outlaws	Houston	OpTic Gaming
	London Spitfire	London	Cloud9
	New York Excelsior	New York City	Sterling.VC
	Paris Eternal	Paris	DM eSports
	Philadelphia Fusion	Philadelphia	Comcast Spectacor
	Toronto Defiant	Toronto	OverActive Media
	Washington Justice	Washington, D.C.	Washington Esports Ventures
Pacific Division
	Chengdu Hunters	Chengdu	HUYA Inc.
	Dallas Fuel	Dallas	Team Envy Hersh Interactive
	Guangzhou Charge	Guangzhou	Nenking Group
	Hangzhou Spark	Hangzhou	Bilibili
	Los Angeles Gladiators	Los Angeles	Kroenke Sports & Entertainment
	Los Angeles Valiant	Los Angeles	Immortals
	San Francisco Shock	San Francisco	NRG eSports
	Seoul Dynasty	Seoul	Generation Gaming (formerly known as KSV eSports)
	Shanghai Dragons	Shanghai	NetEase
	Vancouver Titans	Vancouver	Canucks Sports & Entertainment

Each team may have between 8 and 12 players. Every year, each team may host up to five amateur events in their home territory.

In-game items

Overwatch players are able to support their favorite Overwatch League teams with a number of in-game items, such as hero skins showcased below.

Mei's Shanghai Dragons skin

Genji's Dallas Fuel skin

Doomfist's San Francisco Shock skin

Mercy's Los Angeles Valiant skin

Soldier: 76's Boston Uprising skin

D.Va's Seoul Dynasty skin

Lúcio's New York Excelsior skin

McCree's Houston Outlaws skin

Tracer's London Spitfire skin

Winston's Philadelphia Fusion skin

Junkrat's Florida Mayhem skin

Reinhardt's Los Angeles Gladiators skin

Zarya and Lúcio's Atlanta Reign skin

Zenyatta and Sombra's Toronto Defiant skin

Doomfist and Widowmaker's Paris Eternal skin

Moira and Hanzo's Guangzhou Charge skin

Genji and Tracer's Chengdu Hunters skin

Reaper and Winston's Hangzhou Spark skin

Junkrat and Ana's Vancouver Titans skin

Symmetra and Soldier: 76's Washington Justice skin

These skins are purchasable with a premium currency called League Token (only available in select countries), which are earned by watching the Overwatch League livestreams on the official website or Twitch. Each skin costs 100 League Tokens.

Past Seasons

Further information: Overwatch League/Inaugural Season

Standing (2018 Season)

Overall

Position	Team	Played	Won	Lost	Map W-L-T	MD
1	New York Excelsior	40	34	6	126-43-4	+83
2	Los Angeles Valiant	40	27	13	100-64-7	+36
3	Boston Uprising	40	26	14	99-71-3	+28
4	Los Angeles Gladiators	40	25	15	96-72-3	+24
5	London Spitfire	40	24	16	102-69-3	+33
6	Philadelphia Fusion	40	24	16	93-80-2	+13
7	Houston Outlaws	40	22	18	94-77-2	+17
8	Seoul Dynasty	40	22	18	91-78-3	+13
9	San Francisco Shock	40	17	23	77-84-5	-7
10	Dallas Fuel	40	12	28	58-100-7	-42
11	Florida Mayhem	40	7	33	42-120-5	-78
12	Shanghai Dragons	40	0	40	21-141-2	-120

Stage 1

Position	Team	Played	Won	Lost	Map W-L-T	MD
1	New York Excelsior	10	9	1	31–10-2	+21
2	Houston Outlaws	10	7	3	30–13-0	+17
3	London Spitfire	10	7	3	29–14-0	+15
4	Los Angeles Valiant	10	7	3	26–13-3	+13
5	Seoul Dynasty	10	7	3	25–16-2	+9
6	Boston Uprising	10	6	4	27–17-0	+10
7	Philadelphia Fusion	10	6	4	20–24-1	–4
8	Los Angeles Gladiators	10	4	6	16–26-0	–10
9	San Francisco Shock	10	3	7	16–24-2	–8
10	Dallas Fuel	10	3	7	14–25-3	–11
11	Florida Mayhem	10	1	9	9–31-1	–22
12	Shanghai Dragons	10	0	10	6–36-0	–30

Playoffs	Match
Semi-Final	London Spitfire	3-1	Houston Outlaws
Final	London Spitfire	3-2	New York Excelsior

Stage 2

Position	Team	Played	Won	Lost	Map W-L-T	MD
1	New York Excelsior	10	9	1	34-9-0	+25
2	London Spitfire	10	8	2	31-11-0	+20
3	Philadelphia Fusion	10	7	3	27-15-0	+12
4	Seoul Dynasty	10	7	3	25-16-0	+9
5	Los Angeles Gladiators	10	6	4	25-16-1	+9
6	Boston Uprising	10	6	4	21-22-0	-1
7	Houston Outlaws	10	5	5	22-22-0	+0
8	Los Angeles Valiant	10	4	6	18-23-1	-5
9	San Francisco Shock	10	3	7	17-24-1	-7
10	Florida Mayhem	10	3	7	15-27-1	-12
11	Dallas Fuel	10	2	8	13-28-1	-15
12	Shanghai Dragons	10	0	10	2-37-1	-35

Playoffs	Match
Semi-Final	Philadelphia Fusion	3-2	London Spitfire
Final	Philadelphia Fusion	2-3	New York Excelsior

Stage 3

Position	Team	Played	Won	Lost	Map W-L-T	MD
1	Boston Uprising	10	10	0	31-13-1	+18
2	New York Excelsior	10	9	1	33-11-0	+22
3	Los Angeles Valiant	10	7	3	28-15-1	+13
4	Los Angeles Gladiators	10	6	4	25-19-1	+6
5	San Francisco Shock	10	6	4	21-20-0	+1
6	London Spitfire	10	5	5	24-21-1	+3
7	Philadelphia Fusion	10	5	5	24-23-0	+1
8	Seoul Dynasty	10	5	5	22-21-1	+1
9	Houston Outlaws	10	4	6	20-24-1	-4
10	Florida Mayhem	10	2	8	11-28-2	-17
11	Dallas Fuel	10	1	9	9-30-2	-21
12	Shanghai Dragons	10	0	10	9-32-0	-23

Playoffs	Match
Semi-Finals	Los Angeles Gladiators	0-3	Boston Uprising
Semi-Finals	Los Angeles Valiant	0-3	New York Excelsior
Final	New York Excelsior	3-0	Boston Uprising

Stage 4

Position	Team	Played	Won	Lost	Map W-L-T	MD
1	Los Angeles Gladiators	10	9	1	30-11-1	+19
2	Los Angeles Valiant	10	9	1	28-13-2	+15
3	New York Excelsior	10	7	3	28-13-2	+15
4	Dallas Fuel	10	6	4	22-17-1	+5
5	Houston Outlaws	10	6	4	22-18-1	+4
6	Philadelphia Fusion	10	6	4	22-18-1	+4
7	San Francisco Shock	10	5	5	23-16-2	+7
8	Boston Uprising	10	4	6	20-19-2	+1
9	London Spitfire	10	4	6	18-23-2	-5
10	Seoul Dynasty	10	3	7	19-25-0	-6
11	Florida Mayhem	10	1	9	7-34-1	-27
12	Shanghai Dragons	10	0	10	4-36-1	-32

Playoffs	Match
Semi-Finals	Los Angeles Valiant	3-2	Los Angeles Gladiators
Semi-Finals	Dallas Fuel	2-3	New York Excelsior
Final	New York Excelsior	1-3	Los Angeles Valiant

Postseason

Playoffs	Series			Match Wins
Quarterfinals	Philadelphia Fusion	2-1	Boston Uprising	Match 1: Fusion 3-1 Match 2: Uprising 3-1 Match 3: Fusion 3-1
Quarterfinals	London Spitfire	2-1	Los Angeles Gladiators	Match 1: Gladiators 3-0 Match 2: Spitfire 3-0 Match 3: Spitfire 3-0
Semifinals	London Spitfire	2-0	Los Angeles Valiant	Match 1: Spitfire 3-1 Match 2: Spitfire 3-0
Semifinals	Philadelphia Fusion	2-0	New York Excelsior	Match 1: Fusion 3-0 Match 2: Fusion 3-2
Grand Final	Philadelphia Fusion	0-2	London Spitfire	Match 1: Spitfire 3-1 Match 2: Spitfire 3-0

External links

The Overwatch League (US)