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Overwatch Contenders 2018 Season 1: Korea

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[e][h]Overwatch Contenders 2018 Season 1: Korea
League Information
Series:
Organizer:
Type:
Offline
Location:
South Korea Seoul
Venue:
Olympic Park K-Art Hall
Format:
Trials (Promotion)
Season (Group Stage)
Playoffs
Prize Pool:
$185,040 USD
Start Date:
2018-03-19
End Date:
2018-05-12
Teams:
12
Liquipedia Tier:
Blizzard Tier:
Links
Chronology

Information[edit]

Format[edit]

Map Pool[edit]

Regular Season
Map Rotation Available Maps For Season 1
Control Hybrid Assault Escort
1st set Control map

Nepal

Lijiang Tower

Oasis

Ilios

Numbani

Hollywood

Eichenwalde

King's Row

Volskaya Industries

Temple of Anubis

Hanamura

Horizon Lunar Colony

Route 66

Dorado

Junkertown

Watchpoint: Gibraltar

2nd set Hybrid map
3rd set Assault map
4th set Escort map
Tiebreaker Bo3 Match on Oasis

Broadcast Talent[edit]

Korean Broadcast[edit]

English Broadcast[edit]

Prize Pool[edit]

$185,040 is spread among the teams as seen below:

Playoff prize money
Place Prize
1st $ 30,000
2nd $ 12,450
3rd - 4th $ 7,575
5th - 8th $ 4,350
Group Stage winnings
Team Maps Winnings
W D L
Element MysticElement Mystic Element Mystic 18 0 2 $11,226
RunAwayRunAway RunAway 17 0 3 $10,969
SevenSeven Seven 15 0 5 $10,455
X6-GamingX6-Gaming X6-Gaming 14 0 6 $10,198
Meta BellumMeta Bellum Meta Bellum 11 0 9 $9,427
O2 ArdeontO2 Ardeont O2 Ardeont 10 0 10 $9,170
FoxesFoxes Foxes 9 0 11 $8,913
Team KongDoo PantheraTeam KongDoo Panthera Team KongDoo Panthera 8 0 12 $8,656
MVP SpaceMVP Space MVP Space 7 0 13 $8,399
BlossoMBlossoM BlossoM 5 0 15 $7,885
Meta AthenaMeta Athena Meta Athena 4 0 16 $7,628
WGS Laurels NineWGS Laurels Nine WGS Laurels Nine 2 0 18 $7,114


  • In addition to the Playoff prize money, teams will receive $587 USD for each Map win, $330 USD for each Map loss and $458.50 USD for each Map draw during the Regular Season. Tiebreaker maps do not award any prize money.

Participants[edit]

For News and Roster Changes Click here.

1 Formerly GC Busan.
2 Formerly RX Foxes and before that Nc Foxes.
3 Formerly LW Red.
4 Lunatic-Hai disband.[1]
5 Element Mystic announce they have acquired Lunatic-Hai's spot in Contenders.[2]
6 Ardeont have announced that they are playing in Contenders Korea, will replace CONBOX.[3]
7 Ardeont have joined with O2 Blast to form O2 Ardeont.[4]
8 BlossoM released South Korea Dream because of boosting.[5]
9 WGS Red rename to WGS Laurels Nine.
10 South Korea Architect leaves X6-Gaming to join the San Francisco Shock.[6]
11 South Korea Void leaves Team KongDoo Panthera to join the Los Angeles Gladiators.[7][8]
12 South Korea JINI joins WGS Laurels Nine.
13 South Korea Shubil transfers from Seven to Team KongDoo Panthera.[9]
14 South Korea Pumple joins Foxes.[10]
15 South Korea ChoiHyoBin leaves X6-Gaming to join the San Francisco Shock.[11]
16 South Korea Arrow transfers from Bon's Spirit Gaming to WGS Laurels Nine.[12]
17 South Korea ChoiSehwan joins Team KongDoo Panthera.[13]
18 South Korea AimGod leaves Meta Bellum to join the Boston Uprising. The player was signed on April 3, 2018.[14]
19 South Korea Agape leaves the coaching staff of BlossoM to join the London Spitfire.[15]
20 South Korea Need leaves Foxes to join the Los Angeles Valiant and renames to South Korea Izayaki.[16]
21 South Korea Vol'Jin leaves the coaching staff of The Meta Gaming to join the Dallas Fuel.[17]
22 South Korea Isolet leaves the coaching staff of O2 Ardeont[18]
23 South Korea Gon leaves the coaching staff of O2 Ardeont

Results[edit]

Standings

Group A
1. Element MysticElement Mystic Element Mystic 5-0 18-2 +16
2. X6-GamingX6-Gaming X6-Gaming 4-1 14-6 +8
3. Meta BellumMeta Bellum Meta Bellum 3-2 11-9 +2
4. Team KongDoo PantheraTeam KongDoo Panthera Team KongDoo Panthera 2-3 8-12 -4
5. BlossoMBlossoM BlossoM 1-4 5-15 -10
6. Meta AthenaMeta Athena Meta Athena 0-5 4-16 -12
Group B
1. RunAwayRunAway RunAway 4-1 17-3 +14
2. SevenSeven Seven 4-1 15-5 +10
3. FoxesFoxes Foxes 3-2 9-11 -2
4. O2 ArdeontO2 Ardeont O2 Ardeont 2-3 10-10 0
5. MVP SpaceMVP Space MVP Space 2-3 7-13 -6
6. WGS Laurels NineWGS Laurels Nine WGS Laurels Nine 0-5 2-18 -16
See all Regular Season match results here

Match Overview

Show DuplicatesHide Duplicates
BlossoMBlossoM0-4
Apr 09
3-1
Mar 19
1-3
Mar 26
0-4
Apr 16
1-3
Apr 02
Element MysticElement Mystic4-0
Apr 09
4-0
Apr 17
3-1
Apr 03
3-1
Mar 28
4-0
Mar 21
Meta AthenaMeta Athena1-3
Mar 19
0-4
Apr 17
1-3
Apr 11
2-3
Apr 04
0-4
Mar 27
Meta BellumMeta Bellum3-1
Mar 26
1-3
Apr 03
3-1
Apr 11
3-1
Mar 20
1-3
Apr 18
Team KongDoo PantheraTeam KongDoo Panthera4-0
Apr 16
1-3
Mar 28
3-2
Apr 04
1-3
Mar 20
0-4
Apr 10
X6-GamingX6-Gaming3-1
Apr 02
0-4
Mar 21
4-0
Mar 27
3-1
Apr 18
4-0
Apr 10
BlossoMBlossoMElement MysticElement MysticMeta AthenaMeta AthenaMeta BellumMeta BellumTeam KongDoo PantheraTeam KongDoo PantheraX6-GamingX6-Gaming
Show DuplicatesHide Duplicates
FoxesFoxes3-1
Apr 04
3-2
Apr 10
0-4
Apr 16
0-4
Mar 20
4-0
Mar 28
MVP SpaceMVP Space1-3
Apr 04
1-3
Mar 27
0-4
Mar 19
3-1
Apr 11
3-2
Apr 17
O2 ArdeontO2 Ardeont2-3
Apr 10
3-1
Mar 27
1-3
Apr 02
0-4
Apr 18
4-0
Mar 21
RunAwayRunAway4-0
Apr 16
4-0
Mar 19
3-1
Apr 02
2-3
Mar 26
4-0
Apr 09
SevenSeven4-0
Mar 20
1-3
Apr 11
4-0
Apr 18
3-2
Mar 26
4-0
Apr 03
WGS Laurels NineWGS Laurels Nine0-4
Mar 28
2-3
Apr 17
0-4
Mar 21
0-4
Apr 09
0-4
Apr 03
FoxesFoxesMVP SpaceMVP SpaceO2 ArdeontO2 ArdeontRunAwayRunAwaySevenSevenWGS Laurels NineWGS Laurels Nine

Playoffs[edit]

Playoffs Results[edit]

Quarterfinals (Bo5)
Semifinals (Bo5)
Grand Finals (Bo7)
Element MysticElement MysticEM
2
O2 ArdeontO2 ArdeontO2 ArT
3
SevenSevenSeven
2
Meta BellumMeta BellumMeta.B
3
O2 ArdeontO2 ArdeontO2 ArT
3
Meta BellumMeta BellumMeta.B
1
April 22, 2018 - 16:00 KST
FoxesFoxesFoxes
0
X6-GamingX6-GamingX6
3
April 20, 2018 - 20:00 KST
Team KongDoo PantheraTeam KongDoo PantheraKDP
2
RunAwayRunAwayRA
3
April 21, 2018 - 16:00 KST
X6-GamingX6-GamingX6
3
RunAwayRunAwayRA
1
O2 ArdeontO2 ArdeontO2 ArT
0
X6-GamingX6-GamingX6
4
May 12, 2018 - 14:00 KST


Additional Data[edit]

Maps Played[edit]

Overwatch Contenders Contenders 2018 Season 1 - South Korea Korea Map Stats (Regular Season) Overwatch Contenders
Map Type Map #NM
Assault Hanamura 13
Horizon Lunar Colony 4
Temple of Anubis 6
Volskaya Industries 7
Control Ilios 7
Lijiang Tower 5
Nepal 10
Oasis 9
Escort Dorado 10
Junkertown 13
Route 66 4
Watchpoint: Gibraltar 3
Hybrid Eichenwalde 4
Hollywood 12
King's Row 4
Numbani 11
Tiebreaker Oasis 4
For all available maps click here

Country Representation[edit]


Additional Content[edit]

Streams[edit]

Language English Speaking South Korea
Stream

Videos[edit]

Interviews[edit]

External Links[edit]

References[edit]

  1. Lunatic-Hai (2018-01-19). "Lunatic-Hai announces its disband".
  2. Element Mystic (2018-01-23). "Element Mystic announce they have acquired Lunatic-Hai's spot in Contenders.".
  3. Ardeont back to Korea for Contenders.
  4. O2 Ardeont roster
  5. BlossoM (2018-02-19). "Dream is released".
  6. "The San Francisco Shock are excited to announce the signing of two incredible players.". San Francisco Shock. 2018-03-13.
  7. "Kongdoo Panthera's sub-tank Void has transferred to LA Gladiators.". Team KongDoo. 2018-03-26.
  8. "GLADIATORS SIGN FISSURE’S EX-TEAMMATE & ZARYA/D.VA SPECIALIST VOID". Los Angeles Gladiators. 2018-04-02.
  9. "Shubil came in as the new player for the KONGDOO PANTHERA." (in South Korea Korean). Team KongDoo. 2018-04-02.
  10. "Pumple 선수가 Toronto Esports에서 폭시즈 프로게임단으로 영입되었습니다. " [Pumple has been transferred from Toronto Esports as a new player of Foxes!] (in South Korea Korean). Foxes. 2018-04-02.
  11. "The SF Shock are excited to welcome Choi Hyo Bin!". San Francisco Shock. 2018-04-05.
  12. "Arrow transfers to WGS Laurels Nine" (in South Korea Korean). Bon's Spirit Gaming. 2018-04-08.
  13. "ChoiSehwan joins Kongdoo Panthera". Team KongDoo. 2018-04-09.
  14. "Boston Uprising Sign Min-Seok “AimGod” Kwon". Boston Uprising. 2018-04-10.
  15. Ben Woodward (2018-04-13). "London Spitfire welcome back Agape". London Spitfire.
  16. "LA Valiant Acquires 12th Player Izayaki from NC Foxes". Los Angeles Valiant. 2018-04-13.
  17. "Dallas Fuel Coaching Staff and Roster Changes". Dallas Fuel. 2018-04-16.
  18. "Isolet leaves O2 Ardeont". O2 Ardeont. 2018-04-14.