Overwatch League

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Organizer:

Blizzard Entertainment

Location:

World

Start Date:

2018-01-10

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Overwatch League (OWL) is the premier professional esports league for Overwatch, organized by Blizzard Entertainment. The league is touted as the first "truly global professional esports league,"^[1] featuring franchised teams representing cities across North America, Europe, and Asia.

The league began with 12 teams for its inaugural season, which started on January 10, 2018, and expanded to 20 teams for the 2019 season.

History[edit]

See History of the Overwatch League.

Teams[edit]

Current[edit]

City	Team Name	Owner	First Season
East
Guangzhou	Guangzhou Charge	Nenking Group	2019
Hangzhou	Hangzhou Spark	Bilibili	2019
Seoul	Seoul Dynasty	Gen.G esports	2018
Seoul	Seoul Infernal	Comcast Spectacor	2018
Shanghai	Shanghai Dragons	NetEase	2018
West
Atlanta	Atlanta Reign	Cox Enterprises	2019
Boston	Boston Uprising	Kraft Sports Group	2018
Dallas	Dallas Fuel	Team Envy	2018
Miami/Orlando	Florida Mayhem	Misfits Gaming	2018
Houston	Houston Outlaws	Beasley Broadcast Group	2018
London	London Spitfire	Cloud9	2018
Los Angeles	Los Angeles Gladiators	Kroenke Sports & Entertainment	2018
Los Angeles	Los Angeles Valiant	Immortals	2018
New York	New York Excelsior	Jeff Wilpon	2018
San Francisco	San Francisco Shock	NRG Esports	2018
Toronto	Toronto Defiant	OverActive Media	2019
Vancouver	Vancouver Titans	Canucks Sports & Entertainment	2019
Las Vegas	Vegas Eternal	DM-Esports	2019
Washington	Washington Justice	Washington Esports Ventures	2019

Inactive[edit]

City	Team Name	Owner	First Season	Inactive Since
Chengdu	Chengdu Hunters	HUYA	2019	2023

Former Brands[edit]

City	Team Name	First Season	Last Season	New Brand
Paris	Paris Eternal	2019	2022	Vegas Eternal
Philadelphia	Philadelphia Fusion	2018	2022	Seoul Infernal

Homestand History[edit]

Team	Venue	Capacity	Season	Event
Atlanta Reign	Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre, Atlanta, Georgia	2,750	2019	Stage 3 Week 5
Dallas Fuel	Allen Event Center, Allen, Texas	8,000	2019	Stage 2 Week 4
	Esports Stadium Arlington, Arlington, Texas	2,200	2020	Week 1
			2022	Kickoff Clash
			2022	Countdown Cup Qualifiers Week 23
Hangzhou Spark	Hangzhou Future Sci-Tech City Academic Exchange Center, Hangzhou, Zhejiang	Unknown	2021	June Joust Qualifiers Week 8
Hangzhou Spark		Unknown	2021	June Joust Knockouts
Houston Outlaws	Revention Music Center, Houston, Texas	2,400	2020	Week 4
Houston Outlaws	Tech Port Arena, San Antonio, Texas	3,100	2022	Kickoff Clash Qualifiers Week 1
Los Angeles Valiant	The Novo by Microsoft at LA Live, Los Angeles, California	2,400	2019	Stage 4 Week 5
New York Excelsior	Hammerstein Ballroom, Manhattan Center, Manhattan, New York, New York	2,200	2020	Week 1
Seoul Infernal Note	The Met, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	3,500	2020	Week 2
Shanghai Dragons	Jing'an New Sports Center, Jing'an District, Shanghai	5,600	2021	Summer Showdown Qualifiers Week 13
Shanghai Dragons	Jing'an New Sports Center, Jing'an District, Shanghai	5,600	2021	Summer Showdown Knockouts
Toronto Defiant	Mattamy Athletic Centre, Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario	3,850	2022	Summer Showdown
Washington Justice	The Anthem, Washington, DC	3,000	2020	Week 3

Seasons[edit]

Season	Date	Prize Pool	Champion	Runner-Up	Regular Season Winner
2018	2018-01-10 - 2018-07-28	$3,500,000	London Spitfire	Philadelphia Fusion	New York Excelsior
2019	2019-02-14 - 2019-09-29	$5,000,000	San Francisco Shock	Vancouver Titans	Vancouver Titans
2020	2020-02-08 - 2020-10-10	$4,775,000	San Francisco Shock	Seoul Dynasty	Shanghai Dragons
2021	2021-04-16 - 2020-09-25	$4,100,000	Shanghai Dragons	Atlanta Reign	Shanghai Dragons
2022	2022-05-05 - 2022-11-04	$4,210,000	Dallas Fuel	San Francisco Shock	Dallas Fuel

All Tournaments[edit]

All Overwatch League Tournaments
G & S Tournament Date Prize Location P# Winner Runner-up Overwatch League 2023 - Midseason Madness Jun 16 - 18, 2023 $900,000 Goyang, South Korea 6 teams TBD TBD Overwatch League 2023 - Spring Stage Knockouts May 20 - Jun 4, 2023 Online, North America 20 teams TBD TBD Overwatch League 2023 - Spring Stage Qualifiers Apr 27 - May 28, 2023 Seoul, South Korea 19 teams ATL GZC HOU INF Overwatch League 2023 - Spring Stage Opens Apr 24 - May 2, 2023 $15,000 Online, Asia 12 teams O2B PF Overwatch League 2023 - Pro-Am Mar 23 - Apr 9, 2023 $100,000 Online, North America 20 teams FLA GLA Overwatch League - 2022 May 5 - Nov 4, 2022 Offline/Online, World 20 teams Overwatch League 2022 - Playoffs Oct 30 - Nov 4, 2022 $2,550,000 Anaheim, United States 12 teams DAL SFS Overwatch League 2022 - Countdown Cup Oct 15 - 22, 2022 Online, World 7 teams FLA HZS CDH TOR Overwatch League 2022 - Regular Season May 5 - Oct 16, 2022 Online/Offline, World 20 teams DAL SFS Overwatch League 2022 - Summer Showdown Sep 8 - 11, 2022 $330,000 Toronto, Canada 12 teams DAL SHD SFS SEO Overwatch League 2022 - Midseason Madness Jul 18 - 23, 2022 $1,000,000 Honolulu, United States 12 teams GLA SFS Overwatch League 2022 - Kickoff Clash Jun 2 - 5, 2022 $330,000 Arlington, United States 12 teams GLA SEO DAL PHI Overwatch League 2021 - Playoffs Sep 21 - 25, 2021 $3,200,000 Online, World 8 teams SHD ATL Overwatch League 2021 Grand Finals Overwatch 2 Showmatch Sep 25, 2021 Online, United States 2 teams Overwatch League 2021 - Play-in Sep 4 - 5, 2021 Online, World 9 teams PHI SFS WAS SEO Overwatch League 2021 - Countdown Cup Aug 15 - 22, 2021 $225,000 Online, World 10 teams GLA CDH Overwatch League 2021 - Regular Season Apr 16 - Aug 22, 2021 $900,000 Offline/Online, World 20 teams SHD DAL Overwatch League 2021 - Talent Takedown Aug 21, 2021 $75,000 Online, North America 2 teams Overwatch League 2021 - Summer Showdown Jul 11 - 18, 2021 $225,000 Online/Offline, World 10 teams SHD CDH Overwatch League 2021 - June Joust Jun 6 - 13, 2021 $225,000 Online/Offline, World 10 teams SHD DAL Overwatch League 2021 - $15,000 Widowmaker 1v1 Jun 12, 2021 $15,000 Online, World 4 teams Gwangboong LIP Overwatch League 2021 - Jousting 2v2 Jun 10, 2021 $2,500 Online, Asia 2 teams Overwatch League 2021 - Chinese All-Star Showmatch Jun 6, 2021 Hangzhou, China 2 teams Overwatch League 2021 - May Melee May 2 - 9, 2021 $225,000 Online, World 10 teams DAL SHD Overwatch League 2020 - Playoffs - Grand Finals Oct 8 - 10, 2020 $3,050,000 Online, World 4 teams SFS SEO Overwatch League - 2020 All-Stars Sep 26 - Oct 3, 2020 $225,000 Online, World 88 teams JJoNak Sp9rk1e Rascal diem LiNkzr guxue Highly Profit Haksal ANS SoOn Gesture Overwatch League 2020 - Asia Playoffs Sep 4 - 13, 2020 $325,000 Online, Asia 7 teams SHD SEO Overwatch League 2020 - North America Playoffs Sep 3 - 13, 2020 $625,000 Online, North America 13 teams SFS PHI Overwatch League - 2020 Regular Season Feb 8 - Aug 23, 2020 Offline/Online, World 20 teams SHD PHI Overwatch League 2020 - Countdown Cup Aug 2 - 9, 2020 $275,000 Online, World 20 teams SFS SHD HZS PHI Overwatch League 2020 - Summer Showdown Jun 28 - Jul 5, 2020 $275,000 Online, World 20 teams GZC PAR PHI SHD Overwatch League 2020 - May Melee May 22 - 24, 2020 $225,000 Online, World 20 teams SFS SHD FLA SEO Overwatch League 2019 - Playoffs Aug 30 - Sep 29, 2019 $3,500,000 Los Angeles, United States 12 teams SFS VAN Overwatch League 2019 - Regular Season Feb 14 - Aug 25, 2019 $1,500,000 Los Angeles, United States 20 teams VAN SFS Overwatch League - 2019 All-Stars May 15 - 16, 2019 Los Angeles, United States 50 teams diem Nenne Overwatch League 2019 Season - Community Countdown Feb 9 - 13, 2019 Los Angeles, United States 20 teams Overwatch League - Inaugural All-Star Weekend Aug 25 - 26, 2018 Los Angeles, United States 49 teams Surefour Carpe Overwatch League - Inaugural Season Dec 6 - Jul 28, 2018 Los Angeles, United States 12 teams Overwatch League - Inaugural Season Playoffs Jul 11 - 28, 2018 $1,700,000 Los Angeles, United States 6 teams LDN PHI Overwatch League - Inaugural Regular Season Jan 10 - Jun 17, 2018 $1,800,000 Los Angeles, United States 12 teams NYE VAL Overwatch League - Inaugural Preseason Dec 6 - 9, 2017 Los Angeles, United States 12 teams SEO DAL VAL

Awards[edit]

Award	Season	Winner	Team
Regular Season MVP¹	2018	JJoNak	New York Excelsior
	2019	sinatraa	San Francisco Shock
	2020	Fleta	Shanghai Dragons
	2021	Leave	Chengdu Hunters
	2022	Proper	San Francisco Shock
Grand Finals MVP²	2018	Profit	London Spitfire
	2019	ChoiHyoBin	San Francisco Shock
	2020	Striker	San Francisco Shock
	2021	LIP	Shanghai Dragons
	2022	Fearless	Dallas Fuel
Dennis Hawelka Award	2018	Mickie	Dallas Fuel
	2019	Custa	Los Angeles Valiant
	2020	McGravy	Los Angeles Valiant
	2021	Sp9rk1e	Dallas Fuel
	2022	Hadi	London Spitfire
Alarm Rookie of the Year Award³	2018	Not awarded
	2019	Haksal	Vancouver Titans
	2020	Alarm	Philadelphia Fusion
	2021	Pelican	Atlanta Reign
	2022	Proper	San Francisco Shock
Coach of the Year	2018	Not awarded
	2019	Not awarded
	2020	Moon	Shanghai Dragons
	2021	Rush	Dallas Fuel
	2022	ChrisTFer	London Spitfire

¹The award was called T-Mobile MVP in 2018 and T-Mobile Regular Season MVP in 2019.
²The award was called T-Mobile Playoffs MVP in 2018, T-Mobile Grand Finals MVP in 2019, and Playoffs MVP in 2020.
³The award was called Rookie of the Year from 2019 to 2021.

All-Time OWL Standings[edit]

All-Time OWL Standings Current Season 1 Season 2 Season 3 Season 4 Season 5 Current
1.	New York Excelsior	34-6	.850	126-43	+83
2.	Los Angeles Valiant	27-13	.675	100-64	+36
3.	Boston Uprising	26-14	.650	99-71	+28
4.	Los Angeles Gladiators	25-15	.625	96-72	+24
5.	London Spitfire	24-16	.600	102-69	+33
6.	Seoul Infernal	24-16	.600	93-80	+13
7.	Houston Outlaws	22-18	.550	94-77	+17
8.	Seoul Dynasty	22-18	.550	91-78	+13
	Atlanta Reign	0-0	.500	0-0	0
	Chengdu Hunters	0-0	.500	0-0	0
	Guangzhou Charge	0-0	.500	0-0	0
	Hangzhou Spark	0-0	.500	0-0	0
	Toronto Defiant	0-0	.500	0-0	0
	Vancouver Titans	0-0	.500	0-0	0
	Vegas Eternal	0-0	.500	0-0	0
	Washington Justice	0-0	.500	0-0	0
17.	San Francisco Shock	17-23	.425	77-84	-7
18.	Dallas Fuel	12-28	.300	58-100	-42
19.	Florida Mayhem	7-33	.175	42-120	-78
20.	Shanghai Dragons	0-40	.000	21-141	-120
1.	Vancouver Titans	25-3	.893	89-28	+61
2.	New York Excelsior▼1	56-12	.824	204-81	+123
3.	Hangzhou Spark	18-10	.643	64-52	+12
4.	Los Angeles Gladiators	42-26	.618	163-120	+43
5.	San Francisco Shock▲12	40-28	.588	169-110	+59
6.	London Spitfire▼1	40-28	.588	160-121	+39
7.	Los Angeles Valiant▼5	39-29	.574	156-125	+31
8.	Seoul Infernal▼2	39-29	.574	150-140	+10
9.	Atlanta Reign	16-12	.571	69-50	+19
10.	Seoul Dynasty▼2	37-31	.544	155-128	+27
11.	Guangzhou Charge	15-13	.536	61-57	+4
12.	Boston Uprising▼9	34-34	.500	140-149	-9
13.	Chengdu Hunters	13-15	.464	55-66	-11
14.	Houston Outlaws▼7	31-37	.456	141-146	-5
15.	Vegas Eternal	11-17	.393	46-67	-21
16.	Dallas Fuel▲2	22-46	.324	101-170	-69
17.	Toronto Defiant	8-20	.286	39-72	-33
17.	Washington Justice	8-20	.286	39-72	-33
19.	Florida Mayhem	13-55	.191	78-195	-117
20.	Shanghai Dragons	13-55	.191	72-202	-130
1.	New York Excelsior▲1	69-20	.775	254-111	+143
2.	San Francisco Shock▲3	58-31	.652	225-127	+98
3.	Seoul Infernal▲5	58-31	.652	209-159	+50
4.	Vancouver Titans▼3	31-18	.633	112-76	+36
5.	Los Angeles Gladiators▼1	53-36	.596	206-159	+47
6.	Guangzhou Charge▲5	29-20	.592	105-96	+9
7.	Hangzhou Spark▼4	28-21	.571	100-92	+8
8.	Los Angeles Valiant▼1	50-39	.562	197-166	+31
9.	Atlanta Reign	26-23	.531	112-85	+27
10.	Vegas Eternal▲5	26-23	.531	96-98	-2
11.	Seoul Dynasty▼1	46-43	.517	188-168	+20
12.	London Spitfire▼6	46-43	.517	187-172	+15
13.	Houston Outlaws▲1	37-52	.416	173-196	-23
14.	Chengdu Hunters▼1	20-29	.408	88-113	-25
15.	Boston Uprising▼3	36-53	.404	154-210	-56
16.	Shanghai Dragons▲4	32-57	.360	131-217	-86
17.	Dallas Fuel▼1	31-58	.348	136-214	-78
18.	Toronto Defiant▼1	15-34	.306	71-120	-49
19.	Florida Mayhem	27-62	.303	126-225	-99
20.	Washington Justice▼3	12-37	.245	60-126	-66
1.	New York Excelsior	76-29	.724	283-143	+140
2.	San Francisco Shock	70-35	.667	268-151	+117
3.	Seoul Infernal	68-37	.648	246-183	+63
4.	Los Angeles Gladiators▲1	64-41	.610	247-180	+67
5.	Atlanta Reign▲4	37-28	.569	153-106	+47
6.	Seoul Dynasty▲5	58-47	.552	228-190	+38
7.	Hangzhou Spark	35-30	.538	132-123	+9
8.	Vegas Eternal▲2	34-31	.523	128-130	-2
9.	Guangzhou Charge▼3	34-31	.523	125-134	-9
10.	Vancouver Titans▼6	32-33	.492	122-121	+1
11.	Chengdu Hunters▲3	31-34	.477	126-135	-9
12.	Los Angeles Valiant▼4	50-55	.476	199-214	-15
13.	Houston Outlaws	48-57	.457	207-220	-13
14.	London Spitfire▼2	47-58	.448	199-219	-20
15.	Shanghai Dragons▲1	44-61	.419	169-236	-67
16.	Boston Uprising▼1	43-62	.410	181-241	-60
17.	Dallas Fuel	42-63	.400	176-240	-64
18.	Toronto Defiant	24-41	.369	102-151	-49
19.	Washington Justice▲1	21-44	.323	89-152	-63
20.	Florida Mayhem▼1	32-73	.305	152-263	-111
1.	San Francisco Shock▲1	82-35	.701	304-159	+145
2.	New York Excelsior▼1	77-39	.664	296-174	+122
3.	Los Angeles Gladiators▲1	73-43	.629	278-192	+86
4.	Seoul Infernal▼1	73-43	.629	267-205	+62
5.	Seoul Dynasty▲1	66-49	.574	254-200	+54
6.	Atlanta Reign▼1	44-33	.571	179-125	+54
7.	Hangzhou Spark	42-33	.560	157-138	+19
8.	Houston Outlaws▲5	56-60	.483	234-239	-5
9.	London Spitfire▲5	55-61	.474	224-236	-12
10.	Chengdu Hunters▲1	36-40	.474	147-156	-9
11.	Los Angeles Valiant▲1	53-62	.461	216-239	-23
12.	Guangzhou Charge▼3	35-41	.461	133-165	-32
13.	Vegas Eternal▼5	35-42	.455	138-165	-27
14.	Shanghai Dragons▲1	52-64	.448	193-254	-61
15.	Dallas Fuel▲2	50-66	.431	200-253	-53
16.	Vancouver Titans▼6	32-44	.421	127-154	-27
17.	Boston Uprising▼1	46-69	.400	197-265	-68
18.	Toronto Defiant	30-47	.390	125-176	-51
19.	Washington Justice	25-51	.329	109-176	-67
20.	Florida Mayhem	38-78	.328	176-283	-107

Organization[edit]

Active[edit]


ID	Name	Position	Join Date
CaptainPlanet	Ben Trautman	Live Stats Producer	2017-11-28
Reinforce	Jonathan Larsson	Game Producer	2019-02-14
Mr X	Matt Morello	Associate Director	2021-01-08
	Sean Miller	Director	2021-11-10^[2]
Packing10	Mike Szklanny	Manager of Competition Operations	2022-02-28
PYYYOUR	Brad Ross	Head of Competitive Operations	2022-03-03

Former[edit]


ID	Name	Position	Join Date	Leave Date	New Organization
	Jon Spector	Vice President of Overwatch Esports	2017-03-??	2021-11-10^[3]
	Pete Vlastelica	League Commissioner	2019-07-10	2020-10-??^[4]
	Nate Nanzer	League Commissioner	2016-11-04	2019-05-24^[5]
Alchemist	Jason Baker	Lead Observer	2017-10-01	2018-10-05^[6]

Additional Content[edit]

2017-07-12 | From the Overwatch League Office | Welcome Our Initial Seven Teams by Blizzard Entertainment

Gallery[edit]

Logo prior to 2023

References[edit]

↑ Robert Kraft Calls Upstart Overwatch League The "Future Of Sport In Many Ways"
↑ "Big news today from the Overwatch League team.". Overwatch League. 2021-11-10.
↑ "Thank you, @overwatchleague". Jon Spector. 2021-11-10.
↑ Stedman, Alex (2020-10-01). "Pete Vlastelica Exits Post as Overwatch League Commissioner". Variety.
↑ "Hey Overwatch League family. I wanted to share that soon I will be leaving Blizzard for a new opportunity.". 2019-05-24.
↑ "I am back to being freelance. Anyone need a producer or director hit me up.". 2018-10-05.

[OWL_sports_business-1] Robert Kraft Calls Upstart Overwatch League The "Future Of Sport In Many Ways"

[Sean_Miller_joins-2] "Big news today from the Overwatch League team.". Overwatch League. 2021-11-10.

[Jon_Spector_leaves-3] "Thank you, @overwatchleague". Jon Spector. 2021-11-10.

[Pete_Vlastelica_leaves-4] Stedman, Alex (2020-10-01). "Pete Vlastelica Exits Post as Overwatch League Commissioner". Variety.

[Nate_Nanzer_leaves-5] "Hey Overwatch League family. I wanted to share that soon I will be leaving Blizzard for a new opportunity.". 2019-05-24.

[Alchemist_leaves-6] "I am back to being freelance. Anyone need a producer or director hit me up.". 2018-10-05.

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v d e Overwatch League
Season 1	Preseason Regular Season (Stage 1 - Stage 2 - Stage 3 - Stage 4) Playoffs All-Star
Season 2	Community Countdown Regular Season (Stage 1 - Stage 2 - Stage 3 - Stage 4) Playoffs All-Star
Season 3	Regular Season (Feb - Mar - Apr - May - Jun - Jul - Aug) ~~Midseason Tournament~~ Playoffs (NA - Asia) All-Star
Season 4	Regular Season (May Melee - June Joust - Summer Showdown - Countdown Cup) Play-in Playoffs
Season 5	Regular Season (Kickoff Clash - Midseason Madness - Summer Showdown - Countdown Cup) Playoffs
Season 6	Pro-Am Spring Stage Midseason Madness Summer Stage Playoffs

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