{"id":11807,"date":"2018-06-22T17:30:23","date_gmt":"2018-06-23T00:30:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/the-overwatch-league-playoffs-important-things-to-know\/"},"modified":"2024-01-24T17:19:41","modified_gmt":"2024-01-25T01:19:41","slug":"the-overwatch-league-playoffs-important-things-to-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/the-overwatch-league-playoffs-important-things-to-know\/","title":{"rendered":"The Overwatch League Playoffs: Important Things to Know"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"nv-iframe-embed\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Overwatch League PLAYOFFS EXPLAINED - Will Your Team Make It?\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7ebGgIQ6l0A?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<pre>                                   Video Credit: Everything OWL<\/pre>\n<p>The regular season&#8217;s over, and all eyes lie on the upcoming\u00a0<em>Overwatch\u00a0<\/em>League playoffs, with a total of six teams battling it out on\u00a0<em>Overwatch&#8217;s\u00a0<\/em>biggest stage yet. The six qualifying teams are:\u00a0New York Excelsior,\u00a0Los Angeles Valiant,\u00a0Boston Uprising,\u00a0Los Angeles Gladiators,\u00a0London Spitfire, and\u00a0Philadelphia Fusion.<\/p>\n<p>Qualification was based on the OWL&#8217;s regular season rankings. Two of the six teams \u2014 New York Excelsior and Los Angeles Valiant \u2014 qualified because each were division leaders in their regions. The other four made the playoffs purely through rankings.<\/p>\n<h3><strong><span style=\"text-decoration:underline;\">Prize Pool<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>There&#8217;s always the glory of winning the title of OWL&#8217;s season one champion, but there&#8217;s also hundreds of thousands of prize money on the line. First place finishers will take home a whopping $1 million, but other placings yield decent money as well. Here&#8217;s the full list:<\/p>\n<p><strong>1st:\u00a0<\/strong>$1,000,000\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <strong>4th:<\/strong> $100,000<\/p>\n<p><strong>2nd:\u00a0<\/strong>$400,000\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<strong>5th:<\/strong> $50,000<\/p>\n<p><strong>3rd:<\/strong> $100,000\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<strong>6th:<\/strong> $50,000<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"text-decoration:underline;\"><strong>Format<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Similar to other professional leagues, each of the six teams has been seeded based on regular season rankings. The top two teams, NYXL and LA Valiant, get a bye in the quarterfinals and advance directly to the semifinals. As for the other four teams, third seed Boston Uprising will play sixth seed Philadelphia Fusion, and fourth seed LA Gladiators will play fifth seed London Spitfire.<\/p>\n<p>The lowest seeded quarterfinals winner will play NYXl in the semifinals, while the highest seeded quarterfinals winner will of course play LA Valiant. The two winning teams in the semifinals will move on to the grand finals in Brooklyn, New York. As for the format of each individual series, it will be a best of three match, in which each match is a best of five maps.<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"text-decoration:underline;\"><strong>Schedule<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Quarterfinals: July 11th-14th<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Philadelphia Fusion vs. Boston Uprising<\/li>\n<li>London Spitfire vs. Los Angeles Gladiators<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Semifinals: July 18th-21st<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Quarterfinal winners (highest seeded) vs. LA Valiant<\/li>\n<li>Quarterfinal winners (lowest seeded) vs. NYXL<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Grand finals: July 27th-28th<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Semifinal winner vs. semifinal winner<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span style=\"text-decoration:underline;\"><strong>How to Watch<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>The playoff games will be streamed on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.twitch.tv\/overwatchleague\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitch<\/a> and Major League Gaming&#8217;s broadcast service. For international viewers, streams in multiple languages will most likely be available.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/38ed8-1b3smwx7dyy6gjcbpoubmyq.png\" alt=\"Image result for overwatch league playoffs twitch\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Video Credit: Everything OWL The regular season&#8217;s over, and all eyes lie on the upcoming\u00a0Overwatch\u00a0League playoffs, with a total of six teams battling it out on\u00a0Overwatch&#8217;s\u00a0biggest stage yet. The six qualifying teams are:\u00a0New York Excelsior,\u00a0Los Angeles Valiant,\u00a0Boston Uprising,\u00a0Los Angeles Gladiators,\u00a0London Spitfire, and\u00a0Philadelphia Fusion. Qualification was based on the OWL&#8217;s regular season rankings. 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