The regular Overwatch League Season 3 is coming to an end, and it will soon be time for the best Overwatch players to compete in the Playoffs to advance in the Grand Finals. Who will succeed London Spitfire (2018) and San Francisco Shock (2020)? The suspense will end very soon!
2020 Playoffs
Playoffs begin on Thursday, September 3, with two weeks of online matches divided into two regional tables. All teams will have a chance to win!
North America
- Atlanta Reign
- Boston Uprising
- Dallas Fuel
- Florida Mayhem
- Houston Outlaws
- Los Angeles Gladiators
- Los Angeles Valiant
- Paris Eternal
- Philadelphia Fusion
- San Francisco Shock
- Toronto Defiant
- Vancouver Titans
- Washington Justice
Asia
- Chengdu Hunters
- Guangzhou Charge
- Hangzhou Spark
- London Spitfire
- New York Excelsior
- Shanghai Dragons
- Seoul Dynasty
Teams will be seeded in each region based on their records over the regular season with a series of tiebreakers applied if necessary. Higher seeds in each region enjoy significant advantages including byes and choice of opponent for the first rounds of the bracket and selection of the first map throughout.
The playoffs open with single-elimination play-in matches among the lowest seeded teams to earn their spots in a double-elimination playoffs bracket. After two weeks of playoffs, we’ll be down to the final four teams—the top two from both North America and Asia.
The final four teams will compete in a double-elimination bracket, with two teams advancing to the Grand Finals to compete for the league championship. In order to have all four teams compete on the same server, the two North America teams will travel to Asia.
Bracket
All matches will be first-to-three maps wins, with the exception of the Grand Finals, which is first-to-four maps.
North America
APAC
Grand Finals
The four teams who survive the playoffs in Asia and North America will compete for the title in a double-elimination tournament over the weekend of the final, October 8-10. The three-day event will begin with a match between the second team from Asia and the first from North America.
To allow the teams to travel safe, a few weeks of rest/training will take place between the playoffs and the Grand Finals. Some changes may occur if the League deems that such travel poses a health risk to the players. Thus, the two finalists from each region will play a series of games to crown one champion per region for the 2020 Season.
Once the championship is over, the 2020 T-Mobile OWL MVP will be awarded to the best player of the match.
Playoffs Prizing
The Overwatch League regular season is coming to an end but you still have the opportunity to vote for the 2020 All-Stars!
