2020 Overwatch League playoffs

The 2020 Overwatch League playoffs was the postseason tournament of the 2020 Overwatch League regular season, which began on September 3 and concluded with the 2020 Grand Finals, the third championship match of the Overwatch League (OWL), on October 10.

2020 Overwatch League Playoffs

Tournament information
Game	Overwatch
Dates	September 3–October 10
Administrator	Activision-Blizzard
Teams	12
Purse	$4,000,000
Tournament statistics
Matches played	24
Grand Finals
Location	Online
Champion	San Francisco Shock
Runner-up	Seoul Dynasty
Finals MVP	Kwon "Striker" Nam-joo
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Twelve teams competed in the OWL Playoffs, which was broken down into two double-elimination regional tournaments, the North America Bracket and Asia Bracket, that culminated into the double-elimination Grand Finals Bracket. The winner of each round of the playoffs was determined by a single-match. The final two teams remaining in the tournament advanced to the Grand Finals.

The defending OWL champions were the San Francisco Shock, who won the title against the Vancouver Titans in the 2019 OWL Grand Finals. The Shock defeated the Seoul Dynasty in the Grand Finals to claim their second consecutive Overwatch League title.

Format

Twelve total teams qualified for the season playoffs split into two regional brackets. In the North America region, eight teams qualified for the North America Bracket. The top five teams from the regular season were awarded the top five seeds and the top three teams from the play-in tournament were awarded seeds six through eight. In the Asia region, four teams qualified for the Asia Bracket. The top two teams from the regular season were awarded the top two seeds and the top two teams from the play-in tournament were awarded three and four.^[1]

Each playoff bracket is a double-elimination tournament. However, the winners of the upper and lower finals in each respective bracket did not face each other. Instead, they both qualified for the Grand Finals bracket – another double-elimination tournament. The winners of the upper and lower bracket in the Grand Finals bracket played in the Grand Finals match.^[2]

Participants

North America

Seed	Team	Conference	Record	MR	MD
1	Philadelphia Fusion	ATL	24–2	59–19–0	+40
2	San Francisco Shock	PAC	25–3	56–17–2	+39
3	Paris Eternal	ATL	18–6	47–30–0	+17
4	Florida Mayhem	ATL	17–7	48–30–0	+18
5	Los Angeles Valiant	PAC	12–10	41–41–0	±0
6	Los Angeles Gladiators	PAC	11–10	43–39–5	+4
7	Atlanta Reign	ATL	10–11	43–35–0	+8
8	Washington Justice	ATL	4–17	21–54–1	-33

Asia

Seed	Team	Conference	Record	MR	MD
1	Shanghai Dragons	PAC	27–2	59–15–1	+44
2	Guangzhou Charge	PAC	18–7	44–39–1	+5
3	New York Excelsior	ATL	16–8	50–30–2	+20
4	Seoul Dynasty	PAC	12–12	33–47–1	-14

Brackets

Teams in bold advanced to the next round. The numbers to the left of each team indicate the team's seeding in the bracket, and the numbers to the right indicate the number of maps the team won in that match.

North America Upper Round 1 September 5 Upper Round 2 September 6 Upper Final September 12 1 Philadelphia Fusion 3 6 Los Angeles Gladiators 0 1 Philadelphia Fusion 3 5 Los Angeles Valiant 0 4 Florida Mayhem 2 5 Los Angeles Valiant 3 1 Philadelphia Fusion 1 2 San Francisco Shock 3 2 San Francisco Shock 3 8 Washington Justice 2 2 San Francisco Shock 3 7 Atlanta Reign 1 3 Paris Eternal 2 7 Atlanta Reign 3 Lower Round 1 September 6 Lower Round 2 September 11 Lower Round 3 September 12 Lower Final September 13 7 Atlanta Reign 0 4 Florida Mayhem 3 4 Florida Mayhem 3 1 Philadelphia Fusion 3 6 Los Angeles Gladiators 0 4 Florida Mayhem 0 8 Washington Justice 0 8 Washington Justice 3 5 Los Angeles Valiant 1 3 Paris Eternal 0 8 Washington Justice 3 8 Washington Justice 3

Asia Upper Round 1 September 6 Upper Final September 12 1 Shanghai Dragons 3 3 New York Excelsior 1 1 Shanghai Dragons 3 4 Seoul Dynasty 2 2 Guangzhou Charge 0 4 Seoul Dynasty 3 Lower Round 1 September 12 Lower Final September 13 4 Seoul Dynasty 3 2 Guangzhou Charge 0 3 New York Excelsior 0 3 New York Excelsior 3

Grand Finals

Further information: 2020 Overwatch League Grand Finals

The Grand Finals Bracket will take place from October 8 to 10 in Asia.^[3]

Upper Round 1 October 8

Upper Final October 9

Grand Finals October 10

A2

Seoul Dynasty

2

NA1

San Francisco Shock

3

NA1

San Francisco Shock

3

A1

Shanghai Dragons

2

NA2

Philadelphia Fusion

0

A1

Shanghai Dragons

3

NA1

San Francisco Shock

4

A2

Seoul Dynasty

2

Lower Round 1 October 9

Lower Final October 9

A1

Shanghai Dragons

2

A2

Seoul Dynasty

3

A2

Seoul Dynasty

3

NA2

Philadelphia Fusion

0

Source:^[4]

Winnings

Teams in the playoffs competed for a total prize pool of US$4 million, with the payout division detailed below.^[5]

Pos	Team	Bonus
1	San Francisco Shock	$1,500,000
2	Seoul Dynasty	$750,000
3	Shanghai Dragons	$450,000
4	Philadelphia Fusion	$350,000
5	New York Excelsior	$250,000
	Washington Justice
7	Atlanta Reign	$75,000
	Florida Mayhem
	Guangzhou Charge
	Los Angeles Gladiators
	Los Angeles Valiant
	Paris Eternal

Broadcast and viewership

All matches of the playoffs were live-streamed and on-demand on YouTube.^[5]