{"id":6366,"date":"2020-07-15T20:39:19","date_gmt":"2020-07-15T20:39:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/overwatch-league-playoffs-to-start-september-final-four-teams-to-face-off-in-asia"},"modified":"2024-07-23T20:55:34","modified_gmt":"2024-07-23T20:55:34","slug":"overwatch-league-playoffs-to-start-september-final-four-teams-to-face-off-in-asia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/overwatch-league-playoffs-to-start-september-final-four-teams-to-face-off-in-asia","title":{"rendered":"Overwatch League Playoffs to start September, final four teams to face off in Asia"},"content":{"rendered":"

After cancelling plans involving constant travel around the world for events in North America, Europe, and Asia, the Overwatch League online’s format proved to be a success with fans (moving to monthly tournaments, ditching a standard regular season), and now, OWL is gearing towards the playoffs with a reignited sense of excitement. <\/p>\n

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Previously, Vice President Jon Spector revealed that all 20 teams would have an opportunity at securing a spot in the overall playoffs<\/a>, and as the official site unveiled, the postseason is conceived in the vein of the May Melee and Summer Showdown. <\/p>\n

Here’s how it’s going to unfold.<\/p>\n

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Overwatch League 2020 Playoffs Format<\/h2>\n

Starting on 3rd September, all 20 teams (13 from the North American region and the seven from Asia) will be placed in a distinct bracket according to their regular-season records. The higher your seed, the more bye’s you will be granted as well as the possibility to pick your opposition.<\/p>\n

As for the lower seeds, each region will pit the bottom-placed squads in a single-elimination play-in tournament to decide which teams will be left out and which ones will make it in. Only the Top 4 seeds from NA and the Top 2 from Asia will make it directly to the playoffs.<\/p>\n