It’s finally coming. Indeed, after a long and incredible season, the Overwatch League 2021 is ready to conclude. Indeed, the OWL Playoffs 2021 look to celebrate the highest level of competition and settle the big question – who’s the best in the world? Read on to learn How to Watch this awesome event!
Event Background
Heading into this event, there is a level of disappointment. Indeed, although originally planned for an offline event at Esports Stadium Arlington, Blizzard moved the event to online due to health issues.
Instead, West teams will be travelling to Hawaii in order to reduce latency while the East teams will remain in the East.
Regardless, we have some awesome competition to look forward to.
Running from 21st to the 25th September, Blizzard are throwing $3,200,000 on the line for the best 8 teams in the world.
Qualification for this event involved teams entering through the Countdown Cup and the Play-In event this past week. Let’s list the participants below:
West:
- Dallas Fuel
- Los Angeles Gladiators
- Atlanta Reign
- San Francisco Shock – Play-In
- Washington Justice – Play-In
East:
- Shanghai Dragons
- Chengdu Hunters
- Philadelphia Fusion – Play-In
Let’s move on to the format!
Format
With regards to format, we have a very simple and reliable double elimination bracket to sort things out.
All 8 teams will be starting off in the Winners’ Bracket Round 1. Do note that the top three teams chose their first round-opponents in succession. Anyways, here are your Round 1 matches:
- Shanghai Dragons vs San Francisco Shock
- Los Angeles Gladiators vs Philadelphia Fusion
- Dallas Fuel vs Washington Justice
- Chengdu Hunters vs Atlanta Reign
The same format as prior season Playoffs – we’re ready to see it through.
For those unaware, a double-elimination bracket implies that teams who lose their first round match will be sent to the Losers’ Bracket and have one final chance to stay in the tournament.
Schedule for the OWL Playoffs 2021
With regards to the schedule for this exciting event, you can visit the official event page for the schedule here.
Watch the OWL Playoffs 2021 on esportsguide
You can also watch the OWL Playoffs 2021 live stream via our very own website. Providing an extensive list of the biggest esports together with streams for each esports match live today or upcoming matches.
Predictions
It’s been a very exciting season, and it’s quite difficult to determine who the top team in the game. Accordingly, what we’ll be doing is taking another look at the season standings while placing importance on recency.
Here’s how the West Regular season concluded:
- Dallas Fuel – 17p
- Los Angeles Gladiators – 14p
- Atlanta Reign – 13p
With that being said, many would say that these are your top three teams for the West. However, who is your number one?
Let’s list the top three season finishes for the East and tackle this tough topic:
- Shanghai Dragons – 20p
- Chengdu Hunters – 15p
- Seoul Dynasty – 12p
Anyways, our best bet to correctly predict this upcoming event is to take a look at the recent Countdown Cup. With both regions involved, here is how the top 4 finished:
- Los Angeles Gladiators
- Chengdu Hunters
- Atlanta Reign
- Seoul Dynasty
Although definitely a surprise, we’re unsure as to whether Los Angeles Gladiators will manage to rise to the opportunity once again. Otherwise, this is likely the year that San Francisco Shock does not take it all, unless they make a ridiculous run.
However, anything can happen.
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