The regular season of Overwatch this year has definitely improved from last year. Indeed, the frequent events offer a more exciting schedule. This is no exception when considering the upcoming OWL Summer Showdown 2021. Accordingly, with the Qualifier Stage underway, we’ll be taking a look at How to Watch the main event below!
Event Background
Overall, this is the third tournament style event for the season. Following the May Melee and June Joust, we now have the Summer Showdown. Now, 10 teams will qualify to compete for $225,000 together with league points. Specifically, the event will run from 11th July all the way to 18th July.
The top 10 teams will be decided in this manner – the Top 6 from the West and Top 4 from the East. So far undecided, let’s take the time to list the potential contenders.
West – Top 6 Will Compete
- Boston Uprising
- Toronto Defiant
- San Francisco Shock
- Paris Eternal
- Atlanta Reign
- Los Angeles Gladiators
- Dallas Fuel
- Houston Outlaws
- London Spitfire
- Washington Justice
- Florida Mayhem
- Vancouver Titans
East – Top 4 Will Compete
- Seoul Dynasty
- Philadelphia Fusion
- Shanghai Dragons
- New York Excelsior
- Chengdu Hunters
- Hangzhou Spark
- Guangzhou Charge
- Los Angeles Valiant
Format
Following the group stage which is underway, the top 10 teams will be seeded into the Knockout Stage immediately. Here, there will be separate Regional Knockouts brackets for each region – from which two teams from each region will qualify. Specifically, West will be a Double Elimination and East a Single Elimination bracket.
Accordingly, this leaves 4 teams to compete in the Tournament Weekend. Here, the top 4 teams will compete in a double elimination bracket to determine the overall victor.
Schedule for the OWL Summer Showdown
Find the following dates and times for the start of the stream in the following list:
- 11th July – 11:00 CEST – first round of the Regional Knockouts
- 12th July – 11:00 CEST – second round of Regional Knockouts
- 16th July – 04:30 CEST – first round of Tournament Weekend
- 17th July – 03:00 CEST – second round of Tournament Weekend
- 18th July – 03:00 CEST – Grand Finals
Do note a more detailed schedule can be found on the OWL YouTube page.
Watch the OWL Summer Showdown on esportsguide
You can also watch the OWL Summer Showdown 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 for the OWL Summer Showdown 2021
Although we don’t have the official top 10 teams attending the event, we’ll be basing our predictions on previous results. Do note that the Tournament event begins only a day after the Group Stage concludes, which is why we’re thinking ahead.
Anyways, let’s review the official history of the season so far based on standings:
West Standings
- Dallas Fuel (10 points)
- San Francisco Shock (9 points)
- Houston Outlaws (7 points)
- Los Angeles Gladiators (7 points)
- Toronto Defiant (6 points)
- Atlanta Reign (6 points)
East Standings
- Shanghai Dragons (11 points)
- Seoul Dynasty (8 points)
- Philadelphia Fusion (6 points)
- Hangzhou Spark (6 points)
So far, only two teams have made it to the top 2 in the past two events. Indeed, it has been a bit of a dogfight between Dallas Fuel and Shanghai Dragons. So far, both teams have one win at this point in time and this third event could be the event which gives one team the edge.
Otherwise, the viewership and competition looks to improve as we head closer to the end of the season.
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