This week’s hottest eSports news and highlights for Overwatch. Expect spoilers! Brackets from TeamLiquid.
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eSports Weekly 11/07/16
2016 League of Legends KeSPA Cup
The 2016 LoL KeSPA Cup is a tournament organized by KeSPA, Riot Games, and NAVER that features 14 teams from Korea. These teams play for ₩ 100,000,000 Won (~$87,547 USD) and a qualification for IEM X Gyeonggi. The tournament takes place from November 9 to 19.
Here are the participating teams:
- Afreeca Freecs
- CJ Entus
- Ever
- Jin Air Green Wings
- KT Rolster
- Longzhu Gaming
- MVP
- ROX Tigers
- Samsung Galaxy
- SK Telecom T1
- Kongdoo Monster (Korean Challenger Team)
- RisingStar Gaming (Korean Challenger Team)
- Seoul City (KeG Team)
- Chungcheongnam-do (KeG Team)
Intel Extreme Masters Season XI -Oakland
IEM Season XI - Oakland is the second event of IEM Season XI and takes place at the Oracle Arena in Oakland, California. The tournament features eight teams divided into two groups. The top two teams from each group qualifies for the Playoffs. The games take place from November 19-20.
The confirmed participating teams are:
- Unicorns of Love (EU)
- Flash Wolves (TW)
- INTZ e-Sports (Wildcard)
- The Chiefs Esports (Wildcard)
TSM Doublelift Announcement
TSM Doublelift Announcement
Team Liquid | Breaking Point
Team Liquid | Breaking Point
QT with the 200 IQ Trap Placement
Pray vs Deft 1v1
Imaqtpie Unbelievable Flash Reaction
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Esports Championship Series Season 2
The ECS, or Esports Championship Series, is in its second season. Ten teams from both Europe and North America are in a round robin and playing against each other in two best-of-one series. The regional stage lasts from October 7th to November 13th. The top four teams advance to the Season 2 Finals while the bottom two teams are relegated to the Season 3 Promotion.
The Season Two Finals take place from December 9-11th at the Anaheim Arena in California. As the largest CS:GO event ever in Southern California, the top four teams from NA and EU will be competing for over $750,000.
ECS EU Standings & Results
ECS NA Standings & Results
ELEAGUE Season 2
ELEAGUE was the first CS:GO league to be streamed on broadcast television and has just started its second season. With a $1,100,000 USD prize pool, the league goes from October 21st to December 03.
The participants are:
- Astralis
- Cloud9
- Team EnVyUs
- Fnatic
- mousesports
- Natus Vincere
- Ninjas in Pyjamas
- Virtus.pro
- ALTERNATE aTTaX
- Team Dignitas
- FaZe Clan
- G2 Esports
- Echo Fox
- Immortals
- OpTic Gaming
- SK Gaming
Here are the results so far:
BARBARR 1v4 Clutch
Flusha Smart Post-Plant 1v2 Outplay
GTR Boosted 4k
Stewie Pushes Through Molly
Crazy End to GODSENT vs HellRaisers
f0rest 1v3
Bodyy 0 Respect Play
Autimatic Ace
KennyS Nutty Flick
Dota 2
Dota2 Professional League Season 2
The Dota2 Professional League is China's first large-scale individual eSports league. There are two leagues: the Top League and Secondary League, with ten teams in each. Each team plays in a best-of-two Round Robin. With a prize pool of $900,000 USD, the tournament runs from September 19th to December 31st.
Here are the standings for the Top League:
Here are the standings for the Secondary League:
DreamLeague Season 6 League Play
Organized by DreamHack, DreamLeague Season 6 League Play features eight teams competing to advance to the offline finals. This first part of the tournament gives $1,000 USD for each win and the top four teams have a chance to play in the Finals for a $175,000 prize. This portion of the tournament takes place from October 11th to November 8th.
Here are the current standings:
STFU Slacks
Slacks will you shut the fuck up?
Aui Drops the Heavens with Luna
Miracle Accepts His Fate
Insane Base Race
Overwatch
Overwatch APEX Season 1
Overwatch APEX is Overwatch's first major tournament in Korea. With about $178,000 USD on the line, 16 teams from around the world will be competing from October 7th to December 3rd. The format involves a Round Robin where all matches are best-of-five with the top two teams advancing to the Playoffs. The Playoffs have best-of-five Quarterfinals and Semifinals and a best-of-seven Final.
Here are the results for the Group Stage so far:
Overwatch World Cup
Taking place at BlizzCon, the Overwatch World Cup featured sixteen different team representing sixteen countries battling in round-robin group stages and single-elimination finals.
The Group Stage ended with two teams coming out of each group.
In the playoffs, Korea dominated all the way to the finals where they beat Russia without dropping a single map. While this is a exhibition tournament with no prize pool, the domination by the Koreans demonstrates the impressive prowess of Korean eSports organizations.
EscA 5k air-deadeye
Crazy South Korean Graviton Surge
This is how you attack Eichenwalde point A with Mei
Grand Final Overwatch World Cup Highlights
Overwatch World Cup Highlights
Overwatch World Cup Highlights #5 • Grand Finals • Russia Korea Finland Sweden • Miro Winston ArHaN
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James Hwang
My first MMOs included Ragnarok Online, Gunbound, Diablo II, and World of Warcraft. Nowadays, my wife (also a writer on MMOs) and I play League of Legends and any other MMOs we can get our hands on. I also love following eSports and attending eSports events.