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The '''2019 Overwatch League season''' is the second season of the ] (OWL), an ] based on the video game '']''. The season is set to begin on February 14, 2019, with postseason play beginning in August. Compared to the inaugural season, the league expanded from 12 teams to 20 teams. Of the eight new teams, two are from the United States, two are from Canada, one is from France, and three are from China. The '''2019 Overwatch League season''' was the second season of the ] (OWL), an ] based on the video game '']''. The league expanded from 12 teams from the inaugural season to 20 teams. Of the eight new teams, two were from the United States, two were from Canada, one was from France, and three were from China.


The season began on February 14, 2019, and ended on August 25. Postseason play began in late August. The ] won the ] over the ] to become the league champions.
== Expansion from 2018 ==
The Overwatch League initially launched with twelve teams in the 2018 season. During this season, Blizzard stated it planned to expand out the league to add six teams, ideally gaining more teams in European and Asian regions, and started meeting with potential owners in March 2018.<ref name="bloomberg expansion">{{cite web | url = https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-05-03/activision-gives-tepid-earnings-outlook-as-fortnite-threat-looms | title = To Fight Fortnite, Activision Is Retooling How Its Games Work | first = Christopher | last = Palmeri | date = May 3, 2018 | accessdate = May 3, 2018 | website = ] }}</ref> By September 2018, Blizzard confirmed it had signed eight additional teams based in Atlanta, Guangzhou, Hangzhou, Toronto, Paris, Washington D.C., Vancouver, and Chengdu, bringing the total team count to twenty.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://overwatchleague.com/en-us/news/22482771/overwatch-league-to-open-2019-season-with-20-teams|title=Overwatch League to Open 2019 Season with 20 Teams|last=|first=|date=September 7, 2018|website=The Overwatch League|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=January 31, 2019}}</ref> Whereas the franchising fee was estimated to be {{USD|20 million}} in the inaugial season, the fee was estimated by observers to have gone as high as {{USD|50 million}} for these new teams.<ref name="bloomberg expansion"/> The eight teams were distributed evenly between the two Divisions, with the North American East Coast and European teams joining the Atlantic Division, and the Chinese and North American West Coast teams added to the Pacific Division.


{{TOC limit}}
== Schedule and changes ==
The 2019 season's revised schedule format was announced on December 12, 2018. The season will keep the four-stage format that was used in the ], though only the first three stages will have playoffs, while the fourth stage's playoffs will be replaced by an six-team tournament to determine the final two postseason teams.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://dotesports.com/overwatch/news/overwatch-league-2019-schedule-home-games|title=Overwatch League's 2019 Schedule Reveals Home Games for Dallas, Atlanta, and L.A.|last=Carpenter|first=Nicole|date=December 12, 2018|website=Dot Esports|language=en-US|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=January 31, 2019}}</ref> The top six season playoff teams will be determined by the same way they were in 2018; the top two teams from each division and the next four teams, regardless of division. The season playoffs will be contested in a double-elimination tournament. Teams will play 28 regular season games instead of 40, with the league citing players' mental health and additional chances to interact with their home cities as reasons for the reduction. Each stage will still last five weeks, though the break between stages has been increased from one week to two weeks (except for the break between stages 2 and 3, which is four weeks due to the league's All-Star Weekend). Each week features four games each day from Thursday to Sunday, totaling sixteen games per week, up from twelve in 2018. Teams will play zero, one, or two matches per week. The stage playoffs will double in size from 2018, expanding to eight teams, up from the four team system introduced in 2018's second stage. The top team from each division will hold the first and second seed, followed by the next six teams, regardless of division.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://dotesports.com/overwatch/news/overwatch-league-season-two-begins-in-february|title=Overwatch League season two begins in February|last=Carpenter|first=Nicole|date=October 10, 2018|website=Dot Esports|language=en-US|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=January 31, 2019}}</ref>


== League changes ==
The prize pool was increased from {{Currency|amount=3.5 million|code=USD}} to $5,000,000. All eight teams who qualify for the Stage Playoffs will earn at least $25,000. The stage champion will earn $200,000 (up from $100,000 in 2018), while the amount earned by the runners-up will quadruple to $100,000. Third and fourth place teams will earn $50,000 while fifth through eighth place teams will earn $25,000. For the postseason earnings, the Grand Champion team will earn $1.1 million (up from $1 million), second place will earn $600,000, third place will earn $450,000, fourth place will earn $350,000, fifth and sixth place will earn $300,000, and seventh and eighth place will earn $200,000.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://overwatchleague.com/en-us/news/22823900/2019-schedule-revealed|title=2019 Schedule Revealed|website=The Overwatch League|access-date=January 8, 2019}}</ref>
=== Expansion ===
{{see also|Overwatch League#Teams}}
The Overwatch League initially launched with twelve teams in the ]. During this season, Blizzard stated it planned to expand out the league to add six teams, ideally gaining more teams in European and Asian regions, and started meeting with potential owners in March 2018.<ref name="bloomberg expansion">{{cite web | url = https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-05-03/activision-gives-tepid-earnings-outlook-as-fortnite-threat-looms | title = To Fight Fortnite, Activision Is Retooling How Its Games Work | first = Christopher | last = Palmeri | date = May 3, 2018 | accessdate = May 3, 2018 | website = ] }}</ref> By September 2018, Blizzard confirmed it had signed eight additional teams based in Atlanta, Guangzhou, Hangzhou, Toronto, Paris, Washington D.C., Vancouver, and Chengdu, bringing the total team count to twenty.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://overwatchleague.com/en-us/news/22482771/overwatch-league-to-open-2019-season-with-20-teams|title=Overwatch League to Open 2019 Season with 20 Teams|date=September 7, 2018|website=The Overwatch League|access-date=January 31, 2019}}</ref> Whereas the franchising fee was estimated to be {{USD|20 million}} in the inaugural season, the fee was estimated by observers to have gone as high as {{USD|50 million}} for these new teams.<ref name="bloomberg expansion"/> The eight teams were distributed evenly between the two Divisions, with the North American East Coast and European teams joining the Atlantic Division, and the Chinese and North American West Coast teams added to the Pacific Division.


=== Schedule ===
The season's ] signing window opened to expansion teams on September 10, 2018 and closed on October 7, the day before the window for all teams opened. Each teams had to sign at least 12 players by December 1.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://esportsobserver.com/overwatch-league-free-agency/|title=Overwatch League Free Agency Rules Indicate Expansion Team Announcements By September|last=Murray|first=Trent|date=June 15, 2018|website=The Esports Observer|language=en-US|access-date=January 31, 2019}}</ref>
The 2019 season's revised schedule format was announced on December 12, 2018. The season kept the four-stage format that was used in the 2018 season, though only the first three stages had playoffs, while the fourth stage's playoffs were replaced by a six-team play-in tournament to determine the final two postseason teams.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://dotesports.com/overwatch/news/overwatch-league-2019-schedule-home-games|title=Overwatch League's 2019 Schedule Reveals Home Games for Dallas, Atlanta, and L.A.|last=Carpenter|first=Nicole|date=December 12, 2018|website=Dot Esports|language=en-US|access-date=January 31, 2019}}</ref> The top six season playoff teams were determined by the same way they were in 2018; the top two teams from each division and the next four teams, regardless of division. The season playoffs were contested in a double-elimination tournament. Teams played 28 regular season games instead of 40, with the league citing players' mental health and additional chances to interact with their home cities as reasons for the change. Each stage still lasted five weeks, though the break between stages increased from one week to two weeks (except for the break between stages 2 and 3, which was four weeks due to the league's All-Star Weekend). Each week featured three to four games on Thursday and Friday and four games on Saturday and Sunday, totaling either fourteen or sixteen games per week, up from twelve in 2018. Teams played zero, one, or two matches per week. The stage playoffs doubled in size from 2018, expanding to eight teams, up from the four team system introduced in 2018's third stage. The top team from each division held the first and second seed, followed by the next six teams, regardless of division.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://dotesports.com/overwatch/news/overwatch-league-season-two-begins-in-february|title=Overwatch League season two begins in February|last=Carpenter|first=Nicole|date=October 10, 2018|website=Dot Esports|language=en-US|access-date=January 31, 2019}}</ref>


The Grand Finals were held at the ] in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on September 29, 2019.<ref>{{cite web |url = https://kotaku.com/the-overwatch-league-finals-will-take-place-in-philadel-1834608891 | title = The Overwatch League finals will take place in Philadelphia’s Wells Fargo Center on September 29 | first= Cecilia | last = D'Anastasio | date = May 8, 2019 | accessdate = May 8, 2019 |work = ] }}</ref>
The 2019 season is also the first in which ] will be in effect. Players signed to these contracts will primarily play for their OWL team's ] that plays in ]. They cannot play in more than two OWL matches in a stage, nor can they play in an OWL match and a Contenders match in the same week. These players count towards the OWL team's 12-player limit.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://overwatchleague.com/en-us/news/21870971/so-you-want-to-build-a-new-roster|title=So You Want to Build a New Roster|website=The Overwatch League|access-date=January 8, 2019}}</ref>


=== Prize pool ===
Though most matches will still be played at the 350-seat Blizzard Arena,<ref name="blizzard arena">{{cite web|url=http://www.espn.com/esports/story/_/id/20619703/blizzard-wants-help-usher-new-era-competitive-entertainment-blizzard-arena|title=Blizzard wants to 'help usher in a new era of competitive entertainment' with the Blizzard Arena|date=September 7, 2017|work=]|accessdate=April 14, 2018}}</ref> the 2019 season introduces three "Homestand Weeks," which will take place in three Overwatch League cities. The fourth week of Stage 2 will be held at the ] in ] and will be hosted by the ]. The fifth week of Stage 3 will be held at an undetermined venue in ] and will be hosted by the ]. The fifth week of Stage 4 will be held at ] in ] and will be hosted by the ].<ref name=":0" />
The prize pool was increased from {{Currency|amount=3.5 million|code=USD}} to $5,000,000. All eight teams who qualified for each Stage Playoffs earned at least $25,000. Each stage champion earned $200,000 (up from $100,000 in 2018), while the amount earned by the runners-up quadrupled from 2018 to $100,000. Third and fourth place teams earned $50,000 while fifth through eighth place teams earned $25,000. For the postseason earnings, the Grand Champion team will earn $1.1 million (up from $1 million), second place will earn $600,000, third place will earn $450,000, fourth place will earn $350,000, fifth and sixth place will earn $300,000, and seventh and eighth place will earn $200,000.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://overwatchleague.com/en-us/news/22823900/2019-schedule-revealed|title=2019 Schedule Revealed|website=The Overwatch League|access-date=January 8, 2019}}</ref>

=== Player contracts ===
The season's ] signing window opened to expansion teams on September 10, 2018, and closed on October 7, the day before the window for all teams opened. Each teams had to sign at least 12 players by December 1.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://esportsobserver.com/overwatch-league-free-agency/|title=Overwatch League Free Agency Rules Indicate Expansion Team Announcements By September|last=Murray|first=Trent|date=June 15, 2018|website=The Esports Observer|language=en-US|access-date=January 31, 2019}}</ref>

The 2019 season was also the first in which ]s were in effect. Players signed to these contracts primarily played for their OWL team's ] that played in ]. They were unable to play in more than two OWL matches in a stage, nor could they play in an OWL match and a Contenders match in the same week. These players counted towards the OWL team's 12-player limit.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://overwatchleague.com/en-us/news/21870971/so-you-want-to-build-a-new-roster|title=So You Want to Build a New Roster|website=The Overwatch League|access-date=January 8, 2019}}</ref>

=== Venues ===
Though most matches were still played at the 350-seat Blizzard Arena,<ref name="blizzard arena">{{cite web|url=http://www.espn.com/esports/story/_/id/20619703/blizzard-wants-help-usher-new-era-competitive-entertainment-blizzard-arena|title=Blizzard wants to 'help usher in a new era of competitive entertainment' with the Blizzard Arena|date=September 7, 2017|work=]|accessdate=April 14, 2018}}</ref> the 2019 season introduced three "Homestand Weeks," which took place in three Overwatch League cities. These were held as practice runs for the planned expansion of the Overwatch League into true home-and-away formats for the 2020 season, seeing teams travel across the globe to compete. The fourth week of Stage 2 was held at the ] in ] and was hosted by the ]. The fifth week of Stage 3 was held at the ] in ] and was hosted by the ]. The fifth week of Stage 4, dubbed "] Rivalry Weekend," was held at ] in ] and was hosted by the ].<ref name=":0" />


== Broadcasting == == Broadcasting ==
All matches will be broadcast on the Overwatch League's website and through ] (owned by Blizzard), and by third-party broadcaster ]. On the first day of the 2018 season playoffs, ] and Blizzard announced a multi-year partnership that would bring the League and other organized ''Overwatch'' competitive events to ], ], and ], starting with the playoffs and continuing through the 2019 season.<ref name="OWL on TV">{{cite web|url=http://www.espn.com/esports/story/_/id/24062274/overwatch-league-comes-espn-disney-abc|title=Overwatch League comes to ESPN, Disney and ABC|date=July 11, 2018|work=]|accessdate=July 11, 2018}}</ref> On January 28, 2019, Blizzard announced that new dedicated esports channel ], owned by German sports channel ], would be broadcasting Overwatch League events in Germany, Switzerland, and Austria.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://dotesports.com/overwatch/news/the-next-season-of-overwatch-league-will-be-broadcast-live-on-tv-in-germany-austria-and-switzerland|title=The next season of Overwatch League will be broadcast live on TV in Germany, Austria and Switzerland|last=Heath|first=Jerome|date=January 28, 2019|website=Dot Esports|language=en-US|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=January 31, 2019}}</ref> All matches were broadcast on the Overwatch League's website and through ] (owned by Blizzard), and by third-party broadcaster ]. On the first day of the ], ] and Blizzard announced a multi-year partnership that would bring OWL and other organized ''Overwatch'' competitive events to ], ], and ], starting with the playoffs and continuing through the 2019 season.<ref name="OWL on TV">{{cite web|url=http://www.espn.com/esports/story/_/id/24062274/overwatch-league-comes-espn-disney-abc|title=Overwatch League comes to ESPN, Disney and ABC|date=July 11, 2018|work=]|accessdate=July 11, 2018}}</ref> On January 28, 2019, Blizzard announced that new dedicated esports channel ], owned by German sports channel ], would be broadcasting Overwatch League events in Germany, Switzerland, and Austria.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://dotesports.com/overwatch/news/the-next-season-of-overwatch-league-will-be-broadcast-live-on-tv-in-germany-austria-and-switzerland|title=The next season of Overwatch League will be broadcast live on TV in Germany, Austria and Switzerland|last=Heath|first=Jerome|date=January 28, 2019|website=Dot Esports|language=en-US|access-date=January 31, 2019}}</ref>


== Regular season == == Regular season ==
A team's standing was based on their overall match win–loss record, with ties broken by map differential, head-to-head map record, and head-to-head match record, in that order. If a tie that affects the qualification for Stage or Postseason playoffs still cannot be broken, the teams were to play a tiebreaker match.<ref name=OWLWeb>{{cite web |title=Overwatch League Standings |url=https://overwatchleague.com/en-us/standings/season/2019/stage/1 |website=The Overwatch League |access-date=21 February 2019 |archive-date=22 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190222041854/https://overwatchleague.com/en-us/standings/season/2019/stage/1 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
A team's standing is based on both their overall match win/loss record, with ties broken by their overall round record. Teams' overall standings are used for placement in the post-season playoffs.

The season playoff teams consisted of the two division winners, four wild card teams with the best regular season records regardless of division, and the top two teams from the play-in tournament.<ref name=OWLRules>{{cite web |title=Overwatch League Summary of Official Rules 2019 Season |url=https://overwatchleague.com/en-us/news/21568602/rules-of-competition-and-code-of-conduct |website=The Overwatch League | access-date=21 February 2019}}</ref>


=== Overall standings === === Overall standings ===
{{2019 Overwatch League standings}}
{{As of|2019|2|14|df=US|lc=|since=}}

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Stage 1 ran from February 14 to March 17, 2019, with stage playoffs taking place from March 21–24, 2019. The two division leaders, and the following top six teams, regardless of division, in the Stage 1 standings qualified for the Stage 1 Playoffs. The division winners were awarded the top two seeds, while the remaining teams received seeds three through eight based on their Stage 1 records.<ref name=OWLRules /> All matches emanated from the ] in ].
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At the conclusion of the first stage, both the Fusion and Defiant were tied for third place after considering all tie-breaking resolutions; similarly, the San Francisco Shock and the Seoul Dynasty were tied for sixth place. By league rules, both ties were to broken by an off-stream match. While the sixth-place tie was decided in this manner, the Defiant and Fusion mutually agreed to settle the third-place tie by a ]. Due to issues on reporting the coin flip, league commissioner Nate Nanzer stated that the league would not allow teams to decides such ties by one in the future.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://dotesports.com/overwatch/news/overwatch-league-commissioner-nate-nanzer-promises-to-never-determine-seeding-by-coin-flip-again | title =Overwatch League commissioner Nate Nanzer promises to never determine seeding by coin flip again | first = Rachel | last = Samples | date = March 21, 2019 | accessdate = March 21, 2019 | work = ] }}</ref>
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| win_VAL = 0 | loss_VAL = 7 | mrw_VAL = 10 | mrl_VAL = 19 | mrt_VAL = 2

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|group_header={{abbr|Div|Division}}

|class_rules=1) ]; 2) map differential; 3) head-to-head record; 4) head-to-head map differential

|num_cols=8
|ranking_col=4
|winpoints=1.000

|colstyle4=ppg |col_header4={{abbr|PCT|Winning percentage}}
|colstyle5=mrw |col_header5={{abbr|MW|Maps won}}
|colstyle6=mrl |col_header6={{abbr|ML|Maps lost}}
|colstyle7=mrt |col_header7={{abbr|MT|Maps tied}}
|colstyle8=diff_mrw_mrl |col_header8={{abbr|MD|Map differential}} | plus_sign_diffs=yes

|res_col_header=Q
|col_green1=green1 |text_green1=Advance to stage playoffs (division leaders)
|col_green2=green2 |text_green2=Advance to stage playoffs
}}

====Playoffs====
{{8TeamBracket-reseed
| RD1=Stage Quarterfinals
| RD2=Stage Semifinals
| RD3=Stage Finals

| RD2-group1 = '''(Pairings are reseeded after the first round)'''

| seed-width = 25px
| team-width = 150px
| score-width = 25px

| RD1-seed1 = '''1'''
| RD1-team1 = ''']'''
| RD1-score1 = '''3'''
| RD1-seed2 = 8
| RD1-team2 = ]
| RD1-score2 = 0

| RD1-seed3 = '''4'''
| RD1-team3 = ''']'''
| RD1-score3 = '''3'''
| RD1-seed4 = 5
| RD1-team4 = ]
| RD1-score4 = 1

| RD1-seed5 = 3
| RD1-team5 = ]
| RD1-score5 = 0
| RD1-seed6 = '''6'''
| RD1-team6 = ''']'''
| RD1-score6 = '''3'''

| RD1-seed7 = 2
| RD1-team7 = ]
| RD1-score7 = 1
| RD1-seed8 = '''7'''
| RD1-team8 = ''']'''
| RD1-score8 = '''3'''

| RD2-seed1 = '''1'''
| RD2-team1 = '''Vancouver Titans'''
| RD2-score1 = '''4'''
| RD2-seed2 = 7
| RD2-team2 = Seoul Dynasty
| RD2-score2 = 0

| RD2-seed3 = 4
| RD2-team3 = Philadelphia Fusion
| RD2-score3 = 0
| RD2-seed4 = '''6'''
| RD2-team4 = '''San Francisco Shock'''
| RD2-score4 = '''4'''

| RD3-seed1 = '''1'''
| RD3-team1 = '''Vancouver Titans'''
| RD3-score1 = '''4'''
| RD3-seed2 = 6
| RD3-team2 = San Francisco Shock
| RD3-score2 = 3
}}

===Stage 2===
Stage 2 ran from April 4 to May 5, 2019, with stage playoffs taking place from May 9–12. The playoff format did not change from Stage 1.<ref name=OWLRules /> All matches emanated from the Blizzard Arena in Burbank, California, except for the fourth week of play, which took place at the ] in ] &ndash; the first of three "Homestand Weeks" of the season. This stage's Homestand Week was hosted by Dallas Fuel.<ref name=:0 />

The second stage was the first in which assault map Paris was available for play. It was also the introduction of new support character ] into professional play. Baptiste was designed by Blizzard as to disrupt a three-tank, three-support composition (frequently called GOATS in the game's player base in reference to the non-league team that popularized it) which had been dominating ''Overwatch''{{'s}} metagame for several months prior to the 2019 season and had been frequently used by teams during Stage 1.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://overwatchleague.com/en-us/news/22946374/patch-notes-stage-2|title=Patch Notes: Stage 2|last=Larsson|first=Jonathan|publisher=Overwatch League|date=March 29, 2019|accessdate=March 30, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url =https://www.heroesneverdie.com/2019/4/5/18296575/overwatch-league-stage-one-two-changes-rosters | title = What changed before stage two of the Overwatch League? | first = Joseph | last= Franco | date = April 5, 2019 | accessdate = April 5, 2019 | work = ] }}</ref>

Due to the tiebreaking issues in Stage 1, the League updated their tiebreaker rules to include head-to-head records across all stages, strength of schedule, and common opponents records.<ref>{{cite news |last=Steiner |first=Dustin |title=OWL Updates Tiebreaker Rules to Include Strength of Schedule, More |work=Unikrn |date=May 2, 2019 |url=https://news.unikrn.com/article/overwatch-league-tiebreaker-rule-update-stage-season-n_ds |access-date=May 4, 2019}}</ref>

====Standings====
{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=Custom|default_style=WLbasic|hide_played=no|update=complete|source=

|group_SFS=PAC | team1 = SFS | name_SFS = ] | result1 = green1
|group_LDN=ATL | team2 = LDN | name_LDN = ] | result2 = green1
|group_VAN=PAC | team3 = VAN | name_VAN = ] | result3 = green2
|group_GLA=PAC | team4 = GLA | name_GLA = ] | result4 = green2
|group_NYE=ATL | team5 = NYE | name_NYE = ] | result5 = green2
|group_DAL=PAC | team6 = DAL | name_DAL = ] | result6 = green2
|group_HZS=PAC | team7 = HZS | name_HZS = ] | result7 = green2
|group_SHD=PAC | team8 = SHD | name_SHD = ] | result8 = green2
|group_CHD=PAC | team9 = CHD | name_CHD = ] | result9 =
|group_SEO=PAC | team10 = SEO | name_SEO = ] | result10 =
|group_PHI=ATL | team11 = PHI | name_PHI = ] | result11 =
|group_ATL=ATL | team12 = ATL | name_ATL = ] | result12 =
|group_BOS=ATL | team13 = BOS | name_BOS = ] | result13 =
|group_VAL=PAC | team14 = VAL | name_VAL = ] | result14 =
|group_TOR=ATL | team15 = TOR | name_TOR = ] | result15 =
|group_PAR=ATL | team16 = PAR | name_PAR = ] | result16 =
|group_GZC=PAC | team17 = GZC | name_GZC = ] | result17 =
|group_WAS=ATL | team18 = WAS | name_WAS = ] | result18 =
|group_FLA=ATL | team19 = FLA | name_FLA = ] | result19 =
|group_HOU=ATL | team20 = HOU | name_HOU = ] | result20 =

| win_SFS = 7 | loss_SFS = 0 | mrw_SFS = 28 | mrl_SFS = 0 | mrt_SFS = 0
| win_LDN = 6 | loss_LDN = 1 | mrw_LDN = 21 | mrl_LDN = 5 | mrt_LDN = 2
| win_VAN = 7 | loss_VAN = 0 | mrw_VAN = 25 | mrl_VAN = 3 | mrt_VAN = 0
| win_GLA = 6 | loss_GLA = 1 | mrw_GLA = 19 | mrl_GLA = 9 | mrt_GLA = 1
| win_NYE = 5 | loss_NYE = 2 | mrw_NYE = 21 | mrl_NYE = 7 | mrt_NYE = 1
| win_DAL = 5 | loss_DAL = 2 | mrw_DAL = 16 | mrl_DAL = 11 | mrt_DAL = 1
| win_HZS = 5 | loss_HZS = 2 | mrw_HZS = 15 | mrl_HZS = 16 | mrt_HZS = 0
| win_SHD = 4 | loss_SHD = 3 | mrw_SHD = 13 | mrl_SHD = 13 | mrt_SHD = 2
| win_CHD = 3 | loss_CHD = 4 | mrw_CHD = 15 | mrl_CHD = 14 | mrt_CHD = 0
| win_SEO = 3 | loss_SEO = 4 | mrw_SEO = 15 | mrl_SEO = 15 | mrt_SEO = 0
| win_PHI = 3 | loss_PHI = 4 | mrw_PHI = 12 | mrl_PHI = 15 | mrt_PHI = 1
| win_ATL = 3 | loss_ATL = 4 | mrw_ATL = 14 | mrl_ATL = 17 | mrt_ATL = 0
| win_BOS = 3 | loss_BOS = 4 | mrw_BOS = 13 | mrl_BOS = 19 | mrt_BOS = 0
| win_VAL = 3 | loss_VAL = 4 | mrw_VAL = 12 | mrl_VAL = 18 | mrt_VAL = 1
| win_TOR = 2 | loss_TOR = 5 | mrw_TOR = 11 | mrl_TOR = 18 | mrt_TOR = 0
| win_PAR = 2 | loss_PAR = 5 | mrw_PAR = 10 | mrl_PAR = 18 | mrt_PAR = 1
| win_GZC = 2 | loss_GZC = 5 | mrw_GZC = 8 | mrl_GZC = 22 | mrt_GZC = 0
| win_WAS = 1 | loss_WAS = 6 | mrw_WAS = 8 | mrl_WAS = 21 | mrt_WAS = 0
| win_FLA = 0 | loss_FLA = 7 | mrw_FLA = 6 | mrl_FLA = 21 | mrt_FLA = 1
| win_HOU = 0 | loss_HOU = 7 | mrw_HOU = 4 | mrl_HOU = 24 | mrt_HOU = 1

|show_groups=yes
|group_header={{abbr|Div|Division}}

|class_rules=1) ]; 2) map differential; 3) head-to-head record; 4) head-to-head map differential

|num_cols=8
|ranking_col=4
|winpoints=1.000

|colstyle4=ppg |col_header4={{abbr|PCT|Winning percentage}}
|colstyle5=mrw |col_header5={{abbr|MW|Maps won}}
|colstyle6=mrl |col_header6={{abbr|ML|Maps lost}}
|colstyle7=mrt |col_header7={{abbr|MT|Maps tied}}
|colstyle8=diff_mrw_mrl |col_header8={{abbr|MD|Map differential}} | plus_sign_diffs=yes

|res_col_header=Q
|col_green1=green1 |text_green1=Advance to stage playoffs (division leaders)
|col_green2=green2 |text_green2=Advance to stage playoffs
}}

====Playoffs====
{{8TeamBracket-reseed
| RD1=Stage Quarterfinals
| RD2=Stage Semifinals
| RD3=Stage Finals

| RD2-group1 = '''(Pairings are reseeded after the first round)'''

| seed-width = 25px
| team-width = 150px
| score-width = 25px

| RD1-seed1 = '''1'''
| RD1-team1 = ''']'''
| RD1-score1 = '''3'''
| RD1-seed2 = 8
| RD1-team2 = ]
| RD1-score2 = 1

| RD1-seed3 = 4
| RD1-team3 = ]
| RD1-score3 = 0
| RD1-seed4 = '''5'''
| RD1-team4 = ''']'''
| RD1-score4 = '''3'''

| RD1-seed5 = '''3'''
| RD1-team5 = ''']'''
| RD1-score5 = '''3'''
| RD1-seed6 = 6
| RD1-team6 = ]
| RD1-score6 = 0

| RD1-seed7 = 2
| RD1-team7 = ]
| RD1-score7 = 1
| RD1-seed8 = '''7'''
| RD1-team8 = ''']'''
| RD1-score8 = '''3'''

| RD2-seed1 = '''1'''
| RD2-team1 = '''San Francisco Shock'''
| RD2-score1 = '''4'''
| RD2-seed2 =7
| RD2-team2 = Hangzhou Spark
| RD2-score2 = 0

| RD2-seed3 = '''3'''
| RD2-team3 = '''Vancouver Titans'''
| RD2-score3 = '''4'''
| RD2-seed4 = 5
| RD2-team4 = New York Excelsior
| RD2-score4 = 1

| RD3-seed1 = '''1'''
| RD3-team1 = '''San Francisco Shock'''
| RD3-score1 = '''4'''
| RD3-seed2 = 3
| RD3-team2 = Vancouver Titans
| RD3-score2 = 2
}}

===Stage 3===
Stage 3 ran from June 6 to July 7, with the stage playoffs taking place from July 11 to 14. The stage marked the first time that assault map ] was played in the Overwatch League. All matches in the fifth week of Stage 3 were played at the ] in ]. The event was the second of three "Homestand Weeks" of the season and was hosted by ]. Additionally, the Overwatch League hosted ] community Pride Day on June 7 at Blizzard Arena.<ref name="Stage 3">{{cite news |last=Linscott |first=Gillian |title=OWL 2019 Stage Three: New Map, Celebrate Love, Atlanta |work=HotSpawn |date=June 4, 2019 |url=https://www.hotspawn.com/owl-2019-stage-3-new-map-celebrate-love-atlanta/ |access-date=June 4, 2019}}</ref>

====Standings====
{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=Custom|default_style=WLbasic|hide_played=no|update=complete|source=

|group_NYE=ATL | team1 = NYE | name_NYE = ] | result1 = green1
|group_VAN=PAC | team2 = VAN | name_VAN = ] | result2 = green1
|group_HZS=PAC | team3 = HZS | name_HZS = ] | result3 = green2
|group_SFS=PAC | team4 = SFS | name_SFS = ] | result4 = green2
|group_SEO=PAC | team5 = SEO | name_SEO = ] | result5 = green2
|group_VAL=PAC | team6 = VAL | name_VAL = ] | result6 = green2
|group_HOU=ATL | team7 = HOU | name_HOU = ] | result7 = green2
|group_SHD=PAC | team8 = SHD | name_SHD = ] | result8 = green2
|group_GLA=PAC | team9 = GLA | name_GLA = ] | result9 =
|group_GZC=PAC | team10 = GZC | name_GZC = ] | result10 =
|group_PHI=ATL | team11 = PHI | name_PHI = ] | result11 =
|group_PAR=ATL | team12 = PAR | name_PAR = ] | result12 =
|group_CHD=PAC | team13 = CHD | name_CHD = ] | result13 =
|group_LDN=ATL | team14 = LDN | name_LDN = ] | result14 =
|group_ATL=ATL | team15 = ATL | name_ATL = ] | result15 =
|group_BOS=ATL | team16 = BOS | name_BOS = ] | result16 =
|group_DAL=PAC | team17 = DAL | name_DAL = ] | result17 =
|group_FLA=ATL | team18 = FLA | name_FLA = ] | result18 =
|group_TOR=ATL | team19 = TOR | name_TOR = ] | result19 =
|group_WAS=ATL | team20 = WAS | name_WAS = ] | result20 =

| win_NYE = 7 | loss_NYE = 0 | mrw_NYE = 23 | mrl_NYE = 7 | mrt_NYE = 1
| win_VAN = 6 | loss_VAN = 1 | mrw_VAN = 21 | mrl_VAN = 7 | mrt_VAN = 0
| win_HZS = 6 | loss_HZS = 1 | mrw_HZS = 21 | mrl_HZS = 7 | mrt_HZS = 2
| win_SFS = 5 | loss_SFS = 2 | mrw_SFS = 23 | mrl_SFS = 8 | mrt_SFS = 0
| win_SEO = 5 | loss_SEO = 2 | mrw_SEO = 20 | mrl_SEO = 8 | mrt_SEO = 1
| win_VAL = 5 | loss_VAL = 2 | mrw_VAL = 20 | mrl_VAL = 9 | mrt_VAL = 0
| win_HOU = 5 | loss_HOU = 2 | mrw_HOU = 19 | mrl_HOU = 10 | mrt_HOU = 1
| win_SHD = 5 | loss_SHD = 2 | mrw_SHD = 17 | mrl_SHD = 12 | mrt_SHD = 0
| win_GLA = 4 | loss_GLA = 3 | mrw_GLA = 17 | mrl_GLA = 11 | mrt_GLA = 0
| win_GZC = 4 | loss_GZC = 3 | mrw_GZC = 16 | mrl_GZC = 12 | mrt_GZC = 0
| win_PHI = 4 | loss_PHI = 3 | mrw_PHI = 13 | mrl_PHI = 16 | mrt_PHI = 1
| win_PAR = 3 | loss_PAR = 4 | mrw_PAR = 14 | mrl_PAR = 15 | mrt_PAR = 0
| win_CHD = 3 | loss_CHD = 4 | mrw_CHD = 12 | mrl_CHD = 16 | mrt_CHD = 1
| win_LDN = 3 | loss_LDN = 4 | mrw_LDN = 11 | mrl_LDN = 17 | mrt_LDN = 1
| win_ATL = 2 | loss_ATL = 5 | mrw_ATL = 14 | mrl_ATL = 17 | mrt_ATL = 0
| win_BOS = 1 | loss_BOS = 6 | mrw_BOS = 7 | mrl_BOS = 22 | mrt_BOS = 1
| win_DAL = 1 | loss_DAL = 6 | mrw_DAL = 6 | mrl_DAL = 21 | mrt_DAL = 2
| win_FLA = 1 | loss_FLA = 6 | mrw_FLA = 4 | mrl_FLA = 23 | mrt_FLA = 1
| win_TOR = 0 | loss_TOR = 7 | mrw_TOR = 4 | mrl_TOR = 24 | mrt_TOR = 0
| win_WAS = 0 | loss_WAS = 7 | mrw_WAS = 2 | mrl_WAS = 22 | mrt_WAS = 4

|show_groups=yes
|group_header={{abbr|Div|Division}}

|class_rules=1) ]; 2) map differential; 3) head-to-head record; 4) head-to-head map differential

|num_cols=8
|ranking_col=4
|winpoints=1.000

|colstyle4=ppg |col_header4={{abbr|PCT|Winning percentage}}
|colstyle5=mrw |col_header5={{abbr|MW|Maps won}}
|colstyle6=mrl |col_header6={{abbr|ML|Maps lost}}
|colstyle7=mrt |col_header7={{abbr|MT|Maps tied}}
|colstyle8=diff_mrw_mrl |col_header8={{abbr|MD|Map differential}} | plus_sign_diffs=yes

|res_col_header=Q
|col_green1=green1 |text_green1=Advance to stage playoffs (division leaders)
|col_green2=green2 |text_green2=Advance to stage playoffs
}}

====Playoffs====
{{8TeamBracket-reseed
| RD1=Stage Quarterfinals
| RD2=Stage Semifinals
| RD3=Stage Finals

| RD2-group1 = '''(Pairings are reseeded after the first round)'''

| seed-width = 25px
| team-width = 150px
| score-width = 25px

| RD1-seed1 = 1
| RD1-team1 = ]
| RD1-score1 = 1
| RD1-seed2 = '''8'''
| RD1-team2 = ''']'''
| RD1-score2 = '''3'''

| RD1-seed3 = '''4'''
| RD1-team3 = ''']'''
| RD1-score3 = '''3'''
| RD1-seed4 = 5
| RD1-team4 = ]
| RD1-score4 = 1

| RD1-seed5 = 3
| RD1-team5 = ]
| RD1-score5 = 2
| RD1-seed6 = '''6'''
| RD1-team6 = ''']'''
| RD1-score6 = '''3'''

| RD1-seed7 = '''2'''
| RD1-team7 = ''']'''
| RD1-score7 = '''3'''
| RD1-seed8 = 7
| RD1-team8 = ]
| RD1-score8 = 0

| RD2-seed1 = 2
| RD2-team1 = Vancouver Titans
| RD2-score1 = 1
| RD2-seed2 = '''8'''
| RD2-team2 = '''Shanghai Dragons'''
| RD2-score2 = '''4'''

| RD2-seed3 = '''4'''
| RD2-team3 = '''San Francisco Shock'''
| RD2-score3 = '''4'''
| RD2-seed4 = 6
| RD2-team4 = Los Angeles Valiant
| RD2-score4 = 0

| RD3-seed1 = 4
| RD3-team1 = San Francisco Shock
| RD3-score1 = 3
| RD3-seed2 = '''8'''
| RD3-team2 = '''Shanghai Dragons'''
| RD3-score2 = '''4'''
}}

===Stage 4===
Stage 4 ran from July 25 through August 25, with matches in the fifth week taking place at ] in Los Angeles as the final "Homestand Week".

Stage 4 introduced a forced 2-2-2 team composition – 2 damage heroes, 2 support heroes, and 2 tank heroes, as a means of eliminating a metagame composition that became dominant in the league made of three tanks and three supports, otherwise known as "GOATS," named after the Overwatch Contenders team that popularized it. This GOATS composition was difficult to counter at this level of play and was deemed boring to watch. Blizzard had tried to introduce changes in the game to better counter GOATS, but these failed to materialize. In the forced 2-2-2 composition, players are role locked at a start of a map, though they are free to switch heroes within that role during the map. Between maps, along with normal player substitutions, players can then swap roles. This change also came to normal quickplay and competitive mode in ''Overwatch'' outside of the league at the end of September 2019.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2019-07-18-overwatch-is-officially-putting-an-end-to-the-goats-meta | title = Overwatch is officially putting an end to the GOATS meta | first= Imogen | last= Beckhelling | date = July 18, 2019 | accessdate = July 18, 2019 | work = ] }}</ref><ref name="verge role queue">{{cite web | url = https://www.theverge.com/2019/7/18/20696781/overwatch-role-queue-lock-update-goats-blizzard | title = Overwatch’s new ‘role queue’ feature lets you play the hero you want | first= Andrew | last= Webster | date = July 18, 2019 | accessdate = July 18, 2019 | work = ] }}</ref>

====Standings====
{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=Custom|default_style=WLbasic|hide_played=no|update=complete|source=

|group_ATL=ATL | team1 = ATL | name_ATL = ] | result1 =
|group_SFS=PAC | team2 = SFS | name_SFS = ] | result2 =
|group_GZC=PAC | team3 = GZC | name_GZC = ] | result3 =
|group_WAS=ATL | team4 = WAS | name_WAS = ] | result4 =
|group_VAN=PAC | team5 = VAN | name_VAN = ] | result5 =
|group_FLA=ATL | team6 = FLA | name_FLA = ] | result6 =
|group_HZS=PAC | team7 = HZS | name_HZS = ] | result7 =
|group_GLA=PAC | team8 = GLA | name_GLA = ] | result8 =
|group_LDN=ATL | team9 = LDN | name_LDN = ] | result9 =
|group_CHD=PAC | team10 = CHD | name_CHD = ] | result10 =
|group_VAL=PAC | team11 = VAL | name_VAL = ] | result11 =
|group_PHI=ATL | team12 = PHI | name_PHI = ] | result12 =
|group_SEO=PAC | team13 = SEO | name_SEO = ] | result13 =
|group_PAR=ATL | team14 = PAR | name_PAR = ] | result14 =
|group_NYE=ATL | team15 = NYE | name_NYE = ] | result15 =
|group_HOU=ATL | team16 = HOU | name_HOU = ] | result16 =
|group_SHD=PAC | team17 = SHD | name_SHD = ] | result17 =
|group_TOR=ATL | team18 = TOR | name_TOR = ] | result18 =
|group_DAL=PAC | team19 = DAL | name_DAL = ] | result19 =
|group_BOS=ATL | team20 = BOS | name_BOS = ] | result20 =

| win_ATL = 7 | loss_ATL = 0 | mrw_ATL = 23 | mrl_ATL = 4 | mrt_ATL = 1
| win_SFS = 7 | loss_SFS = 0 | mrw_SFS = 24 | mrl_SFS = 6 | mrt_SFS = 0
| win_GZC = 6 | loss_GZC = 1 | mrw_GZC = 22 | mrl_GZC = 7 | mrt_GZC = 1
| win_WAS = 6 | loss_WAS = 1 | mrw_WAS = 20 | mrl_WAS = 9 | mrt_WAS = 1
| win_VAN = 5 | loss_VAN = 2 | mrw_VAN = 19 | mrl_VAN = 12 | mrt_VAN = 0
| win_FLA = 4 | loss_FLA = 3 | mrw_FLA = 17 | mrl_FLA = 10 | mrt_FLA = 2
| win_HZS = 4 | loss_HZS = 3 | mrw_HZS = 16 | mrl_HZS = 13 | mrt_HZS = 1
| win_GLA = 4 | loss_GLA = 3 | mrw_GLA = 17 | mrl_GLA = 15 | mrt_GLA = 0
| win_LDN = 4 | loss_LDN = 3 | mrw_LDN = 14 | mrl_LDN = 14 | mrt_LDN = 1
| win_CHD = 4 | loss_CHD = 3 | mrw_CHD = 16 | mrl_CHD = 16 | mrt_CHD = 0
| win_VAL = 4 | loss_VAL = 3 | mrw_VAL = 14 | mrl_VAL = 15 | mrt_VAL = 1
| win_PHI = 3 | loss_PHI = 4 | mrw_PHI = 15 | mrl_PHI = 17 | mrt_PHI = 0
| win_SEO = 3 | loss_SEO = 4 | mrw_SEO = 13 | mrl_SEO = 16 | mrt_SEO = 1
| win_PAR = 3 | loss_PAR = 4 | mrw_PAR = 13 | mrl_PAR = 17 | mrt_PAR = 0
| win_NYE = 3 | loss_NYE = 4 | mrw_NYE = 12 | mrl_NYE = 18 | mrt_NYE = 0
| win_HOU = 1 | loss_HOU = 6 | mrw_HOU = 11 | mrl_HOU = 19 | mrt_HOU = 0
| win_SHD = 1 | loss_SHD = 6 | mrw_SHD = 8 | mrl_SHD = 19 | mrt_SHD = 1
| win_TOR = 1 | loss_TOR = 6 | mrw_TOR = 8 | mrl_TOR = 19 | mrt_TOR = 2
| win_DAL = 0 | loss_DAL = 7 | mrw_DAL = 6 | mrl_DAL = 23 | mrt_DAL = 0
| win_BOS = 0 | loss_BOS = 7 | mrw_BOS = 5 | mrl_BOS = 24 | mrt_BOS = 0

|show_groups=yes
|group_header={{abbr|Div|Division}}

|class_rules=1) ]; 2) map differential; 3) head-to-head record; 4) head-to-head map differential

|num_cols=8
|ranking_col=4
|winpoints=1.000

|colstyle4=ppg |col_header4={{abbr|PCT|Winning percentage}}
|colstyle5=mrw |col_header5={{abbr|MW|Maps won}}
|colstyle6=mrl |col_header6={{abbr|ML|Maps lost}}
|colstyle7=mrt |col_header7={{abbr|MT|Maps tied}}
|colstyle8=diff_mrw_mrl |col_header8={{abbr|MD|Map differential}} | plus_sign_diffs=yes

|res_col_header=Q
}}

== Postseason ==
=== Play-in tournament ===
The play-in tournament is a ] that took place August 30–31. Each match were first-to-four maps, with the higher seed selecting the first map and the loser of each subsequent map selecting the next. The winners of each quarterfinal match advanced to the semifinals, where they faced either the seventh- or eighth-seeded team, depending on their own seed. The winners of the semifinals qualified for the season playoffs and were seeded according to their regular season records.<ref name=OWLRules /><ref>{{cite news |author1=Blizzard Entertainment |title=2019 Season Playoffs Primer |url=https://overwatchleague.com/en-gb/news/23053104/2019-season-playoffs-primer |accessdate=August 25, 2019 |work=The Overwatch League |date=July 25, 2019}}</ref>

==== Bracket ====
{{2NTeam-NTeamBracket|rounds=2|brackets=2
|RD1 = Quarterfinals<br>August 30
|RD2 = Semifinals<br>August 31

| RD1-RD2-path=0

| RD1-seed1='''9'''
| RD1-team1={{nowrap|''']'''}}
| RD1-score1='''4'''
| RD1-seed2=12
| RD1-team2=]
| RD1-score2=1

| RD1-seed3=10
| RD1-team3=]
| RD1-score3=2
| RD1-seed4='''11'''
| RD1-team4=''']'''
| RD1-score4='''4'''

| RD2-seed1='''7'''
| RD2-team1=''']'''
| RD2-score1='''4'''
| RD2-seed2=11
| RD2-team2=Shanghai Dragons
| RD2-score2=3

| RD2-seed3='''8'''
| RD2-team3=''']'''
| RD2-score3='''4'''
| RD2-seed4=9
| RD2-team4=Guangzhou Charge
| RD2-score4=1
}}

=== Playoffs ===
{{main|2019 Overwatch League playoffs}}
Eight teams competed in the OWL Playoffs – a ] – from September 5 to 29. The winner of each round of the Playoffs was determined by a single-match, where each match winner was determined by which team wins four maps. The final two teams remaining in the tournament advanced to the ], which took place at ] in ] on September 29.<ref name=OWLRules /><ref name="PBJ">{{cite news |last=George |first=John |title=Egamers alert: This year's Overwatch League winner will be crowned in Philadelphia |date=May 8, 2019 |work=Philadelphia Business Journal |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/philadelphia/news/2019/05/08/egamers-alert-this-years-overwatch-league-winner.html |access-date=May 8, 2019}}</ref>

==== Bracket ====
{{transcluded section|2019 Overwatch League playoffs}}
{{#section-h:2019 Overwatch League playoffs|Bracket}}

== Notable events ==
=== Shanghai Dragons win first match ===
In the ], the ] failed to win a match, going 0–40 throughout the regular season. The franchise released eight of their eleven players going into the 2019 season.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Moore |first1=Bo |title=The Shanghai Dragons have won their first Overwatch League match |url=https://www.pcgamer.com/the-shanghai-dragons-have-won-their-first-overwatch-league-match/ |access-date=October 5, 2021 |work=PC Gamer |date=February 22, 2019}}</ref> The Dragons lost their first two matches of the 2019 regular season, bringing their loss streak to 42 matches — the longest loss streak in professional sports history at the time.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Rand |first1=Emily |title=The past, present and future of the Shanghai Dragons |url=https://www.espn.com/esports/story/_/id/29210259/the-present-future-shanghai-dragons |access-date=October 5, 2021 |work=ESPN |date=May 22, 2020}}</ref> On February 22, 2019, the Dragons defeated the ], giving the franchise their first win.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Rand |first1=Emily |title=Gamsu leads Shanghai to first Overwatch League win |url=https://www.espn.com/esports/story/_/id/26058992/gamsu-leads-shanghai-dragons-first-overwatch-league-win |access-date=October 5, 2021 |work=ESPN |date=February 23, 2019}}</ref>

=== Sale of the Houston Outlaws ===
On June 12, 2019, ] (IGC), the parent company of ] and ], acquired Infinite Esports, the parent company of ] and ], marking the first sale of any Overwatch League franchise.<ref>{{cite news |last=Goslin |first=Austen |title=Immortals Gaming acquires Infinite Esports parent company of OpTic Gaming and Houston Outlaws |work=Polygon |date=June 12, 2019 |url=https://www.polygon.com/2019/6/12/18663066/immortals-gaming-buys-infinite-esports-optic-gaming-houston-outlaws-la-valiant-overwatch-league |access-date=July 2, 2019}}</ref> Both ] and ] approved the sale. By OWL rules, one company may not own more than one OWL franchise, so IGC had to operate the Valiant and Outlaws as entirely separate entities, with oversight by OWL representatives, until IGC sold the Outlaws.<ref>{{cite news |last=Hayward |first=Andrew |title=Immortals GC Acquires OpTic Gaming and Houston Outlaws Parent, Infinite Esports & Entertainment |work=The Esports Observer |date=June 12, 2019 |url=https://esportsobserver.com/igc-acquires-ise/ |access-date=July 2, 2019}}</ref> In November 2019, IGC sold the Outlaws to the ].<ref>{{cite web | url = https://venturebeat.com/2019/11/14/immortals-gaming-club-sells-its-houston-outlaws-overwatch-team-to-beasley-media-group/ | title = Immortals Gaming Club sells its Houston Outlaws Overwatch team to Beasley Media Group | first= Dean | last = Takahashi | date = November 14, 2019 | access-date = November 14, 2019 | work = ] }}</ref>

==Awards==
=== Individual awards ===
{| class="wikitable"
|- |-
! Award !! Recipient
| 13 || ] || ATL || 1 || '''0''' || 1 || 2-3-0 || -1 || 0 ||rowspan="9" |
|- |-
| Most Valuable Player (MVP) || ] <small>(])</small>
| 14 || ] ||PAC || 1 || '''0''' || 1 || 2-3-0 || -1 || 0
|- |-
| ] || Scott "Custa" Kennedy <small>(])</small>
| 15 || ] || ATL || 1 || '''0''' || 1 || 1-2-1 || -1 || 0
|- |-
| Rookie of the Year || Kim "Haksal" Hyo-jong <small>(])</small>
| 16 || ] || PAC || 1 || '''0''' || 1 || 1-3-0 || -2 || 0
|- |-
| Grand Finals MVP || ] <small>(])</small>
| 17 || ] || PAC || 1 || '''0''' || 1 || 1-3-0 || -2 || 0
|}

===Role Stars===
{| class="wikitable"
!Damage
!Tank
!Support
|-
| Corey "Corey" Nigra <small>(])</small> || Choi "Choihyobin" Hyo-bin <small>(San Francisco Shock)</small>|| Park "iDK" Ho-jin <small>(Hangzhou Spark)</small>
|- |-
| Yang "DDing" Jin-hyeok <small>(])</small>|| Qiulin "Guxue" Xu <small>(])</small>|| Park "Kariv" Young-seo <small>(])</small>
| 18 || ] || ATL || 1 || '''0''' || 1 || 1-3-0 || -2 || 0
|- |-
| Kim "Haksal" Hyo-jong <small>(])</small>|| Kim "mano" Dong-gyu <small>(])</small>|| Grant "Moth" Espe <small>(San Francisco Shock)</small>
| 19 || ] || PAC || 1 || '''0''' || 1 || 0-4-0 || -4 || 0
|- |-
|Jay "sinatraa" Won <small>(])</small>
| 20 || ] || ATL || 1 || '''0''' || 1 || 0-4-0 || -4 || 0
|] <small>(San Francisco Shock)</small>
|Lee "Twilight" Ju-seok <small>(Vancouver Titans)</small>
|} |}


=== Stage 1 === == All-Star Game ==
{{main|2019 Overwatch League All-Star Game}}
The 2019 Overwatch League All-Star Game was the Overwatch League's second edition of an ] that involved the All-Star players of the league. The game was played on May 16, 2019, and was the culmination of the league's All-Star Weekend, a two-day event that consisted of the Talent Takedown, a ] ], and the All-Star Arcade. All of the events were played at ] in ]. The game was televised by ] and streamed live on ].<ref>{{cite news |last=Khan |first=Asif |title=Overwatch League All-Star starters and game modes revealed |work=Shack News |date=May 6, 2019 |url=https://www.shacknews.com/article/111590/overwatch-league-all-star-starters-and-game-modes-revealed |access-date=May 12, 2019}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! style="width:175px"| Team
! Map 1
! Map 2
! Map 3
! Map 4
! style="border-right:2px solid#AAA" | Map 5
! Map Wins
|-
| style="text-align:left; background:#3a3ba5; color:white;" | '''Atlantic Division'''
| '''2'''
| '''3'''
| '''2'''
| 1
| style="border-right:2px solid#AAA" |'''2'''
| '''4'''
|-
| style="text-align:left; background:#aa974a; color:white;" |Pacific Division
| 0
| 2
| 1
| '''2'''
| style="border-right:2px solid#AAA" | 0
| 1
|}

==Winnings==
Teams in the 2019 season competed for a total prize pool of {{USD|5 million}} across regular season play, stage finals, and playoffs. By League rules, at least 50% of these winnings are split among the team's members, the remaining going to the team's owner.

{{Col-begin}}
{{Col-1-of-4}}
'''Stage 1 Playoffs'''
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
! scope="col" style="width: 20px;" |{{tooltip|Pos|Position}}
! scope="col" style="width: 190px;"|Team
! scope="col" style="width: 50px;" |{{tooltip|Div|Division}}
! scope="col" style="width: 25px;" |{{tooltip|Pld|Played}}
! scope="col" style="width: 25px;" |{{tooltip|W|Wins}}
! scope="col" style="width: 25px;" |{{tooltip|L|Losses}}
! scope="col" style="width: 65px;" |{{tooltip|MR|Maps Record (W-L-T)}}
! scope="col" style="width: 35px;" |{{tooltip|MD|Maps Difference}}
! scope="col" style="width: 25px;" |{{tooltip|Pts|Points}}
! Qualification
<!--
| Pos || team || div || Pld || W || L || MR || MD || Pts || Qualification -->
|- bgcolor="#b2ffb2"
| 1 || ] || ATL || 1 || '''1''' || 0 || 4-0-0 || +4 || 2 ||rowspan="8"|Season Playoffs
|- bgcolor="#b2ffb2"
| 2 || ] || PAC || 1 || '''1''' || 0 || 4-0-0 || +4 || 2
|- bgcolor="#b2ffb2"
| 3 || ] || ATL || 1 || '''1''' || 0 || 3-1-0 || +2 || 2
|- bgcolor="#b2ffb2"
| 4 || ] || PAC || 1 || '''1''' || 0 || 3-1-0 || +2 || 2
|- bgcolor="#b2ffb2"
| 5 || ] || PAC || 1 || '''1''' || 0 || 3-1-0 || +2 || 2
|- bgcolor="#b2ffb2"
| 6 || ] || ATL || 1 || '''1''' || 0 || 3-2-0 || +1 || 2
|- bgcolor="#b2ffb2
| 7 || ] || PAC || 1 || '''1''' || 0 || 3-2-0 || +1 || 2
|- bgcolor="#b2ffb2"
| 8 || ] || ATL || 1 || '''1''' || 0 || 2-1-1 || +1 || 2
|- |-
! Pos
| 9 || ] || ATL || 0 || '''0''' || 0 || 0-0-0 || ±0 || 0 ||rowspan="12" |
! Team
! Bonus
|- |-
| 1 || style="text-align:left" | ] || $200,000
| 10 || ] || PAC || 0 || '''0''' || 0 || 0-0-0 || ±0 || 0
|- |-
| 2 || style="text-align:left" | San Francisco Shock || $100,000
| 11 || ] || ATL || 0 || '''0''' || 0 || 0-0-0 || ±0 || 0
|- |-
| 3 || style="text-align:left" | ] || $50,000
| 12 || ] || PAC || 0 || '''0''' || 0 || 0-0-0 || ±0 || 0
|- |-
| 4 || style="text-align:left" | ] || $50,000
| 13 || ] || ATL || 1 || '''0''' || 1 || 2-3-0 || -1 || 0
|- |-
| 5 || style="text-align:left" | New York Excelsior || $25,000
| 14 || ] || PAC || 1 || '''0''' || 1 || 2-3-0 || -1 || 0
|- |-
| 6 || style="text-align:left" | ] || $25,000
| 15 || ] || ATL || 1 || '''0''' || 1 || 1-2-1 || -1 || 0
|- |-
| 7 || style="text-align:left" | Atlanta Reign || $25,000
| 16 || ] || PAC || 1 || '''0''' || 1 || 1-3-0 || -2 || 0
|- |-
| 8 || style="text-align:left" | ] || $25,000
| 17 || ] || PAC || 1 || '''0''' || 1 || 1-3-0 || -2 || 0
|}
{{Col-2-of-4}}
'''Stage 2 Playoffs'''
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|- |-
! Pos
| 18 || ] || ATL || 1 || '''0''' || 1 || 1-3-0 || -2 || 0
! Team
! Bonus
|- |-
| 1 || style="text-align:left" | ] || $200,000
| 19 || ] || PAC || 1 || '''0''' || 1 || 0-4-0 || -4 || 0
|- |-
| 2 || style="text-align:left" | Vancouver Titans || $100,000
| 20 || ] || ATL || 1 || '''0''' || 1 || 0-4-0 || -4 || 0
|-
| 3 || style="text-align:left" | ] || $50,000
|-
| 4 || style="text-align:left" | ] || $50,000
|-
| 5 || style="text-align:left" | ] || $25,000
|-
| 6 || style="text-align:left" | {{nowrap|]}} || $25,000
|-
| 7 || style="text-align:left" | ] || $25,000
|-
| 8 || style="text-align:left" | Shanghai Dragons || $25,000
|} |}
{{Col-3-of-4}}

====Playoffs==== '''Stage 3 Playoffs'''
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"

|-
{{8TeamBracket-reseed
! Pos
| RD1='''Stage Quarterfinals'''
! Team
| RD2='''Stage Semifinals'''
! Bonus
| RD3='''Stage Finals'''
|-

| 1 || style="text-align:left" | ] || $200,000
| group3 = '''(Pairings are reseeded after the first round)'''
|-

| 2 || style="text-align:left" | San Francisco Shock || $100,000
| seed-width =
|-
| team-width =
| 3 || style="text-align:left" | Vancouver Titans || $50,000
| score-width =
|-

| 4 || style="text-align:left" | ] || $50,000
| RD1-seed1 = 1
|-
| RD1-team1 = First Seed
| 5 || style="text-align:left" | New York Excelsior || $25,000
| RD1-score1 =
|-
| RD1-seed2 = 8
| 6 || style="text-align:left" | Hangzhou Spark || $25,000
| RD1-team2 = Eighth Seed
|-
| RD1-score2 =
| 7 || style="text-align:left" | Seoul Dynasty || $25,000

|-
| RD1-seed3 = 2
| 8 || style="text-align:left" | ] || $25,000
| RD1-team3 = Second Seed
|}
| RD1-score3 =
{{Col-4-of-4}}
| RD1-seed4 = 7
'''Season Playoffs'''
| RD1-team4 = Seventh Seed
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
| RD1-score4 =
|-

! Pos
| RD1-seed5 = 3
! Team
| RD1-team5 = Third Seed
! Bonus
| RD1-score5 =
|-
| RD1-seed6 = 6
| 1 || style="text-align:left" | San Francisco Shock || $1,100,000
| RD1-team6 = Sixth Seed
|-
| RD1-score6 =
| 2 || style="text-align:left" | Vancouver Titans || $600,000

|-
| RD1-seed7 = 4
| 3 || style="text-align:left" | New York Excelsior || $450,000
| RD1-team7 = Fourth Seed
|-
| RD1-score7 =
| 4 || style="text-align:left" | Hangzhou Spark || $350,000
| RD1-seed8 = 5
|-
| RD1-team8 = Fifth Seed
| 5 || style="text-align:left" | {{nowrap|Los Angeles Gladiators}} || $300,000
| RD1-score8 =
|-

| 6 || style="text-align:left" | ] || $300,000
| RD2-seed1 =
|-
| RD2-team1 =
| 7 || style="text-align:left" | London Spitfire || $200,000
| RD2-score1 =
|-
| RD2-seed2 =
| 8 || style="text-align:left" | Seoul Dynasty || $200,000
| RD2-team2 =
|}
| RD2-score2 =
{{Col-end}}

| RD2-seed3 =
| RD2-team3 =
| RD2-score3 =
| RD2-seed4 =
| RD2-team4 =
| RD2-score4 =

| RD3-seed1 =
| RD3-team1 =
| RD3-score1 =
| RD3-seed2 =
| RD3-team2 =
| RD3-score2 =
}}


== References == == References ==
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* {{official|https://overwatchleague.com/en-us}} * {{official|https://overwatchleague.com/en-us}}
* {{official|https://overwatchleague.com/en-us/standings/season/1/league|Standings}} * {{official|https://bnetcmsus-a.akamaihd.net/cms/content_entry_media/pl/PLTAVVU0FKKZ1554234556804.pdf|2019 Overwatch League rules}}


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Sports season
2019 Overwatch League season
LeagueOverwatch League
SportOverwatch
DurationFebruary 14 – August 25
September 5 – 29 (Playoffs)
Number of matches28
Number of teams20
TV partner(s) Global United States France Germany
  • Esports1
Regular season
Top seedVancouver Titans
Season MVPJay "sinatraa" Won
Stage Champions
Stage 1Vancouver Titans
Stage 2San Francisco Shock
Stage 3Shanghai Dragons
Grand Finals
VenueWells Fargo Center,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
ChampionsSan Francisco Shock
  Runners-upVancouver Titans
Finals MVPChoi "ChoiHyoBin" Hyo-Bin
Overwatch League seasons
← 20182020 →

The 2019 Overwatch League season was the second season of the Overwatch League (OWL), an esport based on the video game Overwatch. The league expanded from 12 teams from the inaugural season to 20 teams. Of the eight new teams, two were from the United States, two were from Canada, one was from France, and three were from China.

The season began on February 14, 2019, and ended on August 25. Postseason play began in late August. The San Francisco Shock won the Grand Finals over the Vancouver Titans to become the league champions.

League changes

Expansion

See also: Overwatch League § Teams

The Overwatch League initially launched with twelve teams in the 2018 season. During this season, Blizzard stated it planned to expand out the league to add six teams, ideally gaining more teams in European and Asian regions, and started meeting with potential owners in March 2018. By September 2018, Blizzard confirmed it had signed eight additional teams based in Atlanta, Guangzhou, Hangzhou, Toronto, Paris, Washington D.C., Vancouver, and Chengdu, bringing the total team count to twenty. Whereas the franchising fee was estimated to be US$20 million in the inaugural season, the fee was estimated by observers to have gone as high as US$50 million for these new teams. The eight teams were distributed evenly between the two Divisions, with the North American East Coast and European teams joining the Atlantic Division, and the Chinese and North American West Coast teams added to the Pacific Division.

Schedule

The 2019 season's revised schedule format was announced on December 12, 2018. The season kept the four-stage format that was used in the 2018 season, though only the first three stages had playoffs, while the fourth stage's playoffs were replaced by a six-team play-in tournament to determine the final two postseason teams. The top six season playoff teams were determined by the same way they were in 2018; the top two teams from each division and the next four teams, regardless of division. The season playoffs were contested in a double-elimination tournament. Teams played 28 regular season games instead of 40, with the league citing players' mental health and additional chances to interact with their home cities as reasons for the change. Each stage still lasted five weeks, though the break between stages increased from one week to two weeks (except for the break between stages 2 and 3, which was four weeks due to the league's All-Star Weekend). Each week featured three to four games on Thursday and Friday and four games on Saturday and Sunday, totaling either fourteen or sixteen games per week, up from twelve in 2018. Teams played zero, one, or two matches per week. The stage playoffs doubled in size from 2018, expanding to eight teams, up from the four team system introduced in 2018's third stage. The top team from each division held the first and second seed, followed by the next six teams, regardless of division.

The Grand Finals were held at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on September 29, 2019.

Prize pool

The prize pool was increased from US$3,500,000 to $5,000,000. All eight teams who qualified for each Stage Playoffs earned at least $25,000. Each stage champion earned $200,000 (up from $100,000 in 2018), while the amount earned by the runners-up quadrupled from 2018 to $100,000. Third and fourth place teams earned $50,000 while fifth through eighth place teams earned $25,000. For the postseason earnings, the Grand Champion team will earn $1.1 million (up from $1 million), second place will earn $600,000, third place will earn $450,000, fourth place will earn $350,000, fifth and sixth place will earn $300,000, and seventh and eighth place will earn $200,000.

Player contracts

The season's free agency signing window opened to expansion teams on September 10, 2018, and closed on October 7, the day before the window for all teams opened. Each teams had to sign at least 12 players by December 1.

The 2019 season was also the first in which two-way contracts were in effect. Players signed to these contracts primarily played for their OWL team's academy team that played in Overwatch Contenders. They were unable to play in more than two OWL matches in a stage, nor could they play in an OWL match and a Contenders match in the same week. These players counted towards the OWL team's 12-player limit.

Venues

Though most matches were still played at the 350-seat Blizzard Arena, the 2019 season introduced three "Homestand Weeks," which took place in three Overwatch League cities. These were held as practice runs for the planned expansion of the Overwatch League into true home-and-away formats for the 2020 season, seeing teams travel across the globe to compete. The fourth week of Stage 2 was held at the Allen Event Center in Allen, Texas and was hosted by the Dallas Fuel. The fifth week of Stage 3 was held at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre in Cumberland, Georgia and was hosted by the Atlanta Reign. The fifth week of Stage 4, dubbed "Kit Kat Rivalry Weekend," was held at The Novo by Microsoft in Los Angeles, California and was hosted by the Los Angeles Valiant.

Broadcasting

All matches were broadcast on the Overwatch League's website and through Major League Gaming (owned by Blizzard), and by third-party broadcaster Twitch. On the first day of the 2018 season playoffs, Disney and Blizzard announced a multi-year partnership that would bring OWL and other organized Overwatch competitive events to ESPN, Disney XD, and ABC, starting with the playoffs and continuing through the 2019 season. On January 28, 2019, Blizzard announced that new dedicated esports channel Esports1, owned by German sports channel Sport1, would be broadcasting Overwatch League events in Germany, Switzerland, and Austria.

Regular season

A team's standing was based on their overall match win–loss record, with ties broken by map differential, head-to-head map record, and head-to-head match record, in that order. If a tie that affects the qualification for Stage or Postseason playoffs still cannot be broken, the teams were to play a tiebreaker match.

The season playoff teams consisted of the two division winners, four wild card teams with the best regular season records regardless of division, and the top two teams from the play-in tournament.

Overall standings

Pos Div Team Pld W L PCT MW ML MT MD Qualification
1 PAC Vancouver Titans 28 25 3 0.893 89 28 0 +61 Advance to season playoffs (division leaders)
2 ATL New York Excelsior 28 22 6 0.786 78 38 3 +40
3 PAC San Francisco Shock 28 23 5 0.821 92 26 0 +66 Advance to season playoffs
4 PAC Hangzhou Spark 28 18 10 0.643 64 52 4 +12
5 PAC Los Angeles Gladiators 28 17 11 0.607 67 48 3 +19
6 ATL Atlanta Reign 28 16 12 0.571 69 50 1 +19
7 ATL London Spitfire 28 16 12 0.571 58 52 6 +6 Advance to play-ins
8 PAC Seoul Dynasty 28 15 13 0.536 64 50 3 +14
9 PAC Guangzhou Charge 28 15 13 0.536 61 57 1 +4
10 ATL Philadelphia Fusion 28 15 13 0.536 57 60 3 −3
11 PAC Shanghai Dragons 28 13 15 0.464 51 61 3 −10
12 PAC Chengdu Hunters 28 13 15 0.464 55 66 1 −11
13 PAC Los Angeles Valiant 28 12 16 0.429 56 61 4 −5
14 ATL Paris Eternal 28 11 17 0.393 46 67 3 −21
15 PAC Dallas Fuel 28 10 18 0.357 43 70 3 −27
16 ATL Houston Outlaws 28 9 19 0.321 47 69 3 −22
17 ATL Toronto Defiant 28 8 20 0.286 39 72 4 −33
18 ATL Washington Justice 28 8 20 0.286 39 72 6 −33
19 ATL Boston Uprising 28 8 20 0.286 41 78 2 −37
20 ATL Florida Mayhem 28 6 22 0.214 36 75 5 −39
Source: The Overwatch League
Rules for classification: 1) winning percentage; 2) map differential; 3) head-to-head record; 4) head-to-head map differential


Stage 1

Stage 1 ran from February 14 to March 17, 2019, with stage playoffs taking place from March 21–24, 2019. The two division leaders, and the following top six teams, regardless of division, in the Stage 1 standings qualified for the Stage 1 Playoffs. The division winners were awarded the top two seeds, while the remaining teams received seeds three through eight based on their Stage 1 records. All matches emanated from the Blizzard Arena in Burbank, California.

At the conclusion of the first stage, both the Fusion and Defiant were tied for third place after considering all tie-breaking resolutions; similarly, the San Francisco Shock and the Seoul Dynasty were tied for sixth place. By league rules, both ties were to broken by an off-stream match. While the sixth-place tie was decided in this manner, the Defiant and Fusion mutually agreed to settle the third-place tie by a coin flip. Due to issues on reporting the coin flip, league commissioner Nate Nanzer stated that the league would not allow teams to decides such ties by one in the future.

Standings

Pos Div Team Pld W L PCT MW ML MT MD Qualification
1 PAC Vancouver Titans 7 7 0 1.00 24 6 0 +18 Advance to stage playoffs (division leaders)
2 ATL New York Excelsior 7 7 0 1.00 22 6 1 +16
3 ATL Toronto Defiant 7 5 2 0.71 16 11 2 +5 Advance to stage playoffs
4 ATL Philadelphia Fusion 7 5 2 0.71 17 12 1 +5
5 ATL Atlanta Reign 7 4 3 0.57 18 12 0 +6
6 PAC San Francisco Shock 7 4 3 0.57 17 12 0 +5
7 PAC Seoul Dynasty 7 4 3 0.57 16 11 1 +5
8 ATL Boston Uprising 7 4 3 0.57 16 13 1 +3
9 PAC Dallas Fuel 7 4 3 0.57 15 15 0 0
10 PAC Los Angeles Gladiators 7 3 4 0.43 14 13 2 +1
11 PAC Guangzhou Charge 7 3 4 0.43 15 16 0 −1
12 ATL Houston Outlaws 7 3 4 0.43 13 16 1 −3
13 PAC Hangzhou Spark 7 3 4 0.43 12 16 1 −4
14 PAC Shanghai Dragons 7 3 4 0.43 13 17 0 −4
15 ATL London Spitfire 7 3 4 0.43 12 16 2 −4
16 PAC Chengdu Hunters 7 3 4 0.43 12 20 0 −8
17 ATL Paris Eternal 7 3 4 0.43 9 17 2 −8
18 ATL Washington Justice 7 1 6 0.14 9 20 1 −11
19 ATL Florida Mayhem 7 1 6 0.14 9 21 1 −12
20 PAC Los Angeles Valiant 7 0 7 0.00 10 19 2 −9
Source: The Overwatch League
Rules for classification: 1) winning percentage; 2) map differential; 3) head-to-head record; 4) head-to-head map differential

Playoffs

Stage Quarterfinals Stage Semifinals Stage Finals
         
1 Vancouver Titans 3
8 Boston Uprising 0
1 Vancouver Titans 4
7 Seoul Dynasty 0
4 Philadelphia Fusion 3
5 Atlanta Reign 1
1 Vancouver Titans 4
(Pairings are reseeded after the first round)
6 San Francisco Shock 3
3 Toronto Defiant 0
6 San Francisco Shock 3
4 Philadelphia Fusion 0
6 San Francisco Shock 4
2 New York Excelsior 1
7 Seoul Dynasty 3

Stage 2

Stage 2 ran from April 4 to May 5, 2019, with stage playoffs taking place from May 9–12. The playoff format did not change from Stage 1. All matches emanated from the Blizzard Arena in Burbank, California, except for the fourth week of play, which took place at the Allen Event Center in Allen, Texas – the first of three "Homestand Weeks" of the season. This stage's Homestand Week was hosted by Dallas Fuel.

The second stage was the first in which assault map Paris was available for play. It was also the introduction of new support character Baptiste into professional play. Baptiste was designed by Blizzard as to disrupt a three-tank, three-support composition (frequently called GOATS in the game's player base in reference to the non-league team that popularized it) which had been dominating Overwatch's metagame for several months prior to the 2019 season and had been frequently used by teams during Stage 1.

Due to the tiebreaking issues in Stage 1, the League updated their tiebreaker rules to include head-to-head records across all stages, strength of schedule, and common opponents records.

Standings

Pos Div Team Pld W L PCT MW ML MT MD Qualification
1 PAC San Francisco Shock 7 7 0 1.00 28 0 0 +28 Advance to stage playoffs (division leaders)
2 ATL London Spitfire 7 6 1 0.86 21 5 2 +16
3 PAC Vancouver Titans 7 7 0 1.00 25 3 0 +22 Advance to stage playoffs
4 PAC Los Angeles Gladiators 7 6 1 0.86 19 9 1 +10
5 ATL New York Excelsior 7 5 2 0.71 21 7 1 +14
6 PAC Dallas Fuel 7 5 2 0.71 16 11 1 +5
7 PAC Hangzhou Spark 7 5 2 0.71 15 16 0 −1
8 PAC Shanghai Dragons 7 4 3 0.57 13 13 2 0
9 PAC Chengdu Hunters 7 3 4 0.43 15 14 0 +1
10 PAC Seoul Dynasty 7 3 4 0.43 15 15 0 0
11 ATL Philadelphia Fusion 7 3 4 0.43 12 15 1 −3
12 ATL Atlanta Reign 7 3 4 0.43 14 17 0 −3
13 ATL Boston Uprising 7 3 4 0.43 13 19 0 −6
14 PAC Los Angeles Valiant 7 3 4 0.43 12 18 1 −6
15 ATL Toronto Defiant 7 2 5 0.29 11 18 0 −7
16 ATL Paris Eternal 7 2 5 0.29 10 18 1 −8
17 PAC Guangzhou Charge 7 2 5 0.29 8 22 0 −14
18 ATL Washington Justice 7 1 6 0.14 8 21 0 −13
19 ATL Florida Mayhem 7 0 7 0.00 6 21 1 −15
20 ATL Houston Outlaws 7 0 7 0.00 4 24 1 −20
Source: The Overwatch League
Rules for classification: 1) winning percentage; 2) map differential; 3) head-to-head record; 4) head-to-head map differential

Playoffs

Stage Quarterfinals Stage Semifinals Stage Finals
         
1 San Francisco Shock 3
8 Shanghai Dragons 1
1 San Francisco Shock 4
7 Hangzhou Spark 0
4 Los Angeles Gladiators 0
5 New York Excelsior 3
1 San Francisco Shock 4
(Pairings are reseeded after the first round)
3 Vancouver Titans 2
3 Vancouver Titans 3
6 Dallas Fuel 0
3 Vancouver Titans 4
5 New York Excelsior 1
2 London Spitfire 1
7 Hangzhou Spark 3

Stage 3

Stage 3 ran from June 6 to July 7, with the stage playoffs taking place from July 11 to 14. The stage marked the first time that assault map Havana was played in the Overwatch League. All matches in the fifth week of Stage 3 were played at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre in Atlanta, Georgia. The event was the second of three "Homestand Weeks" of the season and was hosted by Atlanta Reign. Additionally, the Overwatch League hosted LGBTQ community Pride Day on June 7 at Blizzard Arena.

Standings

Pos Div Team Pld W L PCT MW ML MT MD Qualification
1 ATL New York Excelsior 7 7 0 1.00 23 7 1 +16 Advance to stage playoffs (division leaders)
2 PAC Vancouver Titans 7 6 1 0.86 21 7 0 +14
3 PAC Hangzhou Spark 7 6 1 0.86 21 7 2 +14 Advance to stage playoffs
4 PAC San Francisco Shock 7 5 2 0.71 23 8 0 +15
5 PAC Seoul Dynasty 7 5 2 0.71 20 8 1 +12
6 PAC Los Angeles Valiant 7 5 2 0.71 20 9 0 +11
7 ATL Houston Outlaws 7 5 2 0.71 19 10 1 +9
8 PAC Shanghai Dragons 7 5 2 0.71 17 12 0 +5
9 PAC Los Angeles Gladiators 7 4 3 0.57 17 11 0 +6
10 PAC Guangzhou Charge 7 4 3 0.57 16 12 0 +4
11 ATL Philadelphia Fusion 7 4 3 0.57 13 16 1 −3
12 ATL Paris Eternal 7 3 4 0.43 14 15 0 −1
13 PAC Chengdu Hunters 7 3 4 0.43 12 16 1 −4
14 ATL London Spitfire 7 3 4 0.43 11 17 1 −6
15 ATL Atlanta Reign 7 2 5 0.29 14 17 0 −3
16 ATL Boston Uprising 7 1 6 0.14 7 22 1 −15
17 PAC Dallas Fuel 7 1 6 0.14 6 21 2 −15
18 ATL Florida Mayhem 7 1 6 0.14 4 23 1 −19
19 ATL Toronto Defiant 7 0 7 0.00 4 24 0 −20
20 ATL Washington Justice 7 0 7 0.00 2 22 4 −20
Source: The Overwatch League
Rules for classification: 1) winning percentage; 2) map differential; 3) head-to-head record; 4) head-to-head map differential

Playoffs

Stage Quarterfinals Stage Semifinals Stage Finals
         
1 New York Excelsior 1
8 Shanghai Dragons 3
2 Vancouver Titans 1
8 Shanghai Dragons 4
4 San Francisco Shock 3
5 Seoul Dynasty 1
4 San Francisco Shock 3
(Pairings are reseeded after the first round)
8 Shanghai Dragons 4
3 Hangzhou Spark 2
6 Los Angeles Valiant 3
4 San Francisco Shock 4
6 Los Angeles Valiant 0
2 Vancouver Titans 3
7 Houston Outlaws 0

Stage 4

Stage 4 ran from July 25 through August 25, with matches in the fifth week taking place at The Novo by Microsoft in Los Angeles as the final "Homestand Week".

Stage 4 introduced a forced 2-2-2 team composition – 2 damage heroes, 2 support heroes, and 2 tank heroes, as a means of eliminating a metagame composition that became dominant in the league made of three tanks and three supports, otherwise known as "GOATS," named after the Overwatch Contenders team that popularized it. This GOATS composition was difficult to counter at this level of play and was deemed boring to watch. Blizzard had tried to introduce changes in the game to better counter GOATS, but these failed to materialize. In the forced 2-2-2 composition, players are role locked at a start of a map, though they are free to switch heroes within that role during the map. Between maps, along with normal player substitutions, players can then swap roles. This change also came to normal quickplay and competitive mode in Overwatch outside of the league at the end of September 2019.

Standings

Pos Div Team Pld W L PCT MW ML MT MD
1 ATL Atlanta Reign 7 7 0 1.00 23 4 1 +19
2 PAC San Francisco Shock 7 7 0 1.00 24 6 0 +18
3 PAC Guangzhou Charge 7 6 1 0.86 22 7 1 +15
4 ATL Washington Justice 7 6 1 0.86 20 9 1 +11
5 PAC Vancouver Titans 7 5 2 0.71 19 12 0 +7
6 ATL Florida Mayhem 7 4 3 0.57 17 10 2 +7
7 PAC Hangzhou Spark 7 4 3 0.57 16 13 1 +3
8 PAC Los Angeles Gladiators 7 4 3 0.57 17 15 0 +2
9 ATL London Spitfire 7 4 3 0.57 14 14 1 0
10 PAC Chengdu Hunters 7 4 3 0.57 16 16 0 0
11 PAC Los Angeles Valiant 7 4 3 0.57 14 15 1 −1
12 ATL Philadelphia Fusion 7 3 4 0.43 15 17 0 −2
13 PAC Seoul Dynasty 7 3 4 0.43 13 16 1 −3
14 ATL Paris Eternal 7 3 4 0.43 13 17 0 −4
15 ATL New York Excelsior 7 3 4 0.43 12 18 0 −6
16 ATL Houston Outlaws 7 1 6 0.14 11 19 0 −8
17 PAC Shanghai Dragons 7 1 6 0.14 8 19 1 −11
18 ATL Toronto Defiant 7 1 6 0.14 8 19 2 −11
19 PAC Dallas Fuel 7 0 7 0.00 6 23 0 −17
20 ATL Boston Uprising 7 0 7 0.00 5 24 0 −19
Source: The Overwatch League
Rules for classification: 1) winning percentage; 2) map differential; 3) head-to-head record; 4) head-to-head map differential

Postseason

Play-in tournament

The play-in tournament is a single-elimination tournament that took place August 30–31. Each match were first-to-four maps, with the higher seed selecting the first map and the loser of each subsequent map selecting the next. The winners of each quarterfinal match advanced to the semifinals, where they faced either the seventh- or eighth-seeded team, depending on their own seed. The winners of the semifinals qualified for the season playoffs and were seeded according to their regular season records.

Bracket

Quarterfinals
August 30		Semifinals
August 31
9Guangzhou Charge47London Spitfire4
12Chengdu Hunters111Shanghai Dragons3
10Philadelphia Fusion28Seoul Dynasty4
11Shanghai Dragons49Guangzhou Charge1

Playoffs

Main article: 2019 Overwatch League playoffs

Eight teams competed in the OWL Playoffs – a double-elimination tournament – from September 5 to 29. The winner of each round of the Playoffs was determined by a single-match, where each match winner was determined by which team wins four maps. The final two teams remaining in the tournament advanced to the Grand Finals, which took place at Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on September 29.

Bracket

This section is transcluded from 2019 Overwatch League playoffs. (edit | history)
First Round
September 5–6		Winners Round 1
September 8		Winners Round 2
September 13		Grand Finals
September 29
1Vancouver Titans4
8Seoul Dynasty2
1Vancouver Titans4
5Los Angeles Gladiators2
4Hangzhou Spark3
5Los Angeles Gladiators4
1Vancouver Titans4
2New York Excelsior3
2New York Excelsior4
7London Spitfire1
2New York Excelsior4
6Atlanta Reign2
3San Francisco Shock3
6Atlanta Reign41Vancouver Titans0
3San Francisco Shock4
Losers Round 1
September 7		Losers Round 2
September 12		Losers Round 3
September 14		Losers Round 4
September 15
6Atlanta Reign0
4Hangzhou Spark44Hangzhou Spark42New York Excelsior0
8Seoul Dynasty14Hangzhou Spark03San Francisco Shock4
3San Francisco Shock4
5Los Angeles Gladiators0
3San Francisco Shock43San Francisco Shock4
7London Spitfire0

Notable events

Shanghai Dragons win first match

In the 2018 season, the Shanghai Dragons failed to win a match, going 0–40 throughout the regular season. The franchise released eight of their eleven players going into the 2019 season. The Dragons lost their first two matches of the 2019 regular season, bringing their loss streak to 42 matches — the longest loss streak in professional sports history at the time. On February 22, 2019, the Dragons defeated the Boston Uprising, giving the franchise their first win.

Sale of the Houston Outlaws

On June 12, 2019, Immortals Gaming Club (IGC), the parent company of Immortals and Los Angeles Valiant, acquired Infinite Esports, the parent company of Houston Outlaws and OpTic Gaming, marking the first sale of any Overwatch League franchise. Both Riot Games and Activision Blizzard approved the sale. By OWL rules, one company may not own more than one OWL franchise, so IGC had to operate the Valiant and Outlaws as entirely separate entities, with oversight by OWL representatives, until IGC sold the Outlaws. In November 2019, IGC sold the Outlaws to the Beasley Media Group.

Awards

Individual awards

Award Recipient
Most Valuable Player (MVP) Jay "sinatraa" Won (San Francisco Shock)
Dennis Hawelka Award Scott "Custa" Kennedy (Los Angeles Valiant)
Rookie of the Year Kim "Haksal" Hyo-jong (Vancouver Titans)
Grand Finals MVP Choi "ChoiHyoBin" Hyo-bin (San Francisco Shock)

Role Stars

Damage Tank Support
Corey "Corey" Nigra (Washington Justice) Choi "Choihyobin" Hyo-bin (San Francisco Shock) Park "iDK" Ho-jin (Hangzhou Spark)
Yang "DDing" Jin-hyeok (Shanghai Dragons) Qiulin "Guxue" Xu (Hangzhou Spark) Park "Kariv" Young-seo (Los Angeles Valiant)
Kim "Haksal" Hyo-jong (Vancouver Titans) Kim "mano" Dong-gyu (New York Excelsior) Grant "Moth" Espe (San Francisco Shock)
Jay "sinatraa" Won (San Francisco Shock) Matthew "super" DeLisi (San Francisco Shock) Lee "Twilight" Ju-seok (Vancouver Titans)

All-Star Game

Main article: 2019 Overwatch League All-Star Game

The 2019 Overwatch League All-Star Game was the Overwatch League's second edition of an all-star game that involved the All-Star players of the league. The game was played on May 16, 2019, and was the culmination of the league's All-Star Weekend, a two-day event that consisted of the Talent Takedown, a Widowmaker 1v1 tournament, and the All-Star Arcade. All of the events were played at Blizzard Arena in Burbank, California. The game was televised by ESPN2 and streamed live on Twitch.

Team Map 1 Map 2 Map 3 Map 4 Map 5 Map Wins
Atlantic Division 2 3 2 1 2 4
Pacific Division 0 2 1 2 0 1

Winnings

Teams in the 2019 season competed for a total prize pool of US$5 million across regular season play, stage finals, and playoffs. By League rules, at least 50% of these winnings are split among the team's members, the remaining going to the team's owner.

Stage 1 Playoffs

Pos Team Bonus
1 Vancouver Titans $200,000
2 San Francisco Shock $100,000
3 Philadelphia Fusion $50,000
4 Seoul Dynasty $50,000
5 New York Excelsior $25,000
6 Toronto Defiant $25,000
7 Atlanta Reign $25,000
8 Boston Uprising $25,000

Stage 2 Playoffs

Pos Team Bonus
1 San Francisco Shock $200,000
2 Vancouver Titans $100,000
3 New York Excelsior $50,000
4 Hangzhou Spark $50,000
5 London Spitfire $25,000
6 Los Angeles Gladiators $25,000
7 Dallas Fuel $25,000
8 Shanghai Dragons $25,000

Stage 3 Playoffs

Pos Team Bonus
1 Shanghai Dragons $200,000
2 San Francisco Shock $100,000
3 Vancouver Titans $50,000
4 Los Angeles Valiant $50,000
5 New York Excelsior $25,000
6 Hangzhou Spark $25,000
7 Seoul Dynasty $25,000
8 Houston Outlaws $25,000

Season Playoffs

Pos Team Bonus
1 San Francisco Shock $1,100,000
2 Vancouver Titans $600,000
3 New York Excelsior $450,000
4 Hangzhou Spark $350,000
5 Los Angeles Gladiators $300,000
6 Atlanta Reign $300,000
7 London Spitfire $200,000
8 Seoul Dynasty $200,000

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