The competition still continues in the Overwatch League as the Summer Shodown slowly looms on the horizon. The kickoff was made yesterday with the Shanghai Dragons against the Guangzhou Charge and the dragon made short work of his opponent. The first evening of competition was full of twists and turns, but what will be the outcome of this week?
The broadcast of the competition will be available on the channel Youtube of the competition, but also on our television channel MGG. All you have to do is connect to Canal+ 159/169 | Orange 142 | Bouygues 68 | Free 91 | SFR 120 | Videofuture 61 | Molotov or Amazon Prime to watch the competition from your couch.
Week 16 results
Shanghai Dragons | 3 – 0 |  Guangzhou Charge |
 Seoul Dynasty | 3 – 0 |  Hangzhou Spark |
 New York Excelsior | 0 – 3 |  Vancouver Titans |
 San Francisco Shock | 3 – 0 |  Boston Uprising |
Saturday August 20 | ||
 Toronto Defiant | 1 – 3 |  Dallas Fuel |
 Seoul Dynasty | 3 – 0 |  Chengdu Hunters |
 Hangzhou Spark | 0 – 3 |  Shanghai Dragons |
 Los Angeles Valiant | 2 – 3 |  Philadelphia Fusion |
 London Spitfire | 3 – 0 |  Houston Outlaws |
 San Francisco Shock | 3 – 1 |  Los Angeles Gladiators |
 washington justice | 3 – 0 |  Florida Mayhem |
Sunday August 21 | ||
 Los Angeles Valiant | 12 p.m. |  Guangzhou Charge |
 Chengdu Hunters | 1:30 p.m. |  Philadelphia Fusion |
 Dallas Fuel | 9 p.m. |  Boston Uprising |
 Atlanta Reign | 10:30 p.m. |  Paris Eternal |
 Toronto Defiant | midnight |  Los Angeles Gladiators |
The format of the competition throughout the year
The 2022 Overwatch League season won’t be much different from other years; it will consist of four phases (Kickoff Clash, Midseason Madness, Summer Showdown and Countdown Cup) to then give way to the Playoffs. Teams will have to play six games in each phase, so players will have to prove themselves through 24 games for the full season. Each cycle, teams will play six placement matches to determine seeding for the tournament proper. The Kickoff Clash and Summer Showdown will be regional tournaments, Midseason Madness will be a global venue event, and the Countdown Cup, which will serve as the post-season play-off tournament, is also set to be a global venue event.
League Points are also making a comeback, meaning qualifying matches and wins in each tournament can be a deciding factor in the knockout stages. Regarding the elimination stages, the play-ins of the Countdown Cup will allow to finish the teams which will qualify for the championships through these league points.
Clearly, qualifying for the tournaments, as well as the 2022 playoffs, will be based on each team’s total league points. Teams can earn league points through their results in placement matches and tournaments. Each win in placement matches is worth 1 league point, as is each tournament appearance. But, the latter can obtain additional points:
- The second-placed team in each regional tournament gets 2 league points, and the tournament champion team gets 3 league points.
- In the Midseason Madness Global Tournament, the third-placed team will get 2 league points, the second-placed team 3 league points, and the champion 4 league points.
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